1957-09-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/09/04 — 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:

“Just Like Home” cartoon by Mullin on the cover about the Giants shift to San Francisco

Headline is “Giant Shift Boosts NL Travel by 90 Pct. — Phillies Face 40-Gee Hile in Tour Tab – Fare for Cardinals, Cubs, Reds, Braves Estimated at About $35,000 More”

Large Nellie Fox cartoon by Lou Darvas with article “They Call Fox Biggest Little Guy in Game”

“Dodgers Will Stay, O’Malley Repeats–‘If Terms are Met’ — Willing to Build Own Stadium at Desired Location; New York Shows Renewed Interest in Keeping Club”

“Winner by ’60, Stoneham’s Pledge to ‘Frisco”

“Rookie Studded Ump Staff Wins Giles’ Salute — Corps Among Youngest in Loop History — Average Age Now 42”

Bill Rigney “Eyes 4th Spot and Place in ‘Frisco Caravan — Californian Bill Awaiting Horace’s Word on Pilot Job”

“Sweep of Chisox Series Shows Yanks Still Able to Cop Big One — Ford and Turley Standouts as Relievers — Slaughter, Bauer, Berra Supply TNT”

Dick Donovan

“Six Wins in Twenty Days Tab Spahn Marshal for Pennant Parade — Vet Lefty Ties Buhl and Sanford for League Lead”

Birdie Tebbetts

Gus Zernial

“Brook Brass Sounds All Clear in Salute for Skipper Smokey — Bavasi Denies Bosses Are Finding Fault with Walt; Veep Also Spikes Report Farm Talent on Downgrade”

Robin Roberts demoted to bullpen

Willard Nixon

Al Kaline

Lennie Green

Roy Sievers shooting for HR and RBI crowns

Ty Cobb “Honored at Augusta, Where He Started in Game”

Deron Johnson “19, Raps for Yank Chance — Triplets’ Kid Slugger Made Leap from Rookie Loop in Second Year of O.B.”

Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

44 pages total.

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