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1957-06-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/06/26 — 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:

  • “Come Out Fighting” cartoon by O’Brien on the front cover
  • Headline is “Harridge Dusts Off Duster Pitches” with article “Warns Umps to Keep Alert for Beanball: League Head Orders Strict Enforcement of Rule to Prevent Tosses at Head”
  • “Umps Can Halt Beanballs” — Al Lopez
  • “New Clippings for Old Scrapbook — Recent Brawls Recall Historic Diamond Donnybrooks” with article “Fiery McGraw and Cobb Figured in Blazing Battles: John J.’s Playing Career Ended by Spike Wounds; Ty Stirred Storm in Philly With Slide Into A’s Baker” and photos of Johnny Logan cocking his fist to punch Walter Alston and Enos Slaughter with his jersey partially torn off him after a Yanks-ChiSox brawl
  • “Tough for Umps to Tell Beanball from Pitch That Just Got Away: Take-Outs at Second Also Frequent Cause of Field Scraps”
  • Jim Rivera
  • “Scorching Pace Carries Cards in Front-Runners’ Traffic Jam”
  • “Braves Slugger and ‘Arrogant’ Batter, Says Musial — Aaron Turns Bad Pitches into Base Hits: with article “All Flingers Look Alike to Bat King: ‘I Don’t Care Much Who’s Throwing or What They Throw,’ Declares Henry” with a nice large photo of Hank Aaron
  • “Milwaukee Putting Its Chips on Red (Schoendienst) in ’57 Pennant Whirl”
  • “Traded Players Sparkle in Bows: Schoendienst Raps Ball in His Debut With Braves; Thomson, Martin, Goodman Shine With New Clubs” with photo of Red Schoendienst and Billy Martin (dealt to the A’s in Copa fallout)
  • “KC’s Boo Birds Change Into Coo Birds for Billy: Ex-Yank Cheered to Rafters in A’s Debut”
  • “So Long Billy: It’s a Long Way … Copa to Kaycee: Martin Had Been Boss Stengel’s Boy”
  • “Brooks Slowed to Trickle When Hurling Falters: McDevitt Obtained from St. Paul to Bolster Staff; Attack Also Putters With Hodges, Furillo on Bench”
  • “Swap Jitters Over, Yanks Get Set for Take-Charge Drive: Club at Peak Except for Ford’s Injury, Yogi’s SLump; Comebacker Shantz Steps Out as Star of Mound Staff”
  • “No Weiss-Stengel Feud–George Just Takes Over: Copa Fines and Martin Deal Show Power Wielded by GM in Yankees Affairs”
  • “Hearings Reveal Red Ink Pools in Majors: Figures Show Few Clubs in Black from ’52 to ’56”
  • Billy Goodman
  • Harvey Kuenn
  • Rawlings Ad featuring Mickey Mantle

    • Article with photo of young George Sparky Anderson in his PCL days

    Article with photo of Luke Easter in the International League

  • Louisville Slugger ad featuring Hank Aaron
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.