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1948-06-02 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

1948/06/02 —

  • Cover cartoon is “One Little Line” by Willard Mullin featuring Stan Musial with brief article underneath “Musial Hitter Now, Instead of Just a Swinger”
  • Headline on front cover is “Yanks, Cards Picked in Pilots’ Poll – Same Clubs Are Favored By Players”
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink features Cardinals Ralph Lapointe this issue
  • “‘Whose Fault? … What’s Going to Be Done? Ask Fans After Dodger Dive – All Brooklyn Second-Guessing Rickey” with photo of Branch Rickey
  • Very small article notes Babe Ruth’s #3 to be Retired by the Yankees this season
  • “Frenzied Flatbush Fans Aim Their Fury at Rickey”
  • Full-page feature on Dummy Hoy as he marks his 86th Birthday
  • “Television Detours Jersey’s Fans From Parks – Customers Flock to Bars for Polo Grounds Video
  • “Rain Holds Tribe’s Try for Gate Mark to 78,431 – Drizzle Saves 81,841 Yankee Crowd Record”
  • Huge 2-page ad spreads center pages for Louisville Slugger bats with small photos of old-timers such as Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb and others at the left of the ad and photos of bat manufacture spread across the rest of the background
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features Arthur Godfrey and Sammy Kaye
  • 40 pages total.

    Filed Under: Sporting News Tagged With: Dummy Hoy, Louisville Slugger, Sporting News, Stan Musial, Willard Mullin

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