1957-11-20 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/11/20 — 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:

“Forecast” cartoon by Hubenthal on the front cover shows the Giants & Dodgers towering over the 49ers & Rams and Stanford & S.C.

Headline is “Few Prize Pay-Offs in Bonus Plunges” with story “5 Standouts, Many Flops in Five Years — McDaniel Brothers, Kaline, Bertoia, Drabowsky Only Cash Kids to Make Good”

Also on the cover “Bums Bug-Eyed at 102,368 Grid Turnout in L.A. — Dodgers May Play Majority of Games in Coliseum–But Date Conflicts Exist”

“Bonus Showdown Tops Legislative Proposals –34 Amendments in Hopper for Minor League Session”

“Tribe Fans Whoop Over New Chief Lane — Frank’s Short Cuts Led to Departure from Cardinals” with articles “‘We’ll Draw Over Million,’ He Promises” and “Busch Regime Seeks to Build on Farm Base — Departing GM Was Stung By Club Prexy’s Dictum of ‘Pennant by ’58 or Else'” with photo of Frank Lane

Frank Lane “Labels Keystone Combine Cornerstone in Indian Buildup — He’ll Start With Shortstop, Second Basemanl Hopes Rosen Will Return at 3rd”

Frank Lane’s “Ten-Hour, 2-City Talkathon Staggers Scribe — Frank Tells of HIs Irritations on St. Louis Job, Mixes Comments and Questions About Cleveland Situation”

“Capitalize on Great Interest in Game’ – Feller” with three photos of Bob Feller talking

Hank Aaron “Adds MVP Award to World’s Title of Braves — Nips Musial, Schoendienst; Henry First Milwaukee Player to Gain Accolade”

Cincinnati Reds roster and preview for 1958

Al Kaline

Mike Baxes

Bill Mazeroski

“Yankes Will Talk Turkey; Five Rivals Cook Up Offers — Simpson, Collins, Slaughter and Byrne on Bombers’ List of Expendible Players”

“White Sox Bull-Pen Picture Not Nearly as Black as Painted — Figures Show Staley Was One of Best AL Firemen; Young Derrington Posted 1.64 ERA in Rescue Roles”

“Oldsters, Tarnished Bonus Kids Dot List for Major Loop Draft — Satchel Paige, 10-8 for Miami, Can Be Had for $10,000” with small photo of Paige

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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