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1947-05-21 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/05/21 — 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 “Don’t Let It Slow You Down, John” featuring Johnny Mize
  • Headline is “Game Challenged by Television’s Growth — Fans Flock to Taverns With Sets — Sponsorship Rights Likely to Become Even More Valuable Than Radio”
  • Jackie Robinson “Stir Recalls Earlier ‘Strikes’ — Tigers’ Flareup Over Cobb’s Suspension in ’12 Only Incident of Kind in Majors — Walkout by Ty’s Mates in A’s Park — Movement Against Jackie Started on Dodgers as Far Back as ’46” with photos of Ty Cobb, Hughie Jennings, Ban Johnson, and Connie Mack.
  • “Games Officials Silent on Robinson Incident” headlines a page with three articles: “Views of Sport” by Stanley Woodward” as originally appeared in the New York Herald-Tribune May 9 “General Strike Conceived” and May 10 “Essentially Right and Factual”; “Jackie Will Get Equal Chance, Rest Up to Him — Game Open to All, Declares Chandler, Refusing to Discuss ‘Strike'”; plus two short sidebars on the same page: “Good Conduct by Negro Fans Urged” and “N.L. Firmly Behind Robinson–Frick”
  • “Bruins Pennant Chances Largely Up to Bill’s Bludgeon — Big Nick Gets Jump on Two-Year Slump” with large Amadee cartoon of Bill Nicholson
  • “Yankees to Get Strategy Lessons from Dressen — Suspension Over, Coach Will Stress Hit-and-Run, Stealing and Other Offensive Tactics Designed to Make Up for Failure to Show Old-Style Home-Run Attack”
  • Organized Baseball “Opens Door to Cuba and Venezuela — Route Also Pointed Out to Pasquels”
  • Roger Cramer
  • “Indians Keep Comedians Under Wraps — Boudreau’s Idea Is to Win Games, Celebrate Later; Veeck Lining Up Minor League Dates for Zanies” with photos of Max Patkin and Johnny Price
  • Johnny Pesky
  • Tom Tatum
  • “Sale of Schultz Shows Dodger Faith in Jackie — Rickey Nets $10,000 Profit on Tall First Baseman; Tatum Goes to Reds”
  • “They Say Hal Newhouser is Losing Because He Misses Paul Richards”
  • Mel Ott Benches Clint Hartung
  • “Browns Settle Quietly Into Cellar, But Cards Keep Whistling in Dark”
  • Joe Gordon “Supplies Punch Indians Sought When Angling for Spence — Flash Combines With Black to Give Team Something Extra It Required”
  • Earl Torgeson “And Bob Elliott Staging Torrid RBI Duel”
  • “Ferris Fain, Scion of Derby Jockey, Rides Horsehide for Mack as Rookie”
  • “Philly Rings Liberty Bell–A’s Break Out of Cellar” with small headshot of Eddie Joost
  • “Cubs Flash Flag Class Without Headline Stars”
  • Charley Trippi
  • Roy Campanella “Cuts Die From Robinson Mold — Royals’ Negro Catcher Hopes to Follow Jackie in Majors; Dressen Discovery” with photo of Roy Campanella
  • No article, but Jimmie Foxx photo captioned “Double X Hangs Up Spikes” noting that Foxx has retired from Organized Baseball
  • “Spalding Sports Show” ad from Spalding features Red Grange cartoon
  • Chesterfield ad featuring U.S. National Open Champion Lloyd Mangrum on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.