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1949-10-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1949/10/19 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Keeping ‘Em In After School” by Lou Darvas featuring Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson
  • Headline on front cover is “Thar She Blows! Rickey Boils, Spouts – Brook Boss in Hurry to Make Deals
  • Also on cover is beginning of J.G. Taylor Spink column “Looping the Loops”
  • Also beginning on cover is “Japs Seek Help to Play Our Game, Chandler Tells ‘Em What to Do”
  • “Title Clashes as Seen Through Expert Eyes of Famed Georgia Peach: Shortstopping Featured Series–Cobb” with photo of Ty Cobb and Willard Mullin cartoon featuring Phil Rizzuto and Pee Wee Reese
  • “Dr. Brown Operates on Dodger Hurling — He’ll Hang Up Shingle at Third Again in ’50” featuring large photo of New York Yankees Bobby Brown
  • “Quiet Series Proves Anti-Climax to Hot Races — Few Thrills, But Pitchers Shine in First Two Games”
  • “The World’s Series in Four Acts” by Willard Mullin is a full page featuring all four after-game cartoons by Mullin “brilliant sports artist of the New York World-Telegram”
  • WORLD SERIES COVERAGE including box scores of all four games and related articles as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers
  • “Yanks Buy Jensen, Martin for $80,000 and 4 Players” – Brief article marks Billy Martin’s original arrival in New York
  • “Video’s Vital Role in Series Shown by Survey – Theater Telecasts Called Extra-Base Box-Office Hit”
  • “Brooklyn’s Hats Off to ’16 Heroes – Rickey Host to 16 Members of Pennant-Winning Club; Vets Visit Ebbets Field” with group photo of the reunion which includes people such as Casey Stengel, Rube Marquard, Chief Myers, Nap Rucker, Zach Wheat, and others
  • Obituary: Frank M. Wildfire Schulte includes about 2/3’s of a column of text and small head-shot photo of Schulte
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including separately numbered 8-page “The Quarterback” section, plus minor league coverage.
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Enos Slaughter
  • 40 pages total.

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