1947-08-20 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/08/20 — 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 “Here’s That Man Again”

Headline is “All Big Leaguers Barred from Cuban Loop — Bob Feller’s Trip Nipped by Chandler: Only Minor League Players Allowed to Participate in Island Circuit”

Gabby Street

“Stan the Man Gets Hotter Than the Weather — Redbirds Move Up With Musial’s Mark” with photo of Stan Musial

Transcript of “No. 1 Baseball Clinic — Connie Mack Outlines Managerial Principles”

“Shotton Pitches for Wider Home Plate — Okays Suggestion for 20-inch Platter to Offset Artificial Offensive Advantage”

Arky Vaughan

“Cards Confident 50-50 Trip Will Mean Flag in Stretch Drive at Home — Club to Play Only Seven Road Tilts After September 1”

“Bums Count on Fattening Their Lead With Savory Second-Division Stews — Expect Cardinals to Falter in East”

Ron Northey

Hank Borowy

“Dugout Called Worst Place to See a Game — Cubs See Cavaretta’s Blow as Homer, But Umpire Says No”

Steve O’Neill

“Giants Find Pair of Winning Starters, But Hunt in Vain for Able Rescue Artisit”

“Yost, Kept Off Farm by GI Bill of Rights, Reaps Bumper Harvest at Nats’ Hot Corner” with photo of Eddie Yost

“Too Much World Series Talk on Yankees, Says Uneasy Harris”

Johnny Sain

Ewell Blackwell

Necrology: Harry Davis, “Old Athletic Star, Homer King, Dies”

Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Ted Williams

Plus, believe it or not, more!

40 pages total.

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