Cover cartoon features Mickey Mantle – Hank Aaron – Billy Pierce – Don Newcombe as the best performers of 1956, illustrated by Lou Darvas. Accompanying headline is “Mantle and Aaron Top Players of Year – Newcombe, Pierce Gain Hill Honors”
Page 2 article: “Triple Crown, Not Babe’s Record, Worried Mantle – Last Week Nerve-Wracking to Mickey”
Full page featuring large photo of Sandy Amoros smoking victory cigar with headline: “Amoros Shakes Goat Role with Homers in Pennant-Clincher — Everything’s Looking Sunny Now for Sandy”
Looping the Loops column by J.G. Taylor Spink features Bobby Bragan
“Reds Knot Record, Go Down Swinging in Bid for New High” with Bob Bentovoua cartoon of 6 Reds sluggers including Frank Robinson, Wally Post and Ted Kluszewski
“Bums Puffed to Pennant on Uphill Trail” featuring team photo 1956 NL pennant winning Brooklyn Dodgers
A page covering the Milwaukee Braves who the Dodgers beat for the pennant, includes photo of Warren Spahn
Full page including two large photos feature on cartoonist Willard Mullin — “Word Picture of Artist-Creator of Brooklyn “Bum” – Mullin Began Drawing in School Books”
Nice full page “We Did It Again!!!” Brooklyn Dodgers ad featuring team photo plus bullet points highlighting the Dodgers regular season
Final batting averages for each league on facing pages with small photos of league leaders Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron
Small article about Kraft Theater’s airing of “The Mickey Mantle Story” on the evening of World Series Game 1
Coverage of the Junior World Series featuring the Indianapolis Indians defeat of the Rochester Red Wings includes small head shot photos of heroes Joe Altobelli and Roger Maris
Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; winter ball coverage; The separately numbered 8-page “Quarterback” section covering football – Includes features on Lions – Nittany Lions – Jimmy Theodore – Claude Benham –
36 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section for 44 pages total.
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Please note all title are listed as either YEAR-MONTH as in 1947-05 for a May 1947 issue or YEAR-MONTH-DATE as in 1947-12-15 for a December 15, 1947 issue.
