1948-05-05 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1948/05/05 —

Cover cartoon is “Bob the Bottler in Corking Start” by Willard Mullin featuring Mullin’s Indian putting a cork labeled “Bob Feller” into a bottle containing “Enemy Power”

Headline on front cover is “‘Beat Brains Out of Bums! — Boudreau — Tribe Plans to Fatten on Weak Clubs with small head shot photo of Lou Boudreau

Article on page 2 about Hank Greenberg as Indians Vice-President with photo of Greenberg

“Parks Play Curious Tricks on Hurlers – Wind, Mounds, Shadows, All Affect Pitchers’ Work with photo of Schoolboy Rowe

Russ Meyer

Eddie Robinson

“Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on broadcaster Mel Allen this issue

“Honoring DiMaggio and Allen at Yankee Stadium Opener – ’47 Player Prize to Joe; Mel Receives Air Award; World Championship Rings Presented to Bombers” with photos including each Joe DiMaggio and Mel Allen receiving their awards

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

Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features the faces of Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, Ewell Blackwell, Bucky Harris, and Bob Elliott around a pack of Chesterfields

40 pages total