1947/05/14 -- 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 Al Pappas is "Around It Goes and Where It Will Stop Nobody Knows"
  • Headline is "Veeck Backs Homer Fence As Break for Fans -- Spectators Like Action and Power -- Playing Area at Cleveland Park Was Too Large, Says Tribe Boss"
  • Also on the cover "Babe Ruth Establishes Foundation to Aid Underprivileged Children"
  • "'47 Ball Livelier? Poll Reveals No Large Majority for Either Arguement; Musial, Walker Say 'Yes'; Miller, Chapman Say 'No'"
  • "National's Pitchers Tough, Too--Hank -- Greenberg Compares Hurling in Two Majors -- Haven't Seen Anybody as Good as Bob Feller" with photo of Hank Greenberg
  • "Feller Corporation Just for Sidelines, Says Bob -- Guards His Family Against Liability Clains; Isn't Tax-Saving Device" with photo of Bob Feller
  • "Bat-Overseer Hornsby Sees Brighter Days for Seerey"
  • "Feller's ERA Mark Jumps from .26 to 1.25 in Inning"
  • "Rickey Solves Squad-Cutting Worry by Jackpot Deal That Nets $200,000 -- Sends Higbe, Four Others to Bucs for Gionfriddo and Load of Cash"
  • "Cartoon Spurred Pirate Head to Close Big Deal -- Didn't Like Tag of 'Old Clothes Man' in Sketch -- Doggoned Drawing, Shown in The Sporting News Stirred McKinney"
  • "It's Schoolmaster Rowe and Clutch Leonard Now -- Pair of Old-Timers Pacing Phillies' Mound Staff" with small pics of Schoolboy Rowe and Dutch Leonard
  • Johnny Jorgensen
  • "Lippy Defies Chandler to Prove He Strayed Off Line Drawn at Lecture -- Commissioner Was Very Friendly at December Meeting, Asserts Durocher, Visiting Brooklyn With Bride; Wants to Return as Dodger Manager"
  • "Limping Yanks Lag With DiMag, But Kid McQuinn Keeps on Toes -- Joe Expected to Start Jolting With Hot Weather; Heel Still Bothers Him"
  • "Red Sox Discover New Third Sacker in Pesky"
  • Photo captioned "Sisler Back on First in Coaching Role" shows George Sisler surrounded by Brooklyn Dodgers players including Jackie Robinson
  • "New Worry for Tigers--Newhouser's Longest Loss String in 4 Years"
  • Necrology: "Kitty Bransfield Dies at 72; Starred With Bucs in 1901-03"
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Charles Boyer on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.