1957-06-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/06/19 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: 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:

“Youth Has Its Fling” cartoon featuring the Brooklyn Bum by Mullin on the cover

Headline is “New Whiz Kids Stir Philly Flag Fever” with article “Fans Foresee Repetition of ’50 Triumph: Pennant Talk Premature Warns Mayo, But Young Club Sets Fast Early Gait”

“White Sox, Reds to Bust NY Flag Monopoly” — Joe King

“Old Oriole Legend Spiked by Moderns — More 100 Game Players Now Than in Majors’ Earlier Days” with articles “Present-Day Performers Need Take Back Seat to None for Rugged Roles” and “Even McGraw Not as Tough as Painted, Retiring at 29 Due to Spike Wounds” with large photo of Stan Musial and smaller pics of Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and Honus Wagner

Stan Musial “Moves Past Iron Man Milestone to Pace Card Sprint: Stan Erases Suhr’s League Record; Hutch, Lane Now Vision Chance for Flag” and on the same page “Week-End Slugger Stan Musial Posts .352 Average for Sundays” with a photo of Stan the Man and teammates around a cake celebrating his 823rd consecutive game played

Enos Slaughter “Might Play Until I’m 50–Then Collect Pension”

“Kids! Want to Learn to Hit? Here’s Stan’s 10-Point Plan: It’s Most Important to Avoid Heavy Bat, Card Slugger Says”

“King Kong Came Back to Keep Kids Happy: They Shoved Me Out the Door, says (Charlie) Keller, New Yank Coach

“Hillings Offers Bill for Five-Year Limit on Reserve Clause: Salary Boost or Release After Three Years Provided”

White Sox worry about Larry Doby injury

“Don’t Look at Ball So Often, Harridge Again Tells Umpires”

“Frick in Hands-Off Role on Club Shifts–He’ll Act as Judge: Commissioner Has Nothing to Do With Franchise Moves Unless They’re Detrimental to Game, He Says”

“Boone and Studivant Box, Tigers and Yanks Wrestle: Main Eventers Tossed Out, Fined $100; Casey Loves Self-Defense Argument”

“Blanket NL Race Keeping Alston and Dodgers Sweating: Brooks Striving to Regain Old Big-Inning Knack; Club Missing Sal Maglie’s Former Magic on Mound”

Rawling ad featuring Joe Adcock

Obituary: George Rohe

Plus Regular Columns, Standing, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more.

44 pages total.

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