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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

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