1949-10-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1949/10/26 —

Cover cartoon is “The Farmer Goes to Town” by Lou Darvas featuring Branch Rickey with accompanying headline and story “Rickey Dominance Seen in Clip by Cubs – Five Farms Cut Off to Save Money

Also beginning on the cover “Weiss Wonders About Dodger Farm System – Asks ‘Which Players Meant Most to Brooklyn?’ Then Answers ‘3 Men from Negro Loops'”

“Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Rabbit Maranville

“‘Stuck My Neck Out, But It’s Still Intact,’ Casey — Stengel Would Have Quit If Yanks Lost”

Don Newcombe and Roy Sievers Win Rookie Titles, with photos of each

Bucky Harris Returns Home as Washington Manager

“Tigers, Seeking to Land a Whale, Will Offer Trout as Trade Bait” with small headshot photo of Dizzy Trout

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 Joe DiMaggio

36 pages total.