1957-11-13 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/11/13 — 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:

“Couple of New Boys” cartoon by Mullin on front cover shows Lou Boudreau and Charlie Dressen joining Bobby Bragan and Walter Alston

Headline is “Lane Sees New Boom in Latin Leagues” with story “Cuban Gates Again Rising, Frank Finds — Dominican Enthusiasm Also High, Says Cards’ Official After His Caribbean Trip”

“Some Vets, Some Kids, Every One a Stickout: Six A.L. Players Rate Major All-Star Nod” with article & pics of Sporting News All-Stars including Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra and others

“‘If Williams Played Rest of Life, He’d Never Hit Under .325’ -” Lou Boudreau

“Coast Lidlifters to Pair Dodgers, Giants — Cardinals and Cubs Will Be First Visitors to California – 90 Per Cent of N.L. Travel to Be Made by Plane in ’58”

Tommy Henrich hired as Tigers coach

“Giant Ticket Rush Overshadows Small Draw by Mays in ‘Frisco — Advance Sale at $700,000; Willie’s Nomads Bucked Two Big Grid Attractions”

“PCL Asks 25 Cents on Each Admission for Major Invasion — Agreement Reached in Principle, But Not on Figures”

“Pinch-Hitter Helped L.A. Bring in Bums, Stalled on 3rd Base — McClellan, Quiet Negotiator, Worked Out Final Details When Deal Ran Into Snags”

“Weiss To Sit on Lid of Yankee Salaries in Higher Brackets — But George Faces Battle from Mantle and Others”

Illustrations of Tony Kubek and Jack Sanford who have won Rookie of the Year Awards

Part II of II of “My Friend Yogi” by Robert L. Burnes of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat “The Real Story of Yogi Berra”

Eddie Yost

Earl Torgeson

Top Red Sox prospect Frank Baumann

Karl Spooner “Pins Comeback Hopes on Arm Operation — Southpaw Set Rookie Mark in ’54 With 27 Whiffs in Two Consecutive Games”

“St. Louis Fans Salute Sisler at Homecoming — Hall of Famer, Back in City as Resident, Gets Ovation at Big Traffic Club Party”

Plus Regular Columns, reports from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Columbia, Dominian Republic, and Cuba, and more including 10-page football section “The Quarterback”.

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

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