1947-04-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/04/09 — 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 “He’ll Take the High Ones–and Low Ones” featuring Yogi Berra and also showing Joe Medwick

Headline is “MacPhail Predicts U.S.-Latin Title Series — Caribbean Federation in Making — Yankees, Receiving Another $30,000 Guarantee, Likely to Return to Puerto Rico”

Small sidebar on the front cover: “Jackie Back at First Base on the Mahatma’s Orders” about Jackie Robinson

Ted Pawelek

“Inside Pitch Legend Knocked Out by Ted–It’s Not My Weakness” with photo of Ted Williams bunting

“Top Rookies Tagged in Major Camps — Pitchers Predominate in Selections Made by Scribes Covering 16 Big Time Bases. The Rookies: Jim Hearn, Cardinals — Paul Lehner, Browns — Steve Nagy, Pirates — Fritz Dorish, Red Sox — Red Lively, Reds — Dave Philley, White Sox — Bob Kuzava, Indians — George Vico, Tigers — Dick Koecher, Phillies — Earl Wooten, Senators — Henry Schenz, Cubs — Larry Berra, Yankees The standout freshman of the reconstructed and refurbished Yankees is Lawrence Berra, called the Yogi — Eddie Miksis, Dodgers — Glenn Elliott, Braves — Ferris Fain, Athletics — Whitey Lockman, Giants

“Cincinnati’s New Pilot an Experienced Sports Writer and Official — Methodical Neun Drills Know How Into Reds — Tutors His Players on Rule Book”

Allie Reynolds

“Rickey Skips Outside Ropes; Larry and Lippy Left in Ring — Dodger President Denies He Accused Yank Boss; Happy Studies Case”

“Rickey Won’t Poll Dodgers About Jackie — Decision Up to Lippy Alone; Prexy Warns of Tough Sledding for Furillo

Buster Adams “Peeved Over Card Brushoff, Pricks Dyer’s Flag Bubble With Ifs — Players Eddie Led in Minors Get Preference, Buster Charges”

Johnny Price

Hank Borowy

Ted Lyons

“Ex-GIs Learn Baseball in Army Style at Cubs’ Farm School in St. Augustine — Recent Dischargees Given Chance to Win Positions in Wrigley Chain”

“Limping DiMag, Left Behind by Yanks, Unlikely to See Action Before May 15 — Stirnweiss, Hurt in Crash, Also Remains at St. Pete as Club Heads North”

“Medwick 25th Player to Touch All N.Y. Bags” with photo of Joe Medwick

“Speaker Hero in Hero Land — Plugged by Pat O’Brien, He Takes Honors in Stride” by Ed McAuley with small pic of Tris Speaker

Billy Herman

Full page on the death of Johnny Evers — “Joe Tinker Now Lone Survivor of Immortal Cub Infield of 1906-10 — Bantam Evers Battled Way to Keystone Crown” with photos of Johnny Evers plus sidebar “Tinker’s Story of Fateful Game — Ex-Cub Tells How Merkle Slip Balked Giants of Flag” by Joe Tinker. Also on a separate page “Evers to Chance Again” by Bill Corum from the NY Journal American

“80th Birthday Greatest Day of All for Denton Cy Young” with photos of Cy Young

Chesterfield ad on back cover features Dave “Boo” Ferriss

Plus, believe it or not, more!

32 pages total.