1956-10-17 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents October 17 1956

1956/10/17 —

Cover cartoon is “They’re Making a Pitch for Your Vote” by Lou Darvas featuring Cy Young Award candidates Whitey Ford, Warren Spahn, Frank Lary, Sal Maglie, Herb Score, Bob Friend, Billy Pierce, and Don Newcombe

Headline of Issue is “A.L. Places Seven on ’56 All Star Team — Mantle Paces Voting, Three Yanks Named”

“Larsen Top Hero of All World’s Series – No-Windup Delivery Helps Don Achieve Perfect Game” with photo in center of page of Don Larsen towelling off his face after completing his World Series Perfect Game — 2 full pages of coverage here

Following Page: “Larsen Proved Ernie Was False Prophet – ‘No More Perfect Games,’ Shore Predicted” in article featuring Ernie Shore, the Red Sox pitcher who came in after Babe Ruth walked the first batter of a 1917 game and was ejected, Shore was perfect from that point onward

“Larsen Faced Tensest Situations, Stongest Array of Hitters — Majors 7th Perfect Game Finest of All” with photos across the top of John Montgomery Ward, Cy young, Addie Joss, Ernie Shore, and Charlie Robertson with box scores of the other 6 perfect games

Series Runs Scale–Blues to Brilliance — Sloppy Start Followed by Spectacular Individual Feats includes a small photo of Yogi Berra’s father

“Chips Down Hurling Won for Yanks–Daniel / Newk’s Flop, Hit Fadeout, Beat Dodgers–King

Game by Game Coverage of 1956 WORLD SERIES New York Yankees Defeat Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games — A page per game including article, box score, photos, sidebars including GAME 5 DON LARSEN PERFECT GAME

Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; winter ball coverage; The separately numbered 8-page “Quarterback” section covering football

36 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section for 44 pages total.