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1957-10-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/10/09 — 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:

  • “Mr. Big Stick” cartoon of Stan Musial by Mullin on front cover
  • Headline is “Williams, Musial Picked as Top Players” with story “Spah, Pierce lead Hurlers in Year of the Old Pros — Ted Far Ahead of Mantle, Sievers and Fox in Poll; Stan the Man Challenged by Mans, Aaron and Banks”
  • Also on the cover: “Busch to Lead Fight to Put End to Bonus Rule — Two Years on Bench, Two in Army Mean Four Years of Arrested Development”
  • Bobby Bragan “Surprise Pick to Succeed Farrell — Choice of New Manager Gets Cool Response in Cleveland”
  • “Many Heartaches for First-Year Bosses — Cookie Learned Chief Problem Was Off Field; Murtaugh Succeeded in Whipping Temper; Scheffing Found NL Lot Tougher Than PCL; Craft Denies Defeatist Complex vs. Yanks; Tribe Injuries Drove Farrell About Frantic; Quips or Acid Tongue, Tighe Master of Both”
  • “Unrestricted Draft Urged by Veeck to Give Kids Chance — Favors Expansion of Majors Over Franchise Shiftsl Would Bar TV at Home”
  • “Bargaining Over New York Territory Looms — Ten-Club Loops Discussed; Brooks Get Time Extension — Okay of Shift Waits on Vote by LA City Council; AL Proposal for Two-Club Coast Cities Tabled”
  • “Executive Council Votes to Hike Players’ Minimum Pay to $7,000
  • “Ferrell Accepts Release by Tribe Like Big Leaguer — Fired for First Time in 13 Years of Piloting; Asked to Stay in Tribe System”
  • “Turning Point for Braves? It Was in Florida — Haney — Pilot Cites Spring Determination as Key to Pennantl Ability to Overcome Injuries Next Largest Factor”
  • “Ol’ Perfessor Facing Tough Winter Quiz–What About Kubek?”
  • “St. Louis Policeman Recalls Details of Black Sox Case — Hoagland Gave Spink Evidence of Series Fix — Ban Johnson Then Exploded Case, Armed With Sheaf of Gamblers’ Telegrams”
  • “Cheers, Tears, Souvenir Rush at Giants’ Farewell to NY — Mob Scene Marks Polo Grounds Wake — Crowd Goes Wild After Game’s End — Fans Tote Mementoes Away; One-Time Stars of Team on Hand for Ceremonies”
  • “Marquard Recalls HIs Record Streak as Giants Say Goodbye — Rube Defeated All the Aces for 19 Wins in Row, But Lost to Cub Rookie Hurler”
  • “Death of a Ball Club A Tearful Spectacle — Final Rites for Bums Like a Funeral”
  • “Giants’ Park Real Home for Schwabs Since ’46 — Groundskeeper and Family Occupied House There; They’ll Move to ‘Frisco”
  • Roy Sievers
  • Minnie Minoso
  • Ted Williams’ “Batting Feats at Age of 39 Rated as Mauling Miracle — Slugging Percentage Nearly Matched His .406 YEar; Shuns Special Acclaim, Rejects Series TV Offer”
  • Small photo from Sgt. Bilko with Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Gil McDougald
  • Plus Regular Columns, Final Season Stats, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more including 8-page football section “The Quarterback”.

    • 36 pages plus 8-page Quarterback section for 44 pages total.