1958-06-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/06/04 — 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:

“Genius At Work” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover features the Giants

Headline is “Can Giants Capture Pennant? Why Not?” with story “‘Frisco Could Finish on Top With Breaks — Rigney Won’t Predict Flag, But Club Shows Balance and Bounce-Back Ability”

Also on the cover “Leaders in May Often Also-Rans After June”

“Rivals Rallies Blocked by Red Sox’ Wall — Murray Makes Grade Eight Years After First Boston Call” with large Murray Wall cartoon

Al Kaline “Shakes Off Slump, Helps to Put Bounce in Bengels — Flyhawk Comes Out Swinging After One-Day Benching”

“’57 Injury in Series Hampering Mantle, Perfessor Reveals — Mickey Banged Shoulder in Collision With Schoendienst; Casey Scoffs at Proposed Gimmicks to Handicap Bombers”

Paul Richards “Ruffled by Bird Misplays, Shutout Losses — ‘We’re Making a Lot of Pitchers Look Like World-Beaters”

Willie Mays “Flying Tackle Ends Bucco-Giant Free-for-All — Willie Downs Teammate Cepeda, Rushing for Bat; Gomez Duster to Mazeroski Touches Off Rhubarb” with five photos of the brawl above the article

“Pace-Setter Frankie Lags, Redleg Hitters Follow Suit — Robinson’s Slow Start Stirs Swap Rumors, But Gabe Denies LA Trade Report” with small pic of Frank Robinson

“Both Win, But Cubs Now Claim Edge in (Bob) Rush – (Taylor) Phillips Trade”

Bill Bruton’s “Return to Duty Ties Up Hazle Tepee Tale — Braves Peddle Bob to Tigers to Make Room on Roster for Swift Center Fielder”

Bobby Bragan “Sets Sights on Runner-Up Spot After Seeing Yanks — ‘They’ve Got Helluva Team,’ Declares Tribe Manager”

Don Newcombe “Billed for Bull-Pen Role as Buildup Move — Don’s Arm Still Weak from Spring Shoulder Trouble, Dodgers Figure, Following Fifth Knockout as Starter”

“Cross-Firing Closes Park War in L.A. — O’Malley Put ‘Facts on Line’ in TV Shows in Climax of Hot Referendum Debate”

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

40 pages total.

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