1947/02/26 — 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 Willard Mullin is “Specialists All” and features Tris Speaker and Frankie Frisch along with smaller images of Rogers Hornsby and Bill McKechnie
Headline is “Players’ New Wealth Melts in Florida Sun — $25 Extra Stretches Into Deficit — Weekly Allowance Lures Families to Camp, With Hike in Expenses”
“Galbreath Gab, Greenbacks Make Hank a Buc — Slugger Signs for One Year With Pirates” about Hank Greenberg signing with the Pirates
“Feller Aids Entire Loop at Gate–Veeck — Indians’ Boss Fires Back at His Salary Critics” with Bill Veeck cartoon by Lou Darvas
“Giants Still Champs to Blanche McGraw — First Division in ’47, Flag in Three YEars Visioned by Widow of Former Manager”
DiMag’s Sidelining Jolts Yanks; Joe Just in Puerto Rico for Ride — Heel Delays Start of Training for Outfielder UntiL Arrival in St. Pete”
“The Babe Goes Home to Cheers and Tears of Waiting Fans” with three photos of Babe Ruth, plus article “Ruth, Wasted By Illness, Ends Long Hospital Stay — Wants to Look at River From Apartment Window; Separate Auto Needed for His Gifts and Fan Mail”
“Phillies High on Hill, 15 Range Over 6 Feet”
“Braves Farm Boss Uses Own Wings — Jenkins Gained Experience in 65 War Missions — He’ll Cover 15 Clubs in Air Dashes”
Frankie Baumholtz
“One-Legged Shepard to Get Hill Trial With Browns”
“Lippy, Opening His Heart to Scribes, Bares Yearning for Strong Hurling — Durocher Silent on Prospect of Jackie Robinson Joining Dodgers”
“Rickey, Relaxing on Run, Sees His ’47 Dodgers as Best Ever — All Depends on How Squad Shakes Down, Says Branch; Confidence Voiced by Players”
Jesse Burkett “Old-Time .400 Hitter, Finds Modern Counterpart in Ted Williams — Jesse Says Cards Play Kind of Game He Did; Wants to See Cooperstown” — with photo of Jesse Burkett as both player and “today”
“Cronin Visions Younger, Better, Red Sox Staff — Big Four Expected to Get Help from Lefty Johnson, Zuber, and Others”
“Inside of Game’s Most Famous Deals — Castoffs Lifted Basement Cardinals to Third Rung — Harmon, Konetchy and Mowrey Failed to Deliver in Buc Flannels, While Miller, Wilson, Butler, Cozy Dolan, Hank Robinson Helped Stage St. Louis Flag Pace” refers to 1913 trade
Lee Carey
“The Old Master and His Specialty” includes a photo with a few paragraphs of Honus Wagner demonstrating how he used to hone his bats
Chesterfield ad on back cover features actress Virginia Mayo
1947/02/19 — 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 Willard Mullin is “Hero on One Field, Bum on the Other” and prominently features Jim Thorpe, Frank Frisch and Charlie Trippi
Headline is “Rickey Cuts Stardom Route to 2-1/2 Years — New Course Speeds Up Chain Gang — 1,000 Boys Will Get Chance in Baseball City to Make Grade Quickly
Hank Greenberg “Quit When Bucs Snubbed Bid for Release — Hammerin’ Henry Said to Want to Return to A.L. via Yankees to Taunt Tigers — New Talked Scheduled by Pirates” with large photo of Hank Greenberg
“We’re Thankful to Be Able to Aid, Not Chasten Lip, Amen–Rickey — Never Been a Moment I Didn’t Consider Leo as Manager, Says Mahatma, Denying Rumors Walker Might Get Post”
“Laraine (Day) Will Join the Lip for Cuban Honeymoon–If?”
“Yanks Off to Flying Start in Training With Forecast of Second-Place Ceiling — Start Work in Puerto Rico” with small pic of Joe DiMaggio
Billy Evans
Herb Pennock Says Salaries too High
“Cards Again Likely to Lean on Lefties — Three Soutpaw Starters Rare for One Club” with photos of the three: Harry Brecheen, Howie Pollet, and Al Brazle
Red Embree
“Art Shires Still Talking Whale of Game; Fans Buy His Food and Beer to Listen”
“Eddie Collins Blasts Owners Sniping at Williams’ Salary”
“Sale Price of Goodman, 20, Sets Record for Southern — Red Sox Land Outfield Flash” with a couple of photos of Billy Goodman
“Teammates Find Rookie Berra Easy to Rib, But Yanks’ Belter Can’t Be Fooled by Pitchers” with headshot of Yogi Berra plus larger pic of Yogi having a cup of coffee with his parents at their St. Louis home
“McGraw’s Field Captain Keeping Eye on Game From Sanitarium — Doyle Still Laughing Larry in Fight for Health” features a full page of text and photos of Larry Doyle
Schoolboy Rowe signs with Phillies
“Roster of the New York Giants”
“Babe Feeling Fine on Birthday — I’m Fighting Hard, He Tells Well-Wishers; Only Family and a few Friends at His Party” with a photo of Babe Ruth’s daughter, Mrs. Richard Flanders
1947/02/12 — 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 Willard Mullin is “Why Did You Open That Door, Richard?” and features Stan Musial and owner Sam Breadon
Headline is “Salary Gravy-Train Speeding Toward Spill — Soaring Costs Menace Less-Wealthy Magnates — Feller, Williams and Greenberg Set Dizzy Pace in Pay, With Other Expenses Mounting for Major Clubs; Huge Gates Necessary to Meet Outgo” with very small pic of Ted Williams
Babe Ruth “Battling to Regain Strength, Weeps During Chandler’s Visit — Every Fan Is Pulling for You, Babe Is Told; Hollows in Moon Face Tell of His Long Ordeal”
Photo of Monty Stratton receiving trophy as most courageous player of 1946
“Police to Enforce N.L. Park Blacklists — League Adopts New Rules in Gambling War — Clubs Told to Catalog Bet Muggs”
“Trade Pot Boils But Clubs Fail to Cook Up Deals”
“Lands 75,000 Fish … and Laughs at One That Got Away” is a page of Ted Williams with photos and the articles “Ted Writes Own Ticket for Pay Seat Next to Ruth — Only Babe Ever Received Higher Straight Salary” and “Ted Scores His First ’47 Hit in Hub — Williams Hopes Its Us and the Cardinals Again Next Fall”
Claude Passeau
Spud Chandler
Greenberg Gardens to Aid Hank Homers — New Left Field Screen Will Cut 20 Feet From Distance Required for Circuit Blow”
Wedding photos of Del Ennis, Andy Pafko and Buddy Kerr
“Leo on Spot, Laraine Asks for New Umpire — Durocher Under Fire After Criticizing Judge; Miss Day Alleges Bias”
“Dodgers Find Raises in ’47 Offerings, But Deacon Drops in Button for Lip — Reiser Signs for $17,500, Plus Bonus If His Arm Proves to be Okay”
Clint Hartung
“$28,000 Pact for ’47 to Make Musial Highest-Paid Player in Card History — Only Hornsby and Frisch, as Playing Pilots, Had Larger Salaries”
Roy Cullenbine
“Musial and Stratton Hear Names in Song at Philly — Pitcher Who Lost Leg Cheered by 1,100 for Winning 18 Games in East Texas Loop” with a photo of each Stan Musial and Monty Stratton
“Spring Training Plans Hit New High — Yanks Set Pattern With Trips Outside U.S.” with “Always in Front” cartoon featuring Larry MacPhail by Willard Mullin
“Official American League Schedule for 1947″
“Johnny Kling, Catcher and Mr. Brains of Tinker-Evers-Chance Teams, Dies”
“Is That Good or Bad?” cartoon by Willard Mullin features his Brooklyn Bum
Chesterfields ad on back cover features Ethel Merman
1947/01/29 — 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 Willard Mullin is “Right Out of Tiffany’s Windows” and features Bob Feller
Headline this issue is “Demands Bramham Uncover Gambling Plot — Evangeline Club Owner Asks for Quick Action — Head of New Opelousas Club Requests Prosecution of Guilty and Cleanup of Scandal in His League, So Faith of Public May Be Restored”
Four Voted in Hall of Fame by Less Than Half of BBWA” with photos and career stats for each of the new inductees: Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove, Frank Frisch, Carl Hubbell(nice class!)
Hank Greenberg “Sold to Bucs for $35,000 — Tigers’ Waiver Request Was Fourth in Year” — nearly 3 full pages of articles, photos, and a Willard Mullin cartoon titled “Over the Hill”
“Nation’s Cheers Speed Ruth Recovery — Rooting Proves His Fame Grows With Time” — two full pages of text with quite a few photos of Babe Ruth
Bob Feller “Blazes to New Pay Peak Amid Fanfare” with photo of Feller signing his contract
Jake Flowers
Bill Dickey “Signs to Manage Little Rock, With Whom He Started 22 Years Ago”
Charley Wagner
“$2,225,000 Yank Budget Highest in Game’s History — Night Games Limited to 14 at Stadium With Equal Number on Road”
“Dodgers Offer 3 Puerto Rico Negroes Trial” — the three being Buster Clarkson, Monty Irving (who I assume is actually Monte Irvin), and Larry Doby
Joe McCarthy
In the “Necrology” section is three-inches of text remarking upon the death of Josh Gibson in which it is mentioned that he once hit a homer 513 feet, another 435 feet, and finally that he hit 4 home runs in one day vs. the Memphis Red Sox at Zanesville, Ohio
Chesterfields ad on back cover features actress Ann Sheridan
1947/01/22 — 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 Willard Mullin is “Help From a Housing Expert” and features Branch Rickey
Headline is “Game Booming in Cuba Despite U.S. Slaps — Island Fans Resent O.B. Outlawing — Need for Peace Recognized”
“Reiser? Rickey Recalls HIs Well–A Good Boy — No Intention to Ignore Him After Surgery
“Yankee-Builder Barrow Tells of Deals — Greatest Bargain–And Gamble–Was Lazzeri — Took Risk on Buying DiMag Too” feature article covers over a page and includes several photos of Ed Barrow over the years
“Mr. Shortstop’s Crown Tottering? — Reese, Kerr and Miller Backed by Teammates as Rivals for Marion’s Title” with photos of Marty Marion, Pee Wee Reese, Buddy Kerr and Eddie Willier. Small article inset on page is “Wagner Greatest of All”
“Pride Hurt, But Cubans Will Bow to U.S. Rules — Bar on Mike Gonzales, Hero to Countrymen, Creates Special Resentment”
“Six Ex-GIs Regain Berths on Majors’ Star Team — Newhouser, Named Third Time in Tow, Tops All Players in Vote of Scribes — Dom DiMaggio, Robinson, Kell Honored First Time” with photos of All-Stars Ted Williams, Dave Ferriss, Bob Feller, Hal Newhouser, Stan Musial, Aaron Robinson, Bobby Doerr, George Kell and Dom DiMaggio
“Council Proposes W.S. Guarantees for Players — Majors to Act February 1 on Minimum-Share Plan”
“Series Prizes Too Low, Larry Fears” with photo of Larry MacPhail
Mel Ott “Must Prove to His Rookies Losing Doesn’t Come Naturally — Replacing Defeat Complex With Winning Spirit, Pilot’s Big Task”
“Bombers Must Develop Right Fielder for ’47 — Signs Point to Henrich as Yankee First Sacker — Bobby Brown Also Rated Possibility at Initial Sack” with pics of Tommy Henrich and Bobby Brown
One-column article by Grantland Rice “Bambino No. 1 Guy of Sport — Tops in Skill and Thrills He Has Brought Millions” with very small pic of Babe Ruth
“Tough Luck Dogs Infield of Old Cub Champs — Amputation of Tinker’s Left Leg Completes Cycle of Misfortune for Quartette” with photo of Tinker, Evers, and Chance
“Take Me Out to the Ball Game Outlives All Diamond Ballads — 50,000 Songs on Sports in Driscoll Collection” is a page about J. Francis Driscoll including photos of him, plus a facing page with photos of nine famous baseball sheet music
“Dodger Players to Have Voice on Jackie’s Climb — Rickey Would Let Men See Robinson in Action and Make Own Decision” with small pic of Jackie Robinson
“Bosox Dislike Arcs, But Will Have Best — Fenway Brightness to Equal Yankee Stadium”
“They Can’t Do That to Me, Says Dean — Cards’ New Home-Road Radio Tieup Cold-Shoulders Dizzy and Brownies — Chill Between St. Louis Clubs”
“Impressive Shrine for Walter Johnson Launched by Griff — President Truman to Be Asked to Dedicate Seven-Foot Granite Testimonial to Stadium”
Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features actor William Bendix
1947/01/15 — 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:
Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Clear the Runways! The Yankee Clipper Is About to Roar Again” featuring Joe DiMaggio
Headline is “Feller to Cop $80,000 Plus as New Pay King — Bonus Pact to Hinge on Tribe Gate — Excellent Chance to Pass Ruth’s Top; Other Stars May Take Bob’s Cue”
Pete Reiser’s “Newest Gripe: Dodgers WON’T TALK — Outfielder Has Heard Nothing Since Surgery — Rickey Always Out When He Phoned, Says Speedboy; Arm Feels Stronger”
“H.G. Salsinger Says: Hank to Yanks as First Sacker Gives Detroit First Laugh of Year — If Slugger is Too Slow for Gateway on Tigers, Is He Fast Enough for Same Spot on Bombers?”
“Many Executives Stem from Branch — Rickey Recalls How He Picked MacPhail, Giles, Trautman, DeWitt and Others” with photos of all men
“New Stars Pad Major Catching Corps — Most Run-Down Department in Big Leagues Being Filled Out by Fresh Mitts” with photos of catchers Lester Moss, Aaron Robinson, Joe Garigiola, Jim Hegan, Yogi Berra, and Bruce Edwards
Full-page of Babe Ruth coverage, as the Bambino recovers from surgery. “Not Unattended” cartoon by Willard Mullin shows the Babe sitting up in bed, plus articles titled “Nation’s Fans Root for Ruth After Surgery — Babe Plans Trip to Warmer Climate to Recuperate; Artery Ligated”; “Prayers of First Coach Follow Babe in Surgery”; “Water Edged Closer, Ruth Hit Longer”; and the “Graham’s Corner” column by Frank Graham is headed “Take a Good Swing, Babe!”
Eddie Miller
Del Ennis
“World Series Without Public Seat Sale Looms in St. Louis if Cardinals Repeat — Ticket-Book Buyers to Get First Choice”
“Tribe Wood-Polisher Woodling to Get Chance as Bucco Belter” with pic of Gene Woodling
“Honus, Signing 36th Contract, Eager for First Visit to Floriada” with small pic of Honus Wagner signing his contract as Pirates coach
Thornton Lee
Johnny Rigney
“Jump to Dodgers Put Up to Jackie–And Durocher — Decision on Whether Robinson is Ready Passed to Lip by Rickey” with small pics of Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and Leo Durocher
“Durocher Thinks He Can Win by Out-Talking Other Fellow — Giant Killer Calls Lip Smartie Like McGraw” featured article with photos of Harry Coveleskie both as player and “currently” as a bartender
Red Smith article about Dizzy Dean — “Dean Undizzy–Just Spirited — Belongs in Hall of Fame But Not on Screwball List”
Games Famous Streaks — “Keeler’s 44-Game String of Hits Still High for N.L.” with three photos of Wee Willie Keeler and a day by day record of his hitting streak
“DiMag Adds Heel-Repair to Rebuild Job — Joe Expected to Be Ready for Puerto Rican Trip, Feb. 15″
“Indian Chief Veeck Now Stalking Nat Mound Pair — Bill Willing to Take COuple of Washington Hurlers If His Bid for Spence Fails” with pics at the top of Indian manager Lou Boudreau and spring training coaches, Bill McKechnie, Al Lopez, and Rogers Hornsby
Mel Ott “Glows Over ’47 Sprouts in Giants’ Garden — Skipper, Visiting New York, Visions More Youth and Speed in Outfield”
Cover cartoon is “The Busher Who Won a World’s Championship” by Nelson features Sam Breadon and Eddie Dyer
Headline on front cover is “Low Series Shares to Bring Scale Demand – Small Parks Rob Players of Barnstorming Takes”
“Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Joe Gariagiola this issue
“Cards Champs Sixth Time Because of Old Fight – Breadon’s Club Never in Lead Till Last Day”
Harry Brecheen feature articles with cartoon of “The Cat” by Amadee
“THE 1946 WORLD SERIES RUN BY RUN” with box scores of all 7 games as the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox
MORE WORLD SERIES COVERAGE – Including team photo of the Champion Cardinals, Composite Box Scores, a brief article on the 15 records set and 20 tied this series, gate receipts
CARD BY CARD – Winning Deck, from Top to Bottom by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on members of the Cardinals, on the facing page is a full-page of photos captioned “Behind the Scenes Operating World Champions”
Babe Ruth “Led Bell-Ringers in Big Series – Babe’s .625 in 1928 Far Ahead of All Others – 40 Players Batter .400 or Better in Fall Classic”
Feature article about Lefty O’Doul with 3 photos and career statistics
MY GREATEST DIAMOND THRILL by Eddie Dyer, Manager, St. Louis Cardinals
Dolf Luque “Warms Up Old Giant Gems at ‘El Pitcher’ – Dolf Entertains U.S. Diamond Tourists at Cuban Home, Recalls Hill Feats
Cover cartoon is “Shooting the Chutes” by Willard Mullin featuring “Gus Fan” and the 1946 Season
Headline on front cover is “Who Is Majors’ No. 1 Manager for ’46? – Hot Debate Over Claims for Cronin, Dyer and Lip” by J.G. Taylor Spink
“Most Unusual Series Game Recalled — Grand Slam, Unaided Triple Play in 1920 Tilt” with photos of each Elmer Smith and Bill Wambsganss
Frank Frisch “Anecdotes Revived by Departure from Pirates — Majors Will Miss Fun-Loving Frankie”
A page filled with photos: “Frisch Follies” following Frankie Frisch’s career
“Like Father, Like Son … Jim Bagby, Jr. in Series”
“Cards Hold Mastery Over Dodgers to End” with box scores of the two playoff games the Cards needed to get past the Dodgers for the pennant
“Ticket Tornado Tosses Many Scalpers for Loss – Speculators’ Prices for St. Louis Playoff Game Drop Rapidly After Initial Rush for Pasteboards”
Over a full-page feature by J.G. Taylor Spink: RUBE WADDELL – “Madcap Mound Marvel – Rose to Fame Under Mack’s Kindly Hand”
Bob Feller – “Feller Beats Newhouser, Waddell’s Strikeout Record, All in the Same Day — ‘Whiff Records Fine, But Never Again,’ Vows Weary Indian After Reaching 348″
“Statisticians Still Fanning Figures Over Bobby Feller’s Whiff Mark – Experts Place Waddell Total Between 347 and 352; Evidence Supports 349″
“Cardinals Battling for Their Sixth World’s Title – Birds Have Lost Three Big Series”
Team photo with headline Red Sox Wrecking Crew Who Rolled Over Rivals in A.L. Race
“Bosox Defend All-Victory Record in Series Play — Topped Five Flags with W.S. Wins – 1946 Pennant Winner First in 28 Years” with photos of Jimmy Collins, Jake Stahl, Bill Carrigan and Ed Barrow (the managers of the Boston Champions) – The following page includes photos of Bill Dinneen, Joe Wood, Duffy Lewis, Larry Gardner, and Babe Ruth
Plus, believe it or not, much more!
Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features images of Ted Williams
Headline over the masthead: A Century of Baseball, With Pictures and Records, In this Issue, 20 Pages
Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Gee-Whiskers! The Thirty-Niners! How They Might Have Looked, imagines some of 1939′s baseball stars with Old Tyme Mustaches, pictured are: Hank Greenberg – Bill Terry – Ernie Lombardi – Red Ruffing – Gabby Hartnett – Joe McCarthy
Other stories:
Norwegian Prince Gets Ear and Eyeful at a Minor Game – As Guest of Superior Club, Olav Hears Irate Fans Blast Umpire and Sees Player Banished
Dizzy Dean Helps Silence Talk About Hartnett Being Bounced
The Earl Puts Solid Stripe on Bengels about Earl Averill
‘We Wuz Robbed,’ Wail Set Up by Tribe Fans on Averill Deal
Red Evans, Who Dropped Three games on Three Piches on “Daffy Dodger Luck,” Once Hurled for Insane Asylum, with large cartoon of Evans by Willard Mullin
Pepper Martin Rallies Card Fan Interest – 12,538 Pay Tribute to Colourful Veteran on ‘His Day’
Cooperstown Cavalcade Marked by Greatest Galaxy of Past and Present Diamond Stars Ever Assembled, with three photos including the classic one of inductees Honus Wagner, Grover Alexander, Tris Speaker, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Connie Mack, Cy Young, with note that Ty Cobb arrived late. Sidebar article “Happy Days for Cobb.” Fred Lieb article Exhibition, Staged on Historic Doubleday Field, Showed Evolution of Game from Town Ball to Modern-Day Sport; Hall of Fame Members Provided Biggest Thrill for 10,000 Onlookers
Plus many other articles not mentioned, box scores, detailed minor league coverage and more
Headline: ALL U.S. CELEBRATES CENTURY OF PROGRESS IN GAME – with cover photos of Gen. Abner Doubleday, the 1888 New York Giants with manager Jim Mutrie, the famed Baltimore Orioles of 1894 with manager Ned Hanlon, illustrations of Uniform Styles of 1870 and the Championship Match of Elysian Fields, Hoboken, NJ, 1866
Their Achievements Immortalized in Bronze in Game’s Hall of Fame – shows 19 plaques of the first Hall of Famers, plus article Great Players, Great Officials, Great Teams Dot Game’s History
Centennial Observance Centers in Game’s Birthplace – Shrine, Feature Events Draw Pilgrimages to Cooperstown, plus photos under headline “Preserving Memories of the Deeds of Diamond Greats
Illustration and photo of the Co-Originators of the Curve Ball: Arthur Candy Cummings and Fred E. Goldsmith
Article with team drawing: Red Stockings of 1869, First Paid Team, Only Pro Club Ever Undefeated in Season
Louisville Slugger Bats Used by Players for Over 50 Years
Keeping Step With the Growth of the Game about The Sporting News itself
Deacon White, Oldest Living Player, at 92, Recalls Highlights of Historic Career That Started in 1868
Gerrity of the U.S.N. by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by Kurt Wiese
There’s Magic In The Air by Roger W. Babson with huge illustration by Winsor McCay
With Rod and Gun by Ring Lardner
The Shadow by Jeffery Farnol and illustrated by Harold Brett
We’re in the Movies Now – In Pictures – Center spread across two facing pages includes shots of Will Rogers, Big Bill Tilden, Babe Ruth, Gene Tunney, Gertrude Ederle, and others
For a Rainy Day by Elizabeth MacDonald Osborne
The New Dynasty by Florence Dorsey Welch and illustrated by Cornelius Hicks
What’s the Damage? by Hugh Leamy and illustrated by Austin Eugene Briggs
The Woman Hunters — Part of a Serialized Story by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by R.V. Culter
The Nervous Wrecks by Uncle Henry
Up and At ‘Em by Grantland Rice with photo of boxer Ace Hudkins
A Place to Sit Down by Jonathan Brooks and illustrated by Paul Brown
Free, White and Female by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore
1951/04/21 — “April 19, 1775 – Paul Revere’s Historical Ride” cover is credited to Walter Bomar
Contents as follows: ARTICLES:
Atomic Miracle by John Lear
Jo Stafford — Her Songs Upset Joe Stalin by Bill Davidson, includes full-page color photo of Stafford
In Defense of Our Jury System by Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman
The New Air War — SABRES vs MIGs by Charlotte Knight
My Last Big-League Game — Concluding “Umpire Bill Klem’s Own Story — by William J. Klem with William J. Slocum, includes photos of Klem, plus Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Lou Gehrig, Dizzy Dean
Boom in Ballet, with paintings by Cydney
Speaking of Male Necklines by Bert Bacharach
He Found New Land in New England by Arthur Bartlett
FICTION:
“Consolation Prize” by Elizabeth Wilson and illustrated by Bob Hilbert
“A Matter of Choice” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by Albert Dorne
“Portrait of a Preacher” by George Byram and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
“Stairway to an Empty Room” — Part 4 of 5 — by Dolores Hitchens and illustrated by Leonard Steckler
“The Closet” — The Short Short Story — by Kenneth Lowe
PLUS:
48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
What’s the Rush by W.F. Miksch
Editorials
Cartoons by Stanley & Janice Berenstain, Virgil Partch, Lafe Locke, Thurston Gentry, Ben Roth, Reamer Keller, John Dempsey, John Ruge, Robert Day, Sidney Hoff, Jane Spear King, Gardner Rea, Charles Pearson, David Huffine, Leonard Huff, John Dempsey, Larry Reynolds
Full-page b&w ad featuring Ava Gardner & Robert Mitchum in My Forbidden Past
Anne Jeffreys for Camel Cigarettes on the back cover.
1950/06/17 — The cover is credited to Thoma Fransioli
Contents as follows: ARTICLES:
Free the Atom by David E. Lilienthal
The Giant Job of Telling Time by Robert Froman
Tail-End to Tip-Top: Rise of the Yankees — Continuing My Baseball Story by Edward G. Barrow with James M. Kahn – includes never before published photo supplied by Ed Barrow of the 1922 Yankees as they broke camp, all in shirts and ties including Babe Ruth, Lefty O’Doul, Bob Meusel and others
Doctor Mary Sleeps Fast by Ruth Borden and Frances O’Brien
Romance at 20 Paces by Bill Davidson with color photo of Micheline Prelle
The Kid Right-Hander, Is This His Year? by Tom Meany is about Art Houtteman with color photo
Dad–Remember? by Bert Bacharach
FICTION:
“The Big Build-Up” by Michael Foster and illustrated by Roswell Keller
“All the Birds of the Air” by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
“I Was Poor Once Myself” by Margaret Chase and illustrated by Charles Hawes
“The Candy Kid” — Part 5 of 6 — by Dorothy B. Hughes and illustrated by Ward Brackett
“Jeff and the Schizophrenic Turtle” — The Short Short Story by Walter Karig with illustration by Robert J. Lee
“Dangerous Lady” — Part 1 of 4 — by Octavus Ray Cohen and illustrated by Wendell Kling
“P.O. Box 63″ by Mignon G. Eberhart and illustrated by Carolyn Edmundson
“Hello, Beethoven” by William Porter and illustrated by Gilbert Darling
“Departure” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Henry McAlear
“Money Rider” by Todhunter Ballard and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
“Greater Love Hath No Man” — The Short Short Story — by Ernest Lehman and illustrated by John Holmgren
ARTICLES
Our Secret War in Scandinavia — Part 1 of 2 — Revealing for the first time how Sweden actively co-operated with the Norwegian underground — by Colonel Bernt Balchen
World Changer by Francis Chase, Jr. with drawing by Rolf Klef
G.I. Family at Yale by William R. Sears
Gateway to Glamor by Bradley Smith about The Studio Club
I Couldn’t Afford to Be a Congressman by Robert Ramspeck as told to James C. Derieux
Take It Easy by Mabel Scacheri about photography
Worms Make the Garden Grow by Alfred H. Sinks
The Unbowed Head by Kyle Crichton about Walter Head
Teach the New Dog Old Tricks by A.L. Simon
PLUS:
Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
Wing Talk by Frederick R. Neely
The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
Editorials: The Choice Is Ours – Officers and Men – Our Great Visitor
Half-page black & white ad for Jockey includes a drawing of Babe Ruth
1949/06/06 — Cover photograph featuring “Summer Playclothes” with Ronnie Porter is credited to Lisa Larsen.
Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS:
The Armed Services Battle It Out
Editorial: The New ’49ers
Forrestal’s Body is Carried to Arlington
Photographer Records Biography of a Tornado
Another Reuther is Ambushed
Rita Hayworth Marries Aly Khan — 3 full pages of coverage, mostly photos
Two Vermonters in Jail for Debt
ARTICLE:
Chaos in Asia by Max Ways
CLOSE-UP:
Pancho Gonzales by Gene Farmer
PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:
Arthritis
MOVIES:
Red Virtue Routs Western Villainy
“Sorrowful Jones” with Bob Hope
MEDICINE:
Surgery in Color Television
ART:
Niagara Falls
EDUCATION:
An Old School Celebrates
FASHION:
Tops for Shorts
INDUSTRY:
“Shoe Wizard’s” House
NATURE:
Busy Bird Hospital
ENTERTAINMENT:
Gypsy Joins the “Carny” featuring Gypsy Rose Lee
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
LIFE’s Reports: Best-Seller Aftermath by Betty Smith
Speaking of Pictures: Hippo Haven on Banks of the Old Kazinga
Letters to the Editors
LIFE Visits Washington’s Luckiest Kids
Miscellany: Radio Hat
Notable advertising includes: Esther Williams for Lux Soap, 1/8 page ad from the Exacta Time Corporation for the Official Babe Ruth Wristwatch with a photo of the watch and a small image of the Bambino*, Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr in Edward, My Son, and a Chesterfield Cigarettes ad featuring Bob Hope on back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.
1938/07/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Volume 2, Number 14 of LOOK Magazine, from the early days when it consisted entirely of photo-essays.
Paging through the issue some of the contents are as follows:
“The Thrilling Story of Spies” with photos of Mata Hari, Claude France, Edith Cavell, carrier pigeons; 2-pages titled “Tricks of the Spy’s Trade”; another 2-pages titled “The Tragic Fate of Spies” with before and after capture photos of Jane Anderson, Baroness Victoria von Kretschman, anonymous spy hanging, another lying dead in a field, several Serbian spies lined up blindfolded to be shot, and more.
Lou Gehrig “How Long Can Baseball’s Iron Man Keep Going?” is 2-pages of Gehrig photos including 4 of his swing and follow-through, one of him with Babe Ruth, one with his wife, one playing football at Columbia, one as a movie cowboy and another trying out for Tarzan.
“LOOK Looks Into….Why Movie Theater Owners Complain The Biggest Stars Are Poison at the Box Office” with photos of Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Mae West, Katharine Hepburn and Kay Francis. The next two pages are titled “LOOK Looks Into…These Are NOT Poison at the Box Office: They Draw the Biggest Crowds” with photos of Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy, Clark Gable, Jane Withers, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Sonja Henie, Ginger Rogers, Gary Cooper and William Powell.
2-pages of cops and robbers with “You Can’t Get a Gun Without a Permit…But Gangsters Can”
“Unlucky in Love — The Story of Fanny Brice” is 1-1/2 pages
“The Strangest Sights I’ve Seen” by Robert Ripley, is two page of Ripley and his oddities
Glenn Cunningham — “He Prefers Fun With the Baby to Fame as a Great Runner” – 2-pages
Bernarr Macfadden — “Building Bodies Built His Millions” – 2-pages
“Any Girl Can Have Glamour … Constance Bennett Says And Here She Proves It!” — 2-pages, but only one photo of Bennett the rest of Betty Clymer, an “average working girl” that Bennett bet Norman McLeod $25 she could make glamourous
Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:
ARTICLES:
Along the Glory Road by Lawrence Tibbett
Passing Out the Patronage by James A. Farley
Getting the Jump on Crime by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about the United States Bureau of Investigation and opens with a half-page photo of young J. Edgar Hoover
“She’s Doing Her Own Work’ by Agnes Sligh Turnbull and illustrated by Herbert Paus
I Have 7,000,000 Neighbors by Alfred E. Smith with drawing by Joseph Golinkin
Have You Really Learned to Talk? by Vida Sutton
An Ironmaster Tackles Today’s Biggest Puzzle by John T. Flynn
Who’s to Blame–Machines or Men? by Ernest T. Weir
Faith by George A. Moreno as told to Helen Christine Bennett
Boss of Muscle Shoals by Webb Waldron
FICTION:
The Lady Liked Emeralds by Frederick C. Painton and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
In Any Emergency by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Karl Godwin
Eddie Mows the Lawn by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
A King in Caribbea — A Novelette Complete in This Issue by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer
Star Magic — Part 5 — by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Saul Tepper
Davy Meets the World by Gordon Malherbe Hillman and illustrated by Herbert Paus
13 for Dinner — Last Installment of a Serial by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Welden Trench
INTERSTING PEOPLE:
Sistie: Anna Eleanor Dall
Champion: John Collier
Contender: Maureen Orcutt
Dean: William B. Gibson
Friend: Molly Keatly
Safe-Cracker: Charles Courtney
Mrs. Grundy: Alice-Leone Moats
Puppeteer: Harry Burnett
SHORT FEATURES:
You’d Be Surprised by Joe Williams
Patterpics – A New Game
It Takes All Kinds by W.S.
Oswald K. Blemish, M.M. by H.T. Webster
N.E.C.’s Problem – Discussed by Crosby Field
Prize Winner May Contest
The Meeting Place
Back cover features a Wheaties ad with a 6 panel comic strip starring Babe Ruth — “No More Breakfast Coaxing – How Wheaties and BABE RUTH’S FREE Home Run Moviebook Turned the Trick
Complete contents from the contents page is as follows: ARTICLES:
Winged Terror by Bruce Gould is about Anthony Fokker with portrait by John Rogers and drawing by Clayton Knight
Are You a Safe Driver? by Robbins B. Stoeckel and illustrated by Frank Dobias
What the Man in the Street Has Taught Me by Heywood Broun and illustrated by George Clisbee
He Started at the End of His Rope by Mary B. Mullett and illustrated by Carl V. Burger is about concert pianist and noted author on game birds, Otto G. Beyer
“I’m Getting to Know My Son” by Keene Sumner
How to Move Ahead While Standing Still by James Layfield
We’re Ninety-Nine Percent Honest by James R. Crowell
But They Do Come Back by W.O. McGeehan
A Job You Wouldn’t Want by G.K. Chesterton is about The Prince of Wales and illustrated by B.J. Rosenmeyer
“Where Do I Get Off?” by Merle Crowell
The House of a Thousand Servants by Claude H. Miller with drawing by Byron Musser
Take a Tip from the Waiter by Fritz Nocker and illustrated by Arthur Edrop
FICTION:
“If I Were You” — A Novel — Part I — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Frederick Chapman
“Dangerous as a Dagger” — Another “Emmy” Story — by Patterson Dial and illustrated by John H. Crosman
“Sea Worthy” by Frank Wead and illustrated by W.J. Aylward
“War Paint and Rouge” — A Novel — Part III — by Robert W. Chambers and illustrated by Norman Price
“Shoestring” — A Novel — Part V — by Berton Braley and illustrated by Herbert Paus
“A Guttersnipe Grows Wings” by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrate by J.W. Schlaikjer
“A Chance to Be Somebody” by Louis F. McCabe and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
“Hollyhock Lane” by Margaret Craven and illustrated by John H.Crosman
SHORT FEATURES: Interesting People:
Clifford Laibly and Laman C. Johnson by Neil M. Clark
Cliff Self by Ruth Moore Morriss
Chief Cuviboranandi, alias A. Hyatt Verrilt by George Allan England
Prize Winners — January Contest — “Pulling Out”
Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: “Swing Along” ad for Camel Cigarettes, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ad is illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg, Hugh Trevor for Lux Toilet Soap*, Hoover Vaccuum Clener ad illustrated by Arthur William Brown, beautiful color ad for the new Ford Victoria, Chesterfield Cigarettes ad illustrated in color by J. Knowles Hare, Babe Ruth in a 2/3 page ad for Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States*, and a Wheaties ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))
Complete contents from the contents page is as follows: ARTICLES:
“When Do We Come Out of It?” by Dr. Julius Klein and illustrated by C.H. Sykes
“Which College–If Any?” by M.K. Wisehart and illustrated by Joseph Simont
“Filling Empty Arms” by Neil M. Clark with decoration by Mochi
“The World’s Best Loser” by Will Rogers with painting by W.N. Wilson and drawing by Robert Fawcett
“The Sea Devil Tells the Rest of the Story” by Lowell Thomas and illustrated by Gustav Tenggren
The High Cost of Whiffing” is a golf article by Fitzhugh Green and illustrated by Frank A. Mutz
“They Do Remember!” is an article about animal memories by Archibald Rutledge and illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull
“Settled Out of Court” by A. de Ford Pitney and illustrated by John E. Sheridan
“Too Much Dictation” by Mildred Harrington and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
“The Books of Ralph L. Polk Have Thousands of Characters” by William S. Dutton with cartoons by F.G. Cooper and portrait by B.J. Rosenmeyer
“Hunters Who Search the World for New Plants” by Herbert W. Waring and illustrated by Charles S. Chapman
“We All Talk Too Much!” by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
“Nobody is Interested in Religion” by Bruce Barton with drawing by S.J. Woolf from photograph
FICTION:
“Through the Window” by Gerald Mygatt and illustrated by Herbert Paus
“Four Blocks Apart” — A Novel — Part III — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
“Lochinvar Does It Again!” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
“The White Patch” by Melville Davisson Post and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
“The King’s Minion” — A Novel — Part VI — by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
“A Million Apiece!” by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
SHORT FEATURES: Interesting People:
Big Ed Walsh — Article by Franklyn Eugene Doan
Mrs. Nettie Hubbard — Article by Robert E. Flaherty
Adam Schmitt — Article by Dixie Willson
The Babe Shows How — Photographs Posed by Babe Ruth — This is a huge 4-page article containing a total of 8 photographs of the Babe hitting, fielding, sliding and 3 more small pics of him gripping the ball. 11 paragraphs of text. The 4 pages are full-page with no advertising on them.
Index to Our Advertisers
Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Metropolitan Life Insurance ad with illustration by James Montgomery Flagg, “Of Course the Boardwalk is Trimmed with soda fountains for the pause that refreshes” Coca-Cola ad with illustration of Atlantic City boardwalk, and a General Tire and Rubber Company ad on the back cover.
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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.
