1957/05/15 -- 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:

  • "Spring Fling" cartoon by Lou Darvas features Ted Williams on the front cover
  • "Rules-Makers Facing Action on Spitter" is the headline with story "Group Seems Split on Okay of Wet Pitch"
  • "Pappy Guys Putting Youth in Its Place: Young Man's Game? ... They're Still Showing Kiddies How It's Done"
  • "Go-Go White Sox Falter, But Little Nell Keeps Going: Fox, Smallest Guy in Loop, Big Gun for Hose; Batters Fail to Keep Pace With Lopez' Pitchers"
  • "Young A.L. Hurlers Brake Yankees' Runaway: Bosox' Sisler Leads Drive to Slow Champs' Flag Dash"
  • A full page of coverage of Herb Score's injury after being hit with a Gil McDougald liner including photo of Score in hospital bed getting his eye treated by nurse
  • "O'Malley Kept Busy Looking, Listening on His Visit to Coast: Dodget Prexy Hard Bargainer, LA Mayor Concedes; Expresses Interest in Coliseum as an Exhibition Location"
  • "Brooks Admit Gate Drop, But Deny Fan 'Rebellion': It's Weather, not Talk of LA Move, They Say; O'Malley Believed Mapping Brooklyn Ultimatum"
  • Chuck Dressen out
  • "Reds Show They Can Be Toughies Without Big Klu"
  • Bobby Bragan
  • "Yanks Collect Early Dividends on Their Ditmar, Shantz Deal"
  • "Yawkey Opposed to Gate 'Hypos': Better to Spend Money on Team Than on Circus Stunts"
  • Ted Williams "Looks Like He's Bunting in Hitting 3 Homers: Pass in Ninth Balks Bid for Fourth"
  • Willard Nixon
  • Gino Cimoli
  • Gus Triandos returns
  • Millers' Cepeda Following in Footsteps of Famed Dad" is an early Orlando Cepeda article
  • Rawling ad features Ken Boyer
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standing, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.