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1948-03-03 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents March 3 1948
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Cover cartoon is “Take It to the People” by Willard Mullin featuring Connie Mack with Rudy York, Horace Stoneham, and others
Headline on front cover is “Mexican Peace With O.B. Taking Form – Governments Are Reported Behind Pact”
“Looping the Loops” by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on 25 Year Old Yankee Stadium
Herb Pennock and Pie Traynor voted into Hall of Fame with complete career stats and a photo of each
A feature article about baseball’s Traveling Secretaries
Article about old-timer Cy Williams
Small sidebar with tiny photo of Ty Cobb’s batboy, Alexander Hamilton George Washington “Old Man” Rivers
Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including the 8 page All-Sports section which features a Willard Mullin cartoon on the cover. Inside the section is a feature on Bo McMillin with cartoon by Amadee and a full-page feature on boxing old-timer Harry Wills with 2 photos.
Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Louis Jourdan
28 pages plus 8 page All-Sports News Supplement for 36 pages total.