1947-10-29 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/10/29 — 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 O’Mealia is “On the Fence With Lots of Bucks” featuring Larry MacPhail

Headline of this issue is “90 Per Cent Tax Bite Kayoed MacPhail — Job as Yank Boss Would Net $26,945 — Money Derived from Stock Sale Pushed Him Into $300,000 Bracket

“Life Begins Anew at 60 for Marse Joe, In Big Tent — Hub Prospects Rejuvenate McCarthy” with Joe McCarthy cartoon and article

“McCarthy’s Buffalo Farm Peaceful Haven — White House of Red Sox Leader” with photo of Joe McCarthy’s home in Amerherst, NY plus article

“Gerry Extra Man on Field for Pitcher — Priddy Offsets Light Hitting With Fast Thinking” with large photo of Gerry Priddy and long article

“Looping the Loops” article by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Phil Marchildon

“Figuring Payoff Rate of Pinch-Hitters — Sam Leslie Set Record With 22 Swats in ’32 — Bob Brown’s Three Blows Series Mark”

“No. 10 Baseball Radio Clinic — Gabby Hartnett Offers Catching Suggestions”

“Game Pays Debt to Rip Sewell; Fight on Union Nets Him a Job”

“Slow Afoot, Never Beat Out Any Infield Hits, But — Curves Over Platter Joe Harris’ Favorite Dish — Slugger Quit Tribe When Offered $5,000 After Hitting .375; Saw Front Action in World War I, and Suffered Serious Injuries While Fighting in France” long article by Les Biederman

“Silent Treatment, Slice in Series Cut, Points to New Address for Old Bobo” about Bobo Newsom

Steve O’Neill

“Mack Will Swing for Flag With Chapman’s Bat in ’48” about Sam Chapman

“Mahatma Sniffles, Tramps the Roads Seeking Strength — Wails Over Failure of ’47 Search for Mound Aid; Has Hopes of Shifting Jackie Robinson to Second”

“Rickey Mixes Religion, Politics and Baseball on Kiwanis Podium”

“Jackie Playing to Sellouts; May Net 5 Grand a Week”

“Prospects of Many Teams in ’48 Flag Races Depend Upon Skill of Surgeons”

1947 All-Star first baseman ballot includes nice sized photo with descriptive captions of Johnny Mize, Stan Musial, and George McQuinn

“Kluszewski Sally Leader in ’46, Dixie Champ in ’47 — Cincinnati Owned SLugger Clouts .377 for Chicks”

“One-Fourth of Players Drafted Made Grade in Majors Since 1931 — Newsom, McQuinn, Leonard Among Stars Plucked in Annual Grab Bag”

Feller Has Gate, Not Arm, Worry on Exhibition Tour”

Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Charley Trippi

Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

28 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section dedicated to football and including articles about Michigan vs. Illinois with large photo of Fritz Crisler, Doak Walker vs. Bobby Layne, Fielding H. Yost vs. Robert C. Zuppke with photo of Red Grange, Speck Sanders, and others, 36 pages total.

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