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1947-03-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1947/03/26 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Any Bargains Today?” about the Pirates
  • Headline is “Swift Farm Expansion Overpowers Minors — Majors Now Have Control of 60 Per Cent of Clubs — Half of 24 AAA Outfits Held Outright by Big Leaguers; Branch Rickey, Originator of System, Leads Way With 25 Farms, Cardinals Still Own Most”
  • “Yankees Always Win Openers With DiMag, Lose in Absence” with photo of Joe DiMaggio
  • “Ruth First to Be Given Day by All Majors in 51 Years” (In case you’re curious, the previous was to Harry Wright in 1896)
  • “Pla-ay Ba-a-ll” cartoon by Burris Jenkins, Jr.
  • “Evans Bats Out Yarn on Averill’s Tampered Bat” with small pics of Billy Evans and Earl Averill
  • “Witte Broke Into Game Through Fancy Window — Put in Summer and Winter Working to Pay for Damage Done With His Bat” about Jerry Witte
  • “Carloads of Classy Infielders Crowds Cronin’s Camp — Hits to Decide Hot Fight at Red Sox Hot Corner”
  • “Tribe’s Hill-Starter Hunt Starts, Stops With Feller — Even Fireball Ace Gets Rough Treatment in Exhibitions” with photo of Bob Feller
  • “Dale Mitchell, a Sooner Arriving Late, Makes Fast Spring to Tribe Outfield”
  • “Don’t Overlook Senators in ’47 Pennant Race — Sports Writer Newsom Counts 20 for Bobo” is an article by Bobo Newsom
  • Murrell Jones
  • Lou Brissie
  • Andy Pafko
  • “Jackie’s All Jake At First With Dodger Coach Pitler — ‘Okay’ Reports Awaits Lippy — Pilot Will Pass on Robinson’s Ability at Gateway Bag in Havana Games”
  • Frank Kalin
  • Necrology — obituary oon James Gilmore, 71
  • “Yanks Pin Can’t Miss Tag on Rookie Don Johnson — Big Hurler Has Everything–Size, Speed, Curves and Class”
  • “Bucky to Crack Down on Yank Rule-Breaker — Pilot Serves Notice of Policy by Disciplinary Action Against Mel Queen”
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features Charley Trippi
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.

    1947-04-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/04/02 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “A Case of the Bends” featuring Hank Greenberg
  • Headline is “Chandler Lashes Critics in Counter-Attack — Boils Over Charges in Magazine — Labels Alleged Intercession for Indiana Gambler as Unqualified Untruth
  • “Chandler Convenes Court in Case of MacPhail vs. Dodgers” with articles “Writing Ban for Lip Seen as Outcome of Hearings” and “Outside the Gas Chamber”
  • “Lyons Leans Heavily on Five Old Men Ranging From 38 to 42 — Graybeards Fuse Silver to White Sox Lining — Red Ruffing Work Horse in Training — Caldwell, Kuhel, Lee, Appling Other Veterans Slated for Steady Service”
  • Paul Richards
  • “Secrets of Cobb’s Batting Success Revealed to His Protege — Chapman Finds Eye on Ty’s Lost Tips — Sam Digs Up Old Letters Useful to Him as Rookie” with photos of Sam Chapman and Ty Cobb
  • George Vico
  • Johnny Sullivan
  • “Rookie Southpaw on Reds Hurled 8 Army No-Hitters” with photo of Kent Peterson
  • Jack Wallaesa
  • Robinson Refuses to Join Dodgers If Resentment Exists — Negro Star Declares Main Reason He Desires Major Chance is for Bigger Pay”
  • “Hermanski Again Being Hailed As Lou Gehrig Jr of Dodgers — Gene, Who Made Unsteady Start Last Year, Pounds Ball in Spring Games”
  • Small sidebar: “Dodgers Bring Up Outfielder Snider, Whose 430-ft. Homer Impressed B.R.” with small headshot of Duke Snider
  • “Castoff McQuinn Jumps Into Middle of Yankees’ Who’s on First Muddle — Henrich’s Injury Opens Chance at Bag for Veteran, But Limping DiMaggio Still Holds Fate of Bombers”
  • “It’s All Right With Cronin and Red Sox If Bill Goodman Keeps Hitting to Left”
  • “Red Sox So Much Stronger They Look Like Different Club — That’s Sizeup by Malaney as Team Heads North; Not Only Set for ’47, But For Years to Come”
  • “Still a Frank Feller, as Tucson Discovers — Bob Says What He Thinks, Whether of Not It Pleases, Unsolicited Comment on Arizona Climate Again Shows” with small headshot of Bob Feller
  • “It’s a Different Dyer, He Admits — Last Season I Had to Prove Myself–I Couldn’t Take Chances”
  • “Stars of Two Centuries Flashed at League Park — Outgrowing Old Tepee, Indians Occupy New Wigwam — Joss-Walsh Hill Duel Stands Out” about the Indians moving from League Park to Municipal Stadium.
  • Billy Hitchcock
  • Chesterfields ad on back cover features Gregory Peck
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 32 pages total.

    1947-04-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/04/09 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “He’ll Take the High Ones–and Low Ones” featuring Yogi Berra and also showing Joe Medwick
  • Headline is “MacPhail Predicts U.S.-Latin Title Series — Caribbean Federation in Making — Yankees, Receiving Another $30,000 Guarantee, Likely to Return to Puerto Rico”
  • Small sidebar on the front cover: “Jackie Back at First Base on the Mahatma’s Orders” about Jackie Robinson
  • Ted Pawelek
  • “Inside Pitch Legend Knocked Out by Ted–It’s Not My Weakness” with photo of Ted Williams bunting
  • “Top Rookies Tagged in Major Camps — Pitchers Predominate in Selections Made by Scribes Covering 16 Big Time Bases. The Rookies: Jim Hearn, Cardinals — Paul Lehner, Browns — Steve Nagy, Pirates — Fritz Dorish, Red Sox — Red Lively, Reds — Dave Philley, White Sox — Bob Kuzava, Indians — George Vico, Tigers — Dick Koecher, Phillies — Earl Wooten, Senators — Henry Schenz, Cubs — Larry Berra, Yankees The standout freshman of the reconstructed and refurbished Yankees is Lawrence Berra, called the Yogi — Eddie Miksis, Dodgers — Glenn Elliott, Braves — Ferris Fain, Athletics — Whitey Lockman, Giants
  • “Cincinnati’s New Pilot an Experienced Sports Writer and Official — Methodical Neun Drills Know How Into Reds — Tutors His Players on Rule Book”
  • Allie Reynolds
  • “Rickey Skips Outside Ropes; Larry and Lippy Left in Ring — Dodger President Denies He Accused Yank Boss; Happy Studies Case”
  • “Rickey Won’t Poll Dodgers About Jackie — Decision Up to Lippy Alone; Prexy Warns of Tough Sledding for Furillo
  • Buster Adams “Peeved Over Card Brushoff, Pricks Dyer’s Flag Bubble With Ifs — Players Eddie Led in Minors Get Preference, Buster Charges”
  • Johnny Price
  • Hank Borowy
  • Ted Lyons
  • “Ex-GIs Learn Baseball in Army Style at Cubs’ Farm School in St. Augustine — Recent Dischargees Given Chance to Win Positions in Wrigley Chain”
  • “Limping DiMag, Left Behind by Yanks, Unlikely to See Action Before May 15 — Stirnweiss, Hurt in Crash, Also Remains at St. Pete as Club Heads North”
  • “Medwick 25th Player to Touch All N.Y. Bags” with photo of Joe Medwick
  • “Speaker Hero in Hero Land — Plugged by Pat O’Brien, He Takes Honors in Stride” by Ed McAuley with small pic of Tris Speaker
  • Billy Herman
  • Full page on the death of Johnny Evers — “Joe Tinker Now Lone Survivor of Immortal Cub Infield of 1906-10 — Bantam Evers Battled Way to Keystone Crown” with photos of Johnny Evers plus sidebar “Tinker’s Story of Fateful Game — Ex-Cub Tells How Merkle Slip Balked Giants of Flag” by Joe Tinker. Also on a separate page “Evers to Chance Again” by Bill Corum from the NY Journal American
  • “80th Birthday Greatest Day of All for Denton Cy Young” with photos of Cy Young
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features Dave “Boo” Ferriss
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 32 pages total.

    1947-04-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/04/16 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • It’s not the headline, but the main story on the front cover is “Jackie Robinson Gets Chance With Flatbush Troupe — Likely to See Service Mostly as Pinch Runner” by Michael Gaven with a small photo of Jackie Robinson. The article begins as follows: “Brooklyn, for the first time in its 72 years in the National League, will have a Negro player within its ranks this season. All doubt of Jackie Robinson’s status was removed at 3:15 pm, April 10, when Branch Rickey announced ‘The Brooklyn Dodgers today purchased the contract of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson from the Montreal Royals” Further into the article regarding Branch Rickey: “No man ever had greater faith in the ability of a ball player. We believe that it was Branch’s honest opinion that the Brooklyn players would come rushing to him and shout” ‘Let’s have that fellow. He can win the pennant for us.’ To put it mildly, it didn’t happen that way. However, a quiet poll conducted by the Flatbush Secret Service revealed that no one would quit the club if Robinson were made a member.” Truly a bit of history!

    • The rest of the issue obviously pales in comparison, but here are the highlights:

  • Headline on the cover is “Chandler Rolls Up Sleeves for New Swings — Lips Feels First Punch; Other Targets Rumored — Commissioner Said to Be Gunning for One Individual in Particular; Believes Efforts to Run Game With Kindly Hand Were Misconstrued” with large photo of Leo Durocher on the cover
  • “Redbirds, Red Sox Rated Repeaters — Buc Climb to Second Predicted” by J.G. Taylor Spink
  • “Confident Cards Face Easier Victory — But Bosox Can’t Rely on Breeze” with brief previews of each club
  • “Lippy Listens in Saddened Silence to Chandler’s Long Sentence” with article from cover continued plus “Sad Saga of Game’s No. 1 Bad Boy — Lip’s 20-Year Major Career Dotted by Flare-Ups — Challenged Ruth, Cobb as Rookie With Yankees”
  • Next page: “Leo, Given Sympathy of His Players, Makes Farewell Talk to Great Bunch — Suspension of Pilot Comes as Stunning Surprise to Members of Team”
  • Willard Mullin cartoon “Down at the Heel” features Joe DiMaggio
  • “Bobo Newsom Blasts Inflated Salaries of Stars — Says Greenberg Will Get 110 Grand–But No Guy Is Worth That Much”
  • “I’ll Play in Majors or Not at All, Tepsic’s Ultimatum to Dodgers” with photo of Joe Tepsic
  • “Babe Gets Back Into Game to Aid in Promoting Junior Ball — Signed by Ford Company to Help Legion Program” with photos of Babe Ruth
  • Ed Lopat
  • “Bombers Ball-Riding Berra Balks at Walks — Long-Hitting Rookie Swings at Almost Anything to Avoid Pass — Yogi Fits MacPhail’s, Color Pattern for Yankees; Looks Awkward at Bat, But Connects for Distance” with photo of Yogi Berra swinging a bat and with St. Louis buddy Joe Garagiola
  • “Can a Run Be Scored After Third Out? Yes, Says Ump Barlick, and Tells How”
  • Whitey Lockman
  • Johnny Price
  • “Veeck Straightens Snake Snarl; They Egged Me On, Says Price — Commotion on Train Caused by Two Reptiles–Women Screamed, Boudreau Boiled, John Sorrowed”
  • “Sportsman’s Park Receives $200,000 Face-Lifting Job”
  • Necrology: “Joe Page, Mr. Baseball of Dominion, Dies at 79 — Fostered Game in Canada for 60 Years, Saw Every World Series Since ’84”
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 48 pages total.

    1947-04-23 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/04/23 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights beginning with two huge features:

  • It’s not on the cover, but only page 3, but the headline on that page is “Debut ‘Just Another Game’ to Jackie — Negro Star Did His Thinking Night Before; ‘Brooklyn Players Have Been Swell'” with three large pictures of Jackie Robinson. The issue highlighting the moment transcending baseball and making history! One full page of coverage continued onto the next page where it takes up about a quarter-page
  • But The Sporting News had been planning on this being a special issue anyway, dedicated to the man on the front cover, Babe Ruth! On the cover is a cartoon titled “Marvel of the Multitudes and Still the Champ!” by Amadee, and the small article “Ruth Ceremonies Will Be Broadcast at All Major and Big Minor Parks” but the real special part of the issue is advertised at the top banner– “Eight-page illustrated Life Story of Babe Ruth” which is inside towards the middle of the issue. Basically Ruth’s whole life and career are covered on these 8-pages, 3 full pages of which contain nothing but photos! The ultimate Babe Ruth tribute coming from 1947!

    • The rest of the issue obviously pales in comparison, but here are the highlights:

  • Headline on the front cover: “MacPhail Gesture for Lip May Backfire — Yank Boss Sparks Ire of Chandler — Commissioner to Stand Pat on Penalty; Doesn’t Like Action by Larry”

  • Burt Shotten “Chosen to Pilot Dodgers After McCarthy Turns Job Down”
  • “Leo Keeps Lip Buttoned on Return to Hollywood — Gives ‘No Comment’ Answers to Reporters; Wife Calls Suspension ‘Terribly Unfair’
  • “Hal Chase Replays His Costliest Error — Gravely Ill, Ex-First Base Marvel Regrets Failure to Reveal 1919 Series Fix — Admits He Knew Plot in Advance”
  • George McQuinn
  • “A Word to the Wise” cartoon by Willard Mullin featuring Clint Hartung, Mel Ott and the Chinese Homerun
  • “Dizzy Stirs St. Louis Fan Banquet by ‘Penny Pincher’ Rap at Breadon — Me and Paul Got Only $10,500 for Winning Cards Flag in ’34” with photo of Dizzy Dean
  • Point/Counterpoint Style Article: “Was Durocher Penalty Justified? Spink Says ‘Yes’ and Corum ‘No'”
  • “Boston’s Even Hoping for an All-Hub Series — Fans, Already Sure of Sox, Favorably Impressed by Look at Braves”
  • “Pictorial Highlights of Major League Lidlifters” begins at the top left with an image from Brooklyn of Jackie Robinson swinging
  • Louisville Slugger ad on the inside back cover dedicated to Babe Ruth with huge illustration of the Bambino
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.

    1947-04-30 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/04/30 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Don’t Fence Him In” featuring Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Headline is “MacPhail Facing Showdown With Chandler — Yank Head Gets Call on Carpet — Summons Follows Interview Criticizing Suspension Handed Durocher
  • Mel Ott “Gets Hot When They Tag Giants for Cellar — Mel Loses Mellow Mood as Polo Grounders Plunge”
  • “Blackwell’s Buzzball Backs Up Batters — Cincy’s Slim Sidearmer Shows Sizzling Speed” with photos of Ewell Blackwell
  • “DiMag Props Yank Stock With Hefty Bat on Return — Joe’s Early Comeback Tonic to Bombers; Reynolds, Bevens Impressive” with photo of Joe DiMaggio
  • Babe Ruth “to Aid Legion Junior Ball to the Very Limit of My Health — Training Rules Laid Down by Medicos to Govern Bambino’s Activities”
  • Mr. Shortstop Likes That ‘Slug’ Moniker Too” with photos of Marty Marion
  • Pat Mullin
  • “Dodgers Seem Different–It’s Uncle Burt as Boss — Soft-Spoken New Pilot Represents Direct Contrast to Lip” about Burt Shotton
  • “Rickey Keeps Door Open for Durocher in ’48 — Shotton Is One-Year Fill-In as Dodger Leader”
  • “Bing Reigns in Pittsburgh for Sunny Opening Day — Crosby Captivates Corsair Coterie, Appears At Luncheon, Ball Game and C. of C. Banquet” with photos of Bing Crosby
  • “Milan Pins Marksman Medal on Rifle-Armed Dom DiMaggio”
  • “Bob Feller Blazes Away at Barnstorming Critics — Cleveland Ace’s Ninth One-Hit Feat Refutes Forecasts He Ruined Arm on Last Fall’s Exhibition Tour”
  • “Where Are Members of All-Time No. 1 Team Today? — Father Time Riddles Ranks of Great ’27 Yanks” — A Look back at the 1927 Yankees
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Bob Hope on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.

    1947-05-07 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/05/07 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Al Pappas is “Eliza Dyer Hears the Hounds”
  • Headline is “Happy, Larry Speechless After 6-1/2 Hour Gabfest — Showdown Ends With Both Silent — Statement on Long Confab May Never Be Issued, Says Chandler Aide”
  • “That Old Yank Magic in an ‘NY’ Blouse — Bomber Suit Turns Many Players Into Stars –Shirt Does Something to McQuinn” with photos of Frank Shea, Don Johnson, Bob Brown, George McQuinn and Allie Reynolds
  • “Nations Fans Join With Game in Stirring Tribute to Babe Ruth — 58,339 Cheer Homer King in Yank Stadium Ceremony” with photos of Babe Ruth, plus sidebar article “Babe’s Shoulders Squared By Thunderous Reception”
  • “Jackie Just Another Player to Us–With No Favors, Says Chapman — ‘He Must Learn to Take It, Like All Others, Declares Phillies Manager” with photo of Jackie Robinson
  • Johnny Mize “Tagged as Slow Starter, Rushing Output of Homers”
  • “Dodgers Up to Old Tricks In Their Own Back Yard — Despite Shaky Hurling, Bums Start as Fast for Shotton as They Did for Lip”
  • “Modest Lyons Shuns ‘Miracle’ Tag–He’ll Settle for First Division Spot” with large photo of Ted Lyons
  • Schoolboy Rowe
  • Sid Hudson
  • “If This Won’t Give You Ulcers I Don’t Know What Will — Broadcaster Dean Roots Brownies to Victory” with photo of Dizzy Dean
  • Photo of Bob Feller captioned “Feller Warming Up in Dugout” shows Feller sitting in his new electrically heated jacket
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Bobby Riggs on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 36 pages total.

    1947-05-14 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/05/14 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Al Pappas is “Around It Goes and Where It Will Stop Nobody Knows”
  • Headline is “Veeck Backs Homer Fence As Break for Fans — Spectators Like Action and Power — Playing Area at Cleveland Park Was Too Large, Says Tribe Boss”
  • Also on the cover “Babe Ruth Establishes Foundation to Aid Underprivileged Children”
  • “’47 Ball Livelier? Poll Reveals No Large Majority for Either Arguement; Musial, Walker Say ‘Yes’; Miller, Chapman Say ‘No'”
  • “National’s Pitchers Tough, Too–Hank — Greenberg Compares Hurling in Two Majors — Haven’t Seen Anybody as Good as Bob Feller” with photo of Hank Greenberg
  • “Feller Corporation Just for Sidelines, Says Bob — Guards His Family Against Liability Clains; Isn’t Tax-Saving Device” with photo of Bob Feller
  • “Bat-Overseer Hornsby Sees Brighter Days for Seerey”
  • “Feller’s ERA Mark Jumps from .26 to 1.25 in Inning”
  • “Rickey Solves Squad-Cutting Worry by Jackpot Deal That Nets $200,000 — Sends Higbe, Four Others to Bucs for Gionfriddo and Load of Cash”
  • “Cartoon Spurred Pirate Head to Close Big Deal — Didn’t Like Tag of ‘Old Clothes Man’ in Sketch — Doggoned Drawing, Shown in The Sporting News Stirred McKinney”
  • “It’s Schoolmaster Rowe and Clutch Leonard Now — Pair of Old-Timers Pacing Phillies’ Mound Staff” with small pics of Schoolboy Rowe and Dutch Leonard
  • Johnny Jorgensen
  • “Lippy Defies Chandler to Prove He Strayed Off Line Drawn at Lecture — Commissioner Was Very Friendly at December Meeting, Asserts Durocher, Visiting Brooklyn With Bride; Wants to Return as Dodger Manager”
  • “Limping Yanks Lag With DiMag, But Kid McQuinn Keeps on Toes — Joe Expected to Start Jolting With Hot Weather; Heel Still Bothers Him”
  • “Red Sox Discover New Third Sacker in Pesky”
  • Photo captioned “Sisler Back on First in Coaching Role” shows George Sisler surrounded by Brooklyn Dodgers players including Jackie Robinson
  • “New Worry for Tigers–Newhouser’s Longest Loss String in 4 Years”
  • Necrology: “Kitty Bransfield Dies at 72; Starred With Bucs in 1901-03”
  • Chesterfield ad featuring Charles Boyer on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.

    1947-05-21 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/05/21 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Don’t Let It Slow You Down, John” featuring Johnny Mize
  • Headline is “Game Challenged by Television’s Growth — Fans Flock to Taverns With Sets — Sponsorship Rights Likely to Become Even More Valuable Than Radio”
  • Jackie Robinson “Stir Recalls Earlier ‘Strikes’ — Tigers’ Flareup Over Cobb’s Suspension in ’12 Only Incident of Kind in Majors — Walkout by Ty’s Mates in A’s Park — Movement Against Jackie Started on Dodgers as Far Back as ’46” with photos of Ty Cobb, Hughie Jennings, Ban Johnson, and Connie Mack.
  • “Games Officials Silent on Robinson Incident” headlines a page with three articles: “Views of Sport” by Stanley Woodward” as originally appeared in the New York Herald-Tribune May 9 “General Strike Conceived” and May 10 “Essentially Right and Factual”; “Jackie Will Get Equal Chance, Rest Up to Him — Game Open to All, Declares Chandler, Refusing to Discuss ‘Strike'”; plus two short sidebars on the same page: “Good Conduct by Negro Fans Urged” and “N.L. Firmly Behind Robinson–Frick”
  • “Bruins Pennant Chances Largely Up to Bill’s Bludgeon — Big Nick Gets Jump on Two-Year Slump” with large Amadee cartoon of Bill Nicholson
  • “Yankees to Get Strategy Lessons from Dressen — Suspension Over, Coach Will Stress Hit-and-Run, Stealing and Other Offensive Tactics Designed to Make Up for Failure to Show Old-Style Home-Run Attack”
  • Organized Baseball “Opens Door to Cuba and Venezuela — Route Also Pointed Out to Pasquels”
  • Roger Cramer
  • “Indians Keep Comedians Under Wraps — Boudreau’s Idea Is to Win Games, Celebrate Later; Veeck Lining Up Minor League Dates for Zanies” with photos of Max Patkin and Johnny Price
  • Johnny Pesky
  • Tom Tatum
  • “Sale of Schultz Shows Dodger Faith in Jackie — Rickey Nets $10,000 Profit on Tall First Baseman; Tatum Goes to Reds”
  • “They Say Hal Newhouser is Losing Because He Misses Paul Richards”
  • Mel Ott Benches Clint Hartung
  • “Browns Settle Quietly Into Cellar, But Cards Keep Whistling in Dark”
  • Joe Gordon “Supplies Punch Indians Sought When Angling for Spence — Flash Combines With Black to Give Team Something Extra It Required”
  • Earl Torgeson “And Bob Elliott Staging Torrid RBI Duel”
  • “Ferris Fain, Scion of Derby Jockey, Rides Horsehide for Mack as Rookie”
  • “Philly Rings Liberty Bell–A’s Break Out of Cellar” with small headshot of Eddie Joost
  • “Cubs Flash Flag Class Without Headline Stars”
  • Charley Trippi
  • Roy Campanella “Cuts Die From Robinson Mold — Royals’ Negro Catcher Hopes to Follow Jackie in Majors; Dressen Discovery” with photo of Roy Campanella
  • No article, but Jimmie Foxx photo captioned “Double X Hangs Up Spikes” noting that Foxx has retired from Organized Baseball
  • “Spalding Sports Show” ad from Spalding features Red Grange cartoon
  • Chesterfield ad featuring U.S. National Open Champion Lloyd Mangrum on the back cover
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 40 pages total.

    1939-06-22 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1939/06/22 —

  • Headline over the masthead: A Century of Baseball, With Pictures and Records, In this Issue, 20 Pages
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Gee-Whiskers! The Thirty-Niners! How They Might Have Looked, imagines some of 1939’s baseball stars with Old Tyme Mustaches, pictured are: Hank Greenberg – Bill Terry – Ernie Lombardi – Red Ruffing – Gabby Hartnett – Joe McCarthy

    • Other stories:

  • Norwegian Prince Gets Ear and Eyeful at a Minor Game – As Guest of Superior Club, Olav Hears Irate Fans Blast Umpire and Sees Player Banished
  • Dizzy Dean Helps Silence Talk About Hartnett Being Bounced
  • The Earl Puts Solid Stripe on Bengels about Earl Averill
  • ‘We Wuz Robbed,’ Wail Set Up by Tribe Fans on Averill Deal
  • Red Evans, Who Dropped Three games on Three Piches on “Daffy Dodger Luck,” Once Hurled for Insane Asylum, with large cartoon of Evans by Willard Mullin
  • Pepper Martin Rallies Card Fan Interest – 12,538 Pay Tribute to Colourful Veteran on ‘His Day’
  • Cooperstown Cavalcade Marked by Greatest Galaxy of Past and Present Diamond Stars Ever Assembled, with three photos including the classic one of inductees Honus Wagner, Grover Alexander, Tris Speaker, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Connie Mack, Cy Young, with note that Ty Cobb arrived late. Sidebar article “Happy Days for Cobb.” Fred Lieb article Exhibition, Staged on Historic Doubleday Field, Showed Evolution of Game from Town Ball to Modern-Day Sport; Hall of Fame Members Provided Biggest Thrill for 10,000 Onlookers
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, box scores, detailed minor league coverage and more
  • Headline: ALL U.S. CELEBRATES CENTURY OF PROGRESS IN GAME – with cover photos of Gen. Abner Doubleday, the 1888 New York Giants with manager Jim Mutrie, the famed Baltimore Orioles of 1894 with manager Ned Hanlon, illustrations of Uniform Styles of 1870 and the Championship Match of Elysian Fields, Hoboken, NJ, 1866
  • Their Achievements Immortalized in Bronze in Game’s Hall of Fame – shows 19 plaques of the first Hall of Famers, plus article Great Players, Great Officials, Great Teams Dot Game’s History
  • Centennial Observance Centers in Game’s Birthplace – Shrine, Feature Events Draw Pilgrimages to Cooperstown, plus photos under headline “Preserving Memories of the Deeds of Diamond Greats
  • Illustration and photo of the Co-Originators of the Curve Ball: Arthur Candy Cummings and Fred E. Goldsmith
  • Article with team drawing: Red Stockings of 1869, First Paid Team, Only Pro Club Ever Undefeated in Season
  • Louisville Slugger Bats Used by Players for Over 50 Years
  • Keeping Step With the Growth of the Game about The Sporting News itself
  • Deacon White, Oldest Living Player, at 92, Recalls Highlights of Historic Career That Started in 1868

    • 1939-07-13 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1939/07/13 —

  • Headline over the masthead: Majors’ All-Star Game, Page 5 — Minors’ Day at Cooperstown, Page 2
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Typographical Terrors to be Found on Major Scorecards – Pictured are Joe Krakauskas – Stanley Bordagaray – Alex Kampouris – Angelo Giuliani – Louis Chiozza – Roberto Estalella – Dario Lodigiani

    • Other stories

  • Reds Grow Hotter as Sun Bears Down
  • Haney Turns Heat on Jaded Browns – Mills Fined $50 and Trotter $25 for Careless Hill Work
  • Red Sox Smashing of Yankees for Seven Wins in Eight Tilts Hops Up Interest in A.L. Race – Boston’s Inspired Outfit Wallops Champs Five Times in Row at Peak of Spurt, Cutting Lead to 6-1/2 Games
  • Minors Pay Homage to Pioneers of Game – Library and Tablet Presented in Ceremonies at Cooperstown
  • Tribe Meal Ticket Role to Bob Feller – Crowds He Attracts Will Help Keep Up Pay of Mates
  • Dark and Handsome Johnny Berardino Started in Films at Six — But With Eye on Lazzeri, Brown Rookie Landed on Diamond, with two large photos
  • 3 Photos of Site of All-Star Contest, New York Yankee Stadium with article “Victory Gives American League Five-to-Two Edge Over National in “Dream Game” Competition — Feller Puts Down Threatened Uprising and Steals Pitching Show; Homer for DiMaggio Highlights Attack; Crowd of 62,892 is Second Largest,” article by Fred Lieb, with box score
  • Yank Let-Down Due to Emotionalism — That’s McCarthy’s Word for It; Gehrig Day the Cause” — This issue is dated July 13, Lou Gehrig Day where Gehrig gave his famed “Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth” speech was that July 4, 11 days prior to publication date. Article is one full column in length, no photos
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, box scores, detailed minor league coverage and more
  • Great ad for Chesterfields fills the top half of the back cover and features Johnny Vander Meer in mid-delivery

    • 14 pages total.

    1939-08-17 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1939/08/17 —

  • Headline over the masthead: Ted Williams, Driving Pitchers Crazy, Proves He’s No Screwball at Bat
  • Main headline: Pitching Shortage Throws Scare into Cincinnati Camp with story beginning underneath Deacon Bill Must Uncover One More Winning Chucker
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Knight of the Garter Dykes — Keeps His White Sox Up and Does His Own ‘Darning” with photos of Jimmie Dykes

    • Other stories

  • Red Sox Followers Reflect on “Ifs” of Pitching Staff
  • “I’m No Sour Puss”–Gabby referring to Gabby Hartnett
  • ‘Curb-Yankees’ Movement Dies Down, But Barrow’s Resentment Flares Higher
  • Lazzeri Slated to Stay, With Added Authority refers to Tony Lazzeri and the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Tony Freitas Bags Some Pheasants and a Row of Goose Eggs
  • Cardinals Put Fans in a Pennant Mood – 40,807 Turnout in St. Louis Sees Birds Whip Reds Twice
  • Ted Williams — Red Sox Kid Socker, Miscast in Screwball Role, On Way to Driving Man American League Hurlers Crazy — Ted Not Problem Player, Says Cronin, Who Terms Acts ‘Aggressive Efforts’, article by Jack Maloney with large Ted Williams cartoon by Willard Mullin (shown below)
  • Connie Mack Outbids Rich Rivals for Pitcher – Lands Besse, Memphis Southpaw, in Cash and Player Deal
  • Nats ‘$100 Infield’ Looks Like Million – Griff’s Boys Sparkplug His Club in Season’s Best Spurt
  • Kid Keystone Combine Keynoting K.C. in Direction of A.A. Double-Play Mark – Article by Parke Carroll with photos of minor leaguers Gerald Priddy and PHIL RIZZUTO
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, several box scores and game summaries, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 14 pages total.

    1939-10-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1939/10/19 —

  • Headline over the masthead: First All-Star Team Puzzle Installment — Story of Babe Dahlgren
  • Main Headline under the masthead: Don Barnes Tames Directors, Takes Steps to Control Browns – Increases Holdings of Shares in Club; One Director Quits
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: These Yanks Are Coming As Rainy Day Replacements on Stadium Front Line – Shown are, left to right, George Washburn – Marvin Breuer – Kenneth Sears – Hank Borowy – Gerald Priddy

    • Other stories

  • Article under Yankee photos: No Charlie Kellers in Sight, But Over-Supply of Talent Is Barrow’s Chief Worry — Places Must Be Found in ’41 for Priddy and Rizzuto, Prize Keystone Pair; No Outstanding Stars for First Base or Hill; Some of Surplus May Go on Market
  • Reds Put Out Trade Feelers With bees — West, Turner, Lopez, Errickson Mentioned in Early Talks
  • Frank Frisch Not to Swap ‘To Get New Faces’ – Believes He Can ‘Do Something’ With Bucs as They Stand
  • Connie Mack Gives Fancy Chicks for Besse – Joyce, Page and Barna Included in Deal for Memphis Hurler
  • Nat ‘Boy Wonder’ Set for 17th Year — Only Connie Mack Outranks Bucky Harris in Service as Manager
  • Babe Dahlgren – Stepchild Among Major First Basemen, Learned Fielding Skill as Toddler from His Stepfather – Found Way to Regular Job Blocked First by Foxx, Then by Gehrig – with 3 photos of Babe Dahlgren
  • Yanks Now Concern A.L. AS Much as N.L. – Failure to Draw Million Hints Fans Are Tiring of Winner
  • Ted Williams and Charlie Keller Rated the No. 1 Stars of ’39 Freshman Team – Article with photos of rookies Williams, Keller, Jim Tabor, Atley Donald, Gene Thompson, Eddie Miller, Pete Coscarart, Barney mcCosky, Mort Cooper, Glen Russell, Mike Tresh
  • Article with box score – First No-Hitter at 60 Feet Six Inches, tossed by William Hawke of the Baltimore Orioles, August 16, 1893
  • Necrology: Obituary of Dick Kinsella
  • Scribes Name Bucky Walters as Most Valuable in N.L. with two photos
  • 50 years in the Press Box, article about oldest member of the BBWA James C. “Uncle Jim” O’Leary of Boston
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 12 pages total.

    1939-10-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1939/10/26 —

  • Headline over the masthead: Most Valuable A.L. Player, Page 9 — Rise of Luke Hamlin, Page 3
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Little Big Numbers And Lively Too These Miniatures of Majors, shorter ballplayers, pictured are: Paul Waner and Lloyd Waner – Frank Pytlak – Lynn Myers – Harold Warstler – Tony Cuccinello – Leo Durocher – Mike Kreevich – Roy Weatherly – Stan Bordagaray – Emmett Mueller

    • Other stories

  • Hank Greenberg Trading Up to Greenbacks – Briggs Doesn’t Care for Another Pay Dispute With Slugger
  • Dodgers Duck Out on Terms on Ducky Medwick – MacPhail Calls Talent Demanded for Medwick Out of Reach
  • Gabby Hartnett Rips Out Old Girders Starting His Building Program – Russell and Whitehill, Ex-American Leaguers, Who Made Cracks About ‘More N.L. Stuff’ in City Series, First to Go; Gabby’s Status With Cubs Still in Doubt Though
  • Connie Mack Welds First Link in New Chain System -Gets Wilmington Franchise in Expanding Interstate Loop
  • First Base Reports Off Base, Says N.Y. – Barrow Insists Yankees Have No Design on George McQuinn
  • Luke Hamlin, Once Forgotten Man of Majors, Says His Biggest Break in Game Was Fractured Arm, feature story with two large photos of Luke Hamlin
  • Griffith Would Eat Cake, Have it Too – Admits Planning Deals, Yet Says He’ll Not Give Up Anybody
  • Al Schact , Who Spread 50,000 Miles of Smiles in ’39, Mingled Groans With Grins in Minor League Marathon, feature article with large Al Schacht cartoon
  • Joe DiMaggio Captures Most Valuable Award in American – Yankee Outfielder Gains Honor After Missing 32 Games, with nice photo of DiMaggio in suit gripping bat
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 10 pages total.

    1939-11-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1939/11/09 —

  • Headline over the masthead: Ray Blades’ Record as Juggler of Cardinal Pitchers–Complete on Page 5
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Up the Ladder With the Long Boys of the Big Tent, which shows tall players, left to right: Hank Greenberg – Clifford Melton (top) – Frank McCormick (bottom) – Schoolboy Rowe – Paul Derringer (bottom) – Walter Brown – Alton Benton

    • Other stories

  • Developments in Giant Picture Indicate Bill Terry Losing Grip – Stoneham Continues to Direct Policies
  • Breadon Comes Out for a Six-Day Week – Wants Majors to Adopt Pet Idea at Winter Confab
  • Hollywood Goes High in Obtaining Sweeney
  • ‘Who, Me?’ Says Art Fletcher, Yanks’ Brainy Coach, Putting ‘Blame’ on Players for Stealing Runs on Reds, with two large photos of Art Fletcher
  • Bees to Bestir Box Staff With Youth: Rookie Hurlers Expected to Put New Life in Vets in Spring — Status of Turner, Lanning, Frankhouse in Doubt; Collins Pegs Ted Williams as Future ‘Most Valuable’
  • Reds Not Yet Right in Left Field Zone – Odds Against Vince DiMaggio Solving Garden Problem
  • Feature article on Ray Blades (as mentioned in headline) with large cartoon by Willard Mullin
  • Dom DiMaggio Voted Most Valuable on Coast – Beats Out Dom Dallessandro, Who Bested Seal for Bat Title, with photo
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 10 pages total.

    1940-01-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1940/01/04 —

  • Headline over the masthead: Highlights of 1939 Arranged in Chronological Order — Pages 6 and 8
  • Headline Over Photos on Front Cover: Young Redbirds on the Rise Hoping to Reach Major Roost – Pictured are: John (Red) Davis – Hooper Triplett – Bob Schmidt – Dick Sisler – Matthew Surkont – Max Marshall – Walker Cooper – Eddie Murphy – Floyd Beal – John Grodzicki – Robert Doyle, with article beginning underneath: Branch Rickey Nears Goal of Making Farm System Self-Sufficient for Cardinals and Affiliates by Dick Farrington

    • Other stories

  • Paring of Sox Adds Infield Newcomer – Kolloway Obtained by Pale Hose for Rensa and Landrum
  • Billy Webb, Who Kept Traffic Moving at Third, Moves Into Front Office to Direct Chisox Farms
  • Fans Share Pay-Off From Cincy Lights – Attendance Rise Brings Better Advance-Sale Arrangement
  • Feature article on New York Yankees World Series Hero and former 1937 Newark Bear, Charlie Keller by Charles Segar with 4 photos of King Kong Keller
  • Diz’ Name Bobs Up in Cards’ Dividend – Part of Dean Sale Price Believed Tossed Into $101,520 Pool
  • Control-Plus Courage-Secret of Successful Mound Vets with photos of Paul Derringer – Sylvester Johnson – Lefty Grove – Charlie Root – Ted Lyons – Red Ruffing
  • Ol’ Casey (Casey Stengel) Pledges Emphasis on Youth, article looks at Boston Braves
  • Centennial Year Gives Game Greatest Season in History — With very large cartoon by Willard Mullin featuring some of the highlights of 1939 including a large image of Lou Gehrig who ended his consecutive games streak that year
  • Plus many other articles not mentioned, detailed minor league coverage and more

    • 10 pages total.

    1946-10-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1946/10/09 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Shooting the Chutes” by Willard Mullin featuring “Gus Fan” and the 1946 Season
  • Headline on front cover is “Who Is Majors’ No. 1 Manager for ’46? – Hot Debate Over Claims for Cronin, Dyer and Lip” by J.G. Taylor Spink
  • “Most Unusual Series Game Recalled — Grand Slam, Unaided Triple Play in 1920 Tilt” with photos of each Elmer Smith and Bill Wambsganss
  • Frank Frisch “Anecdotes Revived by Departure from Pirates — Majors Will Miss Fun-Loving Frankie”
  • A page filled with photos: “Frisch Follies” following Frankie Frisch’s career
  • “Like Father, Like Son … Jim Bagby, Jr. in Series”
  • “Cards Hold Mastery Over Dodgers to End” with box scores of the two playoff games the Cards needed to get past the Dodgers for the pennant
  • “Ticket Tornado Tosses Many Scalpers for Loss – Speculators’ Prices for St. Louis Playoff Game Drop Rapidly After Initial Rush for Pasteboards”
  • Over a full-page feature by J.G. Taylor Spink: RUBE WADDELL – “Madcap Mound Marvel – Rose to Fame Under Mack’s Kindly Hand”
  • Bob Feller – “Feller Beats Newhouser, Waddell’s Strikeout Record, All in the Same Day — ‘Whiff Records Fine, But Never Again,’ Vows Weary Indian After Reaching 348”
  • “Statisticians Still Fanning Figures Over Bobby Feller’s Whiff Mark – Experts Place Waddell Total Between 347 and 352; Evidence Supports 349”
  • “Cardinals Battling for Their Sixth World’s Title – Birds Have Lost Three Big Series”
  • Team photo with headline Red Sox Wrecking Crew Who Rolled Over Rivals in A.L. Race
  • “Bosox Defend All-Victory Record in Series Play — Topped Five Flags with W.S. Wins – 1946 Pennant Winner First in 28 Years” with photos of Jimmy Collins, Jake Stahl, Bill Carrigan and Ed Barrow (the managers of the Boston Champions) – The following page includes photos of Bill Dinneen, Joe Wood, Duffy Lewis, Larry Gardner, and Babe Ruth
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more!
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features images of Ted Williams

    • 40 pages total.

    1946-10-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1946/10/16 —

  • The cover of this issue features photos rather than the usual cartoon. Featured are Yankee GM Larry MacPhail with Joe Gordon – Joe DiMaggio – Aaron Robinson – John Lindell
  • Headline on front cover is “Buyers Bid for Breadon’s Battling Birds – St. Louis, Coast Groups in Tug-of-War for Club — Captialist Steinberg Would Keep Team in Mound City; Motion Picture Magnate Mayer Wants to Move National League Franchise to Los Angeles”
  • “Boos Gave Break to Rudy and Red Sox – Detroit Fans Rode York to Hub and Stardom” with four decent sized photos of Rudy York

  • The 1946 World Series, Swing by Swing” begins 8 pages of coverage of the first 6 games of the 1946 World Series where the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox — game 7 was to take place Oct. 15, this issue is dated Oct. 16, so it apparently just missed deadline. Each game garners a full-page or more of coverage including box scores. One of the 8 pages is simply filled with photos. Also cartoons and photos throughout the coverage
  • “Red Sox and Ted Join in Spiking Mass Rumors of ‘Williams Shift’ – ‘Not for Sale,’ Declares Cronin; ‘Want to Stay,’ Asserts Slugger” focusing on the Ted Williams trade rumors
  • Yankees Cold-Shoulder DiMaggio-Williams Swap” is a little over a column of text about a proposed deal that would have sent Joe DiMaggio to the Red Sox in exchange for Ted Williams coming over to the Yankees – Article subtitled as follows: “MacPhail’s Lack of Interest Laid to Reported Belief He Regards Ted as Problem Child; Larry in Tough Spot in Selection of New Manager”
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; extensive minor league coverage including their post-season
  • Chesterfield ad on back cover features three images of Stan Musial

    • 28 pages total.

    1946-10-23 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1946/10/23 —

  • Cover cartoon is “The Busher Who Won a World’s Championship” by Nelson features Sam Breadon and Eddie Dyer
  • Headline on front cover is “Low Series Shares to Bring Scale Demand – Small Parks Rob Players of Barnstorming Takes”
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Joe Gariagiola this issue
  • “Cards Champs Sixth Time Because of Old Fight – Breadon’s Club Never in Lead Till Last Day”
  • Harry Brecheen feature articles with cartoon of “The Cat” by Amadee
  • “THE 1946 WORLD SERIES RUN BY RUN” with box scores of all 7 games as the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox
  • MORE WORLD SERIES COVERAGE – Including team photo of the Champion Cardinals, Composite Box Scores, a brief article on the 15 records set and 20 tied this series, gate receipts
  • CARD BY CARD – Winning Deck, from Top to Bottom by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on members of the Cardinals, on the facing page is a full-page of photos captioned “Behind the Scenes Operating World Champions”
  • Babe Ruth “Led Bell-Ringers in Big Series – Babe’s .625 in 1928 Far Ahead of All Others – 40 Players Batter .400 or Better in Fall Classic”
  • Feature article about Lefty O’Doul with 3 photos and career statistics
  • MY GREATEST DIAMOND THRILL by Eddie Dyer, Manager, St. Louis Cardinals
  • Dolf Luque “Warms Up Old Giant Gems at ‘El Pitcher’ – Dolf Entertains U.S. Diamond Tourists at Cuban Home, Recalls Hill Feats

    • 28 pages total.

    1947-01-01 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/01/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Amadee features “No. 1 Men of 1946” with Stan Musial front and center, Cardinals’ Manager Eddie Dyer left of him and Red Sox Exec. Tom Yawkey at his right. Beneath them are Clay Hopper, minor league manager at Montreal, minor league player Sibby Sisti of Indianapolis, and Minor League Exec. Earl Mann of Atlanta. Accompanying article beginning on page 1 is titled “Top Officials and Players Get Citations”
  • “Game Sets Sights on Another Golden Year in ’47” is the headline on page 2
  • “Mr. San Francisco Speaks His Piece — O’Doul Claims Coast Deserves Major Status”
  • “New Crowd, Playing Records Featured ’46 Season — National League Pennant Playoff Highlights Year” recaps the entire ’46 season with a page of photos facing the article
  • “Chronology of 1946 — History of Record Year” gives a month by month recap of ’46 with a page of cartoons facing the article
  • “Happy Holidays at the Musial Home” is the title on a 6″ X 7″ photo of Stan Musial with his wife and two kids
  • Billy Southworth
  • Rumors of Pete Reiser being swapped to the Cardinals
  • Eddie Miller “Thinking About Quitting Reds”
  • “Better Team Won, Statistics Convince Dodger Doubters”
  • “Signing Tiger Big Guns First Job Facing Evans — Restoration of Farm Chain Next on New General Manger’s Calendar” with small pic of Tiger GM Billy Evans
  • “Lou’s All-Star Snub Rebuked in AL Figures — For Seventh Straight Year, Cleveland Pilot Was No. 1 Defensive Shortstop” with small pic of Lou Boudreau
  • “Greenberg Wants $10,000 Pay Boost to $75,000 If He Plays in ’47 — Hank Hints He’d Like to End Career as Yankee” with photo of Hank Greenberg holding Yankees’ jersey
  • “Chandler Called Lip About ’44 Dice Story” with small pics of AB Happy Chandler and Leo Durocher
  • “Musial in Wide Sweep as NL Batting Monarch” includes complete 1946 NL Batting Records with photos of Stan Musial, Pete Reiser, and Ralph Kiner
  • “Mound Figures Bolster Slender Pollet’s Budget” includes complete 1946 NL Pitching Records with photos of Howard Pollet, Murry Dickson, John Sain, and Johnny Schmitz
  • “Musial on Four Winners in First Four Years” with photo of Stan’s eyes
  • “Near Perfect Mark Set by McCormick at First” with complete 1946 NL Fielding Statistics and photos of Frank McCormick, Red Schoendienst, Buddy Kerr and others
  • A page of both AL & NL Slugging Pct. Leaders
  • “Shift of Giants to Coast Seen as Luck Omen — Club of ’33, Which Trained in West, Vaulted from Sixth to First Place”
  • “Figures Must Lie” cartoon by Willard Mullin regards the Red Sox
  • “Cuban Scribes Rap Chandler’s Gonzalez Ban — Suspension Called Unjust; National Homage for Mike Proposed” about Mike Gonzalez
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.

    1947-01-08 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/01/08 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin “Join a Ball Club and See the World”
  • Headline is “Deep Pay Cuts Facing Some Prewar Stars — Free Hand for Slashes Until 1948 — 25 Pct. Slice Limit Doesn’t Apply This Season; Clubs to Set Houses in Order”
  • “Clubs Thaw Out Plans for Early Training Start — First Squads Assemble on February 16”
  • “Sky’s Limit on Team Air Travel in ’47 — Rush to Planes Will Start in Spring Training” with a photo of the Yankees landing in Panama last spring. Article below titled “Yanks Again to Set Pace; Other Clubs Plan Flights”
  • “Don’t Sell Those Little Fellows Short — Diminutive Tommy Leach Cites Long List of Stubby Stars to Hit Big Leagues” with photo across the top featuring Miller Huggins, Sparky Adams, Willie Keeler, Rabbit Maranville, Chuck Dressen, Hack Wilson, and Leach himself
  • “How Scribes View Special Defense Against Red Sox Slugger — Barring of Williams Shift Opposed by Experts” with articles “Poll Backs Strategy as Legitimate — Suggestions for Outlawing Maneuver Ridiculed by Big League Writers” and “Nap Lajoie Hit to Left–and How! He Nearly Wrecked Infielders”
  • Claude Passeau
  • Clint Hartung
  • Bob Feller “Aims at Ruth Pay Record for ’47”
  • “Stardom for Rookie Robinson at 32 — Yankee Catcher Served for Years in Minors and Coast Guard” with photo of Aaron Robinson
  • “Second-Edition Musial Set to Flash — Younger Brother Ed Looks and Bats Like Stan, But for Cubs” with photo of Ed Musial
  • “Better DiMaggio in ’47, Joe’s Promise to Yanks — Contract Calling for Same Page Encourages Slugger to Regain Stride” with photo of DiMaggio
  • Tommy Holmes and his low strikeout rate
  • “Still a Great Player, said W.C. Fields After Sisler Declined to Drink with Him”
  • “Famous Families of the Game–The THREE HIGHS — Brothers Graduated from St. Louis Sandlots and Semi-Pro Ball to Big Time” with feature article and photos of each Hugh High, Andy High and Charley High
  • Nearly a full page Point/Counterpoint style article with cartoon of Jackie Robinson by Amadee in the center of the page — “Robinson Not Ready for Majors’ — Montreal Negro Star Lacks Physical Equipment to Reach Big Time Stardom” by Cy Kritzer and “Jackie a Cinch if Given a Chance — Accustomed Position is Second Base and He is Best Equipped for Keystone” by Lloyd McGowan
  • Also, on facing page, “Robinson Second Negro to Win Int. League Title” is a brief article mentioning Jackie Robinson winning the International League Batting Title at .349, along with a list of batting leagers
  • “Torres May Decide to Follow Gonzalez on O.B. Blacklist Due to US-Cuban Row” with cartoon of Gilberto Torres
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.

    1947-01-15 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1947/01/15 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Oversized, appx. 11-3/4″ X 16-1/2″ classic The Sporting News issue printed on newsprint. The image at the left is a cropped out portion of the cover (too large to fit the whole thing on my scanner!) and there are other images below from inside this issue. Classic Sporting News from when it was “The Baseball Paper of the World”!

    There is just too much packed into each issue of The Sporting News to list it all, but I have paged through this entire issue and here are some of the highlights:

  • Cover cartoon by Willard Mullin is “Clear the Runways! The Yankee Clipper Is About to Roar Again” featuring Joe DiMaggio
  • Headline is “Feller to Cop $80,000 Plus as New Pay King — Bonus Pact to Hinge on Tribe Gate — Excellent Chance to Pass Ruth’s Top; Other Stars May Take Bob’s Cue”
  • Pete Reiser’s “Newest Gripe: Dodgers WON’T TALK — Outfielder Has Heard Nothing Since Surgery — Rickey Always Out When He Phoned, Says Speedboy; Arm Feels Stronger”
  • “H.G. Salsinger Says: Hank to Yanks as First Sacker Gives Detroit First Laugh of Year — If Slugger is Too Slow for Gateway on Tigers, Is He Fast Enough for Same Spot on Bombers?”
  • “Many Executives Stem from Branch — Rickey Recalls How He Picked MacPhail, Giles, Trautman, DeWitt and Others” with photos of all men
  • “New Stars Pad Major Catching Corps — Most Run-Down Department in Big Leagues Being Filled Out by Fresh Mitts” with photos of catchers Lester Moss, Aaron Robinson, Joe Garigiola, Jim Hegan, Yogi Berra, and Bruce Edwards
  • Full-page of Babe Ruth coverage, as the Bambino recovers from surgery. “Not Unattended” cartoon by Willard Mullin shows the Babe sitting up in bed, plus articles titled “Nation’s Fans Root for Ruth After Surgery — Babe Plans Trip to Warmer Climate to Recuperate; Artery Ligated”; “Prayers of First Coach Follow Babe in Surgery”; “Water Edged Closer, Ruth Hit Longer”; and the “Graham’s Corner” column by Frank Graham is headed “Take a Good Swing, Babe!”
  • Eddie Miller
  • Del Ennis
  • “World Series Without Public Seat Sale Looms in St. Louis if Cardinals Repeat — Ticket-Book Buyers to Get First Choice”
  • “Tribe Wood-Polisher Woodling to Get Chance as Bucco Belter” with pic of Gene Woodling
  • “Honus, Signing 36th Contract, Eager for First Visit to Floriada” with small pic of Honus Wagner signing his contract as Pirates coach
  • Thornton Lee
  • Johnny Rigney
  • “Jump to Dodgers Put Up to Jackie–And Durocher — Decision on Whether Robinson is Ready Passed to Lip by Rickey” with small pics of Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and Leo Durocher
  • “Durocher Thinks He Can Win by Out-Talking Other Fellow — Giant Killer Calls Lip Smartie Like McGraw” featured article with photos of Harry Coveleskie both as player and “currently” as a bartender
  • Red Smith article about Dizzy Dean — “Dean Undizzy–Just Spirited — Belongs in Hall of Fame But Not on Screwball List”
  • Games Famous Streaks — “Keeler’s 44-Game String of Hits Still High for N.L.” with three photos of Wee Willie Keeler and a day by day record of his hitting streak
  • “DiMag Adds Heel-Repair to Rebuild Job — Joe Expected to Be Ready for Puerto Rican Trip, Feb. 15”
  • “Indian Chief Veeck Now Stalking Nat Mound Pair — Bill Willing to Take COuple of Washington Hurlers If His Bid for Spence Fails” with pics at the top of Indian manager Lou Boudreau and spring training coaches, Bill McKechnie, Al Lopez, and Rogers Hornsby
  • Mel Ott “Glows Over ’47 Sprouts in Giants’ Garden — Skipper, Visiting New York, Visions More Youth and Speed in Outfield”
  • Plus, believe it or not, more!

    • 28 pages total.