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1957-10-30 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/10/30 — 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:

  • “One-Horse Town” by Mullin showing the Yankees as the only team left in New York
  • Headline is “Harridge Sees No Transfers in A.L.” with story “Brushes Off 10-Club Idea as Unwieldy – President Denies National ‘Out-Aggressed’ His Loop in Moves to the West Coast”
  • Also on the cover “N.Y. Called ‘Never-Never Land’ for Any N.L. Team — City Fathers Unable to Build Suitable Park, Explains Dan”
  • “‘Frisco Will Outdraw L.A. in N.L., Wrigley Believes — Rules Out 10-Club Loop, Sees Third Major as Inevitable”
  • “N.L. Places 9 of 14 on ’57 Rookie Team – Four Phillies Chosen, High for Any Club” with photos of all 14 including Jack Sanford, Tony Kubek, Woodie Held and Ed Bouchee
  • “When Power Vanishes, Williams to Carry On Just Trying for Hits” with small pic of Ted Williams
  • Larry MacPhail “Lifts Lid on Untold Tales — Rickey ‘Jumped Gun’ on Negro Plan, MacPhail Declares — Upset Move for Colored O.B. Loops — Committee Had Worked Out Proposal, But Mahatma Grabbed Best Players”
  • Bob Kelly
  • “Old Faces in Old Places Likely Theme for Champ Braves in ’58 — Winter Roster Shows Only Three Newcomers; Jay, Willey Best Hill Prospects”
  • “Unrestricted Draft Seen ‘Almost Certain’ — Legislation Expected to Be Adopted at Winter Meetings”
  • “Line Forming Six Abreast in Bid for Billy Boy of A’s — Yanks Reported Only Rival Club Not Interested in Making Deal for Martin”
  • Jack Littrell
  • “Pitch-by-Pitch Tale of L.A. Battle for Major Franchise — Scribe Who Started Drive in ’45 Relates Obstacles Encountered in Campaign” with small photo of Vincent X. Flaherty
  • “L.A. Flips Lid in Greeting to ‘Its’ Dodgers — Semi-Bedlam Greets 29-Man Party; O’Malley Outlines 4-Goal Plan During Visit”
  • Dick Groat
  • Willie Mays’ “Team Attracts 29,274 in Four Games on Latin Tour — Only One Crowd Under 8,000 in Dominican Republic; Escogido Hangs First Defeat on Mays’ Barnstormers”
  • “Loop Realignments to Be Chief Topic at Annual Meetings — Majors and Minors Convention at Colorado Springs December 1”
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Puerto Rico and Cuba, and more including 10-page football section “The Quarterback”.

    • 30 pages plus 10-page Quarterback section for 40 pages total.