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1948-06-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents
1948/06/02 —
Cover cartoon is “One Little Line” by Willard Mullin featuring Stan Musial with brief article underneath “Musial Hitter Now, Instead of Just a Swinger”
Headline on front cover is “Yanks, Cards Picked in Pilots’ Poll – Same Clubs Are Favored By Players”
“Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink features Cardinals Ralph Lapointe this issue
“‘Whose Fault? … What’s Going to Be Done? Ask Fans After Dodger Dive – All Brooklyn Second-Guessing Rickey” with photo of Branch Rickey
Very small article notes Babe Ruth’s #3 to be Retired by the Yankees this season
“Frenzied Flatbush Fans Aim Their Fury at Rickey”
Full-page feature on Dummy Hoy as he marks his 86th Birthday
“Television Detours Jersey’s Fans From Parks – Customers Flock to Bars for Polo Grounds Video
“Rain Holds Tribe’s Try for Gate Mark to 78,431 – Drizzle Saves 81,841 Yankee Crowd Record”
Huge 2-page ad spreads center pages for Louisville Slugger bats with small photos of old-timers such as Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb and others at the left of the ad and photos of bat manufacture spread across the rest of the background
Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage
Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features Arthur Godfrey and Sammy Kaye