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1947-03-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/03/19 — 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 “Trying to End a Big Pane” featuring Giant Hopefuls
  • Headline is “Millionaires Ritz Bums’ New Jazz School — Toporcer Rates B.R. Genius, But– Specs Compares Methods Used by Red Sox to Force Feeding of Dodgers”
  • “Team Desertions Shake Wobbly Mexican League — Laredo, Torreson Drop Out; Two Others Ask to Resign”
  • “Teaching Ted How to Tag ‘Em to Left — Sox Star Gets Private Sock Lesson From Waner” with photo of Ted Williams with Paul Waner
  • “Recruits Steal Bosox Thunder in Spring Show — Goodman, Parnell, Dorish Impress Boss Cronin With Showing Under Fire”
  • “Majors Rocked by Biggest Blowup Since Yankee-Ban Johnson Feud — Larry-Lip War Heads for Showdown — MacPhail Files Charges, Calls for Chandler to Act” with Willard Mullin cartoon featuring Leo Durocher and Larry MacPhail
  • “Ruel States His Case–for Sharper Play” with photo of Muddy Ruel with Earle Combs and Fred Hofmann
  • Hank Edwards
  • Don Kolloway
  • Art Houtteman
  • “Berra’s Belts Tighten Henrich Grip on First — Yogi Proving Yankee-Type Hitter, but Still in Daze in Outfield Play” with small photo of Yogi Berra
  • Connie Mack “Thinks Joost and Handley Key to Keystone Problem of A’s”
  • Jack Paepke
  • Jackie Robinson “Will Get Crack at First Base-and Chance With Bums if Impressive”
  • “Determined to Succeed, Rookie Turns Bus Boy at Hotel to Stay Near Camp — Extra Pat of Butter Changes Phils’ Taste for Kennedy” with photos of Phil Kennedy
  • “Cardinals Unveil Mr. Shortstop, Jr. at Camp — Bernie Creger Demonstrates His Ability to Step Into Marty Marion’s Shoes”
  • “Neun Goes Back to Champ ’69 Reds for New Pattern — Reverts to Solid Red Hose of Original Champs, Then Stresses Fundamental of Play of Winners”
  • Mike Tresh
  • Max Lanier
  • “Chapman Takes Limp Out of Rowe’s Injury With Psychology — Schoolboy Returns to Hill at Ben’s Insistence–and Delivers
  • Chesterfields ad on back cover features Mel Allen
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.