1958-01-08 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/01/08 — 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:

“A Fella Can’t Be Too Careful” cartoon by Darvas on the front cover

Headline is “Yankee Payroll to His Record 500 Gs” with story “Mantle May Seek Boost to $75,000 – Players Expect Two-Million Gate, With Bombers Only Major Club Left in City”

Also on the front cover is “Guesses on Ted’s ’58 Pay Range to $150,000” about Ted Williams

“Glove-Guy Torre Now Homer Hero Too — World’s Series Clouts Make Frank Banquet Loop Star — Slick Fielder Didn’t Figure He Was Power-Hitter Type” and the article includes a photo of Frank with his mother, sister, and younger brother Joe Torre

“Braves Big Stock of Righties Makes Conley Expendable – Rush Deal Increases Probability of Swap of Gene; Champs Still Looking for a Southpaw and Outfielder”

“Bob Cobb Ends 20 Years’ Service to Game – All in Sport Praise Him for Sacrifice – ‘Mr. Brown Derby’ Emerges as Savior of Our Pastime in Realignment Situation” with large cartoon of Cobb by Hubenthal

Minnie Minoso

“Reds Shift Klu Comeback Problem to Bucs – Ted’s Strained Relations With Birdie Factor in Deal” is article about even-up swap of Ted Kluszewski to Pittsburgh for Dee Fondy

“Trade for Ex-Homer King ‘Worth Gamble’ to Pirates – Sound Klu, With Thomas, Seem as One-Two Punch; Ted at 35 Gees to Be Highest-Paid Buc Since Kiner”

“How Klu Trade Looks to Scribes”

“Rose Bowl’s Million-Dollar Take Helps O’Malley Smile – Dodger President Impressed by Huge Football Crowd; Los Angeles to Vote on Chavez Ravine Project in June”

A page of article regarding rumored move of the Reds to New York including “New York Excited, But Skeptical of Possible ’58 Switch by Reds — Parking Problems at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, Too”

“George Kelly’s Story of 40 Years in Game”

“Kid Pair Tabbed by White Sox as Outfield Corners – Callison, 18, to Report at Comiskey Camp this Spring; Slugger Spicuzza, 22, Purchased from Okla. City Club”

Jim Bunning

Plus Regular Columns, reports from Cuba, Venezuela, Panama, and Puerto Rico, and more including 10-page “The All-Sports News” section.

30 pages plus 10-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.

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