1958-08-27 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/08/27 — 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 Four Faces of Ted…From Teen-Ager to Vet of Forty” features four photos of Ted Williams on the cover, the first at age 19 with San Diego, followed by shots of Ted in 1937, 1941, 1958 . Accompanying article: “What’s In Future for Splinter at 40? — If Williams Is to Be Named Manager, Will He Manager Red Sox or Will He Be Asked to Learn Job in Minors?”

Also on the cover “Bonus Spree Hit By Reunion Stars — Hurts Game and Kids, Declare St. Louis All-Timers, Urging That Youngsters Be Made to Prove Worth”

“Gate Dip Forcing Indians to Move, Cleveland Hears: Could Be Last Year in City, Daley Says; Houston and Toronto Seen as Bidders”

“Workout on Off Day Burns Bombers: Yankees Gripe as Casey Cracks Whip”

“St Louis’ All-Time All-Stars Take Field Again” with group photo of Dizzy Dean, Frank Frisch, Rogers Hornsby, George Sisler, Stan Musial, Marty Marion, Terry Moore, Jesse Haines, Ken Williams, Johnny Tobin, Hank Severeid, and Bob O’Farrell and a second shot of Dizzy Dean at microphone

“Bengals In Kuenn’s Corner In His Push for Batting Crown — Harvey’s Fine Season Among Few Bright Spots; Decline of Front-Line Pitching Biggest Msytery”

“Yankees’ Breeze Turns Into Worst Slump in 5 Years — Failures of Twirlers to Go Route Contribute to Skid as Ol’ Perfessor Worries” with small pic of Mickey Mantle

Willie Mays “Using Home-Run Bat to Knock Boo Birds Off Perch — Say-Hey Target for Jeering at Seals Stadium Before Unleashing Power Display”

Ernie Banks “Labeled Top Bet to Beat Babe Ruth’s Record — Cubs’ Shortstop, at 27, Still Has Best Years Ahead of Him, Says Bob Scheffing”

“Dale Long First Lefty Catcher in Majors Since ’02 — Cubs Use First Baseman As Only Player Available”

“Four Down–How Many More Pilots Will Go?” with small pics of the fired managers Mayo Smith, Jack Tighe, Bobby Bragan, and Birdie Tebbetts

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

48 pages total.

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