1958-05-07 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/05/07 — 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:

“The Axeman Cometh…May 15” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover

Headline is “Golden Gate Ajar for Cinderella Giants” with article “Flashy Start Stirs ‘Frisco Flag Dreams — Stellar Rookies Join Mays, Gomez & Co. on Surprise Challenger in NL Race”

“Move to Spike Veto Rights in Club Shifts Put Before Majors — Territorial Committee’s Proposal Would Ease Way for Expansion or Franchise Transfer in Either Loop”

“‘Chinese Homer’ NY Press Box Creation — Polo Grounds Blows Linked With Cheap Coolie Labor — Scribe-Cartoonist TAD Used Expression to Anger McGraw” with cartoon “What’s O’Malley You?” by Willard Mullin

“Long, Happy Honeymoon Assured Dodgers, Giants — No Fog in San Francsico, No Smog in Los Angeles on First Visit to the Coast”

“Up-and-Down Foytack Levels Off as Winner” with Paul Foytack cartoon by Amadee

“‘Aspirin Season’ Says Case, Eager for .300 Averages — Wants Mantle at .350, Others in Charmed Circle”

Bob Purkey

“Is the Hand Quicker Than the Eye? Scoreboard Flash Beats Ump in St. Louis”

Stan Musial “In Wild Blue Yonder, But Cards Stay on Ground — Critical Defesive Lapses, Unsteady Pitching Keep Hutch’s Club Floundering”

Bob Cerv

“Young Robinson Paprika Prize at Orioles’ Hot Sack — Brooks Scintillates in Field, Hits at Lively Pace” with small photo of Brooks Robinson

“It’s Light Bats, Not Rabbit Ball, Dykes’ Homer Explanation — Hitters Can Check Swing Quicker With Whipping Clubs; Unser Choe Hauser Scoffed at Heavy Bludgeons in ’20”

Plus Regular Columns, box scores, minor league reports, and more.

44 pages total.