1947-06-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/06/04 — 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 “An Indian Summer?” featuring the Braves and the Indians

Headline is “Minors’ Attendance Zooming to New High — Gate to Top Last Year’s 32 Million — Unfavorable Weather Fails to Dampen Fan Interest; 52 Loops Operating”

“Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink is about photographer William Albert Kuenzel

“Jays’ Jockeys Give Rivals Rough Ride — Listener Gets Earful of Dugout Digs at Cards” with photos of the bench-jockeying Phillies

“Bullpen Ken Proving Busy Fireman for Polo Grounders: Sprinkles by Trinkle Put Out Blazes for Giants” with Willard Mulling cartoon featuring Ken Trinkle

Phil Marchildon

Fritz Ostermueller

“Ducky Back in Redbird Plumage After Seven-Season Migration — Medwick, in Dramatic Return, Drives in Run With Pinch Double” with several photos of Ducky Medwick

“Veeck, Mayor and Fans Tangle Over Midget Auto Track at Indians’ Home”

“Holes in Tiger Hill Staff Well Filled by Reserves”

“Route-Goers Few as Cubs Hit Road East”

“Yank Rhubarbs Plowed Under by Streak of Shutout Triumphs — Bucky Harris’ Diplomacy Helps Calm Feelings Stirred by Fines”

“One-Man Hill Staff Label Ripped Off Reds by Vandy — Johnny Shows He’s Ready to Join Ace Blackwell as Winning Hurler”

Buddy Kerr

“Giants’ Batting Tornado in West Starts Flag-Waving in New York — Ott’s Thumpers Get Roaring Welcome as They Return Home in First Place”

Travis Jackson “Cites Some Giant Surprise Flags — 1923-24 Clubs Without 20-Victory Hurler, Says Ex-Star, Now Coach”

“Report of Card Shift to Coast Revived — Corum, Seeing ‘End of an Era,’ Believes Breadon Likely to Sell Club If He Can” about shifting the Cardinals to Los Angeles

“Bosox Better on Paper–Can’t Convince Rivals — Must Be Pitching, Says Malaney–But Just Look at ‘Power’ Hitters”

In the “International League” section “Kuzava Labeled ‘Best Since Grove'” with photo of Bob Kuzava

Necrology: “Big Ed Konetchy, Ex-N.L. Slugger, Dies in His Sleep — Hard-Hitting First Baseman Broke in With Cardinals ’07, Left Majors in ’21”

“Spalding Sports Show” ad from Spalding features Jim Thorpe cartoon

Chesterfield ad featuring Rita Hayworth on the back cover

Plus, believe it or not, more!

36 pages total.

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