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1937-09-11 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

1937/09/11 — Cover design by Robert C. Kauffmann

Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “Home Over Saturday” by Rose Wilder Lane and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • “The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “The Age of Chivalry” by Mary Lowrey Ross and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Hold it, Please” by Donald Hough and illustrated by Oscar Howard
  • “No Form and No Breedin’” by Allan Swinton and illustrated by Matt Clark

    • ARTICLES:

  • Company 5757, CCC
  • How It Feels to Look Like Everybody Else by Joseph Alsop, Jr.
  • Surgery at Sea by Captain George H. Grant
  • Angle Worms by Kirtley Baskette
  • Marie Curie, My Mother by Eve Curie and translated by Vincent Sheean
  • I Work for a Power Company by John Fort

    • SERIALS:

  • “Garden of the Moon” — Part 3 of 6 — by H. Bedford-Jones and Barton Browne and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Summer Moonshine” — Conclusion — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • Post Scripts

    • Poems:

  • “Luck” by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
  • Keeping Posted
  • Full-page ad for Williams Luxury Shaving Cream features Lou Gehrig in both a large black & white photo and smaller cartoon from a newspaper

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    1936-09-12 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

    1936/09/12 — Cover design by Frances Tipton Hunter

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Broadway Angler” by John Taintor Foote and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Journey’s Beginning” by Rose Wilder Lane and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Fiddling Fool” by Ben Ames Williams and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Roscoe to the Rescue” by Thomas McMorrow and illustrated by Galbraith
  • “Sailor’s Delight” by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Crossed Path to the Heart” by Brooke Hanlon and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther

    • ARTICLES:

  • Me and My Public: What Happened to Dizzy by J. Roy Stockton about Dizzy Dean and including 4 photos of Dean
  • Rest for Weary Willie by John Benton and illustrated by Galbraith
  • A Look at Harding From the Side Lines by Finley Peter Dunne
  • Second Booming: or It’s Just a Case of the Right Somebody to Love by Katharine Dayton with cartoon by Wyncie King
  • Fighting the Champions by Tom Sharkey with Morrow Mayo includes a 6×6 inch photo of Sharkey with Jim Jeffries and Babe Ruth
  • The Federal Invasion of the Business Field by Raymond G. Carroll

    • SERIALS:

  • “Think Fast, Mr. Moto” — Part 1 of 6 — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Demeter, a Farm Woman” — Part 6 of 6 — by Joseph Hergesheimer and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “Grass” a poem by Philip Jerome Cleveland
  • “England Expects” a poem by Ogden Nash
  • Keeping Posted
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge

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    1936-03-28 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

    1936/03/28 — Cover design by Ellen Pyle

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Indian Running” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Other Men’s Horses” by Price Day and illustrated by Earl Blossom
  • “Humbug” by Morley F. Cassidy and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • “Mr. Gallup Minds His P’s and Q’s” by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “A Hero Is Born” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by John Polgreen

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Lost American by Garet Garrett
  • The Last Great Adventure by Edwin Muller
  • The Towers of New York by Louis J. Horowitz with Boyden Sparkes
  • It’s Nice Clean Work by Anonymous and illustrated by Frederic Mizen
  • A Business man Looks at Relief, Politics vs. Efficiency by Robert L. Johnson with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Men Are Such Fools!” — Part 2 of 6 — by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by John La Gatta
  • “The Rubber Band” — A Nero Wolfe Mystery — Part 5 of 6 by Rex Stout and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “An Old Man’s Garden” – A Poem by Glenn Ward Dresbach
  • “I Had Forgotten” — A Poem by Leona Ames Hill

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    1936-02-01 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

    1936/02/01 — Cover design by Jack Murray

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Prudent Dan” by Maurice Walsh and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “The Saddle of Jenghiz Khan” by Major John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the author
  • “J.M. Shoots Twice” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “O.K. Toots!” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Only Real Security- An Interview With Henry Ford by Samuel Crowther
  • New Government -a Catechism- by Garet Garrett
  • You Can’t Beat the Dutch by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • By Their Words by Edward Angly with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Iron Will” — Part 3 of 5 — by Margaret Culkin Banning and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “The Hurricane” — Conclusion — by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner — Made into a film in 1937 starring Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, Mary Astor and directed by John Ford

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “The Secret Place” a poem by Mary Dixon Thayer
  • “Awakening” a poem by Mary Cabourn
  • “Who Dares to Look” a poem by Frances Frost
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge

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    1935-03-30 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

    1935/03/30 — Cover design by Anton Otto Fischer

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Over the Bumps” by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • East Bridge, West Bridge by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Ladies Order Asparagus” by Leonard H. Nason and illustrated by William C. Hoople
  • “Storm Warnings” by Lucia Alzamora, Ruth Rodney King, Malcolm Reiss, George Bradshaw and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “Wildfire” by Elsie Singmaster and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • ARTICLES:

  • Wings Without Halos by Swanee Taylor with Sloan Taylor
  • The Ordeal Called Fishing by H.I. Phillips and illustrated by D’Alton Valentine
  • Lion’s Taming the Bunk! by Bert “Suicide” Nelson
  • A Common-Sense Confession by Will Payne with Cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • From Farm Boy to Financier by Frank A. Vanderlip and Boyden Sparks

    • SERIALS:

  • “No Hero” — Part 1 of 6 — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Crash–Miss J. Looks On” — Part 2 of 5 — by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by May Wilson Preston

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “Spring” — A Poem by Lord Dunsany

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    1913-09-20 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

    1913/09/20 — Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • “The Spitter” by James Hopper is about the spitball in baseball. Looks to be a thinly veiled fiction about the New York Giants using names like Matterson and manager John McGrath. Actually has a photo with John McGraw
  • “Saving a Brother — How Petey Simmons Became a Horde of Criminals in Order to Do it” by George Fitch and illustrated by M.L. Blementhal
  • “Jacob Plays a Counterpart” by Kennett Harris and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Selling That Concerns Everybody on the Payroll” by James H. Collins with illustration by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “The Surplus Widows” by Harris Dickson and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Every Man His Own Merchant” by Forrest Crissey and illustrated by John R. Neill
  • “The Government Company” by Will Payne and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Beating Back — The Long Riders” by Al J. Jennings and Will Irwin with photos of Jennings
  • “In Search of a Husband” by Corra Harris and illustrated by Will Foster (part of a serial)
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • “Who’s Who and Why”

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: American Radiator Company on the inside front cover with a Maud Wilson illustration of a young girl and collie, Occident Flour, Holeproof Hosiery, Campbell’s Soup*, Willys Utility Truck from The Willys-Overland Company, Quaker Oats*, 2-page ad for The National Cash Register, United States Cartridge Company*, Prince Albert*, Arrow Semi-Bosom Shirts*, Imperial Automobile Co., United States Tire, Franklin Automobile Company, Community Silver ad with illustration by Coles Phillips, Anderson Electric Car Co., the Marathon from Herff-Brooks Corporation, Sherwin-Williams*, and a Victor Talking Machine ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

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    1905-06-24 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

    1905/06/24 — Cover design by Unknown — There is a signature but my source does not identify it and I cannot read it well enough to state it. If I had to guess I’d say it looks like S.S. Runyon.

    Complete contents picked up from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Real Defenders of Property by William Jennings Bryan and illustrated by C.A. Strehlau
  • “The Milpitas Maiden” A Story of Some Women’s Rights and Others’ Sufferance by Miram Michelson and illustrated by Gordon Grant
  • “Dear Little, Queer Little Man” a poem by J.W. Foley
  • “The Tracer of Lost Persons” A Pursuit of the Ideal and the Attainment of Happiness by Robert W. Chambers and illustrated by Clarence Underwood, a serial picking up at Chapter 2
  • “In the Hands of the Law” The Story of a Receiver Who Really Received by Will Payne and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “The Memoirs of an American” by Robert Herrick and illustrated by F.B. Masters, serialized story picking up at Chapter XXVII
  • The Wood Fire in Number Three – Some Close Calls by F. Hopkinson Smith and illustrated by Bayard Jones
  • The Reading Table
  • Very Cheap Living in London by James L. Ford

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    1905-03-11 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Saturday Evening Post

    1905/03/11 — Cover design by Anne Estelle Rice.

    Complete contents picked up from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • War Is Hell: Martial Glory as It Looks Without the Limelight by Richard Barry with illustration by James Preston
  • Progress and the Performing Bear: The Parable of Lazenby, Who Could Whip Any Man Except His Wife by Joel Chandler Harris and illustrated by E.W. Kemble
  • The Law or the Sandbag?: Some of the Things that Happen When Justice Looks the Other Way by Atherton Brownell

  • Cupidon and a Crown: A Story of Des Amis by M.E.M. Davis and illustrated by Lester Ralph

  • The Speculations of John Steele: Third and Last Time–Gone by Robert Barr and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

  • A Social Secretary: The Commentaries of a Caesar in Skirts with illustrations by Clarence F. Underwood

  • The Trust Inquisitor: The Man Who Commands the Secrets of Every Business Concern in the Country by J.J. Dickinson
  • The Works of Plupy Shute by Henry A. Shute
  • Literary Folk – Their Ways and Their Work
  • The Reading Table

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    1958-08-20 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1958/08/20 — 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:

  • “Brothers Under the Skin” cartoon by O’Mealia on the cover
  • Headline is “‘New Look’ Schedules to Boost Gates” with article “Earlier Start, 25 Sabbaths in ’59 Chart — Friday, April 10, Lidlifters Provide Two Big Payoff Dates at Outset of Season”
  • Also on the cover Ty Cobb “Plugs for Rice and Rixey in Hall — Better Entitled Than Some of Others Named — Peach Dodges Controversy But Urges Vet Scribes to Campaign for Old-Timers”
  • Ray Jablonski “Finds ‘Wonderful Summer’ in SF — Snails Cause Garden Problem for While But Avocados and RBI Crop Please Ray”
  • “Traded Players Top Batting, Hill Lists” with small Amadee cartoons of players discussed in article: Billy Goodman, Pete Runnels, Cal McLish, Vic Power, Jackie Jensen, Roy Sievers, Ryne Duren, Bob Turley, Bob Cerv
  • “Most Writers Nix Plan for Earlier Start — Stress Inclement Weather; Many Urge a Shorter Sked”
  • “Miracle of the Mound City: Jones Turns Into Winner as Control Pitcher” with Sad Sam Jones cartoon by Amadee
  • “Braves Again Hear Boom of Mathews, Schoendienst Bats — Both Boost Plate Averages; Jay Returns to Action; But Koppe Joins Casualty List”
  • “Dodgers Happy in Little Gray Home in West — Execs Find New Life, Commuting Up to 180 Miles a Day”
  • “Dodgers Train Guns on First-Division Target — ‘Won’t Take Much of Move to Reach Upper Bracket,’ Declares Captain Pee Wee”
  • Dick Donovan
  • “’58 Yanks Not Among My Three Best Clubs — Casey — ‘Lose Too Many Twin-Bills–He Wants to Win by 20 Games”
  • Birdie Tebbetts “Resignation For Good of Club Shakes Cincinnati — Only Two Years Ago Redleg Manager Was Acclaimed Major League Pilot of Year”
  • “67,916 Cheer Yank-Bosox Old-Timers — Event Draws Largest Regular Season Turnout Since ’51″ with photo of Ted Williams with Bill Terry, Rogers Hornsby and George Sisler, Joe DiMaggio with George Kell, Ted Williams with former AL umpire Bill Grieve
  • “Game’s Most Famous Played Died Ten Years Ago: Ruth’s Mighty Slugging Feats Still Unmatched — ‘Could Have Hit Over 100,’ Says Ex-Umpire Hildebrand: Old Foul Rule Deprived Babe of Many Circuit Blows; Fences at Many Parks Also Are Shorter At Present Time” full page of text with photo of Babe Ruth shaking hands with Lou Gehrig after ’32 Series Called Shot, pic of Babe at Yankee Stadium for last time in ’48, and picture of the stone at Ruth’s final resting place
  • “Promoting Health, Teamwork and Sportsmanship: Little League Keeps Getting Bigger and Bigger”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1958-07-23 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1958/07/23 — 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:

  • “Turn-About” cartoon by O’Mealia on the front cover
  • Headline is “5 Million Bonus Tab Shocks Majors” with article “New Splurge Brings Hunt for Solution — The Sporting News’ Survey Confirms Huge Outlay; Phillies Lead in Spending”
  • Also on the cover “Braves Find Their Honeymoon Fading — Turnstile Rate Below Average for Five Years”
  • “Jensen Swings for Homer, RBI Crowns — Second Fiddle to Ted Now Waving Big Baton for Bosox” with Jackie Jensen cartoon
  • “Homer-Hitter Stuart Comes Up Swinging in Bow With Buccos — Rookie First Baseman Puts Klu on Bench; Baker Out for Season with Injury”
  • “Senate Subcommittee Aims Crossfire at Sports Bill: ‘TV Curb Needed to Save Game’ — Frick”
  • Frank Lary “Slips Hypo Into Bengals in Star Role of Bomber-Buster — Frank, Beating Yanks Fifth Time in ’58, Only Fourth in Decade to Turn Trick”
  • Red Schoendienst “Gets New Injury Jolt in Worst Jinx Season”
  • “Playboy Rap for Braves Revived by Filmland Party — Some of Guests Dunked at Soiree Attended by Four Players”
  • “Extra-Inning Legal Tussle Looms Over Dodger Park — O’Malley Remains Optimistic After Judge Nixes City’s Pact With Club as Invalid”
  • “Phils Fast Dash Up NL Ladder Ruined by Bruins — Mayo’s Crew Finding Cubs Their Jinx Club for ’58″
  • “Bosox Sport New Look in Short Switch — Consolo Takes Over Buddin Job After Wolves Get On Don for Frequent Bobbles”
  • Dick Hyde
  • “Cepeda Powers Giants’ Surge, Now Rivals Willie in Spotlight — ‘Frisco Fans Cheer Rookie’s Clutch Homers as Mays Struggles to Halt Slump”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 48 pages total.

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    1958-07-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1958/07/16 — 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:

  • “Helps Self While Helping Others” cartoon of Arnold Johnson by Lou Darvas on the front cover
  • Headline is “A’s Deal With Yankees to Get Youth” with article “‘Few Willing to Trade With Us’ — Johnson — ‘I Give One Big Guy for Two Youngsters,’ He Assertsl Cites Club’s Improvement”
  • Also on the cover: “NL Weighing Expansion to 10 Clubs: New York Bid Prompts Move by Giles Loop — Four Cities Seek Franchise–AL Rejects Griffith’s Transfer Trial Balloon”
  • “Senate Takes Close Look at Game — Anti-Trust Group Questions Stengel and Standout Players” with second article “Stengel Positive in Views–But What Did He Say? Yankees’ Manager Touches All Bases at Hearing; Senators However Have Difficulty Following His Path” wtih two pics of Casey Stengel at the top of the page with quotes including “I’ve been in baseball 48 Years, there must be some good in it” and a pic of Mickey Mantle at the bottom of the page with caption “Mickey’s No Switcher as Witness” and text “‘My Views Are About the Same as Casey” Mickey Mantle testified. It was an answer that brought down the house, with the Senators having difficulty in figuring out Stengel’s views.” Photos on next page show other stars testifying: Robin Roberts, Stan Musial, Eddie Yost and Ted Williams
  • “Pitchers Steal Show in 25th All-Star Classic — Contest Fails to Produce Extra-Base Blow for First Time” with article and box score.
  • “Gehringer’s .500 Mark Tops All-Star Hitters” with long list of All-Star batting leaders from each league filling the page
  • “Cal Does About Face After His Talk of Nat Shift Stirs Up Storm — Senators’ President and His Board of Directors Go on Record as Vowing to Keep AL Club in Capitol”
  • “Struggling Dodgers Given New Blow by Shelving of Koufax — Young Southpaw Sidelined for Two Weeks”
  • “Big Boys Joey and Wes Prove Bracers for Stumbling Braves” with pics of Joey Jay and Wes Covington
  • “Dodgers Gate Tops Million, On Way to New NL Record”
  • “Giants Western Thrillers Beat ’57 NY Club on Draw”
  • “Ted Paces Red Sox in Punching Surge, But Pitching Lags — Williams Joins Jensen, Malzone, Runnels as .300 Sockers; Delock Braces Hill Staff With Successive Wins as Starter”
  • Norm Siebern
  • John McHale “Blueprints .750 Pace for Bengals in Stretch Drive — ‘Our Club Has to Win 89 If Yankees Play at .500,’ Assers General Manager”
  • Billy O’Dell
  • “Gray Eagle Raps ‘Deep’ Flyhawks on Video Show — No Chance to Catch Line Drives, Asserts Speaker, Who Played ‘Em Close”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1958-07-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1958/07/02 — 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:

  • “The Inner Man” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is “Coast Parks Bar Lefties in Homer Race” with story “‘Frisco, LA Fields Favor Right Hitters — Only 17 Four-Basers Belted by Southpaw Sockers in Both Stadiums Thus Far”
  • Also on the cover “Writers to Vote on Plan to Pick Player of the Year”
  • “Cardinals Outlook Rosy for Years — (Bing) Devine”
  • “Red Trader Gable ‘Runs Out All Offers’ — ‘If You’re Thrown Out First Time, You Just Can’t Quit” with large Gabe Paul cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • “Tomahawk Falls in Tepee–Gordon New Medicine Man — Lane Explains He Felt Club Should Be Doing Better in Giving Axe to Bragan” in other words Bobby Bragan fired, Joe Gordon hired in Cleveland
  • “We Seemed Closed to Minor Leaguer for Long While: Rugged 30-Year Trial Took Norman to Top — Arm Injury Blocked Off Big Time Bid” about Bill Norman with cartoon “There’s a New Bite in Bengals”
  • “Players Pick All-Stars on ’58 Marks, Not Reps — Some of Big Names Left Off Top List”
  • “Big Ed Walsh, 77, Former White Sox Star, Gets Day to Remember at Comiskey Park — Ailing Ace of Half Century Ago Brought to Chicago for Salute by His Old Club”
  • Albie Pearson
  • “Yawkey Sees NL Holding Interest in New York by Video — BoSox President Watches Games Often on Return from Stay in Carolina”
  • Willie Mays “Gets 1,000th Hit as Giants Sweat to Regain Bat Touch — Willie Figures He’ll ‘Need 14 Years; to Reach 3,000″
  • “It’s Good Broadway–Horace Now a Native Son — ‘I’m Not Missing New York Much–San Francisco’s the Same Kind of Town”
  • Duke Snider’s “Bat Clicking Like New Along With Repaired Left Knee”
  • “Old-Yank Stopper Crowder Predicts They Will Stay Up Another Decade — Al, Who Won 167, Lost 115 in 11 Years, Says Stadium System Kills Off Rivals”
  • “50 Clubs in Minors Show Gate Increase; Havana Pace Setter”
  • Jack Meyer
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1958-06-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1958/06/04 — 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:

  • “Genius At Work” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover features the Giants
  • Headline is “Can Giants Capture Pennant? Why Not?” with story “‘Frisco Could Finish on Top With Breaks — Rigney Won’t Predict Flag, But Club Shows Balance and Bounce-Back Ability”
  • Also on the cover “Leaders in May Often Also-Rans After June”
  • “Rivals Rallies Blocked by Red Sox’ Wall — Murray Makes Grade Eight Years After First Boston Call” with large Murray Wall cartoon
  • Al Kaline “Shakes Off Slump, Helps to Put Bounce in Bengels — Flyhawk Comes Out Swinging After One-Day Benching”
  • “’57 Injury in Series Hampering Mantle, Perfessor Reveals — Mickey Banged Shoulder in Collision With Schoendienst; Casey Scoffs at Proposed Gimmicks to Handicap Bombers”
  • Paul Richards “Ruffled by Bird Misplays, Shutout Losses — ‘We’re Making a Lot of Pitchers Look Like World-Beaters”
  • Willie Mays “Flying Tackle Ends Bucco-Giant Free-for-All — Willie Downs Teammate Cepeda, Rushing for Bat; Gomez Duster to Mazeroski Touches Off Rhubarb” with five photos of the brawl above the article
  • “Pace-Setter Frankie Lags, Redleg Hitters Follow Suit — Robinson’s Slow Start Stirs Swap Rumors, But Gabe Denies LA Trade Report” with small pic of Frank Robinson
  • “Both Win, But Cubs Now Claim Edge in (Bob) Rush – (Taylor) Phillips Trade”
  • Bill Bruton’s “Return to Duty Ties Up Hazle Tepee Tale — Braves Peddle Bob to Tigers to Make Room on Roster for Swift Center Fielder”
  • Bobby Bragan “Sets Sights on Runner-Up Spot After Seeing Yanks — ‘They’ve Got Helluva Team,’ Declares Tribe Manager”
  • Don Newcombe “Billed for Bull-Pen Role as Buildup Move — Don’s Arm Still Weak from Spring Shoulder Trouble, Dodgers Figure, Following Fifth Knockout as Starter”
  • “Cross-Firing Closes Park War in L.A. — O’Malley Put ‘Facts on Line’ in TV Shows in Climax of Hot Referendum Debate”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 40 pages total.

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    1958-01-29 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1958/01/29 — 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:

  • “A Fella Has to Have Some Fun” cartoon by Basset on the front cover
  • Headline is “Majors’ Advance Sale Soaring to Record” with article “Dodger, Giant Orders Up to All-Time High — Yanks Will Top Own Mark; Most Clubs Report Gains Over Same Period in ’57″
  • “Dodgers Rush Plans for Coliseum Play — More Arc-Light Games Will Be Shifted to Torrid Months — Day Contests Concentrated in Springtime”
  • “Dodgers’ Coliseum Deal Saved by Bell Before Kayo Punch — Give-and-Take Session Produces Final Agreementl Revised Terms Satisfy Brokerage Firms’ Questions”
  • “O’Malley Aims at Gate Records in Coliseum — Sees Figure of 2,000,000 as ‘Minimum’” with cartoon “Getting Down to Business” featuring the Brooklyn Bum by Hubenthal
  • A page about Jimmie Foxx with photos and story “Foxx Takes Post as Miller Coach; Many Offer Help — Hall of Fame Slugger Accepts Yawkey Employment After Financial Reverses Leave Him Virtually Broke”
  • Harry Craft “Sets 70 Wins as Goal–Declares A’s Have Improved”
  • “Red Tape Delays ‘Save Reds’ Plan on Cincy Parking — $2,000,000 Bond Proposal Okayed, But Pact Signing Awaits Confab With Club”
  • “No Lefties Available in Deals, Bosox to Depend on Own Crop — Higgins to Look Over Kiely, Baumann, Smith, Spring, Stone in Training Camp”
  • “Bosox Acquire Runnels, May Use Him in Trade — Send Zauchin and Pearson to Senators
  • Stan Lopata
  • “Big Klu Charms Buc Fans and Club Brass Takes Ride on Cloud — Visits Pittsburgh, Autographs Contract and Players Join Bosses on TV in Predicting Big Year for Team”
  • “1,000 Salute St. Louis All-Time Team”
  • “Perini Believed NY Would Get ‘Another’ Team — Otherwise, Braves’ Owner Wouldn’t Have Voted for Move of Dodgers, Giants”
  • Chicago White Sox Roster and Review
  • “Giants Veterans Mueller, Rhodes Face Challenges — Don to Get Job Battle from Rookie Slugger Kirkland; Dusty Slipped to .205 Mark in Reserve Role Last Year”
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Columbia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, and Cuba, and more including 8-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 36 pages plus 8-page All-Sports section for 44 pages total.

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    1958-01-08 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1958/01/08 — 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:

  • “A Fella Can’t Be Too Careful” cartoon by Darvas on the front cover
  • Headline is “Yankee Payroll to His Record 500 Gs” with story “Mantle May Seek Boost to $75,000 – Players Expect Two-Million Gate, With Bombers Only Major Club Left in City”
  • Also on the front cover is “Guesses on Ted’s ’58 Pay Range to $150,000″ about Ted Williams
  • “Glove-Guy Torre Now Homer Hero Too — World’s Series Clouts Make Frank Banquet Loop Star — Slick Fielder Didn’t Figure He Was Power-Hitter Type” and the article includes a photo of Frank with his mother, sister, and younger brother Joe Torre
  • “Braves Big Stock of Righties Makes Conley Expendable – Rush Deal Increases Probability of Swap of Gene; Champs Still Looking for a Southpaw and Outfielder”
  • “Bob Cobb Ends 20 Years’ Service to Game – All in Sport Praise Him for Sacrifice – ‘Mr. Brown Derby’ Emerges as Savior of Our Pastime in Realignment Situation” with large cartoon of Cobb by Hubenthal
  • Minnie Minoso
  • “Reds Shift Klu Comeback Problem to Bucs – Ted’s Strained Relations With Birdie Factor in Deal” is article about even-up swap of Ted Kluszewski to Pittsburgh for Dee Fondy
  • “Trade for Ex-Homer King ‘Worth Gamble’ to Pirates – Sound Klu, With Thomas, Seem as One-Two Punch; Ted at 35 Gees to Be Highest-Paid Buc Since Kiner”
  • “How Klu Trade Looks to Scribes”
  • “Rose Bowl’s Million-Dollar Take Helps O’Malley Smile – Dodger President Impressed by Huge Football Crowd; Los Angeles to Vote on Chavez Ravine Project in June”
  • A page of article regarding rumored move of the Reds to New York including “New York Excited, But Skeptical of Possible ’58 Switch by Reds — Parking Problems at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, Too”
  • “George Kelly’s Story of 40 Years in Game”
  • “Kid Pair Tabbed by White Sox as Outfield Corners – Callison, 18, to Report at Comiskey Camp this Spring; Slugger Spicuzza, 22, Purchased from Okla. City Club”
  • Jim Bunning
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Cuba, Venezuela, Panama, and Puerto Rico, and more including 10-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 30 pages plus 10-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.

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    1957-09-25 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/09/25 — 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:

  • “Hi-Ya-Vasser” Milwaukee Braves cartoon by Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is “Kubek, Bouchee Named as Top Rookies” with article “Sanford Gets NL Yearling Award on Hill — Phillies Sweep Freshman Honors in Giles Loop; No Pitching Selection in AL”
  • Also on the cover: Frank Malzone “Inelgible in Rookie Vote”
  • Also on the cover “Yank Dynasty Dying at Roots, Says Comiskey — Bombers Meeting Stronger Competition for Phenoms, Declares White Sox Veep”
  • Lou Darvas cartoon of rookie winners Tony Kubek, Jack Sanford, Ed Bouchee
  • “Sanford and Bouchee Cost Phils Total of Only $3,000″
  • Bobby Richardson “Glides Into Infield Post With Greatest of Ease — Fast-Stepping Bobby Yank Regular at 22″
  • “Braves Have Right to Drop Bonus Duo for Series — Frick — Situation Similar to Workings of Disabled List, He Says; Refuses Comment on Yost Arbitration Panel Proposal”
  • “Can Kaline Fill Bill as ‘Another DiMag’?” with photos of both Al Kaline and Joe DiMaggio
  • “Rockefeller Plan Snagged, Brooks Turn Eyes to Coast — NY Board of Estimate Cool to Stadium Project; Dodgers Study Proposal From LA City Council”
  • Bob Buhl and Del Rice
  • Mickey Mantle’s “Return Speeds Bombers Toward Clincher — With Mantle on Duty, Yanks Again Look Like Champs — Stengel Praises Kubek”
  • “Dodger Druthers Favor Cardinals as One-Year Flashes — Brooks Still Rate Themselves as Best in League and Don’t Regard Redbirds as Long-Term Threats”
  • Wally Moon
  • “Giants Facing Need of ’58 Overhaul — Staff Lacks Solid Stopper; Club Concerned Chiefly Over Slump of Antonelli”
  • Bob Lemon
  • “Injured Kid’s Wish Spurs Banks’ Drive for HR Title — Youngster, Visited by Ernie in Hospital, Voiced Hope of Crown for Cubs’ Star”
  • “Start the Shovels, Demands Mayor as ‘Frisco Park Lags — Christopher, Angered by Slow Progress on Details of Giants’ Transfer, Calls for Speed-Up in Plans”
  • “Sadness Mixed With Comedy at Seals’ Goodbye”
  • Jim Bunning “Blazes as Begals Turn on Heat at Finish”
  • George Kell ankle injury
  • Don Hoak
  • “Flag-Waving Seals Leave ‘Em Cheering in Saying Farewell”
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more including football coverage.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1957-07-10 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/07/10 — 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:

  • “24th Annual Game” – “All-Star Issue” has a small pic of Walter Alston at the top left and Casey Stengel at the top right, the headline “Williams-Musial Duel All-Star Gem: Stan’s 14th, Ted’s 13th Dream Tilt” and a cartoon by Amadee “The Big Show … In the Show-Me Stat’s Big Town”
  • “Mays Bringing Back Old Base-Banditry: Go-Go White Sox Also Reviving Fading Art of Stealing” with “A Daisy to You” cartoon by Mullin featuring Willie Mays. Articles on page are “’49 Dodgers Last to Reach Mark of 100: Jackie and Pee Wee Paced Brooklyn Team to 117 Thefts Eight Years Ago” and “Ty Cobb Set Record of 96 Swipes in ’15: Most Managers Now Rely on Power or Hit-and-Run to Move the Runners Along”
  • “Braves Find Their Bench Better Than It Had Been Billed: Torre, Mantilla and Sawatski Contribute to Surge; Home-Run Barrage Unleashed by Haney’s Hopefuls”
  • “Upsets Marked Earlier Tilts in St. Louis: Power-Packed AL LIneup Blanked by Nationals in ’40″
  • “St Louis Grew Many Stars in Old Kerry Patch: List Included Bobby Byrne, Muddy Ruel” about the Sandlots of St. Louis
  • Jack Harshman
  • “34 Gashousers Frolicked and Fought: Slide-Stained Suits Won Nickname for Frish’s Flashes”
  • “Top Stars…Ten Years Ago and Now” includes two photos of Stan Musial and Ted Williams
  • “Many St. Louis Greats in Game’s Pantheon” is about all of the St. Louis Hall of Famers and shows plaques of Rogers Hornsby, George Sisler, Charles Comiskey, Frankie Frisch, Jesse Burkett, Grover Alexander, and Dizzy Dean along with article
  • “Redleg Vote Deluge to Bring Change in All-Stars’ Selection: Harridge Favors Returning Picks to Pilots of Team; Giles Would Limit Choice to Those Attending Games”
  • Harvey Kuenn shifts to Third Base
  • “Brooks See Clearer Sailing as Hurlers Leave Sick Bay: Bums Held Ground Despite Sidelining of The Barber, Erskine, Koufax, Podres”
  • “Yank Picture Loses Grim Look wiht Bob in Stride as Reliever”
  • “Richie’s Pace Phil Surprise — In Reverse: Ashburn Under Usual .300 Mark at Plate; Failing to Beat Out Many Bunts”
  • Early Wynn “Heads for His Fifth 20-Win Year: Vet, 37, Appears to Be Only Cleveland Chucker With Chance for Coveted Goal”
  • “Pay-TV Squint Dazzles O’Malley–Visions Dollar-a-Game Charge”
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 64 pages total.

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    1957-07-03 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/07/03 — 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:

  • “Five Other People” cartoon by Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is “Biggest Flag Free-for-All Looms in NL — Field Seldom So Crowded at Top in Past”
  • Also on cover: “McDaniel Boys Kindle St. Louis Flag Excitement: Cardinals Swift Rise in’34 When Deans Copped 49, Recalled by Older Fans
  • “Dodger Find McDevitt Yankee Castoff — Strikeout Artist Spurned Brooklyn Offer to Join Idols” with photo of Danny McDevitt
  • “Alston’s Hopes Rest on Return to Form of Injured Starters: Walt Confident of Making Big Drive in Second Half, With Podres, Koufax, Maglie, Erskine Back in Stride”
  • “That Old Yank Magic Casts Spell on Shantz” with three photos of Bobby Shantz
  • “One Error Brings on Another — Temple Takes Sock at Scorer: Fined $100, Cincy Second Baseman Apologizes to Lawson and Teammates”
  • “Old HR Punch Back, Reds Ooze New Confidence”
  • Joe Adcock out 6-8 weeks with fractured leg
  • Long-Faced Haney Yearns for Long-Ball Replacement: (Frank) Torre Okay at First, But Club Needs Power Pinch-Hitter”
  • Hank Bauer “Freed by Grand Jury, to Sue Accuser in Copa Case: Yankees’ Left Fielder Cleared of Assault Charges After 15 Witnesses Are Heard in 2-Hour Session”
  • “Perfessor Trying to Brake Bomber Bandwagon Rush: Experts See June Streak as Pennant Signal, But Casey Cites Late Stumbles in Previous Years”
  • “O’Malley Dodges Dusters at Capital Hearing: Can’t Answer Definitely on Shift to Coast”
  • “Profit and Loss Standing of Two Majors” is a team by team look at income and expense figures between 1952-56, a full page chart
  • “All’s Peacy With Perini, Predicts Braves Pennant”
  • “Monarchs Romp in Negro League; (Jim) Banks Bat Leader”
  • Bob Purkey
  • Frank Malzone
  • Rawlings ad featuring Stan Musial
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1957-06-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/06/26 — 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:

  • “Come Out Fighting” cartoon by O’Brien on the front cover
  • Headline is “Harridge Dusts Off Duster Pitches” with article “Warns Umps to Keep Alert for Beanball: League Head Orders Strict Enforcement of Rule to Prevent Tosses at Head”
  • “Umps Can Halt Beanballs” — Al Lopez
  • “New Clippings for Old Scrapbook — Recent Brawls Recall Historic Diamond Donnybrooks” with article “Fiery McGraw and Cobb Figured in Blazing Battles: John J.’s Playing Career Ended by Spike Wounds; Ty Stirred Storm in Philly With Slide Into A’s Baker” and photos of Johnny Logan cocking his fist to punch Walter Alston and Enos Slaughter with his jersey partially torn off him after a Yanks-ChiSox brawl
  • “Tough for Umps to Tell Beanball from Pitch That Just Got Away: Take-Outs at Second Also Frequent Cause of Field Scraps”
  • Jim Rivera
  • “Scorching Pace Carries Cards in Front-Runners’ Traffic Jam”
  • “Braves Slugger and ‘Arrogant’ Batter, Says Musial — Aaron Turns Bad Pitches into Base Hits: with article “All Flingers Look Alike to Bat King: ‘I Don’t Care Much Who’s Throwing or What They Throw,’ Declares Henry” with a nice large photo of Hank Aaron
  • “Milwaukee Putting Its Chips on Red (Schoendienst) in ’57 Pennant Whirl”
  • “Traded Players Sparkle in Bows: Schoendienst Raps Ball in His Debut With Braves; Thomson, Martin, Goodman Shine With New Clubs” with photo of Red Schoendienst and Billy Martin (dealt to the A’s in Copa fallout)
  • “KC’s Boo Birds Change Into Coo Birds for Billy: Ex-Yank Cheered to Rafters in A’s Debut”
  • “So Long Billy: It’s a Long Way … Copa to Kaycee: Martin Had Been Boss Stengel’s Boy”
  • “Brooks Slowed to Trickle When Hurling Falters: McDevitt Obtained from St. Paul to Bolster Staff; Attack Also Putters With Hodges, Furillo on Bench”
  • “Swap Jitters Over, Yanks Get Set for Take-Charge Drive: Club at Peak Except for Ford’s Injury, Yogi’s SLump; Comebacker Shantz Steps Out as Star of Mound Staff”
  • “No Weiss-Stengel Feud–George Just Takes Over: Copa Fines and Martin Deal Show Power Wielded by GM in Yankees Affairs”
  • “Hearings Reveal Red Ink Pools in Majors: Figures Show Few Clubs in Black from ’52 to ’56″
  • Billy Goodman
  • Harvey Kuenn
  • Rawlings Ad featuring Mickey Mantle

    • Article with photo of young George Sparky Anderson in his PCL days

    Article with photo of Luke Easter in the International League

  • Louisville Slugger ad featuring Hank Aaron
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1957-06-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/06/19 — 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:

  • “Youth Has Its Fling” cartoon featuring the Brooklyn Bum by Mullin on the cover
  • Headline is “New Whiz Kids Stir Philly Flag Fever” with article “Fans Foresee Repetition of ’50 Triumph: Pennant Talk Premature Warns Mayo, But Young Club Sets Fast Early Gait”
  • “White Sox, Reds to Bust NY Flag Monopoly” — Joe King
  • “Old Oriole Legend Spiked by Moderns — More 100 Game Players Now Than in Majors’ Earlier Days” with articles “Present-Day Performers Need Take Back Seat to None for Rugged Roles” and “Even McGraw Not as Tough as Painted, Retiring at 29 Due to Spike Wounds” with large photo of Stan Musial and smaller pics of Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and Honus Wagner
  • Stan Musial “Moves Past Iron Man Milestone to Pace Card Sprint: Stan Erases Suhr’s League Record; Hutch, Lane Now Vision Chance for Flag” and on the same page “Week-End Slugger Stan Musial Posts .352 Average for Sundays” with a photo of Stan the Man and teammates around a cake celebrating his 823rd consecutive game played
  • Enos Slaughter “Might Play Until I’m 50–Then Collect Pension”
  • “Kids! Want to Learn to Hit? Here’s Stan’s 10-Point Plan: It’s Most Important to Avoid Heavy Bat, Card Slugger Says”
  • “King Kong Came Back to Keep Kids Happy: They Shoved Me Out the Door, says (Charlie) Keller, New Yank Coach
  • “Hillings Offers Bill for Five-Year Limit on Reserve Clause: Salary Boost or Release After Three Years Provided”
  • White Sox worry about Larry Doby injury
  • “Don’t Look at Ball So Often, Harridge Again Tells Umpires”
  • “Frick in Hands-Off Role on Club Shifts–He’ll Act as Judge: Commissioner Has Nothing to Do With Franchise Moves Unless They’re Detrimental to Game, He Says”
  • “Boone and Studivant Box, Tigers and Yanks Wrestle: Main Eventers Tossed Out, Fined $100; Casey Loves Self-Defense Argument”
  • “Blanket NL Race Keeping Alston and Dodgers Sweating: Brooks Striving to Regain Old Big-Inning Knack; Club Missing Sal Maglie’s Former Magic on Mound”
  • Rawling ad featuring Joe Adcock
  • Obituary: George Rohe
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standing, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1957-05-22 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/05/22 — 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:

  • “Jackie’s Rap No Spur to Brave Spurt” is the headline with photo of Fred Haney on the bench and story “Haney Names 3 Factors in Speedy Break: Pilot Cites Good Weather, Fans’ Reaction Last Fall and Rugged Spring Grind” — last year Jackie Robinson claimed the Braves blew their 2-game lead late by breaking training
  • Also on the cover: “Just ‘Sitting Ducks’ Pitchers Agree: Score Injury Prompts Talk of Safeguard”
  • Ted Williams “Swings For Third Triple Crown: Wants to Be First in Game to Achieve That Distinction” with cartoon “Still the Boston Strong Boy”
  • “Frick Calls for Expansion Instead of Shifts” with Dodgers cartoon and articles “Cites Benefits Third Major Would Bring: Commissioner ‘Won’t Drop’ His Project for Increase in Big Time Membership” and “Shift or Stay? Horace Waits for Best Pitch: Frisco Bid Betters Giants’ Position, With Freedom of Choice Being Retained”
  • Chuck Dressen
  • “Score Ribs Pals Colavito, Garcia on Hospital Visit” also on the page a proposed pitchers protective mask drawn by Bob Dale
  • “Green Light for Klu Gives New Impetus to Reds’ Flag Dash: Big Ted Expected to Return to Action in Mid-June”
  • Granny Hamner
  • “Lack of Berra’s Bing at Bat Slowing Up Bang of Mantle: Mickey Given Fewer Good Pitches, More Bases on Balls”
  • “Cafe Society Yanks Draw Casey’s Fire; Bauer Denies Socking Night Club Guest” looks to be an early report on the famed Copacabana incident
  • “Score, Maris Injuries Have Kerby Dizzy: Roger Suffers Broken Ribs; Woodling Takes Up Some Slack With Potent Stick”
  • Virgil Trucks
  • Ernie Banks
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standing, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1957-05-15 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    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.

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    1957-05-01 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/05/01 — 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:

  • “Take a Number” cartoon by Lou Darvas on the front cover
  • “New Fire Kindled Under Talent-Freeze: Major Group Plans Fight to End Hoarding — Club Official Urges Shorter Period of Player Controls and Draft Liberalization” is the cover story
  • “Spitter Banned in ’20, but Spray Lingers: Bridges, Maglie–Like Burdette–Also Accused of Pitch” with photo of Burleigh Grimes.
  • “Okay to Moisten Fingers, Giles Decides in Absolving Burdette
  • “Spit Is Still a Nasty Word to Lew Burdette” with photos of Burdette on the mound
  • “Cub Official Told Roger He Was Too Small, But… — Maris Always Knew He Couldn’t Miss” is long Roger Maris article with large Lou Darvas cartoon titled “Cleveland’s Candiate for Rookie of Year Honors”. Cartoon includes small Mickey Mantle looking up at Maris with a worried look
  • “Yanks Speeding Along Without Looking Like World Champions: Mantle Slow to Reach Form of Triple Crown Man; Shantz Proves Lefthanders Can Do Well in Fenway”
  • “Young Drysdale ’100 Pct. Better’ in Campy’s Book: Don, Near Shutout in First Start, Finds One Delivery Can Make Big Difference”
  • Roy Sievers
  • Hank Aaron
  • Bobby Gene Smith
  • Bill Tuttle
  • Jim Wilson
  • Bob Friend
  • Both Williams and Musial Trying for 16th .300 Year”
  • A’s Feeling Good About Picking Up Tom Morgan from Yankees
  • Rawlings Ad features Stan Musial
  • Brooks Robinson “Flashy Oriole Rookie, Knows ‘It’s All Up to My Hitting’”
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standing, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

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    1957-04-24 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/04/24 — 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:

  • “The Real Answer” by Mullin is on the front cover featuring Roy Campanella
  • “Fan Poll Okays Long ‘Action’ Games” is the headline with page 1 article “Double-Bills Win Vote of Big Majority: The Sporting News Survey Shows It’s the Thrills, Not the Hours, That Count Most”
  • “Hard-Riding Holler Guys Harder to Find” with articles “Old-Timers Were Rougher Than Present-Day Jockeys” and “Different Spirit in Game Now, Declares Vet Enos” Slaughter
  • “Dick Littlefield — Majors’ Man on the Move: Deal Puts Lefty on Ninth Club Since ’50″ and includes a cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • “Reserve Clause Helps All, Hurts None, Says (Bill) Werber”
  • Tom Morgan
  • Johnny Podres
  • Juan Pizarro Makes Braves Staff
  • Baltimore Glories in Underdog Role
  • “Phillies Again Look Like Whiz Kids — at Least on Defensive: Many Rookies on Roster; Pitching, Fielding Sharp, Scoring Power Needed”
  • “Shelving of Parnell Sends Bosox Into NL Slab Shop”
  • Don Hoak
  • “Yawkey Given Great Heart Award With Ted as Emcee”
  • Billy Pierce
  • Opening Day Rosters
  • Nice Rawlings ad featuring Mickey Mantle
  • Obituary: Jack Coombs
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standing, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 40 pages total.

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    1957-02-27 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1957/02/27 — 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 Song” by Willard Mullin cartoon on the front cover
  • “Managers Yelp Foul at 28-Player Rule” is a new cut-down in roster size by April 16
  • “Training Camp Etiquette: Okay to Chase Autographs, But Watch for Line Drives”
  • “Can’t Miss Tags Placed on Many Rookie” article has photos at the top of Eddie Kasko, Tony Kubek, Don Demeter, Haywood Sullivan, and Charlie Beamon
  • “Ditmar Seen as Key Player in Yanks-A’s Deal” article also has a history of the two teams many dealings and photos of all of the players involved in this latest swap including Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz and Irv Noren
  • “Yank-A’s Deal to Hurt A.L. at Gate–Comisky” — “Greenberg Attacks Farm System in Same League”
  • “Dark Repeats as Majors Golf Champion”
  • Haywood Sullivan
  • Jim Busby
  • “Bull-Pen Lineup Among Flock of Haney Problems”
  • “Reds Quietly Confident — Only Birdie Chirps of Flag”
  • Dick Schofield
  • St. Louis Cardinals Roster and Review
  • Jack Meyer
  • “Bucs Join New Look Trend in Uniforms” with before and after photos of the new Pirates uniforms
  • “Wrigley Opens Coast Door to Majors’ Entry” — “Dodgers’ Buy Viewed as Big Wedge in L.A.” — Photo of Wrigley Field in Los Angeles with caption “Will Bums Wing Their Way Here .. to become Angels?” — “L.A. Territory Rights Rich Prize for Bums” (shown below)
  • Don Rudolph
  • “Proposed Box Score Revisions Will Short-Change Fans — Lane” and “Why Not Add Walks, Whiffs to Summary?” are about proposed changes to the standard box scores with opinions from readers as well
  • Harry Carey back from Bavaria
  • Ed Walsh “Isn’t Broke, Gets $2,700 Yearly”
  • Rawlings ad featuring Stan Musial

    • 36 pages total.

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