1951 Bowman Phillies #113 Bill Nicholson MLB Card SGC Graded Slabbed 84 NM 7 Vtg1951 Bowman Philadelphia Phillies #113 Bill Nicholson baseball card The Bowman Gum Company was a Philadelphia based manufacturer of gum and baseball cards. Their baseball card lines became very collectible in the 1940s. The Company was acquired by Topps in 1956 and discontinued William Beck 'Swish' Nicholson was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies In 1944