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1951-11-07 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

1951/11/07 –

  • Cover cartoon is “If They Want to Fight…” is by Lou Darvas featuring a soldier in Korea
  • Headline on front cover is “Fold-Up Bums to Get Salaries to Match — Campy, Cox Among Few Due for Hike – Club Made $50,000 in ’51, Says O’Malley; Return of Dressen Indicated”
  • “Revolutionary Plan for More Major Leagues – Shaughnessy Gives Details of New Set-Up”
  • “Yanks Present Most ‘Phenoms’ in McDougald, Mantle and Morgan — A.L. Places Secen on Rookie All-Star Team — Minoso, Mays Among ’51 Jackrabbits” with a photo of Tom Morgan and Gil McDouglad surrounded by smaller head shots of other 1951 stand out rookies: Willie Mays – Pete Runnels – Ebba St. Claire – Bobby Young – Orestes Minoso – Chet Nichols – Mickey Mantle – Jim Busby — Full-page article including the photos
  • “Football Great, Golf Champ, Star Shortstop Has the Winning Spark — Dark Called ‘Worst-Looking Good Hitter’” about Alvin Dark with photos
  • Ted Williams “.232 Mark on Road Seen as Swap Road-Block – Hit Only .195 at Cleveland, .273 at New York; Boudreau Playing Hard-to-Get on The Splinter”
  • “Yankee Fans Cool to Hot Tip That Ted’s Bound for Stadium — ‘We’d Take DiMaggio on One Leg to Willams;’ But Bombers Need Gate Magnet to Replace Joe”
  • “Brooklyn Farms Set Pace With Six Pennants — 16 Clubs in Dodger Chain Finished in First Division”
  • “Doc Gaynor, Club Physician, Constantly in Touch With Players – Yanks Patcher-Upper a Champion to Champs”
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; several year-end statistical pages; The separately numbered 10-page “The Quarterback” section opens with article and large cartoon of Dick Kazmaier – Also Bobby Dodd – Hank Lauricella
  • Ad on back cover for Chesterfield Cigarettes features Giants Manager of the Year Leo Durocher

    • 36 pages total.

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    1951-09-05 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1951/09/05 –

  • Cover cartoon is “A Plain Case of Magic” by Lou Darvas featuring a great image of Casey Stengel
  • Headline of Issue is “High-Flying Giants Dive at Box Office – Club Booed as Miscues Snap String – Only 8,803 at Polo Grounds Witnessed Spirited Crew in Try for 17th Straight”
  • “How to Follow Two Double-Headers at Once – Fans Keep Eye on Giants and Ear on Dodgers”
  • “Every Time You Looked Up Somebody Was Coming Through — Giants’ Streak Powered by Team Effort” with Willard Mullin cartoon — As of this issue Giants had cut the Dodgers lead to 5 games
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Hank Greenberg
  • “Breathless Giants Face New Test as August Dash Ends — Loop Watches to See If They Fade to Normalcy; Slumbering Flag Ghosts Awaken at Polo Grounds”
  • “‘Who Wuz Scared?’ Bums Ask, With Sigh of Relief – Brooks Sing in Showers First Time in Weeks When Giants Streak Ends”
  • Allie Reynolds
  • Bob Kelly
  • “Pilots in Stands Vote Brownies to Victory Over A’s — Pick Lineup That Delivers, Set Up Double Play and Make Other Decisions That Prove Helpful”
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; box scores, stats, standings; several pages of articles and reports on the various Minor Leagues
  • Full-page ad on back cover for Chesterfield Cigarettes features Al Rosen

    • 40 pages total.

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    1951-05-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1951/05/16 –

  • Cover cartoon is “Firm Foothold as Yank” by Lou Darvas featuring Gil McDougald – Accomapnying that is the beginnng of article “Gil Turns Cup of Coffee Into Yank Steaks – Rookie McDougald Makes Rog Look Good as Prophet”
  • Headline on front cover is “Saigh’s TV Plea Called ‘Socialistic’ – Dodger Boss Raps Idea of Visitors’ Cut – O’Malley Asks Why Cards’ Owner Doesn’t Call for Equalizing Players’ Pay”
  • Chico Carrasquel feature with photos — “Chico Gives Pale Hose Chic Trick at Short – Carrasquel Hailed as Phil Rizzuto’s Successor as King”
  • “Hidden Ball Trick Fools ‘Em All But Barlick – Connie’s Con Game Stirs Giant Storm” with photos of Al Barlick, Connie Ryan, and Whitey Lockman
  • “Diamond Broadcasts Jammed by Legal Static – Joplin Station Sues Over Ban on Cards’ Play-by-Play”
  • “Precedent for Exempting Game from Anti-Trust Laws in Books – Counsel for House Group Points Out Practicability of Aiding Reserve Clause”
  • Gil McDougald, Jackie Jensen, Mickey Mantle“Give Yanks a ‘Pheenom’ Tinge – Casey to Use 14-Game Home Stand to Evaluate Team, Which Shows Versatility of ’49 and ’50″
  • Bobby Doerr
  • “Browns Won’t Comb Negro Loop; ‘Best Players Already Rounded Up”
  • Cliff Chambers of the Pirates No-Hits the Braves — “Pirate Southpaw Shook Off Flu to Pitch Masterpiece – Wife ‘Prayed a Little’ on Chambers’ No-Hitter” with photos, box score
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; box scores, stats, standings; several pages of articles and reports on the various Minor Leagues
  • Full-page ad on back cover for Chesterfield Cigarettes features Joe DiMaggio

    • 36 pages total.

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    1950-10-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1950/10/04 –

  • Cover cartoon is “Great Grandpop” by Willard Mullin features “The Lost Generation” looking back at the 1915 N.L. Champion Phillies
  • Headline on front cover is “Kiner, Rizzuto Named as Top Players – Hill Awards to Konstanty and Lemon
  • “Door Now Wide Open on Bidding for Mahatma’s Services: Rickey Turns HIs Biggest Deal–for Himself” featuring Branch Rickey
  • “That Old Yankee Spirit Keeps Burning — N.Y. on Blouse Boosts Players Desire to Win” with Burris Jenkins, Jr. cartoon showing “The Old Yankes (DiMaggio, Henrich, Rizzuto) passing “What It Takes” to “The New Yanks”
  • “Deadend Kids of ’47 Whiz Kids of ’50 – Philadelphia Door Mat of League for Years” with classic Lou Darvas cartoon featuring the Whiz Kids
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Richie Ashburn this issue
  • “Old Baker Bowl in Philly Is Now a Shambles – Realty Promoter Planned Move to Shibe Park with Cobb as Pilot”
  • Team photos of N.L. Champion Philadelphia Phillies and A.L. Champion New York Yankees
  • “Aging Vets May Prop Braves If U.S. Nabs Younger Players” with small photo of 18-year old Eddie Mathews and header inside article titled “Mathews Best of Lot”
  • ‘Umpire Could Change HIs Decision, But I Couldn’t,’ Says Catcher — Aaron Robinson’s Lapse Helps Wreck Tigers’ Hopes”
  • “’51 Giants to Wear ‘Contender’ Label”
  • “Whiz Kids Believed ‘Set’ for ’51–and for Several Years to Come”
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including 4-page “The Quarterback” section
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features images of The Chesterfield Star Team including images of Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges and others

    • 64 pages total.

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    1949-10-05 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1949/10/05 –

  • Cover cartoon is “No Playoff Needed for This Distinction” by Willard Mullin featuring Casey Stengel battling the Injury Jinx
  • Headline on front cover is “Races Produce Record Rhubarb Crop – Fiery Finish Turns Heat on Umpires”
  • “Tingling Plays Highlight World Title Tangles — Ruth’s Called Shot Homer Among Memorable Thrills”
  • “American League Joins National in Ding-Dong Battles to Windup – Few Dual Flag Finishes as Red-Hot as ’49 — Double-Thriller Race of ’08 Set All-Time High in Drama”
  • “Yankees Set New High in Drama in Throbbing Finish — Excitement and Rhubarbs Mark Game Fight”
  • Ted Williams and Enos Slaughter Named Top Players — with photos of each as well as top pitchers Howie Pollet and Ellis Kinder
  • Schoolboy Rowe released by Phillies
  • “Pennant Pole Looked Like Christmas Tree–But It’s All Over Now — Indians a Vanished Tribe, Wihtout ’48 Zip”
  • “Bright Blossoms of October Fade the Next Summer: World’s Series Heroes Step Right into Jinx – Drab Seasons Follow Brilliant Performances in Blue Ribbon Classic”
  • Browns Hail Roy Sievers as ‘Rookie of Year’
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including separately numbered 8-page “The Quarterback” section including a feature on Charlie Justice, plus minor league coverage.
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Ted Williams

    • 64 pages total.

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    1947-12-24 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/12/24 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    A few people have each time I’ve offered these, perhaps because of the outstanding condition, so for the sake of total clarity this is not a reprint but a totally original vintage issue of The Sporting News issued at the date in the title

    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 “The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care” shows baseball GM’s under the Christmas tree looking to deal
  • Headline is “Tribe-Dodger Series to Aid Amateurs — Inter-Loop Game Billed in Each City — Receipts Go to Sandlotters; Veeck Expects $50,000 Gate in Cleveland”
  • “Majors’ New Film Captures Series’ Big Thrills — Movies Proves Gionfriddo Catch Prevented Homer — Cookie Lavagetto Shown Lashing Out HIs Pinch Double That Robbed Bill Bevens of No-Hit Glory in Classic; 300 Witness Gala Premiere in New York”
  • “Long Lineup of Star Shortstops in ’47 — Boudreau and Reese Pace Brilliant Parade” with headshots across the top of the page of Marty Marion, Pee Wee Reese, Johnny Pesky, Lou Boudreau, Eddie Miller and Phil Rizzuto and at the bottom of the page of Dave Bancroft, Honus Wagner and Jack Barry
  • “Card-Dealer Hannegan Finds Rivals Won’t Play — Catcher Hunt Fails When Other Clubs Shy Away”
  • “Los Angeles Showers Robinson With Praise — Jackie Acknowledges Many Tributes With Humility and Appreciation, Lauds Coaches and Teammates”
  • “Chips In With Chops on Flatbush Avenue — Casey’s Club for Food, Foam and Fanning-Bees — Hugh’s Spot Short Walk from Park” about Hugh Casey’s Chop House

  • “Meyer, Rebuilder of Pittsburgh Team, Planning Changes in Ballpark Next”
  • “Rigney Knocked from Mound to Office by M.D. — Comiskey In-Law Hampered by Lame Arm, Placed on Relief by Doctor” about Johnny Rigney
  • “Uneasy Yankees Making Passes at Another Pitcher — Bombers Reported Seeking Marchildon Deal With Nats May Be Revisited”
  • “30-Win Spahn Forecast Spun by Southworth”
  • Larry Jansen “Jolts Scoffers as Hill Rookie — Called Just Another Coast League Flash in Pan When Bought by Giants”
  • “Red Hot Fight in Spring at Athletics Hot Corner — Rutner, Who Sparkled Last Fall, Will Compete with Majeski at Third”
  • Roy Cullenbine
  • “Rickey Ducks Fewer Brickbats Over Dixie Than he Anticipated — Fans Express Regret, With Tolerant Viewpoint, Regarding Trade of Dodger Favorite to Pirates
  • All-Star ballot for Right-Handed Pitcher features a photo and breif biography for Bob Feller, Larry Jansen, and Ewell Blackwell
  • Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Ellen Drew
  • Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

    • 28 pages plus 8-page “The All-Sports News” section including a Willard Mullin cartoon on the first page, plus Otto Graham, Paul Brown, Toe Blake, Jim Conzelman, Jersey Joe Walcott, Bob Doll, Andy Varipapa, and more, 36 pages total.

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    1947-11-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/11/26 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    A few people have each time I’ve offered these, perhaps because of the outstanding condition, so for the sake of total clarity this is not a reprint but a totally original vintage issue of The Sporting News issued at the date in the title

    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 O’Mealia is “That’s Injun Country, Podnuh!” featuring Thanksgiving-themed Happy Chandler
  • Headline is “Browns, Deep in Cellar, Discover Gold — 375 Grand Obtained in Two Trades — Ten Players Also Acquired From Red Sox in Swaps for Four Performers”
  • “Big Helping in Deals give Hub Merry Thanksgiving — Red Sox Get Four From Browns, Braves Land Buc Trio” with small pic of Vern Stephens
  • “First Third Basemen Gets N.L. Award — Elliott Surprise Selection as Most Valuable” with photos of NL MVP Bob Elliott of the Braves
  • “Leaps Kept Browns Looking for Lehner — Rookie Paul Rambled in and Out of Doghouse” about Paul Lehner
  • “Looping the Loops” by J.G. Taylor Spink is about Bill Yawkey
  • “Cards Paid $600 for Hornsby, Gehrig Cost Yankees $1,000 — Uncovering Stars With Famer Scout Connery” with photo of Robert J. Connery
  • Ralph Branca
  • “Baltimore Gets Big Time Fever With Talk of Bidding for Browns”
  • “MacPhail Tried to Land Kramer and Stephens for Yanks in June — Red Sox-Brown Deal Puts Pressure on Bombers to Bolster for ’48″
  • “They Won’t Walk Williams So OFten With Stephens Coming Up, Grins Ted”
  • “Catcher’s Box Suggested to Kill Intentional Pass — Cubs’ Jack Sheehan Urges Two-Base Penalty for Violation”
  • Wes Westrum signs
  • Right Field All-Star ballot with photos and brief biographies of Ralph Kiner, Willard Marshall, and Dixie Walker
  • “Rajah Top Tutor Despite Flop of Seerey, Hegan Experiments” with photo of Rogers Hornsby
  • Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Lizabeth Scott
  • Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

    • 28 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section dedicated to football and including stories about Matty Bell, Eddie Anderson, the Cleveland Browns, and others, 36 pages total.

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    1947-11-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/11/19 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    A few people have each time I’ve offered these, perhaps because of the outstanding condition, so for the sake of total clarity this is not a reprint but a totally original vintage issue of The Sporting News issued at the date in the title

    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 Nelson is “Trading Spiked Shoes for Bedroom Slippers” featuring the players retiring after the ’47 season including Mel Ott, Ducky Medwick, Red Ruffing, Hank Greenberg, Ernie Lombardi, and others
  • Headline is “Coast Demands Dual Major-Minor Status — Asks Draft Price Hike to $25,000 — Loop Wants Five-Year Pact During Transition to Full Big-Time Rating
  • Also on the cover “Buildup for Lip as Dodger Pilot Gains Speed”
  • “Browns Rate Gerheauser Tops in 4,796 Field — Touted Stars Sidetracked to Draft Lefty, 30″
  • “12 Pitchers Among 29 Drafted by Majors — 13 Clubs Join Biggest Grab-Bag Haul in Years — Total Price of $272,500 for Players”
  • “For First Time, Stirnweiss Has No One Looking Over Shoulder — Snuffy Sacks Up Yank Keystone Post” with photos of Snuffy Stirnweiss
  • “She Made It Possible for Me to Play Ball — Kiner Hit His Homers So Mother Can Quit Work” about Ralph Kiner
  • “Braves Plan Farm System So Productive They Won’t Have to Worry About Deals — 50 Officials at Organization Map Expansion Program and Analyze Players at French Lick Meeting”
  • Walker Cooper and Johnny Mize “Cornerstones in Giant Plan — Club Counts Most Positions Strong Enough; Needs Help on Mound for 1948″
  • “Stan Musial to Move Back to Card Outfield Next Year”
  • “Yankee Deals Cooked Up by News-Hungry Scribes — Writers, Like Harris, Run into Scarcity of Offerings, but Start New Move to Snare Jack Kramer; Much Depends on Keller’s Condition”
  • “Tigers Advance Red Rolfe to Head Expanding Farms”
  • Ralph LaPointe
  • “Dodgers Planning Outfield Shift for Roy Campanella, Their New Negro Catcher — Move Would Aid Righthanded Long-Ball Hitter to Garden Corps, Topheavy With Lefty Swingers”
  • All-Star ballot for Shortstops with photos and brief biographies of Marty Marion, Eddie Miller, and Lou Boudreau
  • “Robinson Named No. 1 Rookie by Chicago Writers — Comiskey Cup Another Wedge for Jackie in ’48 Salary Talks” with photo of Jackie Robinson receiving Award
  • Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

    • 28 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section dedicated to football and including Harvard vs. Yale, Jimmy Bierman, and others, 36 pages total.

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    1947-01-08 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/10/08 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    A few people have each time I’ve offered these, perhaps because of the outstanding condition, so for the sake of total clarity this is not a reprint but a totally original vintage issue of The Sporting News issued at the date in the title

    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 “Baseball’s Burbank” featuring new Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy shaking hands with Tom Yawkee, past Yankees championships looming behind the pair
  • Headline is “Redbirds Dead? Not Even Sick, Says Sam — Card Talent Called Best in History — With $1,500,000 in the Till and Dyer Back, Owner Mocks Dire Threats”
  • Also on the cover at the bottom of the page “Bob Feller’s Barnstormers to Play in Mexico City”
  • “Frick Predicts 10-Year Dominance by National — Points to Wide Lead Over A.L. in Farm Titles — Declares Senior Loop Has Best Players Coming Up for Next Decade”
  • Marse Joe Wants Satisfaction of Beating Out Yankees: McCarthy Joins Bosox for Vindication” with two photos of Joe McCarthy and three articles beginning on this page.

    • World Series Coverage: Apparently this issue went to press with three games completed, some of that coverage follows.

  • “First Game: Branca’s Blowup Presents Opener to Bombers, 5-3″ with article, box score
  • “Second Game: Bum’s Schoolboy Fielding Gives Yankees 2-0 Lead” with article, box score
  • Full page of World Series photos titled “Thrilling Scene, Top Actors in the Big Nickel Show” and includes a great shot of Jackie Robinson trapped between first and second
  • “Third Game: Dodgers Gain 6 to 0 Edge, Hang On to Win by 9 to 8″ with article, box score
  • “Yankees Host to Ex-Stars of Own Club and League” with more than a half page containing four photos including names such as Wally Pipp, Home Run Baker, Roger Peckinpaugh, Babe Ruth in street clothes with uniformed Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, and several other all-time greats in the other couple of shots
  • “Looping the Loops” article by J.G. Taylor Spink covers Joe Page of the New York Yankees
  • “No Rest for MacPhail; He Plans Early Deals — Couple of Backstops and Pitcher or Two to Be Offered; Players Salary Demands Expected to Be Higher; DiMaggio Likely to Ask at Least 50 Grand”
  • “Dodgers Still Putting Emphasis on Youth –Rickey, Using Reserves, Had Youngest Team in Majors; History on Field in Closing Days of Season; Five Years of Leadership in Making
  • 50,000 Fans Cheer Dodgers at Flag Rally” includes a photo of Jackie Robinson with Jackie, Jr.
  • “Dizzy Dean Himself Again–Hurls Four Shutout Innings — Great Man, Out Since ’41, Boasted He Could Still Pitch–Convinces 15,916 Brownie Fans” with two photos of Dean, one pitching and one hitting for the Browns
  • “Baseball’s In My Blood and I’m Back-Says Joe — McCarthy, Looking Like He Did 20 Years Ago, Tackles New Job With old Will to Get to Top”
  • “Ted First in A.L. To Gain Triple Crown 2nd Time — Williams Repeats ’42 Feat of Leading in Bat Mark, Homers and RBIs”
  • Curt Simmons
  • Eddie Miller
  • Bill Meyer “Flag Wizard of Minors Gets Two-Year Pact as Buc Pilot”
  • “No. 7 Radio Baseball Clinic — Hitting Fundamentals Explained by Hornsby” with transcript of Rogers Hornsby
  • Johnny Mize “Signs for 1948, Gets a 51-Homer Man’s Salary”
  • Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Joe DiMaggio, really great ad!
  • Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

    • 40 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section dedicated to football and including articles about “Choo Choo” Charlie Justice and a long Art Rooney feature that includes a large Amadee portrait of Rooney, 48 pages total.

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    1947-07-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/07/09 — 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”!

    All-Star Issue — 14th Annual Game

    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 “Nothing But the Best” about the All-Star Game
  • Headline is “Giant-Phil Row Stirs Blaze Over Bullpens — New York’s Spot Called Worst of All — Sizzling Warmup Sectors, Unprotected From Sun, Blasted by Chapman”
  • “Superlative Setting for Majors’ Mid-Summer Classic of ’47 — Past All-Star Feats Challenged by New Heroes”
  • “Wrigley Shines as All-Star Game Host — Fans’ Desires Come First With bruin Owner” with photo of P.K. Wrigley and Charlie Grimm
  • “Babe Stole Show in First Chicago Classic, Blasting Homer and Pulling Circus Catch”
  • Team photos of both the American and National League All-Star teams from 1933
  • “Many Melodramatic Flag Drives Mark Cub History — Hartnett’s Heroic Homer Climaxed Fight in ’38″
  • All-Star Rosters from 1933 through 1947
  • Arch Ward
  • “Mack Finding New Marvels at 84–A’s Play to Standing Room Only” with photo of Connie Mack
  • “Pair That Yankees Attempted to Trade Now Helping to Keep Bombers at Top” about Bill Johnson and Johnny Lindell
  • “Tigers Will Show Teeth, Rivals Warned by Steve — ‘Our Pitching Still the Best,’ Asserts O’Neill, But Concedes Yankees Have Edge in Race”
  • Harry Walker
  • Ewell Blackwell
  • Early Wynn
  • “Upstairs Move on Cellar Browns Hinted for Manager Muddy Ruel”
  • Cecil Travis “To Get Late Tribute — Four Years of War Deals Harshly With Nat Veteran” by Shirley Povich of the Washington Post
  • Ralph Houk
  • “Mel Ott’s Mighty Maulers Shun Script to Star in ‘Stopper’ Roles — Club Remains Near Top Spot Through Home Run Power, Eyes Cubs’ NL Mark”
  • “$35,000 Bonus for Bosox Find — Chuck Stobbs, Norfolk High School Ace, Slated for Lynn Farm Club”
  • Earl Torgeson
  • “Mrs. Robinson Roams Dodger Stands, Listening to Fans’ Sizeups on Hubby” with photos of Mrs. Jackie Robinson and son, Jackie, Jr. plus sidebar article “Jackie Tops N.L. Players in Being Nicked by Pitches” with small pic of Jackie Robinson
  • “Bums Look Around, Ask ‘Who’s Better Than Us?” — Declare They’ve Seen Nobody They Can’t Lick–Then Memory of Four Games in St. Louis Bobs Up”
  • Don Nerwcombe “Paces Nashua Staff, Hoping to Follow Campanella” with small pic of Newcombe
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Jane Wyman on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 48 pages total.

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    1947-07-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/07/02 — 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:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Time to Make His Move” about the Cardinals
  • Headline is “O.B. Retains Right to Sign College Players — Foundation Being Laid for Truce — Support Accorded Coached on Other Points During Cincy Conference”
  • Also on the cover: “Bidding for Negro Stars Increasing–Rickey”
  • “Beazley’s Arm Treated Through Beak–Nerve-Ends in Nose Help to Relax Muscles — Gets Relief from N.Y. Physician” with several photos of John Beazley
  • Hank Behrman
  • “Bombers Get Chesty, Yet Keep Wary Eye on Bosox — Yankees Discount Tigers and Indians as Pennant Rivals But Regard Boston Club as Growing Menace; Lyons Rates New Yorkers Highest”
  • “Waiting Mobs Keep DiMaggio Holed Up” with photo of Joe DiMaggio
  • Ewell Blackwell
  • “Crippled Dodgers Turn on Western Tormentors — Wind Up Long Trip With Satisfactory Record; Reiser Returns Home for Two-Week Rest”
  • “Ruth Feted in Four-Day Detroit Whirl, Hails Kid Stars Led by Ex-Tiger Greats” with photo of Babe Ruth with Mickey Cochrane and Charley Gehringer
  • Mickey Vernon
  • “Injury to Lou Caps Crippling Blows to Tribe–Ankle Wrench Shelves Pilot; Sore Leg Causes Feller to Miss Hill Turn”
  • “Cards Regain Their Place in Sun by Gleaming Pace Under Lights” with photo of Stan Musial
  • “Aging Bengals Trip on Their Whiskers When Pitching Slips — Average Age of 20 Key Players Nearly 31; Meager Farm System Hampers Rebuilding”

  • “LOOK Sports Editor Disclaims Crusade, Says Pix Authentic — Publisher Spink Maintains Photograph Not Truly Representative, Asks Why Room Was Not Tidied Up” about a LOOK Magazine story about conditions in the minors
  • “Red Sox Fatten on Home Stay and Fans Bulge Fenway Park — Climb in Race Despite Lack of First-Class Pitching; Galehouse Returns”
  • “Sain Steps Up Stride on Braves Trip; Rowell Joins Elliott in Punch Parade — Righthander Moves Ahead of ’46 Pace, Again Aims for Score of Wins” with pic of Johnny Sain
  • “Athletics Meteoric Rise Surprises Even Connie — ‘Never Thought These Boys Had It in Them’; Credits Teams Climb to Youth and Hustle” plus “Mediden Fetes Rookie of ’84–Connie Mack”
  • Schoolboy Rowe
  • “Book on Landis Launched at Party for Author Spink and No. 1 Men — Judge’s Feats, Feuds, Foibles Related in Eye-Witness Story of Dramatic Era”
  • In the “Pacific Coast League” section is “Vince DiMaggio Chases Wolves by Swinging Big Stick for Oaks” with photo of Vince DiMaggio
  • “Spalding Sports Show” ad from Spalding features Joie Ray cartoon
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Ray Milland on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.

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    1947-06-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/06/04 — 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:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “An Indian Summer?” featuring the Braves and the Indians
  • Headline is “Minors’ Attendance Zooming to New High — Gate to Top Last Year’s 32 Million — Unfavorable Weather Fails to Dampen Fan Interest; 52 Loops Operating”
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink is about photographer William Albert Kuenzel
  • “Jays’ Jockeys Give Rivals Rough Ride — Listener Gets Earful of Dugout Digs at Cards” with photos of the bench-jockeying Phillies
  • “Bullpen Ken Proving Busy Fireman for Polo Grounders: Sprinkles by Trinkle Put Out Blazes for Giants” with Willard Mulling cartoon featuring Ken Trinkle
  • Phil Marchildon
  • Fritz Ostermueller

  • “Ducky Back in Redbird Plumage After Seven-Season Migration — Medwick, in Dramatic Return, Drives in Run With Pinch Double” with several photos of Ducky Medwick
  • “Veeck, Mayor and Fans Tangle Over Midget Auto Track at Indians’ Home”
  • “Holes in Tiger Hill Staff Well Filled by Reserves”
  • “Route-Goers Few as Cubs Hit Road East”
  • “Yank Rhubarbs Plowed Under by Streak of Shutout Triumphs — Bucky Harris’ Diplomacy Helps Calm Feelings Stirred by Fines”
  • “One-Man Hill Staff Label Ripped Off Reds by Vandy — Johnny Shows He’s Ready to Join Ace Blackwell as Winning Hurler”
  • Buddy Kerr
  • “Giants’ Batting Tornado in West Starts Flag-Waving in New York — Ott’s Thumpers Get Roaring Welcome as They Return Home in First Place”
  • Travis Jackson “Cites Some Giant Surprise Flags — 1923-24 Clubs Without 20-Victory Hurler, Says Ex-Star, Now Coach”
  • “Report of Card Shift to Coast Revived — Corum, Seeing ‘End of an Era,’ Believes Breadon Likely to Sell Club If He Can” about shifting the Cardinals to Los Angeles
  • “Bosox Better on Paper–Can’t Convince Rivals — Must Be Pitching, Says Malaney–But Just Look at ‘Power’ Hitters”
  • In the “International League” section “Kuzava Labeled ‘Best Since Grove’” with photo of Bob Kuzava
  • Necrology: “Big Ed Konetchy, Ex-N.L. Slugger, Dies in His Sleep — Hard-Hitting First Baseman Broke in With Cardinals ’07, Left Majors in ’21″
  • “Spalding Sports Show” ad from Spalding features Jim Thorpe cartoon
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Rita Hayworth on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 36 pages total.

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    1947-04-30 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/04/30 — 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 “Don’t Fence Him In” featuring Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Headline is “MacPhail Facing Showdown With Chandler — Yank Head Gets Call on Carpet — Summons Follows Interview Criticizing Suspension Handed Durocher
  • Mel Ott “Gets Hot When They Tag Giants for Cellar — Mel Loses Mellow Mood as Polo Grounders Plunge”
  • “Blackwell’s Buzzball Backs Up Batters — Cincy’s Slim Sidearmer Shows Sizzling Speed” with photos of Ewell Blackwell
  • “DiMag Props Yank Stock With Hefty Bat on Return — Joe’s Early Comeback Tonic to Bombers; Reynolds, Bevens Impressive” with photo of Joe DiMaggio
  • Babe Ruth “to Aid Legion Junior Ball to the Very Limit of My Health — Training Rules Laid Down by Medicos to Govern Bambino’s Activities”
  • Mr. Shortstop Likes That ‘Slug’ Moniker Too” with photos of Marty Marion
  • Pat Mullin
  • “Dodgers Seem Different–It’s Uncle Burt as Boss — Soft-Spoken New Pilot Represents Direct Contrast to Lip” about Burt Shotton
  • “Rickey Keeps Door Open for Durocher in ’48 — Shotton Is One-Year Fill-In as Dodger Leader”
  • “Bing Reigns in Pittsburgh for Sunny Opening Day — Crosby Captivates Corsair Coterie, Appears At Luncheon, Ball Game and C. of C. Banquet” with photos of Bing Crosby
  • “Milan Pins Marksman Medal on Rifle-Armed Dom DiMaggio”
  • “Bob Feller Blazes Away at Barnstorming Critics — Cleveland Ace’s Ninth One-Hit Feat Refutes Forecasts He Ruined Arm on Last Fall’s Exhibition Tour”
  • “Where Are Members of All-Time No. 1 Team Today? — Father Time Riddles Ranks of Great ’27 Yanks” — A Look back at the 1927 Yankees
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Bob Hope on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.

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    1947-04-23 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/04/23 — 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 beginning with two huge features:

  • It’s not on the cover, but only page 3, but the headline on that page is “Debut ‘Just Another Game’ to Jackie — Negro Star Did His Thinking Night Before; ‘Brooklyn Players Have Been Swell’” with three large pictures of Jackie Robinson. The issue highlighting the moment transcending baseball and making history! One full page of coverage continued onto the next page where it takes up about a quarter-page
  • But The Sporting News had been planning on this being a special issue anyway, dedicated to the man on the front cover, Babe Ruth! On the cover is a cartoon titled “Marvel of the Multitudes and Still the Champ!” by Amadee, and the small article “Ruth Ceremonies Will Be Broadcast at All Major and Big Minor Parks” but the real special part of the issue is advertised at the top banner– “Eight-page illustrated Life Story of Babe Ruth” which is inside towards the middle of the issue. Basically Ruth’s whole life and career are covered on these 8-pages, 3 full pages of which contain nothing but photos! The ultimate Babe Ruth tribute coming from 1947!

    • The rest of the issue obviously pales in comparison, but here are the highlights:

  • Headline on the front cover: “MacPhail Gesture for Lip May Backfire — Yank Boss Sparks Ire of Chandler — Commissioner to Stand Pat on Penalty; Doesn’t Like Action by Larry”

  • Burt Shotten “Chosen to Pilot Dodgers After McCarthy Turns Job Down”
  • “Leo Keeps Lip Buttoned on Return to Hollywood — Gives ‘No Comment’ Answers to Reporters; Wife Calls Suspension ‘Terribly Unfair’
  • “Hal Chase Replays His Costliest Error — Gravely Ill, Ex-First Base Marvel Regrets Failure to Reveal 1919 Series Fix — Admits He Knew Plot in Advance”
  • George McQuinn
  • “A Word to the Wise” cartoon by Willard Mullin featuring Clint Hartung, Mel Ott and the Chinese Homerun
  • “Dizzy Stirs St. Louis Fan Banquet by ‘Penny Pincher’ Rap at Breadon — Me and Paul Got Only $10,500 for Winning Cards Flag in ’34″ with photo of Dizzy Dean
  • Point/Counterpoint Style Article: “Was Durocher Penalty Justified? Spink Says ‘Yes’ and Corum ‘No’”
  • “Boston’s Even Hoping for an All-Hub Series — Fans, Already Sure of Sox, Favorably Impressed by Look at Braves”
  • “Pictorial Highlights of Major League Lidlifters” begins at the top left with an image from Brooklyn of Jackie Robinson swinging
  • Louisville Slugger ad on the inside back cover dedicated to Babe Ruth with huge illustration of the Bambino
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.

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    1947-04-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/04/16 — 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:

  • It’s not the headline, but the main story on the front cover is “Jackie Robinson Gets Chance With Flatbush Troupe — Likely to See Service Mostly as Pinch Runner” by Michael Gaven with a small photo of Jackie Robinson. The article begins as follows: “Brooklyn, for the first time in its 72 years in the National League, will have a Negro player within its ranks this season. All doubt of Jackie Robinson’s status was removed at 3:15 pm, April 10, when Branch Rickey announced ‘The Brooklyn Dodgers today purchased the contract of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson from the Montreal Royals” Further into the article regarding Branch Rickey: “No man ever had greater faith in the ability of a ball player. We believe that it was Branch’s honest opinion that the Brooklyn players would come rushing to him and shout” ‘Let’s have that fellow. He can win the pennant for us.’ To put it mildly, it didn’t happen that way. However, a quiet poll conducted by the Flatbush Secret Service revealed that no one would quit the club if Robinson were made a member.” Truly a bit of history!

    • The rest of the issue obviously pales in comparison, but here are the highlights:

  • Headline on the cover is “Chandler Rolls Up Sleeves for New Swings — Lips Feels First Punch; Other Targets Rumored — Commissioner Said to Be Gunning for One Individual in Particular; Believes Efforts to Run Game With Kindly Hand Were Misconstrued” with large photo of Leo Durocher on the cover
  • “Redbirds, Red Sox Rated Repeaters — Buc Climb to Second Predicted” by J.G. Taylor Spink
  • “Confident Cards Face Easier Victory — But Bosox Can’t Rely on Breeze” with brief previews of each club
  • “Lippy Listens in Saddened Silence to Chandler’s Long Sentence” with article from cover continued plus “Sad Saga of Game’s No. 1 Bad Boy — Lip’s 20-Year Major Career Dotted by Flare-Ups — Challenged Ruth, Cobb as Rookie With Yankees”
  • Next page: “Leo, Given Sympathy of His Players, Makes Farewell Talk to Great Bunch — Suspension of Pilot Comes as Stunning Surprise to Members of Team”
  • Willard Mullin cartoon “Down at the Heel” features Joe DiMaggio
  • “Bobo Newsom Blasts Inflated Salaries of Stars — Says Greenberg Will Get 110 Grand–But No Guy Is Worth That Much”
  • “I’ll Play in Majors or Not at All, Tepsic’s Ultimatum to Dodgers” with photo of Joe Tepsic
  • “Babe Gets Back Into Game to Aid in Promoting Junior Ball — Signed by Ford Company to Help Legion Program” with photos of Babe Ruth
  • Ed Lopat
  • “Bombers Ball-Riding Berra Balks at Walks — Long-Hitting Rookie Swings at Almost Anything to Avoid Pass — Yogi Fits MacPhail’s, Color Pattern for Yankees; Looks Awkward at Bat, But Connects for Distance” with photo of Yogi Berra swinging a bat and with St. Louis buddy Joe Garagiola
  • “Can a Run Be Scored After Third Out? Yes, Says Ump Barlick, and Tells How”
  • Whitey Lockman
  • Johnny Price
  • “Veeck Straightens Snake Snarl; They Egged Me On, Says Price — Commotion on Train Caused by Two Reptiles–Women Screamed, Boudreau Boiled, John Sorrowed”
  • “Sportsman’s Park Receives $200,000 Face-Lifting Job”
  • Necrology: “Joe Page, Mr. Baseball of Dominion, Dies at 79 — Fostered Game in Canada for 60 Years, Saw Every World Series Since ’84″
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 48 pages total.

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    1947-04-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/04/02 — 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:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “A Case of the Bends” featuring Hank Greenberg
  • Headline is “Chandler Lashes Critics in Counter-Attack — Boils Over Charges in Magazine — Labels Alleged Intercession for Indiana Gambler as Unqualified Untruth
  • “Chandler Convenes Court in Case of MacPhail vs. Dodgers” with articles “Writing Ban for Lip Seen as Outcome of Hearings” and “Outside the Gas Chamber”
  • “Lyons Leans Heavily on Five Old Men Ranging From 38 to 42 — Graybeards Fuse Silver to White Sox Lining — Red Ruffing Work Horse in Training — Caldwell, Kuhel, Lee, Appling Other Veterans Slated for Steady Service”
  • Paul Richards
  • “Secrets of Cobb’s Batting Success Revealed to His Protege — Chapman Finds Eye on Ty’s Lost Tips — Sam Digs Up Old Letters Useful to Him as Rookie” with photos of Sam Chapman and Ty Cobb
  • George Vico
  • Johnny Sullivan
  • “Rookie Southpaw on Reds Hurled 8 Army No-Hitters” with photo of Kent Peterson
  • Jack Wallaesa
  • Robinson Refuses to Join Dodgers If Resentment Exists — Negro Star Declares Main Reason He Desires Major Chance is for Bigger Pay”
  • “Hermanski Again Being Hailed As Lou Gehrig Jr of Dodgers — Gene, Who Made Unsteady Start Last Year, Pounds Ball in Spring Games”
  • Small sidebar: “Dodgers Bring Up Outfielder Snider, Whose 430-ft. Homer Impressed B.R.” with small headshot of Duke Snider
  • “Castoff McQuinn Jumps Into Middle of Yankees’ Who’s on First Muddle — Henrich’s Injury Opens Chance at Bag for Veteran, But Limping DiMaggio Still Holds Fate of Bombers”
  • “It’s All Right With Cronin and Red Sox If Bill Goodman Keeps Hitting to Left”
  • “Red Sox So Much Stronger They Look Like Different Club — That’s Sizeup by Malaney as Team Heads North; Not Only Set for ’47, But For Years to Come”
  • “Still a Frank Feller, as Tucson Discovers — Bob Says What He Thinks, Whether of Not It Pleases, Unsolicited Comment on Arizona Climate Again Shows” with small headshot of Bob Feller
  • “It’s a Different Dyer, He Admits — Last Season I Had to Prove Myself–I Couldn’t Take Chances”
  • “Stars of Two Centuries Flashed at League Park — Outgrowing Old Tepee, Indians Occupy New Wigwam — Joss-Walsh Hill Duel Stands Out” about the Indians moving from League Park to Municipal Stadium.
  • Billy Hitchcock
  • Chesterfields ad on back cover features Gregory Peck
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 32 pages total.

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    1947-03-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/03/26 — 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 “Any Bargains Today?” about the Pirates
  • Headline is “Swift Farm Expansion Overpowers Minors — Majors Now Have Control of 60 Per Cent of Clubs — Half of 24 AAA Outfits Held Outright by Big Leaguers; Branch Rickey, Originator of System, Leads Way With 25 Farms, Cardinals Still Own Most”
  • “Yankees Always Win Openers With DiMag, Lose in Absence” with photo of Joe DiMaggio
  • “Ruth First to Be Given Day by All Majors in 51 Years” (In case you’re curious, the previous was to Harry Wright in 1896)
  • “Pla-ay Ba-a-ll” cartoon by Burris Jenkins, Jr.
  • “Evans Bats Out Yarn on Averill’s Tampered Bat” with small pics of Billy Evans and Earl Averill
  • “Witte Broke Into Game Through Fancy Window — Put in Summer and Winter Working to Pay for Damage Done With His Bat” about Jerry Witte
  • “Carloads of Classy Infielders Crowds Cronin’s Camp — Hits to Decide Hot Fight at Red Sox Hot Corner”
  • “Tribe’s Hill-Starter Hunt Starts, Stops With Feller — Even Fireball Ace Gets Rough Treatment in Exhibitions” with photo of Bob Feller
  • “Dale Mitchell, a Sooner Arriving Late, Makes Fast Spring to Tribe Outfield”
  • “Don’t Overlook Senators in ’47 Pennant Race — Sports Writer Newsom Counts 20 for Bobo” is an article by Bobo Newsom
  • Murrell Jones
  • Lou Brissie
  • Andy Pafko
  • “Jackie’s All Jake At First With Dodger Coach Pitler — ‘Okay’ Reports Awaits Lippy — Pilot Will Pass on Robinson’s Ability at Gateway Bag in Havana Games”
  • Frank Kalin
  • Necrology — obituary oon James Gilmore, 71
  • “Yanks Pin Can’t Miss Tag on Rookie Don Johnson — Big Hurler Has Everything–Size, Speed, Curves and Class”
  • “Bucky to Crack Down on Yank Rule-Breaker — Pilot Serves Notice of Policy by Disciplinary Action Against Mel Queen”
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features Charley Trippi
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.

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    1947-02-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    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
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 32 pages total.

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    1947-01-08 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1947/01/08 — 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:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin “Join a Ball Club and See the World”
  • Headline is “Deep Pay Cuts Facing Some Prewar Stars — Free Hand for Slashes Until 1948 — 25 Pct. Slice Limit Doesn’t Apply This Season; Clubs to Set Houses in Order”
  • “Clubs Thaw Out Plans for Early Training Start — First Squads Assemble on February 16″
  • “Sky’s Limit on Team Air Travel in ’47 — Rush to Planes Will Start in Spring Training” with a photo of the Yankees landing in Panama last spring. Article below titled “Yanks Again to Set Pace; Other Clubs Plan Flights”
  • “Don’t Sell Those Little Fellows Short — Diminutive Tommy Leach Cites Long List of Stubby Stars to Hit Big Leagues” with photo across the top featuring Miller Huggins, Sparky Adams, Willie Keeler, Rabbit Maranville, Chuck Dressen, Hack Wilson, and Leach himself
  • “How Scribes View Special Defense Against Red Sox Slugger — Barring of Williams Shift Opposed by Experts” with articles “Poll Backs Strategy as Legitimate — Suggestions for Outlawing Maneuver Ridiculed by Big League Writers” and “Nap Lajoie Hit to Left–and How! He Nearly Wrecked Infielders”
  • Claude Passeau
  • Clint Hartung
  • Bob Feller “Aims at Ruth Pay Record for ’47″
  • “Stardom for Rookie Robinson at 32 — Yankee Catcher Served for Years in Minors and Coast Guard” with photo of Aaron Robinson
  • “Second-Edition Musial Set to Flash — Younger Brother Ed Looks and Bats Like Stan, But for Cubs” with photo of Ed Musial
  • “Better DiMaggio in ’47, Joe’s Promise to Yanks — Contract Calling for Same Page Encourages Slugger to Regain Stride” with photo of DiMaggio
  • Tommy Holmes and his low strikeout rate
  • “Still a Great Player, said W.C. Fields After Sisler Declined to Drink with Him”
  • “Famous Families of the Game–The THREE HIGHS — Brothers Graduated from St. Louis Sandlots and Semi-Pro Ball to Big Time” with feature article and photos of each Hugh High, Andy High and Charley High
  • Nearly a full page Point/Counterpoint style article with cartoon of Jackie Robinson by Amadee in the center of the page — “Robinson Not Ready for Majors’ — Montreal Negro Star Lacks Physical Equipment to Reach Big Time Stardom” by Cy Kritzer and “Jackie a Cinch if Given a Chance — Accustomed Position is Second Base and He is Best Equipped for Keystone” by Lloyd McGowan
  • Also, on facing page, “Robinson Second Negro to Win Int. League Title” is a brief article mentioning Jackie Robinson winning the International League Batting Title at .349, along with a list of batting leagers
  • “Torres May Decide to Follow Gonzalez on O.B. Blacklist Due to US-Cuban Row” with cartoon of Gilberto Torres
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.

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    1940-01-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1940/01/04 –

  • Headline over the masthead: Highlights of 1939 Arranged in Chronological Order — Pages 6 and 8
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Young Redbirds on the Rise Hoping to Reach Major Roost – Pictured are: John (Red) Davis – Hooper Triplett – Bob Schmidt – Dick Sisler – Matthew Surkont – Max Marshall – Walker Cooper – Eddie Murphy – Floyd Beal – John Grodzicki – Robert Doyle, with article beginning underneath: Branch Rickey Nears Goal of Making Farm System Self-Sufficient for Cardinals and Affiliates by Dick Farrington

    • Other stories

  • Paring of Sox Adds Infield Newcomer – Kolloway Obtained by Pale Hose for Rensa and Landrum
  • Billy Webb, Who Kept Traffic Moving at Third, Moves Into Front Office to Direct Chisox Farms
  • Fans Share Pay-Off From Cincy Lights – Attendance Rise Brings Better Advance-Sale Arrangement
  • Feature article on New York Yankees World Series Hero and former 1937 Newark Bear, Charlie Keller by Charles Segar with 4 photos of King Kong Keller
  • Diz’ Name Bobs Up in Cards’ Dividend – Part of Dean Sale Price Believed Tossed Into $101,520 Pool
  • Control-Plus Courage-Secret of Successful Mound Vets with photos of Paul Derringer – Sylvester Johnson – Lefty Grove – Charlie Root – Ted Lyons – Red Ruffing
  • Ol’ Casey (Casey Stengel) Pledges Emphasis on Youth, article looks at Boston Braves
  • Centennial Year Gives Game Greatest Season in History — With very large cartoon by Willard Mullin featuring some of the highlights of 1939 including a large image of Lou Gehrig who ended his consecutive games streak that year
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 10 pages total.

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    1939-08-17 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1939/08/17 –

  • Headline over the masthead: Ted Williams, Driving Pitchers Crazy, Proves He’s No Screwball at Bat
  • Main headline: Pitching Shortage Throws Scare into Cincinnati Camp with story beginning underneath Deacon Bill Must Uncover One More Winning Chucker
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Knight of the Garter Dykes — Keeps His White Sox Up and Does His Own ‘Darning” with photos of Jimmie Dykes

    • Other stories

  • Red Sox Followers Reflect on “Ifs” of Pitching Staff
  • “I’m No Sour Puss”–Gabby referring to Gabby Hartnett
  • ‘Curb-Yankees’ Movement Dies Down, But Barrow’s Resentment Flares Higher
  • Lazzeri Slated to Stay, With Added Authority refers to Tony Lazzeri and the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Tony Freitas Bags Some Pheasants and a Row of Goose Eggs
  • Cardinals Put Fans in a Pennant Mood – 40,807 Turnout in St. Louis Sees Birds Whip Reds Twice
  • Ted Williams — Red Sox Kid Socker, Miscast in Screwball Role, On Way to Driving Man American League Hurlers Crazy — Ted Not Problem Player, Says Cronin, Who Terms Acts ‘Aggressive Efforts’, article by Jack Maloney with large Ted Williams cartoon by Willard Mullin (shown below)
  • Connie Mack Outbids Rich Rivals for Pitcher – Lands Besse, Memphis Southpaw, in Cash and Player Deal
  • Nats ‘$100 Infield’ Looks Like Million – Griff’s Boys Sparkplug His Club in Season’s Best Spurt
  • Kid Keystone Combine Keynoting K.C. in Direction of A.A. Double-Play Mark – Article by Parke Carroll with photos of minor leaguers Gerald Priddy and PHIL RIZZUTO
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, several box scores and game summaries, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 14 pages total.

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    1939-06-22 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    Sep.10, 2009 in Sporting News

    1939/06/22 –

  • 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

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    1945-09-08 Colliers Magazine Contents

    Sep.09, 2009 in Colliers

    1945/09/08 — Cover credited to Leon Gregori

    Contents as follows:
    FICTION:

  • “This Is For Real” by Joel Reeve and illustrated by Al Moore
  • “The New Boy” by Nolan Miller and illustrated by Warren Baumgartner
  • “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog” by Edwin Lanham and illustrated by Dun Roman
  • “Work of Art” — The Short Short Story by Betty Byrd with illustration by Vincent Guise
  • “The Man Without a Climate” by Zachary Gold and illustrated by Charles McBarron
  • “Right as Rain” by Frank O’Rourke and illustrated by C.C. Beall

    • ARTICLES

  • Air Power–Today and Tomorrow by W.B. Courtney
  • Warriors’ Paradise by Quentin Reynolds about the Riviera
  • Crazy Over Chases by Charles Dexter
  • The First Telechrome by Ulrich Calvosa — Full page with text caption at left features the photo of Atlee, Truman and Stalin
  • Where’s All the Sugar by Frank Gervasi
  • Tomorrow’s Navy by Jim Bishop
  • Brother Leatherneck by Hector Chevigny and illustrated by Leon Gregori
  • They See Without Looking by T/Sgt. Barrie Stavis is about the Junior hostesses from the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Service Center
  • G.I. Ideas by Clare E. Van Devander
  • Your New Fur Coat by Ruth Carson

    • PLUS:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Wing Talk by Gurney Williams
  • The Week’s Work by Amy Porter
  • Editorials: More About the OPA – Will Your Gift Get There? – What Youth Do You Mean, Doc?

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    1926-05-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    Sep.09, 2009 in Colliers

    1926/05/29 –

  • Classics in Slang by H.C. Witwer
  • When I Was Most Afraid by Rosita Forbes
  • The Light Shines Through — A Short Story by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Alfred Ceike
  • Dr. Eliot Looks Ahead — An Interview by John B. Kennedy
  • The Double Barrier by Grantland Rice with photos of Bob Fitzsimmons and Gentleman Jim Corbett
  • Old Hickory by George Creel and illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops
  • Devil-May-Care by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by R.G. Sisley
  • I, Too, May Become Great by Frederick L. Collins – An interview with astrologer Evangeline Adams with photos of Mary Garden, Ethel Barrymore, and John Burroughs
  • Lady Lapith — A Story by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by Henry Davis
  • Strike Up the Band! – Told in Pictures
  • Editorials
  • A Voice From Prison
  • The Big Mogul — The start of a novel by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Thursday — A Story by Viola Paradise and illustrated by John A. Haelen
  • Tom Masson Says
  • If You Know What I Mean by Don Marquis
  • Low-Downs on the High-Ups by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Catching Up With the World by Edwin E. Slosson
  • Picked Out of the Air by Jack Binns

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    1950-11-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    Sep.09, 2009 in Colliers

    1950/11/04 — Cover featuring Reconnaissance Sgt. James Jenkins, 1st Calvalry Division was sketched by Howard Brodie

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Don’t Smoke – Unless You Like It by Albert Q. Maisel — For centuries tobacco has brought mankind peace and cheer. Now some scientists say smoking is dangerous. But are their findings conclusive? The answer is NO
  • She-Town by Edward B. Lockett
  • ‘Far Away, Far Away’ by Howard Brodie
  • Another Galloping Ghost at Illinois by Bill Fay is about Johnny Karras
  • The Bing Who Doesn’t Sing by Herbert Kupferberg is about Rudolf Bing
  • …And if We Are Elected to office by Senator Scott W. Lucas and Senator Robert A. Taft and illustrated by Sam Berman
  • “You Mean You Don’t Remember?” by Willis Player
  • New Look in Telephone Booths by Edward Dembitz

    • FICTION:

  • “Play a Lone Hand” — Part 1 of 6 — by Luke Short and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • Most Guys Rake Leaves on Saturday by Willard H. Temple and illustrated by Mac Conner
  • “Party” by Budd Schulberg and illustrated by Roswell Keller
  • “Halloween Was Father’s Day” by Dolph Sharp and illustrated by Herman Giesen
  • The Fifty-Mission Cap — Conclusion — by Walt Grove and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • The Curse of Silence — The Short Short Story — by Hal G. Evarts with illustration by Gordon Brusstar
  • Keep Up With the World by John Denson
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorials
  • Full-page color ad on back cover for Camel Cigarettes features Mario Lanza

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