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1958-07-23 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1958/07/23 — 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:

  • “Turn-About” cartoon by O’Mealia on the front cover
  • Headline is “5 Million Bonus Tab Shocks Majors” with article “New Splurge Brings Hunt for Solution — The Sporting News’ Survey Confirms Huge Outlay; Phillies Lead in Spending”
  • Also on the cover “Braves Find Their Honeymoon Fading — Turnstile Rate Below Average for Five Years”
  • “Jensen Swings for Homer, RBI Crowns — Second Fiddle to Ted Now Waving Big Baton for Bosox” with Jackie Jensen cartoon
  • “Homer-Hitter Stuart Comes Up Swinging in Bow With Buccos — Rookie First Baseman Puts Klu on Bench; Baker Out for Season with Injury”
  • “Senate Subcommittee Aims Crossfire at Sports Bill: ‘TV Curb Needed to Save Game’ — Frick”
  • Frank Lary “Slips Hypo Into Bengals in Star Role of Bomber-Buster — Frank, Beating Yanks Fifth Time in ’58, Only Fourth in Decade to Turn Trick”
  • Red Schoendienst “Gets New Injury Jolt in Worst Jinx Season”
  • “Playboy Rap for Braves Revived by Filmland Party — Some of Guests Dunked at Soiree Attended by Four Players”
  • “Extra-Inning Legal Tussle Looms Over Dodger Park — O’Malley Remains Optimistic After Judge Nixes City’s Pact With Club as Invalid”
  • “Phils Fast Dash Up NL Ladder Ruined by Bruins — Mayo’s Crew Finding Cubs Their Jinx Club for ’58”
  • “Bosox Sport New Look in Short Switch — Consolo Takes Over Buddin Job After Wolves Get On Don for Frequent Bobbles”
  • Dick Hyde
  • “Cepeda Powers Giants’ Surge, Now Rivals Willie in Spotlight — ‘Frisco Fans Cheer Rookie’s Clutch Homers as Mays Struggles to Halt Slump”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 48 pages total.

    1958-07-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/07/16 — 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:

  • “Helps Self While Helping Others” cartoon of Arnold Johnson by Lou Darvas on the front cover
  • Headline is “A’s Deal With Yankees to Get Youth” with article “‘Few Willing to Trade With Us’ — Johnson — ‘I Give One Big Guy for Two Youngsters,’ He Assertsl Cites Club’s Improvement”
  • Also on the cover: “NL Weighing Expansion to 10 Clubs: New York Bid Prompts Move by Giles Loop — Four Cities Seek Franchise–AL Rejects Griffith’s Transfer Trial Balloon”
  • “Senate Takes Close Look at Game — Anti-Trust Group Questions Stengel and Standout Players” with second article “Stengel Positive in Views–But What Did He Say? Yankees’ Manager Touches All Bases at Hearing; Senators However Have Difficulty Following His Path” wtih two pics of Casey Stengel at the top of the page with quotes including “I’ve been in baseball 48 Years, there must be some good in it” and a pic of Mickey Mantle at the bottom of the page with caption “Mickey’s No Switcher as Witness” and text “‘My Views Are About the Same as Casey” Mickey Mantle testified. It was an answer that brought down the house, with the Senators having difficulty in figuring out Stengel’s views.” Photos on next page show other stars testifying: Robin Roberts, Stan Musial, Eddie Yost and Ted Williams
  • “Pitchers Steal Show in 25th All-Star Classic — Contest Fails to Produce Extra-Base Blow for First Time” with article and box score.
  • “Gehringer’s .500 Mark Tops All-Star Hitters” with long list of All-Star batting leaders from each league filling the page
  • “Cal Does About Face After His Talk of Nat Shift Stirs Up Storm — Senators’ President and His Board of Directors Go on Record as Vowing to Keep AL Club in Capitol”
  • “Struggling Dodgers Given New Blow by Shelving of Koufax — Young Southpaw Sidelined for Two Weeks”
  • “Big Boys Joey and Wes Prove Bracers for Stumbling Braves” with pics of Joey Jay and Wes Covington
  • “Dodgers Gate Tops Million, On Way to New NL Record”
  • “Giants Western Thrillers Beat ’57 NY Club on Draw”
  • “Ted Paces Red Sox in Punching Surge, But Pitching Lags — Williams Joins Jensen, Malzone, Runnels as .300 Sockers; Delock Braces Hill Staff With Successive Wins as Starter”
  • Norm Siebern
  • John McHale “Blueprints .750 Pace for Bengals in Stretch Drive — ‘Our Club Has to Win 89 If Yankees Play at .500,’ Assers General Manager”
  • Billy O’Dell
  • “Gray Eagle Raps ‘Deep’ Flyhawks on Video Show — No Chance to Catch Line Drives, Asserts Speaker, Who Played ‘Em Close”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-07-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/07/09 — 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:

    All-Star Issue — 25th Annual Game

  • All-Star Game cartoon by Hartzell on the front cover
  • Headline is “Owners Made All-Star Game–Harridge” with story “Co-Operated Fully After Trial in ’33 — Changed Schedules for First Classic, Never Balked at Risk of Injury to Talent”
  • “McGraw — All-Time All-Star Pilot” with a image of a diamond having headshots of each of the all-time all stars pictured at their positions: McGraw, Art Fletcher, Chuck Dressen, Christy Mathewson, Carl Hubbell, Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, and Babe Ruth
  • Photos of All-Time All-Stars runners-up on the following page including DiMaggio, Williams, Musial, Cy Young and other Hall of Famers
  • “Host of All-Star Game Sailing’s Gift to O.B. — Baltimore Builder Keelty Was Regular on Chesapeake”
  • “Baltimore Rise Revives Gory, Glory Days — McGraw, Robbie and Jennings Made History for Orioles” with 1895 team photo of classic Baltimore Orioles including Manager Ned Hanlon with Kid Gleason, John McGraw, Willie Keeler, Hughie Jennings, Wilbert Robinson and all of the others. Photo on following page includes Keeler, Jennings, Joe Kelley, and McGraw with Groundskeeper Thomas Murphy
  • “1933 — I Remember — 1958” are memories from the old-timers. Article: “First Game’s Participants Tell Thrills — All Felt Pride in Selection and Privilege of Playing Under Mack and McGraw”
  • “Golden Memories on Diamond Classic’s Silver Jubilee” by Dan Daniel “Whiff Show by Hub in ’34 Rated as No. 1 — Southpaw Struck Out Babe, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons, Cronin as 48,000 Roared” with photo of Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx and Simmons
  • “From Chicago in ’33 to Baltimore in ’58: Quarter-Century of Thrills, Chills and Frills”
  • Joe Gordon “Gambled He’d Get Pilot Offer — Joe Turned Down Red Sox and Tiger Coaching Chances”
  • Jackie Jensen “Grabs RBI and HR Top Spots, Keeps Bosox Afloat”
  • “Cobb, Crawford, Cochrane, Jones and All the Rest: Tiger Stars of Yesteryear Turn Back Clock”
  • Bob Boyd
  • Roy Sievers
  • “All-Star Honors Restore Snap in Aaron’s Big Bat”
  • “Improved Nuxhall Strengthens Cincy Staff for Twin-Bill Jam”
  • “Say-Hey’s Going Stop Talking, Keep Swinging to End Slump — Willie’s ‘Nobody Tells Me’ Quote Riles Rigney, Says ‘Didn’t Mean it That Way'”
  • “All the All-Star Box Scores”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 64 pages total.

    1958-07-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/07/02 — 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:

  • “The Inner Man” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is “Coast Parks Bar Lefties in Homer Race” with story “‘Frisco, LA Fields Favor Right Hitters — Only 17 Four-Basers Belted by Southpaw Sockers in Both Stadiums Thus Far”
  • Also on the cover “Writers to Vote on Plan to Pick Player of the Year”
  • “Cardinals Outlook Rosy for Years — (Bing) Devine”
  • “Red Trader Gable ‘Runs Out All Offers’ — ‘If You’re Thrown Out First Time, You Just Can’t Quit” with large Gabe Paul cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • “Tomahawk Falls in Tepee–Gordon New Medicine Man — Lane Explains He Felt Club Should Be Doing Better in Giving Axe to Bragan” in other words Bobby Bragan fired, Joe Gordon hired in Cleveland
  • “We Seemed Closed to Minor Leaguer for Long While: Rugged 30-Year Trial Took Norman to Top — Arm Injury Blocked Off Big Time Bid” about Bill Norman with cartoon “There’s a New Bite in Bengals”
  • “Players Pick All-Stars on ’58 Marks, Not Reps — Some of Big Names Left Off Top List”
  • “Big Ed Walsh, 77, Former White Sox Star, Gets Day to Remember at Comiskey Park — Ailing Ace of Half Century Ago Brought to Chicago for Salute by His Old Club”
  • Albie Pearson
  • “Yawkey Sees NL Holding Interest in New York by Video — BoSox President Watches Games Often on Return from Stay in Carolina”
  • Willie Mays “Gets 1,000th Hit as Giants Sweat to Regain Bat Touch — Willie Figures He’ll ‘Need 14 Years; to Reach 3,000”
  • “It’s Good Broadway–Horace Now a Native Son — ‘I’m Not Missing New York Much–San Francisco’s the Same Kind of Town”
  • Duke Snider’s “Bat Clicking Like New Along With Repaired Left Knee”
  • “Old-Yank Stopper Crowder Predicts They Will Stay Up Another Decade — Al, Who Won 167, Lost 115 in 11 Years, Says Stadium System Kills Off Rivals”
  • “50 Clubs in Minors Show Gate Increase; Havana Pace Setter”
  • Jack Meyer
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-06-25 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/06/25 — 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:

  • “City of the Angels’ Angel” cartoon by Hubenthal on the front cover
  • Headline is “Ted Urges ‘Better Week-End Shows'” with article “Play Day Ball on Thursday and Fridays — Athletes Can’t Reach Peaks on Saturday and Sunday If Arc Games Sap Energy”
  • Also on the cover is “O’Malley Keeps His Smile While Dodging Dusters — Battle Over Park, Campy’s Injury and Team’s Slump in Long List of Troubles”
  • “46 Players in Major-to-Major Switches — Slaughter Leader of Parade in Junior Loop From National” with pics of Enos Slaughter, Lew Burdette, Murray Dickson, Dick Donovan, Jack Harshman, Rocky Bridges, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Ray Moore
  • “Paul Finally Lands His Big One and Newk Weighs In With Win — Reds’ Persistent Boss Gets Don in Swap at Deadline After Trying Two Years” with photo of Don Newcombe in his new Reds’ uniform
  • “Barber Tries New Comeback Bid as Redbird — Skeptics Often Said ‘So Long, Sal’…But Not for Long” with Sal Maglie cartoon by Bill Gallo
  • “Deal for Tito Adds to Tigers’ Tailoring for Briggs Stadium — Francona Follows Harris, Hazle as Lefty Swingers; Kaline’s Comeback Biggest Story in Bengal Surge”
  • “Johnson Predicting A’s Will Ride High on Wave of Trades — ‘Now Have Lefthanded Hitting We Neded,’ Says Ownerl Deals Also Will Give Kaycee More Versatility in Field”
  • “Shoulder Catch hampers Left Swing, Mantle Admits — But Mickey Refuses To Drop Switch-Hit Style; Taking Treatments by Diathermy”
  • Ray Semproch
  • “Quick-Change Lane Gone, But Cardinals Keep Shuffling — Devine Adds Maglie, Gene Freese and Johnny O’Brien; Sam Jones’ Luck Continues Bad, Boyer’s Bat Smoking”
  • “O’Malley, Webb Visit Ravine, Talk Not of 52,000, But 65,000 Seats”
  • “Power at First Base and Held in Center in New Indian Lineup — ‘Now I Have a Manager’s Club With Real Balance, Says Bragan After Trades”
  • “You Can’t Sell Maris to NY, Lane Told A’s — Refused Bid of Richardson for Roger, Frankie Declares”
  • Bob Nieman
  • On the inside back cover is “How Many Callers Can You Call By Name” with photos of 16 different umpires at work — your chore: identify each of them!
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-06-18 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/06/18 — 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:

  • “Getting-Up-to-Date” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is “Lane to Push Yankee Talent-Curb Rule” with article “Seeks to Bar Optioning of 4-Year Men — Greater Spread of Talent Would Aid Entire Game, Contends Cleveland GM”
  • Also on the cover “Kaycee Cousins Prove Relatively Pesky for Yankees — Athletics Showing No Fear of Bombersl List Shows 11 Former NY Chattels”
  • “Weiss Imported Pitchers Won 377 Games in 9 Years — Yankees Perennial Champs Because of George’s Practive of Letting Rivals Cut Throats in Deals”
  • “Stadium Fans Split as Yankee Rooters — Inquiring Scribe Finds Amazing Cross-Section of Views: About 50 Per Cent Strong for Bombers, Otehrs Hostile or On the Fence”
  • Enos Slaughter
  • “Rookie Green Gives Redbirds New Rifle — Strong-Armed Gene Shoots Down Runners From Right” with large cartoon of Gene Green by Amadee
  • “Waner, Tris Goin in Salute to Musial for 3,000th Hit — Giles, Governor of Missouri and Mayor of St. Louis Heap Praise on Card Star, Along With Many Presents”
  • “New Pilot Norman Tigers’ Last-Ditch Pitch for Pennant — Team 21-28 Wen Tighe is Fired as Being Too Soft; Successor Asks 10-Day Wait Before Announcing Plans” with second article “Put on Back, Poke on Jaw–Bill Gets the Job Done” with photo of new Tiger Skipper Bill Norman
  • “New Hurdles Faced by O’Malley Before Dirt Flies for Park — Temporary Injunction Halts Start of Project Pending Trial of Taxpayer’s Suit”
  • “Dodgers Sighting Daylight in Battle to Escape Cellar — Morale Given Boost by Series Sweep from Braves”
  • “Major Plaster of $50 Fine to Halt Beanball Seen as Trial Balloon — Penalty Automatic If Umps Rule Tosses Intentional; Action Not Aimed at Dusters, Says Harridge and Giles” and “Birdie Urges Automatic Shower for Hurler Hitting Batter on Head”
  • Gus Triandos “Tremendous Yell at Home-Run Slugger Triandos — Catcher Eyes Own Oriole Record of 21 For Season; Staff ERA Mark for 47 Games in Amazing 3.28”
  • Bobby Avila injured
  • “Cerv’s Injury Slows A’s In Scoring Pace — Bob Gamely Stays in Action Despite His Wired Jaw”
  • Herb Plews
  • Don Hoak
  • “Official Signing on ‘Firsco Park Pact Due July 1 — Target Date of April 1 Set for Stadium Completion”
  • Ernie Banks “Sights RBI Title as Main Target — ‘It Means You’re Greatest Help to Team’ Says Cub Star, Off to Finest Start”
  • In the “International League” section is “Lasorda Pitches, Coaches, Fills In as Royals’ Manager — Lefty Serves as Secretary on Road and Interpreter for Team’s Latin Players” with photo of Tom Lasorda
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-06-11 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/06/11 — 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 All in Fun, Amigos” cartoon by Amadee on the front cover
  • Headline is “Mexico City Demands New Major Spot” with story “Peralta Duo Sets Up Plan to Own Club — Brothers Who Operate Reds, Tigers in AA Loop Send Offer to Frick, Trautman”
  • Also on the cover “July 1, ’59, Target Date for New Dodger Park”
  • “Pitches With Speed, Speed, Speed: Durable Duren Happy as Yank Reliever” with photo of Ryne Duren and Casey Stengel and at the bottom of the page the caption “Speed Kings Who Set Sizzling Pace” with pics of Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Bob Feller, Allie Reynolds and Herb Score
  • “Sievers Back on Beam as Capital Clouter — Liked to ‘7 Wonders’ by Surgeon Who Mended Him” with large Roy Sievers cartoon by Amadee
  • “Opponents of Chavez Ravine Project Rally and Seek to Carry Contest Into Overtime”
  • “Dodgers Turn Daze to Dazzle by Dash of Headline Drama — Williams’ Two-Hit Shutout in Major Starting Debut Caps Big Week of Fines, Blasts, and Bat Revivals”
  • “Indians Lectured by Bragan on Indifference — Complacency Also Subject at Meeting”
  • “Red Sox Make Left, Instead of Right Turn on Meeting Yankees — Sisler Injury, Nixon’s Failure Key to Bosox Gloom”
  • “Young (Brooks) Robinson Glove-Whiz, Also Shows Bat Magic — ‘Vacuum Cleaner’ in Field, He Hits at a .300-Plus Pace; Birds Boost Brooks for All-Star Third Base Post”
  • “Fisher Retraces Half Century of Pitching” is a feature on old-timer Ray Fisher
  • Mickey Mantle “Resumes Homer Swing, But His Miseries Worry Casey — Mickey Starts Connecting After Nearly Two Weeks Without Four-Base Blow”
  • “Musial, Mays Tie in Player of Month Poll”
  • “Chisox Detoured on Upward Drive by Gopher Chucks — Pitchers Tagged for 43 Homers in First 41 Games, Compared to 29 For Chicago Batters at Same Point”
  • “Phils Lag, But Veterans Robin, Richie Set Best Pace Since ’55 — Roberts Wins Four of Five Starts During Home Stay, Regains Pitching Rhythm”
  • Pages 26-37 is a Father’s Day Shopping Guide
  • “Braced-Up Buccos Aim at Fist Million Gate in Eight Years — Pirates 100,000 Ahead of ’58 Pace at Turnstiles; Club Heads West With Four Players in .300 Circle”
  • Bobby Adams
  • Dan Topping “Says Yankees Would Offer Two-Year Park Tenancy to NL Club”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 64 pages total.

    1958-06-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/06/04 — 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:

  • “Genius At Work” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover features the Giants
  • Headline is “Can Giants Capture Pennant? Why Not?” with story “‘Frisco Could Finish on Top With Breaks — Rigney Won’t Predict Flag, But Club Shows Balance and Bounce-Back Ability”
  • Also on the cover “Leaders in May Often Also-Rans After June”
  • “Rivals Rallies Blocked by Red Sox’ Wall — Murray Makes Grade Eight Years After First Boston Call” with large Murray Wall cartoon
  • Al Kaline “Shakes Off Slump, Helps to Put Bounce in Bengels — Flyhawk Comes Out Swinging After One-Day Benching”
  • “’57 Injury in Series Hampering Mantle, Perfessor Reveals — Mickey Banged Shoulder in Collision With Schoendienst; Casey Scoffs at Proposed Gimmicks to Handicap Bombers”
  • Paul Richards “Ruffled by Bird Misplays, Shutout Losses — ‘We’re Making a Lot of Pitchers Look Like World-Beaters”
  • Willie Mays “Flying Tackle Ends Bucco-Giant Free-for-All — Willie Downs Teammate Cepeda, Rushing for Bat; Gomez Duster to Mazeroski Touches Off Rhubarb” with five photos of the brawl above the article
  • “Pace-Setter Frankie Lags, Redleg Hitters Follow Suit — Robinson’s Slow Start Stirs Swap Rumors, But Gabe Denies LA Trade Report” with small pic of Frank Robinson
  • “Both Win, But Cubs Now Claim Edge in (Bob) Rush – (Taylor) Phillips Trade”
  • Bill Bruton’s “Return to Duty Ties Up Hazle Tepee Tale — Braves Peddle Bob to Tigers to Make Room on Roster for Swift Center Fielder”
  • Bobby Bragan “Sets Sights on Runner-Up Spot After Seeing Yanks — ‘They’ve Got Helluva Team,’ Declares Tribe Manager”
  • Don Newcombe “Billed for Bull-Pen Role as Buildup Move — Don’s Arm Still Weak from Spring Shoulder Trouble, Dodgers Figure, Following Fifth Knockout as Starter”
  • “Cross-Firing Closes Park War in L.A. — O’Malley Put ‘Facts on Line’ in TV Shows in Climax of Hot Referendum Debate”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 40 pages total.

    1958-05-28 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/05/28 — 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:

  • “The Stranger” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover about the Pirates
  • Headline is “NL to Make Big Changes in ’59 Sked” with story “4 Coast Trips for All Clubs, Asserts Giles — Complaints Over Five-Game Series and Back-to-Back Sets Also to Bring Action”
  • Also on the cover “’58 Bucs Labeled ‘Best in 10 Years’ — Club Features Good Power, Pitching and Defense, Plus Ability to Bounce Back After Losing Streak”
  • “Pitchers Pace Yankee Pennant Parade — Farms, Rookie School, Daring Deals Keep Curvers Coming — Hurlers Don’t Linger Long If They Lose” with photo of Pitching Coach Jim Turner with Whitey Ford, Don Larsen, Bobby Shantz, Bob Turley and Manager Casey Stengel
  • “Roberts Blows ‘Em Down, Spahn Spins Web” with illustrations of Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn
  • “He Could Play in Tuxedo and Top Hat: Vernon Slips Mickey to Old Pop Time — First Sacker, 40, Hits Ball at Lively Clip” with large Mickey Vernon cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • “Case Pulls Tight Rein on Talk of Yank Runaway — ‘Where’s Our Hitting? Stengel Asks Western Scribes; Tabs Duen ‘Find of Year,’ Calls Kubek One-Man Band”
  • Dick Gernert
  • “Ted Gets Surprise Award at Sports Dinner in Boston — Williams, Called Back to Head Table, Hears Cronin Praise Bosox Star as ‘Greatest Hitter of All Time'”
  • “Braves and Reds Duck Dusters–Giles Aims Warning at Pilots — Torre, Crandall, Robinson Hit By Pitchers; Loop President Hoists Cease-Fire Signal”
  • Frank Torre & Joe Adcock
  • “Tongue-Lash for Loes on ‘Spitball Act’ — Billy Warned by Umpires and Lectured by Richards”
  • “Early L.A. Lag Laid to Limping Pace of Dodgers’ Codgers — Snider and Hodges Fail to Hit With Former Power; Team Batting Average Far Under Marks of Opposition”
  • “Vote on Dodger Park Near–and It’s Anybody’s Game — Charges, Counter-Charges Confuse Public as LA Faces Decision on June 3”
  • “He’s Old Pro of Video in Rookie Season: Kell Clouting at .300 Clip as Aircaster” with photo of George Kell with Stan Musial and a pic of the $100,000 check received by the Red Sox from White Sox for Kell in 1954.
  • “Stan Repays Old Debt: Pucchases Home for Benefactor” — Musial buys home for Mr. & Mrs. Dickie Kerr, who had helped him out in 1940 as manager of Daytona Beach
  • Luis Aparicio
  • “Bucco Bats Keep Booming as Team Goes Into Skids — Five .300 Thumpers Led by Slugging Thomas; Club Far Ahead of Last Season’s Home Run Pace” with small pic of Roberto Clemente
  • “He’s Only 21, But a Quinn, and by Tradition He’s G.M. — John J. Jr., Son of John of Braves, Making Good at Midland in New Loop”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-05-21 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/05/21 — 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:

  • “The Game’s Greatest Innovater” caption with large photo of Branch Rickey on the front cover
  • Headline is “‘Third Major Must Come Soon’ — Rickey” with story “Believes New Loop May Be International — Minors Must Be Supported by Big Leagues In Order to Survive, B.R. Delares”
  • Also on the cover is “Hamey Blasts Jumbled NL Schedule” with article “5-Game Sets, Back-to-Back Series Rapped — Phils’ General Manager Also Points to Differences in Number of Trips to Coast”
  • “Musial Turns Top Seven Into Elite Eight” headline about Stan Musial reaching the 3,000 Hit Mark. Photo of Stan the Man kissing the bat that got #3,000, and headshots along the right side of the page of other existing members of the club (At the time: Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Nap Lajoie, Paul Waner, Cap Anson, pretty exclusive!).
  • “Big Poison’s Big Hit–His 3,000th in ’42 — He Refused ‘Cheapie’ Two Days Earlier” with photo of Paul Waner and his Hall of Fame plaque from 1952.
  • “Dodgers Dead? Jackie Stirs Up Lively Debate — Deterioration Rap Denied by Alston, Furillo” with pics of Jackie Robinson, Walter O’Malley, and Carl Furillo
  • Half-page Rawlings ad Congratulations Stan honors Musial for joining 3,000 hit club and has smaller head-shots of the other members
  • “Vet Cleveland Scribe (Ed) Bang Saw lajoie and Speaker Get No. 3,000”
  • “Cobb Welcomes Stan Into Club; ‘Musial Super-Star in Any Era’ — Ty Can’t Recall HIs 3,000th; ‘Didn’t Keep Up-to-Date Statistics When I Played” with photo of Musial and Cobb.
  • Full-page Louisville Slugger ad Congragulations to the Newest Member of the 3000 Club with large drawing of Musial and headshots of the earlier members around him.
  • Del Crandall’s “Clouting Helps Braves Keep Whammy on Cincy — Catcher Wins Two Games With Homer Whacks Despite Elbow Injury That Handicaps His Swing
  • “Big Klu Finds Home-Run Range as Bucs Bulge Batting Muscles”
  • “May Merry Month for Many, But for Phillies It’s Jinx — ‘Shutout’ Pitching by Roberts, Simmons Wasted; Power Man Post Without Homer in First 19 Games”
  • Ken Aspromonte
  • Bob Nieman
  • Dee Fondy
  • Inside back-cover with headline “Man, Oh Man! – Stan’s Historic Hit” is 6 photos of Stan Musial rapping out hit #3,000.
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, statistics, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-05-14 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/05/14 — 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:

  • “Speeding Towards New Records” cartoon featuring Stan Musial by Willard Mullin on the cover
  • Headline is “Stan Shoots for Moon in NL Marks” with article “Eyes Loop’s All-Time High Total of Hits — Quickest in Reaching 3,000, He Could Finish Second Only to Cobb in Big Time
  • Bob Turley “Wins Amazing Tag from Casey — Every Little Motion of Opponents Has Meaning for Bob”
  • Tony Kubek “Joins Army–Marches Back to Yankees for Awhile — Tony Will Be Called as Six-Month GI on September 4; ‘Wait ‘Til Mantle, Yogi Start Hitting,’ Casey Warns”
  • “Ex-Shortstop Shifts His Gears to Garden: Motor City Hails ’58 Convertible Kuenn” with large Harvey Kuenn cartoon by Amadee
  • “He Hit Only .237 Last Season with Six Homers: Wall-Flower Walls Blossoms Into Bruin Daisy” with photo of Rogers Hornsby with Lee Walls
  • Sherm Lollar
  • “Yanks Threaten to Retaliate on NL in War of Air Waves — Bombers May Flood Senior League Cities in Answer to Card, Phil, Bucco TV”
  • “New York Out of Range — LA-‘Frisco Aircasts Too Weak for Gotham”
  • “Novelties Become Big Business Under Dynamic Danny: Dodgers Find Champ Salesman in Goodman”
  • Wes Covington
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-05-07 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/05/07 — 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:

  • “The Axeman Cometh…May 15” cartoon by Willard Mullin on the cover
  • Headline is “Golden Gate Ajar for Cinderella Giants” with article “Flashy Start Stirs ‘Frisco Flag Dreams — Stellar Rookies Join Mays, Gomez & Co. on Surprise Challenger in NL Race”
  • “Move to Spike Veto Rights in Club Shifts Put Before Majors — Territorial Committee’s Proposal Would Ease Way for Expansion or Franchise Transfer in Either Loop”
  • “‘Chinese Homer’ NY Press Box Creation — Polo Grounds Blows Linked With Cheap Coolie Labor — Scribe-Cartoonist TAD Used Expression to Anger McGraw” with cartoon “What’s O’Malley You?” by Willard Mullin
  • “Long, Happy Honeymoon Assured Dodgers, Giants — No Fog in San Francsico, No Smog in Los Angeles on First Visit to the Coast”
  • “Up-and-Down Foytack Levels Off as Winner” with Paul Foytack cartoon by Amadee
  • “‘Aspirin Season’ Says Case, Eager for .300 Averages — Wants Mantle at .350, Others in Charmed Circle”
  • Bob Purkey
  • “Is the Hand Quicker Than the Eye? Scoreboard Flash Beats Ump in St. Louis”
  • Stan Musial “In Wild Blue Yonder, But Cards Stay on Ground — Critical Defesive Lapses, Unsteady Pitching Keep Hutch’s Club Floundering”
  • Bob Cerv
  • “Young Robinson Paprika Prize at Orioles’ Hot Sack — Brooks Scintillates in Field, Hits at Lively Pace” with small photo of Brooks Robinson
  • “It’s Light Bats, Not Rabbit Ball, Dykes’ Homer Explanation — Hitters Can Check Swing Quicker With Whipping Clubs; Unser Choe Hauser Scoffed at Heavy Bludgeons in ’20”
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-04-30 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/04/30 — 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:

  • “There’s One on Every Team” cartoon by Basset on front cover
  • Headline is “NL Finding Rich Gravy in LA Bowl” with article “Rivals Share $$ Feast at Dodger Dish — Coliseum to Produce Plenty of Revenue–Also Lots of Home Runs and Beanballs”
  • And also on the cover is “Bombers’ Draw Cut by Dodgers’. Giants’ Publicity — Yankees Get Secondary Play on Sport Pages Because of Interest in Coast Debut”
  • “Scheffing’s Shook-Up Cubs Stress Youth — ‘It’s Young Man’s Game,’ Says Bob, Putting Teeth in Words”
  • “First Hitter Since Mantle to Make Big Leap to Majors — Pinson Rockets to Redlegs from C Loop” with large cartoon of Vada Pinson by Amadee
  • Harvey Kuenn’s “Gilt-Edged Glove, Bat Help to Spur Bengals — Ex-Shortstop Now at Home in Center Field; McHale Sees End of Leg Trouble”
  • “Rhubarbs, Freakish Hits, Beanballs Recall Ebbets Field Days — Like Old Times at Dodgers’ New Home”
  • “Los Angeles Gate Pace Better Than Dodger Field Gait — Coliseum Debut Marred by Loss of Series to Giants”
  • Herb Score “Completes Long Road Back on Sharp Curve — 3-2 Pitch to Kuenn Tells Tribe Story”
  • “It’s Home Run or No Count for Braves in Early Games — Long Ball Accounts of r20 of Club’s First 25 Runs — Mathews, Aaron Lead”
  • Rep. Kenneth Keating “Labels Sports Bill ‘Potential Threat’ to O.B.”
  • R.C. Stevens
  • “Birds Buster Traindos Off to Flying Start — Hits Long HRs at Baltimore Park” with small photo of Gus Triandos
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, minor league reports, and more.

    • 44 pages total.

    1958-04-23 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/04/23 — 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:

  • “You Find ‘Em in Every Park” cartoon by Basset on the cover
  • Headline is “McHale Urges Talks With College Tutors” with story “3-Point Plan Proposed by Bengel Boss — Lengthening of Diamond Season, Maybe 100 Games, Proposed for Schoolboys”
  • Also on the cover is “Cronin Calls DiMaggio Greatest” by Dan Daniel
  • “Ike Squares His Mark as Nat Starter — Nation’s No. 1 Fan Enjoys Game’s National Weekly at Capital Opener”
  • “Braves Reshuffle Outfield–Handy Hanebrink in Left”
  • Tony Kubek “Denies He’s Army Bound Now–May Finish Season — Tony Expected to Pass-up Six Month Service Deal; Yankees Make Late Effort to Obtain Roy Sievers”
  • Dick Littlefield “Majors’ Big Ground Gainer — Dick, Braves’ Southpaw, With Tenth Club in Eight Years”
  • Al Pilarcik
  • “Bollings Join Brother-Combine Billings — Detroit Duo Latest to Play on Same Team in Majors” with photo of Frank and Milt Bollings as well as other brother combos including the Deans and Waners
  • “First Major Contest on Coast Proves Super Spectacle — San Francisco Beams as Giants Glitter in Bow”
  • Duke Snider’s “425-Foot Homer Marks Dodgers’ Romp in Second Game — Snider Performs Rare Feat by Clearing Right Fence”
  • Ted Williams’ “Shrimp Puts Crimp in Bosox Bid for Swift Getaway — Food Poisoning Shelves Splinter for Two Openers”
  • “Pennants, Parades–Everything is Whoopee in Dodger Welcoming — Kids Wear Special Jackets and Caps in Week-Long Party”
  • “Opening Day in Flatbush — April 15! No Hits, No Runs, No Game”
  • “Bragan Eyes Colavito for Infield Role — Tribe Manager Wants Bats of Both Rocky and Maris in Lineup at Same Time”
  • Jim Davenport
  • Plus Regular Columns, box scores, minor league reports, and more.

    • 40 pages total.

    1958-04-16 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/04/16 — 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:

    This one’s a little special as it is the preview issue for the 1958 Baseball Issue

  • “California Here We Come” cartoon by Hubenthal on the front cover
  • Headline is “Coast Grabs Game’s Glitter From NY” with article “Ol’ Pop Knick Mourns Loss of Two Clubs — Big City Lacks Opening Day Major League Game for First Time in 69 Seasons”
  • “Rookies, Veterans, Fans in Stands Share Excitement: Opening Day Always High Thrill For All”
  • “Take Me Out to Ball Game Written on Subway in ’08 — Composer Jack Norworth Retells Story of How He Hit on Classic of Game”
  • “Spink Sees Tigers-Braves World’s Series — Picks Detroit and Chisox to Top Yankees”
  • “Chisox Will Shade Yankees, Braves to Repeat, Says Lieb — Veteran Forecast Close Four-Club Race in AL”
  • “Boston Barrymore Leaves ‘Em Cheering — Splinter Always Show-Stealer in Opener” with a couple of Ted Williams photos
  • “Washington’s Opening Day Always Packed With Color — President and ‘Everybody’ at Game; Pershing, Harding Saw ’21 Spectacle”
  • “Majors’ Closes Races Recorded 50 Years Ago — Three Clubs in Each Loop Battled to Wire for Flags” with small photos of stars of 1908 Frank Chance, Fred Merkle, Johnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Nap Lajoie, and others
  • San Francisco Giants Roster and Review
  • “9-Inning Pitchers Almost as Rare as Dodo — Only 356 Complete Games in NL, 354 in AL in ’57 — Major Total in Big Slide Since 1950” with “Quick on the Trigger” cartoon by Darvas
  • “Six Rookies Rated Spring Surprised — Pinson, Nichols Among Unheralded Group Making Grade”
  • Gino Cimoli
  • Drawing and details depicting sizes and shapes of Major League ballparks
  • “Players Who Made Brooklyn a Legend — Down Memory Lane with Old-Time Dodgers” is by Roscoe McGowen and includes recollections from Casey Stengel, Zack Wheat, Pete Reiser, Van Lingle Mungo and Jackie Robinson
  • “75 Golden Years in Brooklyn: Dodgers Grew From Dream of an Editor”
  • “Widow of Little Napoleon Living in Future, Not in Past: They’re Always My Giants to Blanche McGraw”
  • “Believer in Young Men Going West: Stoneham Sees Happy Days for All O.B.”
  • “Miles of Smiles and Cheers Hail Giants in ‘Frisco”
  • Plus Regular Columns, minor league reports, exhibition game box scores, and more.

    • 64 pages total.

    1958-04-09 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/04/09 — 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:

  • “Supplying Spark for New Motor City Model” cartoon by Mullin featuring Billy Martin on the cover
  • Headline is “Pearson, Cepeda Pegged as Top Rookies” with story “Nat Flyhawk, Giants’ First Sacker Shine — Little Albie Flases Color, Puerto Rican Powers Ball and Can Hit to All Fields”
  • “New Battle-Royals Loom for Bat Crowns — Ted Challenged by Mantle, Musial by Mays and Aaron” with an illustration of each of the batters mentioned
  • “Birds Billed for First-Division Flutter — Richards Rates ’58 Team ‘Potentially as Baltimore’s Best'”
  • “Trip Home Can Be Sad or Glad for Majors — Yanks Join Phillies in Series, Passing Up Minor Teams” with photo of Babe Ruth captioned “Mighty Mauler Magnet for Millions in South”
  • “Cobb and Wagner Dominated Dead-Ball Period of 1900-20”
  • Orlando Cepeda “Only 20, But Giant Flash Already Owns Two Bat Titles: Swatted .393 in Class D, .355 for C Club”
  • “Pint-Sized Pearson Wins Bouquets in Bushel Lots — Albie, at Five-Four, Good Copy, Charms Everybody–and Knows How to Play”
  • Carlton Willey
  • Vic Wertz
  • “Doby-Woodling Trade Stuns Baltimore” with stories “Gene Flopped as ’55 Oriole Cleanup Man” about Gene Woodling and “Larry to Plug Gap in Center for Cleveland” about Larry Doby
  • “TV Jackpot Report Brings Giants’ Park Project Under Fire — Downtown Group Campaigns Against Bay-View Site; Expansion of Seals Stadium Being Urged by Others”
  • “Joe E. Brown Heads Vote Drive for Dodger Stadium — Many Prominent Citizens in Group Backing Park Contract”
  • Boston Red Sox Roster and Review
  • Chuck Essegian
  • “Four Clubs to Pry Lid in Negro AL Race on May 25 — Six Started Race Last Year; Initial Half of Schedule Slated to Close on July 4”
  • Ralph Terry
  • Al Kaline “Ready for Greatest Year — Tighe”
  • Obituary this issue for Chuck Klein, “Dead at 52”
  • Plus Regular Columns, minor league reports, exhibition game box scores, and more.

    • 40 pages total.

    1958-04-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/04/02 — 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:

  • “Youth’s Spring Fling” cartoon by Mullin on the cover
  • Headline is “Pilots Back Inter-League Swap Plan” with article “Poll Shows 12 Club Leaders Favor Change — Tebbetts’ Proposal Receives Landslide Approval; Only Emphatic No by Alston”
  • “Flashy Kids Spark Giant Hopes for Rise — Kirkland, Cepeda and Davenport Tabbed as Top Prospects”
  • “Strengthened Red Sox Carry ‘Sleeper’ Label: More Lefties to Bolster Staff, Infield Improved”
  • “25th Anniversary Trek by Long-Time Exhibition Opponents: Giant-Tribe Tour Still Rated Top Show”
  • “Ol’ Perfessor Finds No Fords or Grims in New Mound Crop: Only Duren May Survive Cut in Yank Hill Squad”
  • “The New Don Larsen Story, or Solid Citizen of the Yankees”
  • “‘Critical 3 Years Confront Game,’ Del Webb’s View — Yankee Co-Owner Sees Demand for Changes Coming; Backs Proposed Kansas City-Philly Shift as Logical”
  • “Entertainment Dollars Flow in New York–But Not for NL: Stage Hits Doing Overflow Biz, Yanks’ Advance Sale High”
  • Tito Francona
  • Don Drysdale “Dazzling as Dodger Pitching Shows High Polish”
  • “Coliseum Will Be Ready for Opener, Says Del Webb”
  • “Bums Being Scrubbed for LA Curtsy — Can Dodgers Duck Their Clowning Rep in New Home?” with Bum cartoon by Willard Mullin
  • Ernie Banks
  • Paul Giel
  • “Cardinals Wishing Boyer Were Twins in Center, at Third — Versatile Ken Progresses as Outfielder, Still Plays Hot Corner Occasionally”
  • Granny Hamner
  • R.C. Stevens
  • Vic Power “Hitting 4th for A’s, Sees Peso Prize for Swat Title — Puerto Rican, Batting Near .500 in Exhibitions, Puts RBI Honor on Hope List”
  • Plus Regular Columns, minor league reports, exhibition game box scores, and more.

    • 40 pages total.

    1958-03-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/03/26 — 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:

  • “When Every Ham’s a Hamlet” cartoon by Basset on front cover
  • Headline is “Birdie Sees Inter-League Deals as Tonic” with article “Fans Would Eye Stars in Other Loop: ‘If Cincy Had Three First Sackers, Tigers None–It Would Arouse Interest'”
  • Also on the cover “Players Reverse Stand, Now Fight Cellar Measure: 11 Spokesmen at Meeting Unanimous in Opposition to Bill in Present Form”
  • “Scoring Rules Call for Listing Putouts, Assists by Players — Vet Scribe Lanigan Criticizes New Style”
  • “Fielding Fans Put Up Mitts in Favor of Old Box Score — Outspoken Minority Rallies to Support of Style That Includes Defense Figures”
  • “Braves Should Win–Maybe Coast: World’s Champs Will be Stronger at Keystone, in Left Field”
  • “Debate Gets Hotter as Dodgers Reveal Super-Stadium Plan — Grandoise Project Designed to Win Voter’s Approval; Opposing Councilman Asks for Congressional Hearing”
  • “Picked as New Player Most Likely to Succeed: (Norm) Siebern Nails Yankee’s Left Field Post” with cartoon of Norm Siebern by Bob Bowie
  • Charlie Rabe
  • “Harridge Sees Tight Race in 27th Year as AL Head — Loop Better Balanced Than Year Ago, He Says, After Visit to Clubs in Florida”
  • Los Angeles Dodgers Roster and Review
  • “Yankees Keep One Eye on Flag, Other on Their Sidelines: Many Participating in Outside Commercial Ventures; Don Larsen Making Early Bid as Opening Day Pitcher”
  • Joe Cunningham
  • Harry Craft “Side-Steps Predictions–Sets Target at 70 Wins”
  • “66-Homer Stuart Tries First Base in Hope for Job”
  • “Where Are Old Nicknames–Rabbit, Ducky, Goose? Days of Colorful Monikers Disappearing”
  • “Slimmer Kuenn Takes Hurdle to Center in Stride: Harvey Most Happy-Fella Over Shift–So Are Tigers”
  • Plus Regular Columns, exhibition game box scores, and more.

    • 40 pages total.

    1958-03-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/03/19 — 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:

  • “Get ‘Em All on the Ball” cartoon by Darvas on the cover
  • Headline is “Weak Spots Can Trip Braves – Fresco” with story “Dodger Veep Sees Champs as Vulnerable: Thompson Cites First Base, Outfield and Second-Line Pitching as Big Problems”
  • “Solid Slab Corps Will Lift Dodgers into Thick of Race: Three Stylish Kids–Podres, Koufax, Draysdale Listed on Smokey’s Mound Staff”
  • Pennant Roar Rises as Tigers Tune Up — ‘This is the Year to Catch Yanks,’ Chorus Bolstered Bengals”
  • “Many Start in Front, Then Fall Back: Finding Leadoff Prize Puzzle to Pilots — Eddie Yost, Ashburn are Rated Best”
  • “Everybody’s On His Side: Rube Hopeful of Offsetting Campy’s Loss” about Rube Walker
  • Don Drysdale “Aims High–20 Victories and World’s Series”
  • Leo Kiely
  • Earl Battey
  • “Lopez Warns Stengel Sox Staff Could Equal Tribe Record of 111 Wins in ’54”
  • Don Cardwell
  • Washington Senators Roster and Review
  • “My Ups and Downs as a Baseball Writer for 50 Years” by Dan Daniels
  • Johnny Antonelli “Blistering Buzzie, Denies He’s Afraid of Coliseum: Johnny Answers Bavasi Rap, Points Out Polo Grounds Foul Lines Were Shorter”
  • Billy Moran
  • Chuck Tanner
  • Subscriptions to Bible Spice Musial’s Menu: One Restaurant Patron Cited Weekly”
  • Plus Regular Columns, minor league reports, exhibition game box scores, and more including 4-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 40 pages plus 4-page All-Sports section for 44 pages total.

    1958-03-12 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/03/12 — 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:

  • “The Old Run-Around” cartoon by Hubenthal on the cover
  • Headline is “‘Put Microphones on Field,’ Urges Lane” with story “Fans Entitled to Listen in, He Points Out: Indians’ GM Would Permit Patrons to Hear Pre-Game Instructions and Disputes”
  • Also on the cover is “Phils to Ride Gate, TV Gravy Train as Only NL Team on East Coast”
  • And also beginning on the cover is “Giles Picks Four Captains of NL Umpiring Teams: Barlick Back from Hospital List, Boggess, Dascoli and Conlan Named Overseers”
  • “Deron Johnson Yank Early Camp Hero: Converted to Outfield, He May Press Norm Siebern in Left” and on the same page “Stengel Hunts New Mantles, Grims, Fords: Casey Calls Quick Jumps of Kids to Varsity Berths ‘Champagne’ of Piloting”
  • “Cubs Eye Higher Notch After Late Surge in ’57: Wrigley, Holland, Scheffing See Club as More Settled”
  • “Maxwell, Zernial Visioned by Tighe in Power Platoon: Homer-Socking Pair May Be Alternated in Left Field; Tigers to Go North With No More Than 28 Players”
  • Rajah Hitting Lesson–or List of Six Musts: Stars Not Born; They Work to Improve” with photo of Cubs’ Coach Rogers Hornsby
  • “O.B. Says Sports Bill ‘Jeopardizes’ Life” with articles “Rep. Celler Defends His Regulatory Bill” and “Spink Cites Dangers of O.B. Harassment”
  • “Hutch Sees Infield Switch as Speed-Up for Cards’ Defense — Vet Dark to Shift to Third with Kasko Going to Short”
  • Cardinals Land Dixie Jr., Third-Generation Walker: Young Fred, 21 Gets Estimated 25 Gs; Follows Granddad, Pop, Uncle into O.B.”
  • “Buccos Babble Over Big Klu as Morale Booster — All Camp Activity Stops When Ted Enters Bat Cage; Murtaugh Sees First Division With Slugger on Job” about Ted Kluszewski
  • “Rigney Braking Frisky Giants to Save Fast Break for ‘Frisco — Bill Fears Club Will Reach Peak Before Race Starts With Long Stay at Home” includes photo of Orlando Cepeda captioned “First Base Bidder”
  • “Prima Donnas and Pouters, Herman Tags Dodger Players: ‘Club Needs Transfusion,’ Says Billy” with second article “L.A. Personnel Boils At Ex-Coach’s Blast: ‘That Was Why We Changed Coaches,’ Cracks Bavasi; ‘Billy’s Just Mad’–Reese”
  • “Snider, Podres, Zimmer Hurt in Auto Crash at Dodger Camp — Duke’s Repaired Left Knee Bruised”
  • Lefty O’Doul “‘Greatest American’ to Japanese: Twice Led NL in Batting, Still Holds Swatting Records”
  • “Circling the Bases and Girdling the Globe with Hans Lobert, Early Speed King of National League”
  • “Uniforms Have Kept Pace with Game’s Improvement: Early-Day Attire Was Fancier and Heavier Than Today’s”
  • “Dodgers Tape Messages to Campy” with small second article “Campy Still Paralyzed Below Chest, But Remains Cheerful”
  • “X-Rays of Ankle Brighten Spring Picture for” Ted Williams
  • Philadelphia Phillies roster and review
  • Larry Doby “Drives Bring Chirp by Richards: ‘Larry’s My Center Fielder,’ Says Orioles Skipper After Glance at Slugger’s Stuff”
  • “Rassling, Fights and Football–They’ll Take Over Ebbets Field: Promoter Group Also Plans to Book Foreign Diamond Teams in Bums’ Old Park”
  • Plus Regular Columns, and more including 4-page “The All-Sports News” section with cover featuring photos of Guy Rodgers, Oscar Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Pete Brennan of North Carolina and Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas.

    • 36 pages plus 4-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.

    1958-03-05 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/03/05 — 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:

  • “Chop! Chop!” cartoon by Mullin on the front cover
  • Headline is “Weiss Sounds Warning on Pay Spiral” with article “New Revenue to Be Needed, He Points Out — Toll-TV, Higher Ticket Scale Will Be Required, Asserts Yankee General Manager”
  • “Bragan Intends to Stay in 154 Games — Won’t Repeat His Errors With Pirates — Figures to Be Less Critical, But Won’t Be Averse to Fining When Necessary”
  • Mickey Mantle “Signs for 75 Gees; Moving Up on Ted and Stan — Turley Also in Folk, Sievers Inks $36,000 Pact With Nats”
  • “Redleg Camp Overflowing With Pitching Prospects: Birdie Bright-Eyed Over Big Hill Squad”
  • Ryne Duren
  • Bob Burda
  • “Alston Tells Dodger Pitchers They Must Shoulder Flag Load — ‘Staff Already Fine, Could Be Great,’ He Declares; Newcombe Trim at 240 Pounds and Eager as Rookie”
  • Bob Rush
  • “Alas Poor Yorick (Brooklyn Bum), I Knew Him Well — Shakespeare Student McGowen Reminisces About Departure of His Old Friend”
  • Hans Lobert
  • Detroit Tigers Roster and review
  • Richie Ashburn
  • “22 Clubs in 6 HIgher Minors Move to New Conditioning Sites”
  • Rookie Roundup page includes photos of Curt Flood and Vada Pinson
  • Faye Throneberry
  • Albie Pearson
  • Plus Regular Columns, minor league reports, and more including 4-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 36 pages plus 4-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.

    1958-02-26 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/02/26 — 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:

  • “Such Fun…One Short Days” cartoon by Hubenthal on the cover
  • Headline is “Camp Gong Shows Sweeping Shake-Ups” with article “Third of Men Shifted Since Spring of ’57 — Swaps, Releases to Minors and Service Calls Bring Many Charges on Clubs”
  • Willie Mays “Voted ‘Most Exciting’ by Landslide — 12 of 16 Major Scribes Name Say-Hey Kid as Top Thriller” with large cartoon of Mays and photo of runner-up Ted Williams
  • “Advancing Age Plus Lack of Experience Equals Question Mark — Shortstop Shortage Latest Pilot Plague — Only Three Clubs Set in Each League” with cartoon “Sending Up an S.O.S. for help at SS” by Darvas
  • “Major Scouts Tab Siebern as Top Prospect — Rated as Most Likely to Succeed in Bids for Big Time Berths” with pics of Norm Siebern, Carlton Willey, Ron Jackson, Stan Williams, and Mudcat Grant
  • Jack Sanford
  • “‘It’s Big, SO Big,’ Says Walt on First Visit to Coliseum — Dodger Pilot Sees Left Field as Tough”
  • “Braves Will Focus on Kids–36 on Sunny Side of 28 — Spahn and Schoendienst Only ‘Oldster’ Regulars” with photo of Joey Jay
  • “Kirkland, Cepeda Top Stellar Crop of Giant Rookies — ‘Best Group of Prospects in Years,’ Declares Rigney”
  • “N.Y. Dailies to Cover Phil Tilts, Also Giants, Dodgers in Camp — 78 Quaker Home-Road Games on TV”
  • “Feller or Score Faster? Hegan Can’t Tell — Former Tribe Catcher Rates Cleveland’s Mound Stars — ‘Wynn Most Consistently Good Hurler'”
  • “Confident Score Rules Out Switch in Pitching Delivery” with photo of Herb Score about his comback
  • Ryne Duren
  • Brooks Robinson “Of Orioles on Own as Successor to Retired Kell”
  • St. Louis Cardinals Roster and review
  • Plus Regular Columns, major league schedules, minor league schedules, and more including 4-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 36 pages plus 4-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.

    1958-02-19 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/02/19 — 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:

  • “A Word from the Wives” cartoon by Basset on the front cover
  • Headline is “Players Ask Voice on Field Standards” with article “Uniform Foul Lines, Fences to Be Sought — Athletes Also Endorse Bill to Place Business Aspects of O.B. Under Trust Law”
  • Also on the cover: “Sun Suits With Mink Stoles to Put Dent in Dodgers; Take-Home Pay”
  • Bob Feller “Outlines Player Plan to Aid Old Timers — Hopes for Radio or TV Help for Next Convention”
  • Billy Martin “Taking Shift to Short in Stride — Tabs Welfare of Tigers, Not Individual, More Important”
  • “Weiss Fires Broadside at Early Action — Majors Expected to Outlaw Any Pre-Training Games Due to Great Injury Risks”
  • “Ball Park Hostess With the Mostes: The ‘Mary Murphy of Cardinals’ Story — Shepherdess of Bird Stars for 28 Years – Always Present When Stan Signs, She’s Made Career of Helping Organizations” with large cartoon “Help, Inc., Since 1930” by Amadee
  • Full page cartoon “Southeast or Southwest … Each Camp Tells World … That It’s the Best” by Gene Basset showing Spring Training sites in Florida and Arizona
  • “Majors Book 300 Exhibitions, Three on Coast — Dodgers and Giants Saving Drama for Season Openers — Mays & Co. Will Oppose Cleveland in Los Angeles”
  • “Holdout? It’s a Nasty Word in Brown Plan — GM Joe Keeps Bucs Happy With Open-Hand Policies at Contract-Signing Time”
  • “Plans for Big Houston Park Being Mapped — Stadium Revenue Bond Vote Probable in July”
  • “British Air Disaster Stuns N.L., But Won’t Halt Season’s Flying — ‘We Have No Reason to Panic’, Says President Giles; Reds’ Gabe Paul Believes League ‘Should Reconsider'” – Article in reference to the British champion Manchester United soccer team plane disaster
  • Jim Hegan “Recalls History Making Tosses — High Tension of Three No-Hitters Still Vivid to Star Catcher — Black, Feller ‘Didn’t Think They Had It”
  • “Long Restful Nights for Case if Siebern Wins in Left Field — Norm Will Battle Deron Johnson for Problem Post; Kubek at Short, McDougald at Second Tentative Plan
  • “’20 Chapman Fatality Still Vivid to Mays” about Carl Mays beaning Ray Chapman, who died from the pitch
  • Ted Williams “Again Will Call Own Training Shots — Exhibition Game Appearances to Be Left Up to Him; Splinter Always Hard Worked in Conditioning Grind”
  • “Goodbye Broadway–Hello ‘Frisco Hello”
  • Baltimore Orioles Roster and review
  • Merv Grissom
  • Ed Roebuck
  • Gene Conley
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Mexico, Panama, and Cuba, and more including 6-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 38 pages plus 6-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.

    1958-02-12 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/02/12 — 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:

  • “Guys and Dollars” cartoon by Hubenthal on the front cover features Willie Mays, Warren Spah, Ted Williams and Stan Musial celebrating their new contracts
  • Headline is “Player Payrolls Rocket to Outer Space” with article “Teams Taking Pride in Their High Salaries — Some Stars Get More Than They Expected; Musial, Williams Hit New Peaks”
  • Ted Williams “Pay Up $118,500 in 19 Season — Red Sox Star Earned $6,500 as Rookie in ’39; Salary for ’58 Spirals to 125 Gs”
  • “Take It from an Old Master” cartoon by Willard Mullin featuring Mickey Mantle
  • “Good Old Days–or Days of Peanut Pay? — Matty, with 37 Wins, Drew $6,000; Walsh, 40, $5,000 — Ruth’s $80,000 Contract Started Players Upward” along with second article “Old-Timers Aren’t Envious–Cite Today’s Big Tax Bite”
  • “Payroll of Half a Million Means Cards Need Full Million at Gate — Musial, Dark, Ennis, Moon to Get Nearly 40 Per Cent of Huge Total in Salaries”
  • “Next Shift Do-It-Yourself Job? Williams May Play First to Save His Legs” with large Ted Williams cartoon by Johnson and sidebar “Splinter’s Goal as Hitter to Pass Lou Gehrig’s Homer Total of 494”
  • “New York Still Clings to Hope of NL Return — Mayor Talks of Big Stadium in Flushing Meadows as Committee Seeks Team”
  • Billy Klaus
  • Hall of Fame Results in First Shutout Since ’50 — Carey, Base-Stealing Whiz, Tallies 136 to Pace Poll; Roush Second With 112″ with complete voting results
  • “Cal’s Pledge to Fans: ‘Senators Won’t Shift During My Lifetime’ — Griffith Family’s Control Strengthened at Meeting; Group Named to Study Need for General Manager”
  • “‘Vernon Grabbed as Work-Sharer for Wertz’–Lane — Frank Analyzed ’57 Figures and Found Vic Slumped in Latter Part of Season”
  • “Tiger Rookie School Includes Novice Center Fielder Kuenn — Shortstop’s Switch Tabbed as Important Project for Bengals’ Training Camp”
  • “Dodgers to Make It Soft for Fans–Buy 34,000 Cushions for 41 Gs”
  • “Campy Taking Solid Food; Still Unable to Move”
  • “Fans Back Frick’s Ruling on Players’ All-Star Picks — Survey Reveals Widespread Endorsement of Change as Best Slection Method”
  • “Ol’ Perfessor to Let Barber Pick His Spots — Casey Also Wants Sal to Aid Young Hurlers; ‘Ford Key to Whole Pitching Picture'”
  • Tito Francona
  • “Giants Mays Start Pay-TV on Small Scale This Year — Plan to Be Inaugerated in Outlying Communities”
  • “Stoneham Okays Final Blueprints for ‘Best Ball Park in Country’ — Cost of 45,000-Capacity Stadium May Reach $12,000,000
  • “Sievers Picks Mantle Most Likely to Break Bambino’s Homer Mark”
  • “Braves to Be Better in ’58, Says Spahn; They’ll Have to Be — We’re the Team They’ll Be Gunning for This Year; Vet Believes Hill Staff Will Be Stronger Than Ever”
  • Milwaukee Braves Roster and review
  • “Game Still Holds Headlock on Fans in Puerto Rico — Caribbean Series Receives Hand from Government”
  • In the section on Puerto Rico is the article Roberto Clemente “Paces Caguas Team to Sweep of Finals” with small pic of Clemente
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Columbia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, and Cuba, and more including 8-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 32 pages plus 8-page All-Sports section for 40 pages total.

    1958-02-05 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1958/02/05 — 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:

  • “Where’d Everybody Go?” cartoon by Hubenthal on the front cover
  • Headline is “Feller Warns of Bonus Spree Dangers” with article “Revives Plea for Modified Reserve Pact — Head of Player-Group Urges Time Limit on Contracts with Option for Renewal”
  • Also on the cover: “Dodgers’ Opening Gate Expected to Top Tribe Mark — Indians, Braves Set Record in ’48 World’s Series Tilt With 86,288 at Cleveland
  • “Brakes Squealing on Majors’ Bonus Joyride — St. Louis Kid Sets Record with 150 Gs” with photo of bonus baby Dave Nicholson
  • “From $65 a Month in ’38…Stan at $100,000 on First Hike in 6 Years — Redbird Star Would Have Accepted Less” with photo of Stan Musial signing his contract
  • “Fan Poll Barred — Players, Pilots to Pick All-Stars — Plan Will Be Tried for Year; Performers to Cast Votes for All-Opponent Teams”
  • “Braves Wins in Series All 2-Pitcher Jobs — Spahn and Burdette Carried on Tradition Started in ’14 — Lefty James and Rudolph Set Pattern”
  • “415 Gs Gambled by Orioles on Bonus Babies Since ’54 — O’Dell First and Cheapest of Lot, Yields Biggest Dividend”
  • “P.K. Says Bidding for Untried Youths Could ‘Bust’ Game — Wrigley, However, Admits Club May Stay in Bonus Battle for Self-Defense”
  • “Wynn’s Words of Wisdom to Ball Players on Money”
  • “’58 Win-or-Quit Year, Says Robin; Has No New Pitch — Six-Time 20-Game Hurler Denies Sore Arm Report; Accepts Slice to $37,500”
  • “Date of Disaster–Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1958: Campy’s Career Ended by Auto Accident — Neck Broken, Vet Catcher is Paralyzed — ‘It Could Be Two Months, Even Years, Before Roy Can Walk,’ Says Surgeon” with cartoon of Roy Campanella, photo of the wreckage, and photo of Campy’s family.
  • “Newcombe Considered Likely Bait in Trade to Land Catcher”
  • “Coliseum Buzzing With Buzz on Scene; Changes Under Way — Webb Gets Contract, Promises Completion for Opener; O’Malley Swings Back to Brooklyn End of Operations”
  • “Accidents Fatal to Many Careers — Stratton and Gelbert Hurt Off Field”
  • “Door Left Ajar for NL Return to New York — Frick ‘Would Decide’ Despite Tabling of Territorial Rule”
  • Two huge pages in the center open up to show a drawing of Stan Musial on the left and Ted Williams on the right as the 1957 Winners of the John A. “bud” Hillerich Award
  • Bob Friend
  • “Casey Tabs Three New Ones as Yank Mound Prospects — Stengel Says Coates, Duren and Dick ‘Appeal to Me’; Perfessor Confident But Sees More Rugged Rivalry”
  • “Spike-Sharpening? Why That Was Two Other Fellows, Chirps Cobb — Says Pair of Rookies Used Files, ‘But It Was Laid to Me'” with small photo of Ty Cobb
  • Cleveland Indians Roster and Review

    • “Trader Lane Finds Yanks Talk Too Big — Tribe GM Backs Off When Bombers Want Avila as Well as Narleski in Deal”

  • “Runnels Gives Bosox Puzzle–Use or Sell? — if Pete Stays, Higgins Will Play Him at Second Base or First–Boss Likes Him”
  • Al Spangler
  • Plus Regular Columns, reports from Columbia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, and Cuba, and more including 8-page “The All-Sports News” section.

    • 36 pages plus 8-page All-Sports section for 44 pages total.