1947-12-31 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/12/31 — 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:

Year-End Issue with “No. 1 Men of 1947” on the front cover featuring Ted Williams front and center with Bucky Harris and Branch Rickey on either side of him and minor league representatives Nick Cullop, Bill Purnhage and young Hank Sauer below. Accompanying article begins “Rickey, Harris, Williams Tops in Big Leagues –Purnhage, Cullop, Sauer Cop Honors in Minors”

Plus “Looping the Loops” by J.G. Taylor Spink on the front cover about Frank McKinney

“He Can’t Run, His Hands Are Small, But He’s Best Since Wagner — Boudreau .982 Fielder, Mr. Shortstop” with two photos of Lou Boudreau

Jackie Robinson’s “Success Sidetracks Interest from Negro Loops” about the state of the Negro Leagues

Connie Mack “85, Sees Game Just Starting to Grow — Present Astonishing Crowds Only a Beginning, Says Connie on Birthday”

New York Yankess preview and roster

“Harris in Yankee Sizeup, Sees Bosox Out to Beat Tigers for Second Place — Those Deals Have Not Intimidated Us, Says Bucky”

George McQuinn “Feels Right At Home as Yank — Figures on Another Year or So at First Base” with photo of McQuinn and family

“60,575,154 Gate Marks Game’s Greatest Year — 52 Minor Loops Go Route, 388 Clubs Set New High”

Text and photo reviews of 1947 Season

All-Star Ballot for Left-Handed Pitcher includes a photo and brief biography of Ed Lopat, Warren Spahn, and Hal Newhouser

Center page with stats has large photo of Ted Williams at left, Bob Feller at right

Honus Wagner “Still High Favorite With Fans 30 Years After Retirement as Player”

“More Big Boston Deals Being Charted–at Least in Rumors Among Fans — But Red Sox Nix Dom DiMaggio-Lindell Report; Braves Figure Another Spahn Would Nail Flag”

Full-page ad for Chesterfields on the back cover features huge image of Pete Petropoulos

Plus, believe it or not, a lot more!

28 pages plus 8-page “The All-Sports News” section including preview of the Bowl Games, Adolph Rupp and Kentucky, Gus Lesnevich, Sid Luckman, and more, 36 pages total.