1947-06-11 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/06/11 — 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 Al Pappas is “A Good Trick If They Stay Up” features Burt Shotton and the Dodgers

Headline is “DiMaggio’s Bat Sparks Yank Pennant Blaze — Rookie Ace Shea in Hot Pace on Hill — Lack of Outstanding Rival Encourages Bombers in Flag Speculation”

“Modest McCullough Keeps Cubs Merry — Self-Styled ‘Best Catcher’ Gives, Takes Ribs” with large photo of Clyde McCullough

“What Keeps Cubs Up? Chiefly Phils, But Reds Also Lend Helping Hand”

Muddy Ruel “Kept Thumb Buried in Fist to Protect Fingers Behind Plate”

“First Sacker Making Most of Long-Delayed Chance with Bombers: ‘Forgotten Yankee’ McQuinn Proves Star at 37” with large Willard Mullin cartoon of George McQuinn

“Shun Game, MacPhail Told Two Sons; Now They’re Running Blues for Him — Brothers Lee and Bill Form Congenial Cobination on Yank Farm Club” with photo of Bill and Lee MacPhail

“McKechnie, Neum Answer ‘Wat’s the Difference Between Leagues?’ — Two Transfers Find Play the Same in Two Majors” with photos of Bill McKechnie and Johnny Neun

“American League Still Going for Big Innings, Diz Discovers” with small pic of Dizzy Dean

Bob Dillenger

“Lack of Steady Hurlers Slowing Hot-Lick Giants”

“Fourth Bounce Off Barrier Puts Pistol Pete Out–But Not for Long — Hard-Luck Reiser Expected to Return to Lineup on Club’s Trip West” with photo of Pete Reiser being carried off the field

Harry Taylor

“Red Sox Not Themselves and Averages Prove It–Still Await Bat Boom”

Emil Verban

“Ban Muskogree Outfielder on ‘Lying Down’ Charge — Allen McElreath Placed on Ineligible List by Trautman for Not Giving Best and Trying to Induce Other Players to Wager on Results”

Hank Behrman

Dale Mitchell

“Mullin and Kell Picking Up Hank’s Tiger Mace — Due Answering ‘Who’s Going to Dive in Runs?'” with photos of Pat Mullin and George Kell

“Did Tour Play Hob for Bob? — Feller’s ’47 Fall-Off Laid by Some to Fall Junket” by Shirley Povich

Jimmie Wilson

In the “American Association” section “Al Dark, a Scrawny Lad at Six, Now in Robust Bloom as Brewer” with photo of Alvin Dark

In “Minor League Class C Highlights” is a photo of 18-year-old Billy Martin with caption “Kid Slugging Third Sacker”

“Spalding Sports Show” ad from Spalding features Nick Altrock cartoon

Chesterfield ad featuring Barbara Stanwyck on the back cover

Plus, believe it or not, more!

40 pages total.

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