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1958-09-17 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/09/17 — 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:

  • “Have Notebooks, and Travelling” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover
  • Headline is “Scouts’ Reports Shape Series Strategy” with article “Espionage by Rivals Often Vital Factor in Title Games — Sleuths Formerly Worked Under Cover, Now Spy Openly; Ehmke Was Own Hawkshaw Before Suprise Start in ’29”
  • “Runnels Credits Rise to Red Sox Trade — ‘Nothing Like Being on Winning Team,’ Says Former Nat” with large Pete Runnels cartoon by Dickinson
  • “Mays and Mantle Select Squads for All-Star Game — Willie Shudders at Mention of Duren”
  • “Strikeouts: Batters Boo, Hurlers Cheer” with pics of “Big Time Sluggers Who Passed 100 Mark in K’s”: Mickey Mantle, Vince DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Jim Lemon
  • Wes Covington “On One Good Leg, Big Flag Factor for Braves — Wes Well Up Front in RBI’s Home Runs, and Average, Though Often Sidelined”
  • “Cincy, Washington to Pry Lid Day in Advance of April 10 Start: Majors Vote Earliest Opening In Years”
  • “Leagues to Hold at Eight Clubs, Will Try to Rebuild from Within — No Shifts of Franchises in 1959, Owners Decide After Chicago Meetings”
  • “Cal Says Nats’ Stay in Capital Depends on Stadium Solution — Satisfactory Arrangements With New Arena’s Heads Needed, Asserts Griffith”
  • “Murtaugh Doffs Cap to Haney as Pilot of Year — Consider Braves Injuries, Says Danny, after Taking Last Series, Three to One”
  • “Who Called Vic Showboat? Senor Al Sizzles at ‘Finger’ — Plunked By Pitch, Power Shouts at Chisox Dugout; Lopez Rushes Out, But Combatants Are Restrained”
  • Early Wynn “at 38, Nears Repeat Whiff Crown — Strikeout Totals of Last Two Years Highest of Career; Vet Making Strong Finish”
  • “Newk’s Comeback Gives Reds Hike in Climb Under Dykes — Don Regains Winning Form and Helps with Bat”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more. Plus 6-pages making up “The Quarterback” section.

    • 48 pages total.