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1956-10-10 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents October 10 1956

1956/10/10 —

  • Cover cartoon features Mickey Mantle – Hank Aaron – Billy Pierce – Don Newcombe as the best performers of 1956, illustrated by Lou Darvas. Accompanying headline is “Mantle and Aaron Top Players of Year – Newcombe, Pierce Gain Hill Honors”
  • Page 2 article: “Triple Crown, Not Babe’s Record, Worried Mantle – Last Week Nerve-Wracking to Mickey”
  • Full page featuring large photo of Sandy Amoros smoking victory cigar with headline: “Amoros Shakes Goat Role with Homers in Pennant-Clincher — Everything’s Looking Sunny Now for Sandy”
  • Looping the Loops column by J.G. Taylor Spink features Bobby Bragan
  • “Reds Knot Record, Go Down Swinging in Bid for New High” with Bob Bentovoua cartoon of 6 Reds sluggers including Frank Robinson, Wally Post and Ted Kluszewski
  • “Bums Puffed to Pennant on Uphill Trail” featuring team photo 1956 NL pennant winning Brooklyn Dodgers
  • A page covering the Milwaukee Braves who the Dodgers beat for the pennant, includes photo of Warren Spahn
  • Full page including two large photos feature on cartoonist Willard Mullin — “Word Picture of Artist-Creator of Brooklyn “Bum” – Mullin Began Drawing in School Books”
  • Nice full page “We Did It Again!!!” Brooklyn Dodgers ad featuring team photo plus bullet points highlighting the Dodgers regular season
  • Final batting averages for each league on facing pages with small photos of league leaders Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron
  • Small article about Kraft Theater’s airing of “The Mickey Mantle Story” on the evening of World Series Game 1
  • Coverage of the Junior World Series featuring the Indianapolis Indians defeat of the Rochester Red Wings includes small head shot photos of heroes Joe Altobelli and Roger Maris
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including several articles covering many other players, usually at least something from each team; winter ball coverage; The separately numbered 8-page “Quarterback” section covering football – Includes features on Lions – Nittany Lions – Jimmy Theodore – Claude Benham –

    • 36 pages plus 8-page “The Quarterback” section for 44 pages total.

    1956-08-29 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1956/08/29 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Credit Where Credit Is Due” by Lou Darvas about umpires
  • Headline on front cover: “Rail Hike to Speed Majors’ Shift to Air – Most Players Now Prefer Plane Travel”
  • Also beginning on the cover: “Japan Demands ‘Name’ Dodgers” about the Dodgers coming tour of Japan
  • Speed, Not Tricks, Big Hill Asset – Coaches, Scouts, Managers Advise Against ‘Cute’ Stuff with cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • Pirates manager Bobby Bragan planning to use Bob Friend as starter and reliever down the stretch to get him to 20 wins
  • Feature on Joe Adcock – “Acock Adds to Sock with Lighter Bat” includes a large Adcock cartoon by Lou Darvas
  • Looping the Loops column by J.G. Taylor Spink features Tim McAuliffe of Tim McAuliffe, Inc. of Boston, the company that manufactures more major league hats than any other. Includes photo of McAuliffe with Ted Williams
  • Most of a full page (at least 3/4ths) about Mickey Mantle with articles “Pressure Up on Mantle in Stretch Drive” and “Baltimore Hurlers Cool Off Mantle; ‘We Mixed ‘Em Up,’ Chirps Richards” with 2 photos of Mantle, one standing at each side of the plate, small article “‘Mantle Super Star, Better Than Ruth,’ Says Richards”
  • Article about Ted Kluszewski – “Cincy Roots for Big Klu’s Late Bid for Triple Crown” with small headshot photo
  • Sidebar article about Ted Williams – “Kaese Offers Writers’ Case in Feud With Ted” with small headshot photo of Williams
  • Eddie Mathews Mauling Brews Fresh Flag Fever for Braves
  • Arthur Daley column about Larry MacPhail
  • Frank Graham column spotlights Phil Rizzuto
  • Rise of Dick Donovan Lifts White Sox Hopes of Second
  • Hats Off (brief player of the week type sidebar) to NL’s Moe Drabowsky – AL’s Yogi Berra
  • That’s just the highlights, many many more articles plus boxscores, stats, extensive minor league coverage, and more

    • 40 pages total.

    1956-09-05 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1956/09/05 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Dividend Collectors” by Willard Mullin featuring Sal Maglie, Bobby Thomson, Larry Jansen – 3 ’51 Giants heroes with a shot at the ’56 World Series – Also has article beginning on cover “’51 Giants Heroes on 3 Top Teams”
  • Headline on front cover: “Robinson, Aparicio Standout Rookies – Blasingame, Buddin Rated Second Best” with cartoons of Frank Robinson and Luis Aparicio by Amadee on page 2
  • Feature article about Wally Moon with large cartoon of Moon by Amadee
  • Stan Musial forecasts Wally Moon outperforming Hank Aaron down the stretch
  • Phil Rizzuto article: “Rizzuto, Yankee Since ’41, Stunned by His Release on ‘Old-Timers Day’ with photo of Rizzuto with Enos Slaughter and smaller article inset on page “Rizzuto Weighs Job Offers” plus quarter page John P. Carmichael column “Phil Rizzuto – Last of the pre-war Yankees”
  • Small article on Jackie Robinson – Lew Burdette feud starting up again after Burdette allegedly called Robinson “watermelon head”
  • Article featuring Bobby Thomson – “Thomson’s Torrid Tomahawk Helping Haney Off Hot Seat”
  • Article featuring Roy Campanella “Thumb Still Hurts–But Campy Gives Dodgers Big Hand” with small head-shot photo of Campanella
  • 1 column article about Rocky Colavito “Rocco-Socko Raps for A.L. Rookie Prize”
  • About 1/3rd of a page featuring Willie Mays – “Giants’ Spirits Rise With Willie Hitting and Laughing Again” with headshot photo of Mays
  • “Cubs Five Year Plan Gives Fans Seven-Year Itch”
  • Coverage of Yankees Old-Timers Game where Yank old-timers played White Sox old timers features panoramic shot of White Sox bench and photo of Mickey Mantle holding oversized bat as he stands with Home Run Baker, in uniform holding normal sized bat
  • Hats Off feature which has small write-up about players of the week features AL’s Roy Sievers and NL’s Bob Buhl
  • That’s just the highlights, many many more articles plus boxscores, stats, extensive minor league coverage, and more

    • 40 pages total.