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1958-01-22 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/01/22 — 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 Noose for the Goose and Its Golden Egg” cartoon by Gene Basset on the front cover
  • Headline is “Weiss and Lane to Duel for Swap Title” with article “They’ll Match Wits in Trade Talks, Jan 25. — Yankee Boss and Tribe GM Never Have Dealt Before in Across-Table Session”
  • Also on the cover is “Parking at TV Major Problems at Majors’ Meet”
  • “Crowd of 45,000 Can Be Handled on Yank Parking Lots – Polo Grounds and Bronx Public Market Lots Used; Good Subway and Bus Facilities Available to Park”
  • “Pilots ‘Too Busy’ for Hot Corner Coaching — Managers Today Act as Executives With Private Staffs” with article “Bragan Only Major Boss Still on Line”
  • “Frick Swipe Speeds Action on LA Park — Commissioner’s ‘Cow Pasture’ Dig on TV Stirs Officials” with article “Confer Five Times After NY Air Barb — Dodgers Announce Decision on New Home as Result of Week’s Series of Meetings”
  • Warren Giles “On Visit to San Francisco Calls Site for Giants’ Park ‘Ideal’ — Progress on Stadium, Fan Enthusiasm Impress NL Prexy”
  • “Larry MacPhail Pictures Game in Fight for Life — Former Yankee Co-Owner Criticizes National League for Pull-Out in New York”
  • John McHale “Quick to Bag Some of Big Tigers — Inks Martin Without Battle After Corralling Bunning; Boone Satisfied By Phone”
  • Bob Scheffing
  • Billy Martin “Admits Coolness to Stengel, But Praises Ol’ Perfessor as Pilot”
  • “Crosley Accepts Cincy’s Parking Plan for 5 Years — City Council Okays $2,000,000 Bond Issue Proposal After Owner Wires Approval of Recommendation”
  • “Big Moose Moves Nearer First Base at Yankee Stadium — Skowron Shifts Home from Minnesota to Hillside, NJ; Figures He Will Nail Down Gateway Job This Season”
  • Jerry Coleman “Took Front-Office Job as Step to New Career — ‘3-Year Bench Ride No Good Minus Power’ — Retired Infielder Slated as Successor to Weiss as Yank General Manager”
  • “Narleski-to-Yanks Swap Talk Snagged by Tribe Fan Beefs — GM Lane Reveals He Will Contact Other Clubs; Indians in Unusual Position of Needing Pitchers”
  • Ted Williams “and Goetz Will be Honored at NY Scribe Dinner”
  • Pittsburgh Pirates Roster and Review
  • Don Blasingame
  • In “The All-Sports News” supplement the headline is “Old Lakers Would Clobber Celts — Mikan” with a large cartoon of George Mikan by Amadee
  • Oscar Robertson article with photos
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Columbia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, and Cuba, and more including 10-page “The All-Sports News” section.

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