I’ve been keeping an eye on this set for quite a while for the boxing cards. I haven’t given much thought to the billiards players in the set. Thanks for pointing out a few of the HOF players to look out for. I know I have seen Hoppe’s cards before. The Sport Kings card of his looks great too! I had no idea he was the greatest billiards player of all time! He’s compared to Babe Ruth, Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, Man-O-War? Wow! He’s royalty! Another fantastic and informative video! Thanks so much for the shoutout and your kind words about me and my channel. I hope you have a great time at the National!
Ah you're quite welcome. The T218 is awesome for picking up Boxing HoFers and it's got some Olympians and Golfers that I really like too and most of them outside of the Jack Johnson are affordable for the average collector. Alfred D'Oro is a Billiards HoFers and there's a player named George Butler Sutton, not to be confused with the armless wonder George Harold Sutton. I made that mistake. Jacob Schaefer Sr is in the 1887 Allen & Ginter set but finding a lot of these players isnt going to be easy. I'm not even sure how many of these players actually have any cards. Maybe in Britian? All those guys you mentioned have cards except Man-O-War (I that I know of?) and Babe Ruth and Bobby Jones are not very affordable, but surprisingly, Jack Dempsey has a lot of cards and mostly cheap. Bobby Jones has a few cards from Great Britian such as the 1927 and 1931 Churchman.
@@historythroughcards-shortc814 I’ll definitely keep an eye out for those billiards HOFers. I need to look into the Olympians and golfers too. I would love to get the Schaefer in the 1887 Allen and Ginter set. That’s such a great set and most of the cards I can’t afford. King Kelly, Charles Comiskey, Cap Anson, Tim Keefe, Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Nonpareil Dempsey, John L. Sullivan, etc. I love the McMahon I have from that set. Would love to add another card if I can find it at an affordable price. TCDB has a couple of Man-O-War cards listed, 1926 Spalding Champions and a 48-49 Exhibits with different tints. Not sure how difficult they are to find or how expensive. I’d love to add a Bobby Jones card to my collection. But like you said, they are quite expensive. Maybe one slips through at a reasonable price that I can pick up. I have seen several overseas Tilden cards that are affordable. Even his Sport Kings is reasonably priced. I was able to pick up a ‘38 Churchman Dempsey, but I would like to get a card from his boxing days at some point.
@@senseidominoe15 You may get lucky with some like John L. Sullivan who has a 1908 Odgen's, 1901 Ogden Tab and he was still Boxing until 1909. And you can find Buffalo Bill in 1909 John Dockman Wild West set in which he was still an active participant which is a cheaper alternative and really great looking. I did an article on the 1926 Sports Co. of America\Spalding Champions set which you may find helpful on my site. They great cards and I do have a Dempsy, Joe Sewell auto and Max Carey in the set. They're tough because of the $, but I didn't know, or forgot that Man '0 War was in? Incredible horse that lost only once and whose grandson if you will, was Seabiscuit. As far as Bobby Jones is concerned, I went for his 1926 Lambert & Butler Who's Who in Sports #2, 1928 and 1931 Churchman Men of the Moment and Prominent Golfer which the latter 2 are cartoon illustrations but vastly affordable compared to his 1934 Goudey Sport Kings. He also has a nice 1927 Churchman and 1930 Major Drapkin and a 1928 J. Millhoff Famous Golfers. A lot of those cards are still overseas and you may be able to get Jack Dempsey in the 1923 Union Jack set - which is a 6-card set. I completed it fairly quickly with Georges Carpentier being the most difficult. Dempsy retired from the Ring after the 2nd Tunney Fight (whom I found more difficult to find) in 1927 but continued to fight in exhibitions until 1940. Finally, I do like the 1887 Allen & Ginter Champions cards, but being borderless makes the true dimensions tricky to spot a trimmed card.
@@historythroughcards-shortc814 I didn’t know about a lot of these options. Thanks for pointing them out. I will write them down so I can keep an eye on them. I got a rough copy of the Buffalo Bill card from the 1933 Indian Gum set a couple months back, but wouldn’t mind adding another of his cards for sure. Good point about the borderless 1887’s. I buy most of the cards I get online and it can be difficult to determine size from a picture most of the time. Being borderless would make it virtually impossible. I just had a Tom Sharkey arrive that looks like it could be trimmed when comparing it to another card from the set. I will be sure to check out that ‘26 Spalding Champions article on your website.
Great video Ryan. I love the T218 cards. I bought a lot about 10 or so years ago in an auction, put in the initial bid because I thought the Boxing and Olympic cards were cool. That was the lot I got my T218’s that belonged to Burdick. Literally took me two months before I realized the Burdick cards were on there. I started reading the backs after having them for a couple of months and my jaw about hit the floor!!! I’ve been enjoying senseidominoe15’s videos as well. Good stuff as always buddy.
This one was pretty fun and I love Billiards, so I'll be getting to more of these players. I just can't believe that the T218 included Bowlers as well. Wow, a Burdick owned card is a cornerstone in any collection! That's really impressive so congrats to that. The T218 is a great set that anyone can collect and has excellent artwork and player selection.
Per the Star Trek thing, yeah, I roomed with 3 physics majors as an undergrad and they would watch Star Trek episodes and talk about the theoretical physics stuff they covered
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Thank you. I try to deliver informative content and something fun and different for the viewers and I always enjoy hearing from the viewers too.
I’ve been keeping an eye on this set for quite a while for the boxing cards. I haven’t given much thought to the billiards players in the set. Thanks for pointing out a few of the HOF players to look out for. I know I have seen Hoppe’s cards before. The Sport Kings card of his looks great too! I had no idea he was the greatest billiards player of all time! He’s compared to Babe Ruth, Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, Man-O-War? Wow! He’s royalty! Another fantastic and informative video! Thanks so much for the shoutout and your kind words about me and my channel. I hope you have a great time at the National!
Ah you're quite welcome. The T218 is awesome for picking up Boxing HoFers and it's got some Olympians and Golfers that I really like too and most of them outside of the Jack Johnson are affordable for the average collector. Alfred D'Oro is a Billiards HoFers and there's a player named George Butler Sutton, not to be confused with the armless wonder George Harold Sutton. I made that mistake. Jacob Schaefer Sr is in the 1887 Allen & Ginter set but finding a lot of these players isnt going to be easy. I'm not even sure how many of these players actually have any cards. Maybe in Britian? All those guys you mentioned have cards except Man-O-War (I that I know of?) and Babe Ruth and Bobby Jones are not very affordable, but surprisingly, Jack Dempsey has a lot of cards and mostly cheap. Bobby Jones has a few cards from Great Britian such as the 1927 and 1931 Churchman.
@@historythroughcards-shortc814 I’ll definitely keep an eye out for those billiards HOFers. I need to look into the Olympians and golfers too. I would love to get the Schaefer in the 1887 Allen and Ginter set. That’s such a great set and most of the cards I can’t afford. King Kelly, Charles Comiskey, Cap Anson, Tim Keefe, Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Nonpareil Dempsey, John L. Sullivan, etc. I love the McMahon I have from that set. Would love to add another card if I can find it at an affordable price. TCDB has a couple of Man-O-War cards listed, 1926 Spalding Champions and a 48-49 Exhibits with different tints. Not sure how difficult they are to find or how expensive. I’d love to add a Bobby Jones card to my collection. But like you said, they are quite expensive. Maybe one slips through at a reasonable price that I can pick up. I have seen several overseas Tilden cards that are affordable. Even his Sport Kings is reasonably priced. I was able to pick up a ‘38 Churchman Dempsey, but I would like to get a card from his boxing days at some point.
@@senseidominoe15 You may get lucky with some like John L. Sullivan who has a 1908 Odgen's, 1901 Ogden Tab and he was still Boxing until 1909. And you can find Buffalo Bill in 1909 John Dockman Wild West set in which he was still an active participant which is a cheaper alternative and really great looking. I did an article on the 1926 Sports Co. of America\Spalding Champions set which you may find helpful on my site. They great cards and I do have a Dempsy, Joe Sewell auto and Max Carey in the set. They're tough because of the $, but I didn't know, or forgot that Man '0 War was in? Incredible horse that lost only once and whose grandson if you will, was Seabiscuit. As far as Bobby Jones is concerned, I went for his 1926 Lambert & Butler Who's Who in Sports #2, 1928 and 1931 Churchman Men of the Moment and Prominent Golfer which the latter 2 are cartoon illustrations but vastly affordable compared to his 1934 Goudey Sport Kings. He also has a nice 1927 Churchman and 1930 Major Drapkin and a 1928 J. Millhoff Famous Golfers. A lot of those cards are still overseas and you may be able to get Jack Dempsey in the 1923 Union Jack set - which is a 6-card set. I completed it fairly quickly with Georges Carpentier being the most difficult. Dempsy retired from the Ring after the 2nd Tunney Fight (whom I found more difficult to find) in 1927 but continued to fight in exhibitions until 1940. Finally, I do like the 1887 Allen & Ginter Champions cards, but being borderless makes the true dimensions tricky to spot a trimmed card.
@@historythroughcards-shortc814 I didn’t know about a lot of these options. Thanks for pointing them out. I will write them down so I can keep an eye on them. I got a rough copy of the Buffalo Bill card from the 1933 Indian Gum set a couple months back, but wouldn’t mind adding another of his cards for sure. Good point about the borderless 1887’s. I buy most of the cards I get online and it can be difficult to determine size from a picture most of the time. Being borderless would make it virtually impossible. I just had a Tom Sharkey arrive that looks like it could be trimmed when comparing it to another card from the set. I will be sure to check out that ‘26 Spalding Champions article on your website.
Great video Ryan. I love the T218 cards. I bought a lot about 10 or so years ago in an auction, put in the initial bid because I thought the Boxing and Olympic cards were cool. That was the lot I got my T218’s that belonged to Burdick. Literally took me two months before I realized the Burdick cards were on there. I started reading the backs after having them for a couple of months and my jaw about hit the floor!!!
I’ve been enjoying senseidominoe15’s videos as well. Good stuff as always buddy.
This one was pretty fun and I love Billiards, so I'll be getting to more of these players. I just can't believe that the T218 included Bowlers as well. Wow, a Burdick owned card is a cornerstone in any collection! That's really impressive so congrats to that. The T218 is a great set that anyone can collect and has excellent artwork and player selection.
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I think there are some British Top Flight Stars cards from the late 50s/early 60s featuring billiards players
Per the Star Trek thing, yeah, I roomed with 3 physics majors as an undergrad and they would watch Star Trek episodes and talk about the theoretical physics stuff they covered