1948-05-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents May 26 1948

1948/05/26 —

Cover cartoon is “Staff of No-Hitters” by Willard Mullin features Bill McCahan, Dick Fowler, and Bullfrog Bill Dietrich

Headline on front cover is “‘Lively Ball’ Laid to Dead-Arm Pitching — Everybody Now Swings for Distance”

“Looping the Loops” feature by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Eddie Joost

“Mack’s Cinderella A’s Cost But $75,000 – 5-and-10 Purchases Look Like a Million Bucks” with cartoon by Willard Mullin

Feature article on Ken Keltner with large photo

“What’s Wrong With Sox? Fans Yelping – Lowly Position Spurs Demand for Club’s Sale”

“Hat’s Off” small columns featuring players of the week with summaries of what they’ve done feature Hank Majeski of the A.L. and Stan Musial of the N.L. this issue

“Jackie Ungrateful to Negro Ball, Says Woman Club Owner” — Article is less than a column long but includes extensive quotes from Effa Manley asserting Jackie Robinson turned on the Negro Leagues in Ebony Magazine article “What’s Wrong With Negro Baseball?”

Plus, believe it or not, much more including regular columns, box scores, statistics and extensive minor league coverage

Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Anne Baxter

40 pages total.

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