1958-08-06 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/08/06 — 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 Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare and Baseball” cartoon by Lou Darvas on the front cover

Headline is “Reunion Days Putting Spin in Gates” with story “Yanks Show Way in Their Yearly Event — Frick Strong for Old-Timer Spectacles; Cronin Cites Value as Family Program

Also on the cover “Lane to Demand Pooling TV Cash–One-Eighth to Go to Each Club — ‘Visiting Team Half of Show, Should Not Suffer at Gate'”

And also on the cover: “Cross-the-World Series: Card Japanese Jaunt Clinched by Musial Okay — Redbird Journey Approved by Frick and Giles After Yankees, Braves Bow Out”

“‘More Pressure on Pilots Now’ — Sawyer — Back After Six Years, Eddie Sees Changes in Skipper Role” with two photos of Eddie Sawyer

“Gaints, Pale Hose Made First Visit to Japan in 1913 — Ruth-Gehrig All-Star Troupe Drew Biggest Crowds of All of Them in ’34 Jaunt”

“Sets Fast Pace in Victories, Route Jobs and Strikeouts: Bullet Bob Firing for Top Hill Targets” with Bob Turley cartoon by Willard Mullin

“Perini Denies Honeymoon Over–Presses for NL Return to NY — ‘We Made Mistake Letting Giants and Dodgers Leave City,’ Says Boss of Braves”

“Houston Seeks Site for Stadium After Okay of Bond Issue — Drive for Big League Club Speeded by Wide Margin for $20,000,000 Project”

“New and More Drastic Regulation Needed: Automatic $50 Fine Fails to Check Beanballs” with large photo of Ryne Duren on the ground after getting drilled in the head

“Revolving Lineup Fails to Give Any Click to Dodgers — Alston Shuffles His Performers and Batting Order to No Avail–Finds He Doesn’t Have Horses Anymore”

“Giants Repair Road Punctures Get Rolling Again on Flag Jaunt”

“Reds Rock ‘n’ Roll Picks Up on Robinson’s New Sock — Frankie Hits at .315 Clip Following All-Star Game; Recovers Homer Punch” with small pic of Frank Robinson

“Red Sox Follow Tradition–Take Usual Late Tumble — Skid on Western Trip Dims Hopes of Overtaking Yankees”

“Just Like ’51 and ’54 Polo Grounders: Giant Cliff-Hangers Recall Flag Scripts — ‘Frisco Club Specializing in Late Wins” with “Rigney Rigamarole” cartoon by Bill Gallo

Rocky Colavito “Cast in Dual Role, Outfield-Hill — Gordon Eyes Strong-Armed Power-Hitting Rocky for Switch Duty as Fireman”

“Third Base Looms as New Tiger Spot in (Billy) Martin’s Future”

“Shades of Babe! (Bob) Skinner Hits Pittsburgh’s Right Field Roof”

The Obituary section leads-off with Lu Blue, 61

“Long Ago…They Were Far Away the Best” is the quiz on the inside back-cover which shows several old-timers with captions and you have to ID them. Pictured are the entire 1865 National Baseball Club of Washington, Iron Joe McGinnity, Wee Willie Keeler, Jesse Burkett, Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Hugh Duffy, Dan Brouthers

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

44 pages total.

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