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1947-02-12 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/02/12 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

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

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Why Did You Open That Door, Richard?” and features Stan Musial and owner Sam Breadon
  • Headline is “Salary Gravy-Train Speeding Toward Spill — Soaring Costs Menace Less-Wealthy Magnates — Feller, Williams and Greenberg Set Dizzy Pace in Pay, With Other Expenses Mounting for Major Clubs; Huge Gates Necessary to Meet Outgo” with very small pic of Ted Williams
  • Babe Ruth “Battling to Regain Strength, Weeps During Chandler’s Visit — Every Fan Is Pulling for You, Babe Is Told; Hollows in Moon Face Tell of His Long Ordeal”
  • Photo of Monty Stratton receiving trophy as most courageous player of 1946
  • “Police to Enforce N.L. Park Blacklists — League Adopts New Rules in Gambling War — Clubs Told to Catalog Bet Muggs”
  • “Trade Pot Boils But Clubs Fail to Cook Up Deals”
  • “Lands 75,000 Fish … and Laughs at One That Got Away” is a page of Ted Williams with photos and the articles “Ted Writes Own Ticket for Pay Seat Next to Ruth — Only Babe Ever Received Higher Straight Salary” and “Ted Scores His First ’47 Hit in Hub — Williams Hopes Its Us and the Cardinals Again Next Fall”
  • Claude Passeau
  • Spud Chandler
  • Greenberg Gardens to Aid Hank Homers — New Left Field Screen Will Cut 20 Feet From Distance Required for Circuit Blow”
  • Wedding photos of Del Ennis, Andy Pafko and Buddy Kerr
  • “Leo on Spot, Laraine Asks for New Umpire — Durocher Under Fire After Criticizing Judge; Miss Day Alleges Bias”
  • “Dodgers Find Raises in ’47 Offerings, But Deacon Drops in Button for Lip — Reiser Signs for $17,500, Plus Bonus If His Arm Proves to be Okay”
  • Clint Hartung
  • “$28,000 Pact for ’47 to Make Musial Highest-Paid Player in Card History — Only Hornsby and Frisch, as Playing Pilots, Had Larger Salaries”
  • Roy Cullenbine
  • “Musial and Stratton Hear Names in Song at Philly — Pitcher Who Lost Leg Cheered by 1,100 for Winning 18 Games in East Texas Loop” with a photo of each Stan Musial and Monty Stratton
  • “Spring Training Plans Hit New High — Yanks Set Pattern With Trips Outside U.S.” with “Always in Front” cartoon featuring Larry MacPhail by Willard Mullin
  • “Official American League Schedule for 1947”
  • “Johnny Kling, Catcher and Mr. Brains of Tinker-Evers-Chance Teams, Dies”
  • “Is That Good or Bad?” cartoon by Willard Mullin features his Brooklyn Bum
  • Chesterfields ad on back cover features Ethel Merman
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 32 pages total.