1911 M116 SPORTING LIFE NAP LAJOIE BLUE BACKGROUND PSA 7

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1911 M116 SPORTING LIFE NAP LAJOIE PSA 7

1 OF ONLY 36 EVER GRADED BY PSA WITH ONLY 4 HIGHER!!!

The 1911 Sporting Life (M116) Baseball card set was distributed to subscribers of the popular magazine “Sporting Life”, the primary competitor of the well-circulated “Sporting News.” The 300+ cards from this set measure 1-1/2” by 2-5/8”, though this collection of the baseball star cards can vary significantly in size, seemingly much more commonly than the contemporary sets of the age. The cards feature full-color likenesses of each player centered within a white border with the player’s surname, the team’s city and league printed at the bottom. The unnumbered cards were sold by mail in 12-card lots issued in 24 series, with the final three series being the rarest. (This final group of 72 cards has “Over 300 subjects” printed on the reverse, while the majority of the set have various ads from the weekly paper on the backs. Blue-background cards are scarcer than the pastel or other backgrounds. The third series of the 1911 Sporting Life reveal minor differences in sizing, color and portrait styles. Some of the more sought after additions to this set include Hall of Famers Home Run Baker, Chief Bender, Roger Bresnahan, Frank Chance, Fred Clarke, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Sam Crawford, Johnny Evers, Hughie Jennings, Nap Lajoie, Christy Mathewson, Eddie Plank, Tris Speaker, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell, Honus “Hans” Wagner, Bobby Wallace, Smoky Joe Wood and Cy Young, among others.