1958-09-03 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/09/03 — 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:

“How to Use Thinking Cap” cartoon on front cover

Headline is “‘HR Craze Helping Ruin Hitting’–Rajah” with article “Ex-Slugger Assils Lack of .300 Man — “‘Power brings HIgher Pay for Few, But Hurts Club Spirit and Hampers Pilots'”

Also on the cover “A’s Back Dickson Deal as Sound” plus “Looping the Loops — Dickson’s Lucky Decision” by J.G.T. Spink

“He Has All the Tools to Make It: Banks Given Best Chance to Tie Bambino” with large Ernie Banks cartoon by Bill O’Brien

“‘We’ll Continue to Deal With Yankees” – Craft Defies Critics of Dickson Trade”

“Minneapolis Winds Up for Big League Pitch — Celler Warns Against Washington Exit” with “Senate Investigation” cartoon by Willard Mullin

“Ike Thinks Nats Should Stay in Captital — President Wishes Senators Were Little Better Ball Club”

“Tribe Rated Slightly More Than 50-50 Possibility to Move Tepee — Lack of Stadium Elsewhere, Big Advance Ticket Sale Could Block Club’s Shift”

“Casey Off to Early Start on Worrying Over World Series — Anxious to Get Mantle and Skowron in Peak Condition; Siebern Takes Over Solid Possession of Left Field Job”

“Mexico Sweeps to Second Little League Title”

“’59 Adventures of Dodgers to Be Great Show–Bavasi — Praises LA Fans, Sees Strong Club That ‘Will Stand Against ‘Em All'”

Rocky Colavito “Swings for Singles, But Hikes HR Crop — Rocky Takes Gordon’s Tip, Changes From Swinger, Lifts Mark, Cuts Whiffs”

Warren Spahn “Heads for Record Ninth 20-Game Campaign — Braves’ Vet Can Break Tie With Grove and Plank on Majors’ Southpaw Mark”

“Three Vet Righties Carry Bosox Load in Fight for Second — Higgins to Rely on Sullivan, Delock and Brewer, Using Other Chuckers in Spots”

“Red Sox Reveal Plan to Make Fenway Larger — Larger Park Area, More Seats and Longer Left Field Among Features”

“All_Star Aparicio ‘Will Get Better,’ Senor Forecasts — ‘Still Hasn’t Learned to Move With Pitch,’ Says Al; Flashy Chisox Shortstop Enjoying Best Year at Bat”

“Campy Relates His Courageous Battle to ‘Today’ Viewers — Tells of O’Malley’s Offer to Coach Dodgers’ Young Battermen in California”

In the Obituaries is Luther Dummy Taylor, 82

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

44 pages total.

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