1949-07-13 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1949/07/13 — All-Star Issue with managers Lou Boudreau and Billy Southworth pictured at the top of the front cover. Game to be held at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, All-Star Issues always incorporate a lot of articles about the home city and club.

Cover cartoon is “Two’s a Crowd” by Willard Mullin featuring several images of his Brooklyn Bum

Headline on front cover is “Ump Control by Chandler Proposed — Plan Would Enable Him to Hire, Fire – Arbiters Would Hop from One Loop to Another; Opposition Expected”

“Ebbets Field – Nothing Like It or Its Fans — Hilda With the Loud Bell, Described by Durocher as 70, Yelled ‘He’s Right’; Park Center of Bizarre Fun, Opened With No Key to Gate, No Ticket Men” by J.G. Taylor Spink

“Pee Wee Made Believers Out of Them All — Scout, Seeing Reese, Feared Eyes Fooled Him – Passed Up By Red Sox, He Became Dodger Star” with photo of Pee Wee Reese

“Fabulous Charley Ebbets Blazed Trail in Brooklyn – Early-Day President Battled to Build Up Club, Then Heirs Lost Control” with photo of Charles H. Ebbets

Branch Rickey “a Flying Man–With Feet on Ground — Travels Without Money, Often Borrows to Pay His Meal Check”

Babe Ruth ‘s “Homer Started A.L. All-Star Dominance — Babe’s ’33 Clout Won First Game” article accompanied by photos taking up two-thirds of the page “Year-by-Year Highlights of Mid-Summer Classics”

Feature article with photos about Wilbert Robinson — “Kindly Manager Dealt Leniently With Violators of Training Rules — Dodgers Rollicked Under Uncle Robbie”

“Majors Were All-Star Leagues in 1912–With No July Classic – McGraw and Mackk,Who Led Winners in ’11, Would Have Been Managers”

“Reese to Robby to Hodges’ Flag Chant of Flatbush Fans”

Schoolboy Rowe “’35 Choice, Earliest All-Star Still in Action” with photos of Rowe and Augie Galen

One column article by Dan Daniel about Willard Mullin originating his Brooklyn Bum in 1937

4 photos of Joe DiMaggion on the top third of a page headlined “A Day in the Life of the Yankee Clipper”

“Vic Wertz Walloping HIs Way Into 100-RBI Club for Tigers

Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; box scores, stats, standings; several pages of articles and reports on the various Minor Leagues; obituaries; short reports from the Mexican and Negro Leagues

Full-page ad on back cover for Chesterfield Cigarettes features huge image of New York Giants Rightfielder Willard Marshall

56 pages total.