1947-07-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/07/09 — 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”!

All-Star Issue — 14th Annual Game

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 “Nothing But the Best” about the All-Star Game

Headline is “Giant-Phil Row Stirs Blaze Over Bullpens — New York’s Spot Called Worst of All — Sizzling Warmup Sectors, Unprotected From Sun, Blasted by Chapman”

“Superlative Setting for Majors’ Mid-Summer Classic of ’47 — Past All-Star Feats Challenged by New Heroes”

“Wrigley Shines as All-Star Game Host — Fans’ Desires Come First With bruin Owner” with photo of P.K. Wrigley and Charlie Grimm

“Babe Stole Show in First Chicago Classic, Blasting Homer and Pulling Circus Catch”

Team photos of both the American and National League All-Star teams from 1933

“Many Melodramatic Flag Drives Mark Cub History — Hartnett’s Heroic Homer Climaxed Fight in ’38”

All-Star Rosters from 1933 through 1947

Arch Ward

“Mack Finding New Marvels at 84–A’s Play to Standing Room Only” with photo of Connie Mack

“Pair That Yankees Attempted to Trade Now Helping to Keep Bombers at Top” about Bill Johnson and Johnny Lindell

“Tigers Will Show Teeth, Rivals Warned by Steve — ‘Our Pitching Still the Best,’ Asserts O’Neill, But Concedes Yankees Have Edge in Race”

Harry Walker

Ewell Blackwell

Early Wynn

“Upstairs Move on Cellar Browns Hinted for Manager Muddy Ruel”

Cecil Travis “To Get Late Tribute — Four Years of War Deals Harshly With Nat Veteran” by Shirley Povich of the Washington Post

Ralph Houk

“Mel Ott’s Mighty Maulers Shun Script to Star in ‘Stopper’ Roles — Club Remains Near Top Spot Through Home Run Power, Eyes Cubs’ NL Mark”

“$35,000 Bonus for Bosox Find — Chuck Stobbs, Norfolk High School Ace, Slated for Lynn Farm Club”

Earl Torgeson

“Mrs. Robinson Roams Dodger Stands, Listening to Fans’ Sizeups on Hubby” with photos of Mrs. Jackie Robinson and son, Jackie, Jr. plus sidebar article “Jackie Tops N.L. Players in Being Nicked by Pitches” with small pic of Jackie Robinson

“Bums Look Around, Ask ‘Who’s Better Than Us?” — Declare They’ve Seen Nobody They Can’t Lick–Then Memory of Four Games in St. Louis Bobs Up”

Don Nerwcombe “Paces Nashua Staff, Hoping to Follow Campanella” with small pic of Newcombe

Chesterfield ad featuring Jane Wyman on the back cover

Plus, believe it or not, more!

48 pages total.

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