1958-10-01 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/10/01 — 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:

World’s Series Issue — Facts, Figures, Features

“It’s A Small World” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover with the Yankees and the Braves

Headline is “Many Name Players Up for Trade Bait” with article “More Hurling Chief Target of Swap Talks — Power-Hitters Also Sought; Braves and Yanks to Join in Busy Season of Dealing”

“Four Giants Named to ’58 Rookie Team” with photos of all members: Carlton Willey, George Witt, Ryne Duren, Albie Pearson, Inman Veal, Sammy Taylor, Willie Kirkland, Leon Wagner, Gene Green, Orlando Cepeda, Tony Taylor and Jim Davenport

“Braves Celebrate Clincher With Repeaters’ Restraint — Some Tossing of Champagne After Slow Walk Off Field; ‘Fans Expected It, Team Effort Did It,’ Says Haney”

“It Happens to the Best of ‘Em: Greatest Stars Sometimes Series Busts — Williams Hit Only .200 in Classic of ’46” with pics of Ted Williams and other Series’ “busts” such as Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Gil Hodges, Rogers Hornsb along with some surprise stars like Hank Gowdy and George Rohe

“Braves Can Regain Early-Day Glory for NL — This Year’s Stakes High for Prestige: Senior League Has Chance to Run Up Longest String of Successes in 50 Years” with team photos of the 1905 Giants, 1908 Cubs, and 1909 Pirates. The following page has 3×5 images with brief bios of each of the manager of each of these three clubs: John McGraw, Frank Chance, and Fred Clarke

“Weiss Never Gets Away From His Work–Even at Home: It’s Just an Every-Day Job for George”

“Fate Points Fickle Finger at Braves’ Jay — Out of Series — Operation on Digit Sidelines Rookie”

“Lefty Bats Control Series Homer Derby — Southpaws Made 48 of 91 Blows in Last Eight Seasons” with photos of Eddie Mathews and Yogi Berra

“Thrown Bat Boomerangs to Scare Ted — Slugger Distressed When Flying Club Injures Woman” with photo of Ted Williams after tossing his bat and the bandaged woman in the crowd who “caught” it

“Shopping Lists of 16 Major Clubs”

“All the Regulars Will Be There: Shor’s Red Carpet Out for Series Visitors” with photo of Toots Shor, his restaurant and full-page article

“Veteran Knuckleballer Makes No-Hitter Seem Easy: Yankees Get Butterflies Swinging at Wilhelm” with photo of Hoyt Wilhelm, manager Paul Richards and Billy Gardner who made the last putout in Wilhem’s no-hitter, with box score and article

Yankees and Braves team photos share a page together

A page with Yankee Stadium and County Stadium dimensions plus listing of all World Series winners and records

“Figured in Famed World’s Series Feats” is a full page showing photos of World Series heros: Allie Reynolds, Babe Ruth, Bill Wambsganss, Christy Mathewson, Elmer Smith, Carl Erskine, Orval Overall, Phil Cavarretta, Joe DiMaggio and Don Larsen

Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, reports from Puerto Rico, Panama, Veracruz, and more.

64 pages total.

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