1947-08-06 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/08/06 — 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:

Photo on the front cover of Branch Rickey

Headline is “Frick Suggests Third Major Club in Chicago — Proposes Transfer of Cardinals — Believes Plan Would Solve St. Louis Prombel; Cites Giant-Dodger Rivalry

“Rothstein Won $200,000 on Black Sox While Side-Stepping Tieup With ‘Fix'” by Jack Lait

“Reds Ration Thin Man’s Turns on Hill — Blackie Best With Four-Day Rest, Says Neun” with cartoon of Ewell Blackwell titled “Spins 16 Wins in Succession Before Missing” and the stats on those 16 wins spanning May 10 through July 25

“Dodgers Usurping Cardinals’ Reign? Opposing Viewpoints Offered on Rickey-Breadon Struggle” with point/counterpoint articles by Harold C. Burr and Fred Lieb

“It’s Hell-for-Leather Again on Diamond — Old-Time Dusters and Slashing Slides Return — Fans Like New Fight and Hustle”

“Red Sox in Last Ditch Stand at Home, With Moundsmen Doing Spade-Work — Hitters Also Join in Drive to Cut Down Yank Lead in Long Fenway Stay”

Walker Cooper

“Changes Planned of Lou’s Lecture Fails to Stir Tribe — Club’s Listless Play Brings Dressing-Down by Boudreau” with photo of Indian owned Oklahoma City third-sacker Al Rosen

“Savory Scents From Series Pot Spur Bums, Beating Way in West — Lean and Hungry Dodgers Resemble Rickey’s ’42 Cards”

“Southern Circuits to Remain on ‘All-White’ Basis — Dixie Expects to Offer Faster Ball, as Result: Use of Negroes in Majors and Northern Minors Seen as Making More Capable White Players Available to Loops Below Mason-Dixon Line”

Ewell Blackwell’s “16-Straight Streak Tops All Others for Complete-Game Jobs: Cincinnati Ace Went Full Route in Each of Victories; Joe Wood Ranks Next, Going Distance 15 Times”

“Bucco Blaster Kiner Aiming at 40 Homers” with photo of Ralph Kiner

“Cardinals Keep Chins Up, Recall Past Super-Drives”

Photo of Yogi Berra

“Sain Sizzles, But Braves See Other Mound Fizzles”

Full page about Johnny Sain focusing on his hitting

Ernie White

Mickey Vernon

“Can Browns Be Bought? Not in Bargain Basement — Agent of Chicago Group, After Appraisal, Decides $1,750,000 Price is Too High for Five-Year Buildup”

Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Lloyd Mangrum

Plus, believe it or not, more!

40 pages total.

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