1947-01-29 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/01/29 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Right Out of Tiffany’s Windows” and features Bob Feller

Headline this issue is “Demands Bramham Uncover Gambling Plot — Evangeline Club Owner Asks for Quick Action — Head of New Opelousas Club Requests Prosecution of Guilty and Cleanup of Scandal in His League, So Faith of Public May Be Restored”

Four Voted in Hall of Fame by Less Than Half of BBWA” with photos and career stats for each of the new inductees: Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove, Frank Frisch, Carl Hubbell (nice class!)

Hank Greenberg “Sold to Bucs for $35,000 — Tigers’ Waiver Request Was Fourth in Year” — nearly 3 full pages of articles, photos, and a Willard Mullin cartoon titled “Over the Hill”

“Nation’s Cheers Speed Ruth Recovery — Rooting Proves His Fame Grows With Time” — two full pages of text with quite a few photos of Babe Ruth

Bob Feller “Blazes to New Pay Peak Amid Fanfare” with photo of Feller signing his contract

Jake Flowers

Bill Dickey “Signs to Manage Little Rock, With Whom He Started 22 Years Ago”

Charley Wagner

“$2,225,000 Yank Budget Highest in Game’s History — Night Games Limited to 14 at Stadium With Equal Number on Road”

“Dodgers Offer 3 Puerto Rico Negroes Trial” — the three being Buster Clarkson, Monty Irving (who I assume is actually Monte Irvin), and Larry Doby

Joe McCarthy

In the “Necrology” section is three-inches of text remarking upon the death of Josh Gibson in which it is mentioned that he once hit a homer 513 feet, another 435 feet, and finally that he hit 4 home runs in one day vs. the Memphis Red Sox at Zanesville, Ohio

Chesterfields ad on back cover features actress Ann Sheridan

Plus, believe it or not, more!

28 pages total.

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