1947/03/26 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4" X 16-1/2" classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was "The Baseball Paper of the World"!

There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is "Any Bargains Today?" about the Pirates
  • Headline is "Swift Farm Expansion Overpowers Minors -- Majors Now Have Control of 60 Per Cent of Clubs -- Half of 24 AAA Outfits Held Outright by Big Leaguers; Branch Rickey, Originator of System, Leads Way With 25 Farms, Cardinals Still Own Most"
  • "Yankees Always Win Openers With DiMag, Lose in Absence" with photo of Joe DiMaggio
  • "Ruth First to Be Given Day by All Majors in 51 Years" (In case you're curious, the previous was to Harry Wright in 1896)
  • "Pla-ay Ba-a-ll" cartoon by Burris Jenkins, Jr.
  • "Evans Bats Out Yarn on Averill's Tampered Bat" with small pics of Billy Evans and Earl Averill
  • "Witte Broke Into Game Through Fancy Window -- Put in Summer and Winter Working to Pay for Damage Done With His Bat" about Jerry Witte
  • "Carloads of Classy Infielders Crowds Cronin's Camp -- Hits to Decide Hot Fight at Red Sox Hot Corner"
  • "Tribe's Hill-Starter Hunt Starts, Stops With Feller -- Even Fireball Ace Gets Rough Treatment in Exhibitions" with photo of Bob Feller
  • "Dale Mitchell, a Sooner Arriving Late, Makes Fast Spring to Tribe Outfield"
  • "Don't Overlook Senators in '47 Pennant Race -- Sports Writer Newsom Counts 20 for Bobo" is an article by Bobo Newsom
  • Murrell Jones
  • Lou Brissie
  • Andy Pafko
  • "Jackie's All Jake At First With Dodger Coach Pitler -- 'Okay' Reports Awaits Lippy -- Pilot Will Pass on Robinson's Ability at Gateway Bag in Havana Games"
  • Frank Kalin
  • Necrology -- obituary oon James Gilmore, 71
  • "Yanks Pin Can't Miss Tag on Rookie Don Johnson -- Big Hurler Has Everything--Size, Speed, Curves and Class"
  • "Bucky to Crack Down on Yank Rule-Breaker -- Pilot Serves Notice of Policy by Disciplinary Action Against Mel Queen"
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features Charley Trippi
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.