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1947-11-05 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/11/05 — 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:

  • Photo of suspended White Sox GM Leslie O’Connor on front cover with article “O’Connor Defies Chandler on $500 Fine — Signing of Boy Sets Off Fight of Legal Minds — White Sox Official and Club Suspended for Refusing to Pay Assessment”
  • Headline on the front of this issue is “Mexican League Switches to Youth Policy — Raids Over, Loop Seeks Own Stars — Reyes to Run Circuit While Pasquel Goes to Sidelines After Financial Losses”
  • Also on the cover: “Browns Reported Ready to Buy Up Ruel Contract”
  • And “The Lip Gabs With Deacon–Draws Blank” by Dan Daniel
  • “Six NL Yearlings Honored on 11-Man Team — Freshman All-Stars Strong at Bat and On Hill” with photos of Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, Frank Shea, Larry Jansen, Dale Mitchell, Bobby Thomson, Sam Mele and others
  • “Red Was on White Sox Roster, But a Yankee at Series — Ruffing Ends 22-Year Run as Big Show Hill Star — Real Pro Rufus Leaves 273 Victories in Records” with large photo of Red Ruffing and his wife
  • Amos Rusie and Walter Johnson “Rated Fastest of All Time”
  • “Reveal Inside on Ruth’s Shift from Hill to Garden — Player Plea Sold Barrow on Babe as Outfielder — Ed Feared Fans Reaction to Switch of Ace Lefty in ’19” with photos of Ed Barrow, Babe Ruth, Everett Scott, Harry Hooper, Heinie Wagner, and one of Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker and Harry Hooper as they appeared in 1947
  • “Cubs Junk Stand-Pat Policy, Bare Muscles Early — Jump Gun on 1948 Plans; Release 41-Man Roster”
  • “Tigers to Turn on New Lights for 14 Games — Evans Spikes Reports of 21 to 28 Night Tilts; Arc Cost Estimated at $350,000”
  • Whitey Lockman
  • Del Ennis
  • “Snubs in All-Star Polls Spur Efforts of Yankees to Strengthen by Trades — DiMaggio Only Bomber Chosen in Most Selections; Weiss and Harris in Huddle on Swapping Plans
  • “DiMag to Put Arm Under X-Ray–and Maybe Knife”
  • Sporting News All-Star ballots for second base includes photos with brief bios for each of Bobby Doerr, Emil Verban, and Joe Gordon
  • Jackie Robinson “Wields Big Bludgeon in Salary Talk With Rickey”
  • Jackie Robinson “Denies Retirement Talk”
  • Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features Perry Como, Jo Stafford, and Arthur Godfrey
  • Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

    • 28 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section dedicated to football and including a large Willard Mullin cartoon on the opening page plus articles about Notre Dame, Lou Little, Bill Dudley, Coach Bob Higgins, and others, 36 pages total.