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1958-01-01 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/01/01 — 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:

  • “No. 1 Men of the Year” cartoon by Darvas on the front cover features Ted Williams, Frank Lane, Fred Hutchinson, Ben Geraghty, Norm Siebern, Richard Wagner, and John Stiglmeier
  • Accompanying story beginning on the cover is “Ted, Lane, Hutch Majors’ Top Men”
  • “One Nomination, No Vote Required: Woodling Named Cleveland’s Man of the Year” with a photo of Gene Woodling and family and stories “Indians’ Only Regular Who Hit Over .300 — Vet Outfielder on Bench Last Spring, Got Chance When Maris Was Injured” and “Was Member of Five Yank Flag Winners — Father of Three Children, He Operates Dairy Farm Near City Where He Plays”
  • “Hutch Would Settle for 25 Wins From McDaniel Brothers – Lindy Figured for 18 Victories and Von for Seven; Both Get Pay Hikes When Bing Visits Farm Family”
  • “Dodgers’ Thorny Path Still Points Toward Rose Bowl — Los Angeles Board Refuses to Approve New Proposal for Club to Use Coliseum”
  • “Daring Dan Sees Braves, Yankees Again — But Bombers Will Win Series Predicts Famous Swami” with Willard Mullin cartoon of Dan Daniel and accompanying stories “Dodgers Seen in Runner-Up Spot in NL – Crystal-Gazer Tabs Redbirds for Third; Reds Fourth; Giants in Second Division” and “Lane, Bragan to Give New Life to Tribe – Larsen, With Responsibility as Newlywed, to Bloom Into Full Mound Potential”
  • “Fans See Family Feud as Blow to Chisox’ Chances – Club’s Followers Interested Only in Results on Field, But Rift Could Affect Deals and Team’s Morale”
  • George Kell
  • Ray Shearer
  • Seth Morehead
  • “Majors Move to Coast Topped Eventful Year” with cartoon “It Went Thataway…Fleeting Glimpses of ’57” by Mullin and story “Repeal of Bonus Rule, Broadening of Draft and Dominance of Veterans Made History”
  • Full-page “Frolics of ’57 — Baseball…The Greatest Show on Earth” cartoon
  • “Red-Letter Days Dotted ’57 Calendar — Club Shifts, Pilot Changes, Braves’ Title Dash in News”
  • “Casey’s Tenth Yankee Year Could Be Best–With Luck”
  • “New Alphabetical Style of Players’ Averages Hailed — Readers Vote Two to One in Favor of Handier Listing; Method Will Be Followed in Compiling Official Guide”
  • “Burdette’s Hill Feats Top ’57 Thriller” on the cover of the All-Sports News supplement
  • This issue of The All-Sports News supplement also contains several cartoons: Stan Musial by Amadee, Lew Burdette by O’Brien, Jim Bunning by Larry Lewis, Ted Williams by Bob Coyne, and basketball’s Bob Cousy & Bill Russell by Vic Johnson, football’s Paul Brown and Jim Brown by Willard Mullin, and others.
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Columbia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, and Cuba, and more including 16-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 28 pages plus 16-page All-Sports section for 44 pages total.