1947-09-10 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/09/10 — 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 “Burning the Candle at Both Ends” featuring his Brooklyn Bum

Headline is “Coast Bolts Door Against Major Invasion — $15,000,000 Bar in Way of L.A. Grab: Big Delegation Hears Far West Aims, But gives No Clue to Attitude”

Also on the cover “Series Television Rights Offered at $100,000

Johnny Mize

Frank McCormick

“Experts Disagree Over Batting Decline — War, Home Run Craze, Lighter Bats and Other Explanations Are Advanced”

Transcript of “No. 4 Radio Baseball Clinic: Wagner Offers Advice on Covering Shortstop”

“Dodgers Facing Destiny in West With Pony Pitchers Lugging Load — Club Gets Good Results from Lombardi, King, Behrman; Newcomer Haugstad Shows Poise on mount; Keystone Casualties Back in Action”

“Genial Steve Makes $250 Newhouser Fine Stick — Action Dispels Too-Easy Idea About Skipper”

Text of Hal Newhouser Letter to Press

“Yankees Rated as Series Favorites, Despite Uncertainties on hill Staff”

Lee Handley

“First Division Teams Tasty for Osty — Veteran Bucco Southpaw Used Chiefly Against Leading Clubs” with photo of Fritz Ostermueller

“Giants Seek to Drive Their Homer Record Well Over 200-Mark — Want to Give Future Challengers Tough Target”

“Hub Fans Watch the Birdie and Grin as Tebbetts Birghtens Batting Picture — Backstop Boosts Mark from .094 to .265 as Red Sox Millonaires Start Their Drive for Pennant Too Late”

“Reports of Yankee Stock Sale to Public Denied by MacPhail”

Stan Hack Heaped With Tributes and Presents with photos of Stan Hack

Bill McCahan

“Minors to O.K. 40 Players for Cuban League — Men to be Chosen From List of 400 Certified by Their Clubs as Eligible”

“Cards Point for Sweep of Final Dodger Series — Expect to Clean Up Three Games September 11-12-13”

Bob Feller “Lets Right Arm Talk; Victory Streak Gags Critics — Fireball Bob Confident of His Fifth 20-Win Season; Boudreau Spaces Underweight Ace’s Hill Schedule”

Plus, believe it or not, more!

40 pages total.

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