1947-03-12 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/03/12 — 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 “But Bucky, What Will People Say?” featuring Bucky Harris

Headline is “Happy, Laraine Lead Lippy to Sawdust Trail — Leo Heeds Advice by Chandler — Manager Imposes Blue Law Regime: ‘I Want to Keep My Job on Dodgers'”

“Winchell Hint Laid to Dodger Stock Sale Dispute — Ebbets’ Share Worth More, Daughter Says”

“Tribe Tunes Up Flashiest Foursome — Acrobatic Infield Amazes Camp Observers — Boudreau, Gordon Glitter as Keystone Combination” with photo of Indians infield Ken Keltner, Lou Boudreau, Joe Gordon, and Eddie Robinson

“Big Bobo Bills Find as New Newsom — Vet, as Talent Scout, Unearths Lefthanded Wonder in Home Town, Hartsville, SC” with photo of Bobo Newsom with Rufe Leonard

“Indians Underrated, Declares Lou: We’re Going to Startle a Lot of Folks — Optimism Vibrates Through Camp; All Regulars On Hand and Satisfied”

“Will Hondo Hurricane Blow Down Pitchers or Prove Spring Zephyr? Game’s Poor Little Publicity-Rich Boy-Hartung” with photos of Giant’s Rookie Clint Hartung

“All Redbird Spots Filled, But Dyer Still Worries”

“Hank Gets Big Hand…Lugs Mighty Mace at Miami Beach” includes a couple of Hank Greenberg articles — “Couldn’t Let Bucs Down, Hank’s Comeback Story — Figuring He Would Be Playing If Still With Tigers, Home Run King Changed Mind in Fairness to Pirates” and “Pirates’ Home Run Pair Stage Fence-Clearing Show at Camp — Greenberg and Kiner Find Range”

Connie Mack “Sees Sunny Side, Calls A’s Pretty Good — We’ll Be Better Than Last Year, Veteran Pilot Says”

“Bucco Bosses Beaming Over Brand-New Billy Cox at Short — Malaria-Ridden Star of ’46 Picked Up 20 Pounds Over Off-Season”

Mort Cooper

“Veeck Visions Bosox, Tigers in 2-Club Race”

Jackie Albright

“Red Sox Rookies Get Early Tests — Cronin’s Chief Problem Now Is Choosing Best Reserves”

“Air-Tourist Yankees Sharpened by Stiff Latin-American Rivalry — Squad in Advanced Shape After Games in Puerto Rico and Venezuela” with photo of Joe DiMaggio

Mel Parnell

“18 Sure Phillies Named, Leaving Ten Jobs Open”

Dodgers Split on Robinson — Many Oppose Graduation of Negro to Big Tent” with photo of Jackie Robinson

“Big Red Sweats Out Comeback — 240-Pound Ruffing, 43, Happy Over Deal With White Sox”

“Bancroft Finds Players Better Trained — Youths in His Day had to Learn Hard Way, Says Dave” with photos of Dave Bancroft as he is in 1947 and when he was a Giants star

Plus, believe it or not, more!

32 pages total.

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