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1957-08-07 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/08/07 — 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:

  • “Cards Pennant Bound … They’ve Got the Horses” cartoon by Amadee on the front cover
  • Headline is “Frick Favors Player Vote for All-Stars” with article “Would Send Ballots to All Major Clubs: End of Fans’ Poll Included in Commissioner’s Plan–No Hurry on Decision”
  • “Int Plans Land Grab If Bums Shift”
  • “Dream Comes True for Kubek as Yankee: He Always Hoped to Be in Stadium — Tony, 20, Displays Ability at Two Garden Positions, Shortstop or Third Base” with Tony Kubek cartoon also
  • “1890-1957 PASSING OF THE POLO GROUNDS Park Was Stage for Sports’ Golden Age” with articles “McGraw Had Four Pennant Clubs in a Row: Fiery Pilot Won First Two Subway Series; Pushed Yanks Out of Park in ’23” and “Historic Ring, Grid Dramas Seen on Field: Dempsey and Firpo Fought in Park, Four Horsemen Rode to Fame Over Army” with photos of The Four Horsemen and a shot of Red Grange, plus small article “Majors’ Only Fatal Accident, Injury of Chapman, Occurred at Giants’ Park” and a photo of McGraw’s 1922 World Champion team, sidebar “Horace’s Dad Charles Warned McGraw About Yankee Ouster” and “John McGraw…As I Knew Him” by Frederick G. Lieb
  • “Cards’ Second-Liners Step to Front as Hill Aces Falter: Wehmeier, Mizell Team With Comebacker Von; Redbirds Show Knack of Winning Close Decisions”
  • “Conley’s Comeback Like Oxygen Whiff to Crippled Braves: New Money Pitch Aids Big Gene’s Resurgence; Pizarro, Hazle, Roach Recalled from Farm Clubs:
  • “20-Win Tags for Foytack and Bunning: Tiger Duo Has Pretty Good Chance Declares Tighe; Kaline, Maxwell Injured”
  • “Casey Still Hunting Key to Best Combo on Yankee Infield: Need for More Hitting Keeps Stengel Platooning; McDougald Proves Solide Man at Short or Second”
  • Very small article noting “Mantle, at 200th HR, Three Years Ahead of Babe’s Pace”
  • “Ted’s Torrid Bat Forces Tribe to Go Against Book: Passes Ordered Twice With First Base Occupied–But Strategy Pays Off Once” with small pic of Ted Williams
  • “Joint Occupancy of Yank Park by Giants Ruled Out: Too Many Obstacles in Way, Horace, Topping Agree, Following 2-Day Huddle”
  • “Pair of Lefties Help Keep Flatbushers Right Side Up: Podres, McDevitt Contribute Important Wins on Road; Furillo Firing Once More”
  • “Apply Anti-Trust Act to All Pro Sports, O’Connor Says: Would Eliminate Any Need for Congress to Act on Game’s Reserve Clause”
  • Frank Thomas
  • “All Majors to Go to Pay-TV, Belief of Skiatron Head: Fox Predicts Diminishing Gates Will Speed Trend: Can Start System on Coast in Six to Eight Months”
  • Roy Sievers
  • Earl Torgeson
  • “Reserve Clause Protection Extended to Winter Loops: Rule Now Applies to Native Players as Well as US Performers; Clubs Warned Against Pay Violations”
  • “Deaf to Rig’s Tip, Willie Hails Lip’s–Say-Hey, ‘That’s It”: Same Advice Given, But Durocher Talks Mays’s Language
  • “A’s May Test (Mickey) McDermott at First Base”
  • “Negro Ball Fights Bravely for Life Against Big Odds: O.B. Intergration Chief Factor, But Not Only One; Remaining Major Loop Plays a Nomadic Schedule”
  • “7,516 See West Win 25th Negro All-Star Contest” with box score
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 48 pages total.