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1958-06-25 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/06/25 — 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:

  • “City of the Angels’ Angel” cartoon by Hubenthal on the front cover
  • Headline is “Ted Urges ‘Better Week-End Shows'” with article “Play Day Ball on Thursday and Fridays — Athletes Can’t Reach Peaks on Saturday and Sunday If Arc Games Sap Energy”
  • Also on the cover is “O’Malley Keeps His Smile While Dodging Dusters — Battle Over Park, Campy’s Injury and Team’s Slump in Long List of Troubles”
  • “46 Players in Major-to-Major Switches — Slaughter Leader of Parade in Junior Loop From National” with pics of Enos Slaughter, Lew Burdette, Murray Dickson, Dick Donovan, Jack Harshman, Rocky Bridges, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Ray Moore
  • “Paul Finally Lands His Big One and Newk Weighs In With Win — Reds’ Persistent Boss Gets Don in Swap at Deadline After Trying Two Years” with photo of Don Newcombe in his new Reds’ uniform
  • “Barber Tries New Comeback Bid as Redbird — Skeptics Often Said ‘So Long, Sal’…But Not for Long” with Sal Maglie cartoon by Bill Gallo
  • “Deal for Tito Adds to Tigers’ Tailoring for Briggs Stadium — Francona Follows Harris, Hazle as Lefty Swingers; Kaline’s Comeback Biggest Story in Bengal Surge”
  • “Johnson Predicting A’s Will Ride High on Wave of Trades — ‘Now Have Lefthanded Hitting We Neded,’ Says Ownerl Deals Also Will Give Kaycee More Versatility in Field”
  • “Shoulder Catch hampers Left Swing, Mantle Admits — But Mickey Refuses To Drop Switch-Hit Style; Taking Treatments by Diathermy”
  • Ray Semproch
  • “Quick-Change Lane Gone, But Cardinals Keep Shuffling — Devine Adds Maglie, Gene Freese and Johnny O’Brien; Sam Jones’ Luck Continues Bad, Boyer’s Bat Smoking”
  • “O’Malley, Webb Visit Ravine, Talk Not of 52,000, But 65,000 Seats”
  • “Power at First Base and Held in Center in New Indian Lineup — ‘Now I Have a Manager’s Club With Real Balance, Says Bragan After Trades”
  • “You Can’t Sell Maris to NY, Lane Told A’s — Refused Bid of Richardson for Roger, Frankie Declares”
  • Bob Nieman
  • On the inside back cover is “How Many Callers Can You Call By Name” with photos of 16 different umpires at work — your chore: identify each of them!
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.