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1957-09-11 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/09/11 — 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:

  • “Home..Waiting for Company” cartoon by Mullin on the cover
  • Headline is “Writers to Set Up ‘Rookie’ Yardstick” with article “Guiding Rule Won’t Affect Voting in ’57 — Malzone Might Be Eligibile; Need for Definition Cited by Harridge and Yawkey”
  • Also on the cover “Brooks Launch Overhaul with Sale of Maglie — Erskine Also May Be Dealt; 13 Farm Prizes Called, Some to Report at Once”
  • “Yankee-Like Dynasty Seen in Milwaukee — Perini Organization Strong in Farm Material; Cards Seek to Bolster Outfield”
  • “Ageless Vets Still Stealing on Pop Time” with article Walker Cooper “42, Sets Pace for Gaffers Who Can Go on for Years — No Accurate Yardstick on Playing Life”
  • Frank Malzone cartoon with article “Rugged Road Led Malzone to Bosox Stardom — Boston’s Best at Third Since Billy Werber — Started in Class D at $40 Weekly, Overcame Ankle Fracture and Army Rust”
  • “Next!” cartoon of Sal Maglie in pinstripes by Mullin with article “Maglie Expects to Help Yanks Two Years — Sal Obtained in Rare Deal with Dodgers — Bombers Wanted Magic Man for Drive in Stretch, But He Can’t Play in Series” also “Would Have Quit if Sold to White Sox — ‘Cleveland All Over Again There, and I Have to Have Regular Starting Chances'”
  • “Emil Fuchs, Ex-Stoneham Aid, Shocked at Transfer – One-Time Prexy of Braves Believes Lure of Pay-TV Led to Giants’ Transfer”
  • “Dodgers Shocked by Maglie’s Sale to Yanks? Slump Follows — Some Hint at Feeling Bavasi Conceded Flag to Braves, Forgot About 2nd Place”
  • “Casey Wouldn’t Trim Roster to Take on Barber — Stengel Refused to Release Cicotte in Order to Make Maglie Eligible for Series”
  • Sal Maglie “15th to Don Flannels of All New York Clubs — List Also Includes O’Doul, Grimes, Lazzeri, Medwick, Stengel, Dressen, the Lip”
  • Ty Cobb “Back in Georgia Finds Dream Homesite to Build on Mountain Near Birthplace” with photo of Cobb with Bill Terry
  • “Braves Clear Path to Pennant with Bats Instead of Pitching — Haney Wrecking Crew Goes on HR Spree; Spahn Sets Shutout Mark for Lefties”
  • “Giants Finish-Line Speed-Up Promises Fast ‘Frisco Start — Pitchers Pace Polo Grounders’ Late-Season Surge; O’Connell Sparkling as Keystoner and Hitting Well”
  • “Sore Shin Slows Mantle, Threatens Triple Crown — Stengel Reluctant to Sideline Mickey”
  • “Kaline’s Homers Spark Bengal Bid for Top Bracket”
  • Lou Darvas cartoon of managers Kerby Farrell and Jack Tighe
  • “Name-Signing Frays Nerves of Big Timers — Some Ingrates Toss Away Autographs–and It’s a Blow to Athlete’s Pride”
  • Ken Aspromonte
  • “23,000 Baltimore Fans Cheer Ted at His 39th Birthday Party — Cake, Portrait, Checks for Jimmy Fund Presented Williams”
  • “Ol Perfessor Busy With Patchwork on His Limping Yanks — Mantle’s Leg Miseries, Bauer’s Injury Wreck Outfield; Stengel Uses Berra in Right and Subs Kubek in Center”
  • Bill Mazeroski
  • Bob Thurman
  • Dick Farrell
  • Article about Felipe Alou in minor-league section
  • Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more.

    • 48 pages total.