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1940-01-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents
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
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