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1947-10-22 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/10/22 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
A few people have each time I’ve offered these, perhaps because of the outstanding condition, so for the sake of total clarity this is not a reprint but a totally original vintage issue of The Sporting News issued at the date in the title

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 “Whatta Ya Want Out of A Hat?” featuring new Washington Senators manager Joe Kuhel
  • Headline is “Boudreau’s Future Game’s $64 Question — It’s Certain He’ll Not Be Veeck’s Pilot — McAuley Reveals Relations Between Boss, Lou Since Change in Ownership
  • Also on the cover “Durocher Called Out by Church, Nixed on On”
  • “Del Webb Urges Yankee Employees, ‘Relax, Lion Tamer’s Gone!’ — All Calm — New Deal Sweeps Larry’s Sons Nephew Out”
  • “Old-Fashioned Weiss Hep to Yanks’ Needs — Club to Recap, Run Along on Larry’s Wheels” with Willard Mullin cartoon of George Weiss
  • “90 Pct. of 5,000 Fans Vote to Keep Lou in Cleveland” referring to Lou Boudreau
  • Bob Feller “on Game-A-Day Schedule as Stars Average 5,000 on Jaunt”
  • “From Class C Pilot to Major Boss in Four Months — Magician Kuhel Picked Out of Hat by Old Fox — Griff Gambled on Joe in ’30, Paying $65,000 For Him”
  • “22 U.S. Stars Performing in O.B. Sanctioned Loop — 12,000 Witness Opener in Wake of Hurricane Scare”
  • Bobby Brown “Who Cured Yankee Series Troubles, Back Studying to Be M.D.” with photo of the future Doctor Bobby Brown at his Microscope at Tulane
  • “No. 9 Radio Baseball Clinic: Hubbell Gives Helpful HInts on How to Pitch” with photo of Red Barber interviewing Carl Hubbell
  • “Hard to Believe–But Box Score Says It’s Ture — Eight Homers in Eight Trips in Single Game — Nig Clarke Recalls Amazing Slugging Feat in 51 to 3 Texas League Tilt 45 Years Ago” with photos of Clarke
  • “Pirate Kids Impresive, But Hamey Plans Trades” with photos of Cal MacLish and Gene Mauch
  • Paul Campbell
  • “White Sox Clip Greybeards — Release Vets Ruffing, Lee to Speed Up Youth Movement” with photos of Red Ruffing, Thornton Lee and rising star Gus Zernial
  • “Rickey Gulps Aspirin as He Tries to Decide What to Do With Vets”
  • Hank Sauer “Syracuse Bat King, Named Int’s Most Valuable” with Sauer photo
  • “Al Rosen Rides Roughshod to Sweep Texas Bat Honors”
  • Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Arthur Godfrey
  • Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

    • 28 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section dedicated to football and including articles about Otto Graham, Buck Shaw, and others, 36 pages total.