1956/09/26 --

  • Cover cartoon is "Still the Champ!" by Basset featuring Babe Ruth
  • Headline on front cover: "Combine Minors into 17 Loops--Lane - Proposes All A,B,C,D Tags Be Eliminated
  • Also beginning on the cover "Majors to Change Bat Title Rule in '57"
  • "Easy Does It for Casey's Seventh Flag" with photo of Casey Stengel after the Yankees clinch
  • Article about Don Newcombe - "Newk, Big Strutter in Pitching Also Helps Out With the Hitting"
  • Full page featuring Sal Maglie - "'Proved to Myself That I Still Could Pitch,' Declares Maglie -- Barber Finds Lotion in Wins as Dodger" with 2 photos
  • "Braves Pennant Drive Slows as Mound Aces Run Out of Gas"
  • Whitey Ford "Will Be Stengel's Starter in Series Opener - In Any Stadium"
  • Article about White Sox Ron Northey
  • "Rosen to Be Traded, Hank (Greenberg) HInts; 'I'll Quit First,' Flip Indicates"
  • Full page feature on the newest 200-win pitcher, Bob Lemon with large cartoon featuring Lemon
  • Stan Musial "Looks Back--Ahead to Game Streak, 3,000 Hits"
  • "20 a Year Top Thrill, Warren Spahn Felt--Until He Reached 200"
  • Obituary: Thomas J. Hickey, 94, founder of the National Association
  • Some Football coverage including schedules
  • Hat's Off featuring brief article about each of the Players of the Week focuses on AL's Jack Harshman and NL's Carl Furillo
  • That's just the highlights, many many more articles plus boxscores, stats, extensive minor league coverage, and more