1948-06-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1948/06/09 —

Cover cartoon is “The Old Settler Steps Out” by Willard Mullin and featuring Connie Mack

Headline on front cover is “Circuit -Breaker on Video Demanded – Minor Plea to Be Heard July 11-12

“Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Gene Bearden

New Raps on Door of 50-Homer Club – War-Ravaged Pitching Still Taking Beating – Uniform Pill in Minors to Aid Hurlers: Meantime, DiMaggio, Mize, Kiner, Keltner Keep Up Chase of Records — Page includes photos of Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx with smaller pics of Hank Greenberg, Hack Wilson, Mize and Kiner

O.B. Bans Two for Life in Bet Probe – Pitcher-Pilot, Club Official Penalized by Trautman with photos of the expelled: Barney DeForge and Ed Weingarten

Yank Injury Series Climaxed by Loss of King Kong for Month with small head-shot photo of Charlie Keller

Trouble With Bosox? It’s Not Marse Joe – Hughson’s Failure Biggest Blow to Hub Buildup with photos of Tex Hughson

Five Young Blue Jays Get Their Wings is about the Phillies promotion of some minor leaguers with head shot photos of each. A pretty good crop, among the 5 are Curt Simmons, Granny Hamner and Richie Ashburn

Full-page Whitey Lockman article includes Lockman cartoon by Willard Mullin

Photo towards the back of the issue shows minor leaguer Billy Martin with his Oakland manager Casey Stengel and Ernie Lombardi

Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage.

Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Merle Oberon

40 pages total