The Sporting News
Contents of August 14, 1957 - October 16, 1957 Issues
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August 14, 1957:
"Stan the Super-Man" cartoon by Amadee featuring Stan Musial on the front cover Headline is "August Putting Heat on Flag-Bidders" with article "Month Often Proves Killer to Contenders -- Teams Less Well Equipped in Reserves and Stamina Undergoing Biggest Test" Also on the front page: "Giant Shift to Leave $525,000 Rent Tab" with story "Polo Grounds Lease and Taxes Due Until 1961 -- Treasurer Cites Obligation to Stockholders; Action on Move Up to Directors" Pittsburgh Pirates fire Bobby Bragan as manager, hire Danny Murtaugh -- 2 full pages of coverage Kansas City Athletics fire Lou Boudreau as manager, hire Harry Craft "Greenburg Urges Trading All Year in Second Division - Says Weak Clubs Could Build Interest; Declares Youths Today Lack Zest" "1890-1957 - PASSING OF THE POLO GROUNDS -- Early '50s Brough Sunset Glow of Glory" includes articles "Little Miracle of '51 Ended Flag Drought -- Thomson's Playoff Homer, '54 World Series Sweep Final Dramatic Chapters" plus "Historic Park Battle Spot in Football War -- Mara's NFL Giants Helped Speed Merger with AAC -- Then Moved to Stadium", plus "Old Bleacherites on Bluff to Miss Giants Most of All -- Distance Lent Enchantment to Dramatic Scenes of 1920's" "Coogans Would Offer Lease on Park to Another NL Club" is about the possibility of the Giants renting out the Polo Grounds to another NL team, specifically the Reds Willie Mays "Could Find Homer Bonanza in Coast Diggings -- Might Threaten Ruth Record in Conventional Park; Polo Grounds' Freak Dimensions Don't Help Willie" "Next Stop for Giants? -- 6,846 Cars at Minneapolis Stadium" with articles "Detroit, Cincy Draw 21,689 at Minneapolis" and "Giants Offered Plan for Use of Both Twin Cities Stadiums" Ted Williams "Always Good Copy for Cartoonists -- Boston Artists Rate Splinter as Real Friend" with a few Williams' cartoons included Roy Sievers Frank Malzone Enos Slaughter Stan Lopata Bob Feller "on TV, Calls Player Pact Unfair -- Bob Questioned on Mike Wallace Show" "Injuries and Age Slow Brooks, Raise Doubts About Flag Dash" includes "Old Knee Trouble Hampers Duke; 40 Years May Be Catching Up with Maglie" "Sky-High Costs Doom Brooklyn Stadium Hopes -- Engineering Reports Figure New Home for Dodgers With Rehabilitation Project at Some $52,000,000" Dick Drott "Doby and Lollar Absences Chief Blows to Chisox -- Team Fell From Lead After They Were Sidelined; Larry's RBI Punch, Sherm's Catching Big Factors" Bobby Avila's glasses "Reds Flag Path Blocked by 2-11 Log vs. Braves -- Games Usually Close Despite Milwaukee's Big Margin; Cincy Loses Ground Playing at an Even-Stephen Pace" Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more. 44 pages total
August 21, 1957:
"That Dizzy Feeling" cartoon by Darvas on the front cover shows several managers walking a tightrope Headline is: "Many Managers Teeter on Tight-Rope" with story "Three Down, More Due to Take Tumble -- Tighe, Rigney, Hutchinson, Murtaugh Among Pilots on Doubtful List for '58" Also on cover: "Giants Face Show Me Mood in SF" Large Roy Sievers cartoon by Southee with article "Sievers Could Be Nats' First HR Champ -- Capital Fans All Shook Up Over Raps of Rock 'n' Roll Roy" "Redhead Credits Big Assist to Optometrist -- Schoendienst Says Dr. Mueller Twice Helped Eye Trouble" with a cartoon by Amadee on the facing page and another article "St. Louis Optometrist Turns Eyes Right: Schoendienst Doc Mueller's Prize Pupil" "Brother Dom Booms Jolter as 'Frisco Pilot -- Feels Sure He'd Accept Offer by Giants" with small photo of Joe DiMaggio "Earlier Players Shunned Glasses -- Meadows, Hill and Toporcer Among First to Don Specs" "Limping Injuns HIt Again -- Lemon Out for Rest of Season -- Bob Shelved by Bone Chips in Elbow; Goes Home to Rest Wing Until Spring" "Milwaukee Lifts Stein to Hopped-Up Braves -- Flag Fever Hits High Point Despite Haney's Caution" "Job Security? Stengel Plan Only Sure Sytem -- Frisch" "Hitters Slumber, Card Flag Dream Now a Nightmare -- Redbirds Score only 13 Runs in Nine-Game Tailspin; Hutch Shakes Lineup But Fails to End Losing Streak" "Intentional Pass Record Labels Williams as Most Feared Batter -- Ted's 27th Deliberate Walk Surpasses Snider's Mark" "Mantle Good, Ted Sensation in Swat Duel -- 101,858 at Three Tilts See Williams Bat .625, Mick .444, Both Raising Marks" Bombers Drooling at Vision of Series Gravy With Braves -- Winner's Share of Classic Would Top Ten Grand; Yanks Realize That They Face Tough Stretch Drive" "Orioles Winging to New Club Marks -- Improved Birds Aim at First-Division Perch and Baltimore Turnstile Record" Minnie Minoso "Injured Two Months Ago Gains 32 Points -- "I Hokay, I Play" His Daily Word to Boss Lopez; Trainer Froelich Marvels at How He Brushes Off Pain" Rube Walker Rawlings ad features head shots of Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial and Duke Snider "Pay-TV May End Need for Larger Stadiums -- Storer: Radio-Video Tycoon, Miami Club Owner, Says Fans Might Prefer Home View" Gillete Razors ad featuring Pee Wee Reese Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more. 52 pages total
August 28, 1957:
"Do-Re-Mi" cartoon by Mullin on the front page showing "senorita De Los Angeles" on the balcony courting the Giants and his Brooklyn Bum Headline is "Busted NL Pennant Bubbles X-Rayed" with article "Experts Give Reasons for Four Foldups: Batters Blamed for Card, Dodger and Phil Slides; Reds Deficient on Mound" Also on the cover: "Dodgers, Giants Found Pattern in Coast Grid Feud: NFL Rivalry Between Rams and 49ers Produces Big Gates in LA and 'Frisco" "Lippy's Word to Braves -- 'Anything Can Happen' -- Leo and Pafko Recall '51 Giant Surge" "Giants Put Wheels in Motion for Coast -- Accept San Francisco Offer to Build 45,000-Seat Stadium" with large Mullin Cartoon "...But Not Forgotten" and article "League to Put Milwaukee in 'East Division' -- New York Club's Directors Vote 8-1 for Transfer; Next Move Up to Brooks" "Mayor's Letter Sealing Deal Spells Out 'Frisco Proposal -- 35-Year Lease at $125,00 Annual Rent" "Galbreath Denies Bucs to NY Shift" "Saga of the New York Giants, Matty to Mays" "Move to Coast Wins Favorable Comment from Officials of Other Clubs" "Giles Doubts NY Will Get NL Team in Near Future" "'Frisco Takes Shift of Giants in Stride -- 'We'll Miss Seals' -- Mild Enthusiasm Expressed by Fans; Stoneham and Aids Inspect Site of Park" "Brooks to Stay in NY Area? O'Malley Mum -- Reports of Move to Yankee Park or Site in Flushing Meadows Meet Silence" "Braves Gate Whirling to New NL Mark -- Only Weather Could Balk Shattering of '54 Record -- 2,131,388 High Draw May Be Topped by 150,000; Recent Series with Cards Established Three-Day Peak" "First Gem of '57 - (Bob) Keegan Uses New Wind-Up to Wind Up With No-Hitter: Only Two Men Reached Base as He Set Down Nats, 6 to 0" "80 Intentionals to Babe in '23 Believed to Be High -- Check of Newspaper Stories Spotlights Deliberate Passes" wtih photo of Babe Ruth Jack Sanford Ray Jablonski Ted Williams' "Fatigue, Team Bat Slump Harass Higgins on Western Trip -- Splinter Fears Illness or Injury in .400 Quest; Bosox Skipper Stumped by Failures Against Nats" Johnny Groth "Two-Year Dodger Mystery--Why Do Jersey Fans Boo? Newk and Duke Favorite Targets for Razzberries; Barber Raises Hopes with Old-Style Mound Effort" "Oriole Officers and Directors Travel With Team, Pay Own Way" "Schedule Favors Casey's Hope of Resting Regulars -- Yanks to Play Only Eight Road Games in Last 31; Club in Better Condition Physically Than Last Year" "Injury Halts Musial's Hot Bat Streak -- Socks .531 Over Eight-Game Road Stretch" Hank Aaron "Blasts Cards for Duster Pitches -- But Hutch, Jackson, Jones Deny Rap" "Toast of '56, Birdie's Now Feeling Heat -- Tebbetts Philosophic Over Reds' Dive, 'Patience Not Criticism,' Pilots Policy" Warren Spahn Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more. 44 pages total
September 4, 1957:
"Just Like Home" cartoon by Mullin on the cover about the Giants shift to San Francisco Headline is "Giant Shift Boosts NL Travel by 90 Pct. -- Phillies Face 40-Gee Hile in Tour Tab - Fare for Cardinals, Cubs, Reds, Braves Estimated at About $35,000 More" Large Nellie Fox cartoon by Lou Darvas with article "They Call Fox Biggest Little Guy in Game" "Dodgers Will Stay, O'Malley Repeats--'If Terms are Met' -- Willing to Build Own Stadium at Desired Location; New York Shows Renewed Interest in Keeping Club" "Winner by '60, Stoneham's Pledge to 'Frisco" "Rookie Studded Ump Staff Wins Giles' Salute -- Corps Among Youngest in Loop History -- Average Age Now 42" Bill Rigney "Eyes 4th Spot and Place in 'Frisco Caravan -- Californian Bill Awaiting Horace's Word on Pilot Job" "Sweep of Chisox Series Shows Yanks Still Able to Cop Big One -- Ford and Turley Standouts as Relievers -- Slaughter, Bauer, Berra Supply TNT" Dick Donovan "Six Wins in Twenty Days Tab Spahn Marshal for Pennant Parade -- Vet Lefty Ties Buhl and Sanford for League Lead" Birdie Tebbetts Gus Zernial "Brook Brass Sounds All Clear in Salute for Skipper Smokey -- Bavasi Denies Bosses Are Finding Fault with Walt; Veep Also Spikes Report Farm Talent on Downgrade" Robin Roberts demoted to bullpen Willard Nixon Al Kaline Lennie Green Roy Sievers shooting for HR and RBI crowns Ty Cobb "Honored at Augusta, Where He Started in Game" Deron Johnson "19, Raps for Yank Chance -- Triplets' Kid Slugger Made Leap from Rookie Loop in Second Year of O.B." Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more. 44 pages total
September 11, 1957:
"Home..Waiting for Company" cartoon by Mullin on the cover Headline is "Writers to Set Up 'Rookie' Yardstick" with article "Guiding Rule Won't Affect Voting in '57 -- Malzone Might Be Eligibile; Need for Definition Cited by Harridge and Yawkey" Also on the cover "Brooks Launch Overhaul with Sale of Maglie -- Erskine Also May Be Dealt; 13 Farm Prizes Called, Some to Report at Once" "Yankee-Like Dynasty Seen in Milwaukee -- Perini Organization Strong in Farm Material; Cards Seek to Bolster Outfield" "Ageless Vets Still Stealing on Pop Time" with article Walker Cooper "42, Sets Pace for Gaffers Who Can Go on for Years -- No Accurate Yardstick on Playing Life" Frank Malzone cartoon with article "Rugged Road Led Malzone to Bosox Stardom -- Boston's Best at Third Since Billy Werber -- Started in Class D at $40 Weekly, Overcame Ankle Fracture and Army Rust" "Next!" cartoon of Sal Maglie in pinstripes by Mullin with article "Maglie Expects to Help Yanks Two Years -- Sal Obtained in Rare Deal with Dodgers -- Bombers Wanted Magic Man for Drive in Stretch, But He Can't Play in Series" also "Would Have Quit if Sold to White Sox -- 'Cleveland All Over Again There, and I Have to Have Regular Starting Chances'" "Emil Fuchs, Ex-Stoneham Aid, Shocked at Transfer - One-Time Prexy of Braves Believes Lure of Pay-TV Led to Giants' Transfer" "Dodgers Shocked by Maglie's Sale to Yanks? Slump Follows -- Some Hint at Feeling Bavasi Conceded Flag to Braves, Forgot About 2nd Place" "Casey Wouldn't Trim Roster to Take on Barber -- Stengel Refused to Release Cicotte in Order to Make Maglie Eligible for Series" Sal Maglie "15th to Don Flannels of All New York Clubs -- List Also Includes O'Doul, Grimes, Lazzeri, Medwick, Stengel, Dressen, the Lip" Ty Cobb "Back in Georgia Finds Dream Homesite to Build on Mountain Near Birthplace" with photo of Cobb with Bill Terry "Braves Clear Path to Pennant with Bats Instead of Pitching -- Haney Wrecking Crew Goes on HR Spree; Spahn Sets Shutout Mark for Lefties" "Giants Finish-Line Speed-Up Promises Fast 'Frisco Start -- Pitchers Pace Polo Grounders' Late-Season Surge; O'Connell Sparkling as Keystoner and Hitting Well" "Sore Shin Slows Mantle, Threatens Triple Crown -- Stengel Reluctant to Sideline Mickey" "Kaline's Homers Spark Bengal Bid for Top Bracket" Lou Darvas cartoon of managers Kerby Farrell and Jack Tighe "Name-Signing Frays Nerves of Big Timers -- Some Ingrates Toss Away Autographs--and It's a Blow to Athlete's Pride" Ken Aspromonte "23,000 Baltimore Fans Cheer Ted at His 39th Birthday Party -- Cake, Portrait, Checks for Jimmy Fund Presented Williams" "Ol Perfessor Busy With Patchwork on His Limping Yanks -- Mantle's Leg Miseries, Bauer's Injury Wreck Outfield; Stengel Uses Berra in Right and Subs Kubek in Center" Bill Mazeroski Bob Thurman Dick Farrell Article about Felipe Alou in minor-league section Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more. 48 pages total
September 18, 1957:
"Rockin' and Rollin'" cartoon by Hubenthal on the front cover Headline is "Committee Named to Pass on Records" with article "Requirements for Streaks to Be Set Up by New Group -- Ruling May Be Made on Musial Iron-Man Mark; Spink Among Five Members Appointed to Body" Also on the cover: "Wynn Proposes Ratings on Umps by Pilots, Players" and "A.L. Rep Yost to ask for Arbitration Panel -- Basic Pay Hike Again to Be Sought" Large Walt Moryn cartoon by Amadee with article "Bruins Moryn Turns Into Bull-Moose Batter -- Power Blows Got Big Walt Off the Block" "Series Will Open Oct. 2 in AL Site -- Price Life Nixed -- Playoffs Could Delay Start; Two Off-Days for Travel if East, West Clubs Meet" "Stengel's Cripples Finding Comfort in Top-Place Cushion -- Ford's Return to Starting Rotation Provides Big Lift; Sturdy Studivant Rivaling Turley as Bomber Ace" "Consistent Mathews Helps Keep Braves on Flag Road -- Steady Play Makes Eddie 'Forgotten Man' While Others Grab Most of the Headlines" "Limping Mantle's Hopes for Triple Title Fading Fast -- Hospital Stay Virtually Ends His Chance of Becoming Only Successive Winner" "Giants' Fans Mixing Serenade to Say-Hey With Auld Lang Syne -- Rooters Pulling for Mays to Capture Batting Crown; Farms Promise Little Help for Improvement in '58" Jackie Jensen "Swings Into Stretch Run as Surprise Bidder for RBI Title" "Dodgers Find New Third Base Star -- It's Old Pro Reese -- Veteran Flashes in Field as Hot-Corner Guardian, Boosts His Batting Average After Taking Over Post "Angry Coast Leaguers Talk of 'Big Lawsuits' -- Loop Bristles Over 'Silent' Treatment from Majors in Transfer Negotiations" "Brooklyn Still in NL? Twin Signs Indicate Club Will Stay -- Nelson Rockefeller Willing to Aid in Keeping Club; NYC Ruled Legally Able to Acquire Stadium Site" Del Ennis Richie Ashburn on the trade market? Jack Urban "Tigers Take Aim at First Top Four Finish Since '50 -- Hill Staff Expanded By Recall of Presko and Daniel; Bunning to Get Plenty of Opportunities for 20 Wins" Herb Score "Equipped With Specs, Sighting Fresh Start for '58 -- Tribe's Injured Lefty Holds Slight Hope for Return to Hill Duty This Season" Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more. 52 pages total
September 25, 1957:
"Hi-Ya-Vasser" Milwaukee Braves cartoon by Mullin on the front cover Headline is "Kubek, Bouchee Named as Top Rookies" with article "Sanford Gets NL Yearling Award on Hill -- Phillies Sweep Freshman Honors in Giles Loop; No Pitching Selection in AL" Also on the cover: Frank Malzone "Inelgible in Rookie Vote" Also on the cover "Yank Dynasty Dying at Roots, Says Comiskey -- Bombers Meeting Stronger Competition for Phenoms, Declares White Sox Veep" Lou Darvas cartoon of rookie winners Tony Kubek, Jack Sanford, Ed Bouchee "Sanford and Bouchee Cost Phils Total of Only $3,000" Bobby Richardson "Glides Into Infield Post With Greatest of Ease -- Fast-Stepping Bobby Yank Regular at 22" "Braves Have Right to Drop Bonus Duo for Series -- Frick -- Situation Similar to Workings of Disabled List, He Says; Refuses Comment on Yost Arbitration Panel Proposal" "Can Kaline Fill Bill as 'Another DiMag'?" with photos of both Al Kaline and Joe DiMaggio "Rockefeller Plan Snagged, Brooks Turn Eyes to Coast -- NY Board of Estimate Cool to Stadium Project; Dodgers Study Proposal From LA City Council" Bob Buhl and Del Rice Mickey Mantle's "Return Speeds Bombers Toward Clincher -- With Mantle on Duty, Yanks Again Look Like Champs -- Stengel Praises Kubek" "Dodger Druthers Favor Cardinals as One-Year Flashes -- Brooks Still Rate Themselves as Best in League and Don't Regard Redbirds as Long-Term Threats" Wally Moon "Giants Facing Need of '58 Overhaul -- Staff Lacks Solid Stopper; Club Concerned Chiefly Over Slump of Antonelli" Bob Lemon "Injured Kid's Wish Spurs Banks' Drive for HR Title -- Youngster, Visited by Ernie in Hospital, Voiced Hope of Crown for Cubs' Star" "Start the Shovels, Demands Mayor as 'Frisco Park Lags -- Christopher, Angered by Slow Progress on Details of Giants' Transfer, Calls for Speed-Up in Plans" "Sadness Mixed With Comedy at Seals' Goodbye" Jim Bunning "Blazes as Begals Turn on Heat at Finish" George Kell ankle injury Don Hoak "Flag-Waving Seals Leave 'Em Cheering in Saying Farewell" Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more including football coverage. 44 pages total
October 2, 1957:
Banner at top: "World Series Issue -- Features, Facts, Figures" "Ein Stelldichein" cartoon by Mullin with Braves-Yankees represented Headline is "Many Vet Stars to Go On Trading Block" with article "Top Farm Talent Dwindles; Clubs Must Deal to Fill Gaps -- Contenders Realize Bold Measures Will Be Needed; Most Organizations Sekk Hill, Mitt Reinforcements "Lefty Was There Decade Ago, Again This Year: '57 Braves Top Boston Winner -- Spahn" is about Warren Spahn comparing the 1948 Boston Braves to this season's Milwaukee version "Warhorse Always at Best in Stake Event -- Slaughter, at 41, Participates in His Fourth World's Series" with photo of Enos Slaughter in '57 Yankees uniform and shot of him in '42 with Cardinals "Cubs' 1907 Triumph Over Tigers Avenged Every Tenth Year Since -- AL Trying to Roll Another 'Lucky 7' Series -- NL Drubbed Each Decade Starting in '17 -- Yanks Humiliated '27 Bucs, Swamped Giants in '37 and Edged Brooks in '47" "Quinn Quiet GM of Tepee Tomahawkers -- Tosses Posies to Competent Scouts, Pilot for Club Success" "Yankee Staff -- Was it Built on Pluck or Luck? Six Home-Developed Hurlers Among Ten in Coast to Pennant" with photos of home grown Whitey Ford, Bob Grim, Tom Sturdivant, Tommy Byrne, Al Cicotte, and Johnny Kucks, plus 2 additions from KC Art Ditmar and Bobby Shantz and 2 from Baltimore Don Larsen and Bob Turley "Pennant Dynasty Predicted for Young Braves -- Spahn, Schoendienst Only Key Men on Team Who Are Well Along in Years" "MV Yank of '57? It Was Ol' Case Master Juggler -- Mantle Below Par Physcially, Ford, Berra Slumped, But Stengel Pulled Right Strings For Another Pennant" Team photos of the Yankees and Braves on the same page "Gladness, Madness Mark Celebrations of Braves and City -- Champagne Showers Mingled With Yells in Clubhouse; Fan Demonstrations Tie Up Traffic Till Wee Hours" "Yanks Celebrate at Delayed Party -- Players and Wives in Stadium Fiesta Night after Clincher" "Never-Say-Die Birds Whet Fan Appetites for Lively Fight in '58" "Duke Bids Flatbush Adieu as Record-Tying HR King" Ted Williams "Blazes to Flashy Finale as Batting Champ -- The Splinter Puts on Homer Display, Reaching Base on 16 Straight Trips to Dish" Danny Murtaugh Joe DeMaestri Robin Roberts "To Go? Phils Would Listen to Bids" "Giants Still Facing 'Fisco Hills, Stoneham Finds on Flying Visit -- Coast League's Indemnity Demands, Seals Stadium Lease Still to Be Settled" "White Sox Were Stopped Only by Lack of Stopper -- Senor" Roy McMillan John Goryl Willie Mays' "Wife Says 'He Will Be Okay With Stoneham' -- 'We're Not Part of Hubbell-Ott-Durocher Tradition'; Only Worry Is That Say-Hey Will Be on Lots With Kids" Plus Regular Columns, Standings, Boxscores, Stats, Minor League Reports, and more including football coverage. 64 pages total
October 9, 1957:
"Mr. Big Stick" cartoon of Stan Musial by Mullin on front cover Headline is "Williams, Musial Picked as Top Players" with story "Spah, Pierce lead Hurlers in Year of the Old Pros -- Ted Far Ahead of Mantle, Sievers and Fox in Poll; Stan the Man Challenged by Mans, Aaron and Banks" Also on the cover: "Busch to Lead Fight to Put End to Bonus Rule -- Two Years on Bench, Two in Army Mean Four Years of Arrested Development" Bobby Bragan "Surprise Pick to Succeed Farrell -- Choice of New Manager Gets Cool Response in Cleveland" "Many Heartaches for First-Year Bosses -- Cookie Learned Chief Problem Was Off Field; Murtaugh Succeeded in Whipping Temper; Scheffing Found NL Lot Tougher Than PCL; Craft Denies Defeatist Complex vs. Yanks; Tribe Injuries Drove Farrell About Frantic; Quips or Acid Tongue, Tighe Master of Both" "Unrestricted Draft Urged by Veeck to Give Kids Chance -- Favors Expansion of Majors Over Franchise Shiftsl Would Bar TV at Home" "Bargaining Over New York Territory Looms -- Ten-Club Loops Discussed; Brooks Get Time Extension -- Okay of Shift Waits on Vote by LA City Council; AL Proposal for Two-Club Coast Cities Tabled" "Executive Council Votes to Hike Players' Minimum Pay to $7,000 "Ferrell Accepts Release by Tribe Like Big Leaguer -- Fired for First Time in 13 Years of Piloting; Asked to Stay in Tribe System" "Turning Point for Braves? It Was in Florida -- Haney -- Pilot Cites Spring Determination as Key to Pennantl Ability to Overcome Injuries Next Largest Factor" "Ol' Perfessor Facing Tough Winter Quiz--What About Kubek?" "St. Louis Policeman Recalls Details of Black Sox Case -- Hoagland Gave Spink Evidence of Series Fix -- Ban Johnson Then Exploded Case, Armed With Sheaf of Gamblers' Telegrams" "Cheers, Tears, Souvenir Rush at Giants' Farewell to NY -- Mob Scene Marks Polo Grounds Wake -- Crowd Goes Wild After Game's End -- Fans Tote Mementoes Away; One-Time Stars of Team on Hand for Ceremonies" "Marquard Recalls HIs Record Streak as Giants Say Goodbye -- Rube Defeated All the Aces for 19 Wins in Row, But Lost to Cub Rookie Hurler" "Death of a Ball Club A Tearful Spectacle -- Final Rites for Bums Like a Funeral" "Giants' Park Real Home for Schwabs Since '46 -- Groundskeeper and Family Occupied House There; They'll Move to 'Frisco" Roy Sievers Minnie Minoso Ted Williams' "Batting Feats at Age of 39 Rated as Mauling Miracle -- Slugging Percentage Nearly Matched His .406 YEar; Shuns Special Acclaim, Rejects Series TV Offer" Small photo from Sgt. Bilko with Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Gil McDougald Plus Regular Columns, Final Season Stats, Boxscores, Minor League Reports, and more including 8-page football section "The Quarterback". 36 pages plus 8-page Quarterback section for 44 pages total
October 16, 1957:
"Good For One, Pain for the Other" cartoon by Mullin on the front cover Headline is: "Scribes Come Up With New Rookie Rule" with article "Action Adds to Confusion of Definition -- May 15 to Sept. 1 Service, 75 At-Bats or 45 Innings Pitched Will Be Yardstick" Also on the cover "Busch Backed in Fight to Scrap Bonus Rule" "Next Year for Dodgers Means California -- Burn Their Bridges in Brooklyn for Move to Los Angeles" with articles "Steps Taken for Drafting of Territory -- Team Will Play '58 Games in Either Wrigley Field, Coliseum or Both Parks" and "LA Council Invites Bums to Play Ball -- Bill Opening Door to Brooks Approved by 10 to 4 Vote After Heated Arguments" "Coast Leaguers See Realignment as Only Lifeline -- PCL Club Officials Resent O'Malley's Suggestion of Berth in Majors for Seattle" "Traded by New Yorkers in '51, Lew Comes Back to Haunt Them -- Forget Burdette? Bombers Can't Do It" with articles "Lew Denies Special Aim of Revenge -- He's Just Kind of Guy Who Wants to Beat Anybody, Regardless of Uniforms" and "Lew Fourth to Notch Three Wins in Seven-Game Series" "Frick Slaps Braves' Wrists for Barring Doors to Press -- Desi Arnaz Admitted for Celebration" "Yank Youngster Makes Home-Towners Groan and Grin -- Milwaukeean Kubek Starred in Bomber Show" "Giants Delay Rehiring of Rigney as San Francisco Opening Show -- Bill Counts on McCormick and Cepeda as First Improvements" "Youthful Braves Figured as Even Stronger for '58" "Bad News for Yankee Haters; More Prize Prospects on Way -- Throneberry, Coates, Siebern and Johnson Expected to Offer Strong Challenges fpr Varsity Jobs Next Year" "Mein Lewie" cartoon by Mullin with article "Burdette's Three Wins Tab Him Series Great --Lew Joins Adams, Coveleski, Becheen on Hero List" "Swell-Head Stories Get Ynkas Mad as Hops in Milwaukee -- Daniel, Traveling With AL Champs to Brewtown, Relates Developments That Touched Off Criticism" and "Bombers Chilly Air for Welcome Groups Burns Up Burghers -- Casey Booed During Braves' Victories at Milwaukee; Departing Yanks Reminded 'Who's Bush League Now?'" "Gus Triandos Put on Shelf as Bird Bait -- Catcher-First-Sacker Irked by Late-Season Razzing; Kell Also Likely to Go" "Tigers Not Keen to Swap Harvey, But Will Listen -- 'If Right Offer Comes, We'll Consider It' -- McHale" "Named as Top Sign-Stealers of Game's Modern Era" page has articles with photos of Art Fletcher, Del Baker, and Chuck Dressen Game by Game World Series Coverage runs from pages 21-29 Boxscores, summaries, photos "Is Klu Through? Reds Buy Bilko to Stengthen -- Lefty Slugger May Rack Up Bat if Back Hurts in Camp; Paul Denies Purchase Means Another Deal With Dodgers" "Cal Hopes for Nat Shift--But to New Capital Stadium -- Confabs With Minneapolis Just Courtest, He Says--Discounts Talk of Move" with small photo of Calvin Griffith Plus Regular Columns, Minor League Reports, and more including 6-page football section "The Quarterback". 38 pages plus 6-page Quarterback section for 44 pages total
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