1957-12-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1957/12/04 — 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:

“Man With a Headache” cartoon by Mullin on the front cover featues Ford Frick

Headline is “Conventions Juggle ‘Hot Potato’ Issues” with article “Post Confabs Faced Crucial Problems Too — Bonus Rule, Aid to Minors, Realignment Recurring Topics for O.B. Leaders”

Also on the cover “Yawkey Leads Boston Beefs at MV Snub of Williams” regarding Mickey Mantle beating out Ted Williams in the AL MVP Voting

“Convention City Hub of Thrilling Sights — Colorado Springs Offers Scenic Beauty, Sports, Fun”

“Old Legend Out With Dodgers–Casey Didn’t Drop Grapefruit: Woman Flyer Forgot to Bring Baseball, Tossed Substitute”

“Denver Hush-Hush Over Chance for Majors–But Would Be Ready — Fast-Growing City Has Big Fan Interest and the Stadium”

“Pearl Harbor Bombs Blasted AL Move Into Los Angeles: Coast Missed Major Ball by Day in ’41 — Barnes Tells of Plans for Browns’ Shift: Cards Were to Pay AL Club $250,000 and Take Over Rental of St. Louis Field”

Warren Spahn wins NL Cy Young Award

An article celebrating baseball players and personalities from Colorado including Ford Frick

“Cool Million Bucks in Ducat Sales–Still No Park for Dodgers: Wrigley Field Small, Altering Coliseum Costly; Patterson Sees Homer Marks at Angels’ Orchard”

“They’ll Always Be ‘De Bums’ to Creator Mullin” about the new LA Dodgers distancing themselves from the Bums nickname with a cartoon titled “Defaming a Good Name” by Mullin

“Old Meetings Run by ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Owners — Herrmann Most Colorful Figure With ‘Beer Busts'”

“Williams Values The Sporting News Award as ‘Real Compliment’: MVP Voting ‘Makes No Difference’ — Ted” with article “Scribes’ Snub Draws Scorn From Slugger — ‘They Gave it to DiMaggio After I Had Batted .406’ AL Bat Champ Recalls” with photo of Ted Williams and Amadee cartoon

“Fans Fume Over Ted’s Snub — Choice Called Outrageous, Prejudiced and Insulting” with a small pic of Mickey Mantle

“Even Yankee Fans Surprised by MVP Repeat for Mantle — Many Believed Williams Would Get Accolade for ’57”

“White Sox Dangle Doby as Swap Bait; Six Untouchables”

“A’s Rap Rap That They Will ‘Trade Only With Yanks’ — Johnson Cites Second Big Deal with Tigers; ‘We’re On Way Up,’ Says Owner”

Russ Meyer retires

From Puerto Rico: “Orlando Cepeda Swings Hot Bat in Bid for ’58 Berth With Giants”

Plus Regular Columns, reports from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Columbia, Dominian Republic, and Cuba, and more including 8-page “The All-Sports News” section.

44 pages plus 8-page All-Sports section for 52 pages total.

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