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1956-08-29 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1956/08/29 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Credit Where Credit Is Due” by Lou Darvas about umpires
  • Headline on front cover: “Rail Hike to Speed Majors’ Shift to Air – Most Players Now Prefer Plane Travel”
  • Also beginning on the cover: “Japan Demands ‘Name’ Dodgers” about the Dodgers coming tour of Japan
  • Speed, Not Tricks, Big Hill Asset – Coaches, Scouts, Managers Advise Against ‘Cute’ Stuff with cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • Pirates manager Bobby Bragan planning to use Bob Friend as starter and reliever down the stretch to get him to 20 wins
  • Feature on Joe Adcock – “Acock Adds to Sock with Lighter Bat” includes a large Adcock cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • Looping the Loops column by J.G. Taylor Spink features Tim McAuliffe of Tim McAuliffe, Inc. of Boston, the company that manufactures more major league hats than any other. Includes photo of McAuliffe with Ted Williams
  • Most of a full page (at least 3/4ths) about Mickey Mantle with articles “Pressure Up on Mantle in Stretch Drive” and “Baltimore Hurlers Cool Off Mantle; ‘We Mixed ‘Em Up,’ Chirps Richards” with 2 photos of Mantle, one standing at each side of the plate, small article “‘Mantle Super Star, Better Than Ruth,’ Says Richards”
  • Article about Ted Kluszewski – “Cincy Roots for Big Klu’s Late Bid for Triple Crown” with small headshot photo
  • Sidebar article about Ted Williams – “Kaese Offers Writers’ Case in Feud With Ted” with small headshot photo of Williams
  • Eddie Mathews Mauling Brews Fresh Flag Fever for Braves
  • Arthur Daley column about Larry MacPhail
  • Frank Graham column spotlights Phil Rizzuto
  • Rise of Dick Donovan Lifts White Sox Hopes of Second
  • Hats Off (brief player of the week type sidebar) to NL’s Moe Drabowsky – AL’s Yogi Berra
  • That’s just the highlights, many many more articles plus boxscores, stats, extensive minor league coverage, and more
  • 40 pages total.

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