1957/07/17 -- 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:

  • "Bibliophile" cartoon by Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is "Ted Concedes Homer Bulge to Mantle -- Says Mickey Will Get into More Games" with a small photo of Ted Williams
  • Also on the cover "Tribe Reported Planning Shift to Minneapolis: Giants Owners of Millers' Franchise Said to Have Okayed Proposed Move"
  • Large ad for Camel Cigarettes features Yogi Berra on the golf course with a Camel sticking out of his mouth
  • "Big Rhubarb Starts When Dodgers Nix Feller L.A. Clinic"
  • "Boy Wonders Doing Man-Size Hill Jobs -- Bunning Wins All-Star Laurels, McDaniels Shine for Cards"
  • "Talks of Tribe Shift Adds to Confusion: Board Chairman Expresses 'Wait and See' Attitdue--Mound Worries Continue"
  • "Game Facing Its Most Critical Period -- Frick" with large Lou Darvas drawing of Ford Frick and articles "Talent Control Question One of Perplexities: Reserve Clause and Territorial Rights Fundamental Needs for Sport's Operation, He Asserts" and "Points to Shifts in Population, Growing Pains: All Problems Can't Be Solved By One Man or One Loop, Commissioner Emphasizes" and at the bottom of the page "Majors Re-Elect Frick, Extends Minors' Pact"
  • "A.L.'s Comeback Win Keeps Casey Sweating: Sparkle Contest Climaxed by Ninth-Inning Fireworks" with the All-Star Game box score
  • "Who Were All-Star Heroes, Goats? No Horns After Game: Bunning Wins Big Orchid, Schoendienst Sour Apple; Coaches Absolve Red,, Mathews, Robinson of Blame"
  • "May Day in July for Redbirds, Winging Over East on Cloud 9: Cunninghams's Bat, Mizell's Arm Cheer Skipper Hutchinson"
  • Bob Friend
  • "Burdette Cracks Win Barrier for Slipping Braves: Haney's Hopes Buoyed After Shaky Pitching Spell; Club, at .267, Hitting Six Points Higher Than in '56"
  • Sam Esposito
  • "Ol' Case Would Breathe Easier If Yanks Had Ten-Game Lead: I Don't Trust My Old Pal, Senor Lopez, The Perfessor Chirps"
  • "Hurlers Walking Mantle Toward Ruth's 170-Pass Mark"
  • "Smokey Relying on His Hurling as Brook Pulmotor: Dodger Demise Greatly Exaggerated, Alston Insists; Asserts Bums Have Greatest Pitching Depth in League"
  • Rawlings ad features heads of Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial and Duke Snider
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 48 pages total.