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MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, December 6, 1951

* Shoeless Joe Jackson death w/ photo
* Chicago White Sox - Cleveland Indians
* Major league baseball - MLB

The sport's section (page 27) has a one column heading: "'Shoeless Joe' Jackson Dies" with small photo. (see image)
Complete with 38 pages, light toning at the margins, tiny binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.

THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, July 26, 1913 

* Published by prison inmates
* Elmira Correctional Facility
* Joe Jackson & Ty Cobb

interesting newspaper  "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira" as noted at the top of page 2.
Actually fine baseball content as the back page has subheads: "Joe Jackson Is Ahead of Ty Cobb" "Jake Daubert Is Hitting Near Top in the National League". A wealth of other sports reports consumes the entire back page.
Measures…

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Sept. 29, 1920  

* Chicago White "Black" Sox
* World Series Scandal breaks
* Players suspended from team
* Pitcher Eddie Cicotte confession
* Shoeless Joe Jackson confession

The top of the ftpg. has column heads on the infamous "Black Sox" scandal with: "BASEBALL PLOT BARED" "Cicotte and Jackson Make Complete Confession" "First-Named Tells of Receiving $10,000" "Gamblers Obliged to Place It Under Pillow" "Jackson Was Promised $20,000; Got $5000" "Scandal…

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, March 26, 1921 

* Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal
* Indictments against White Sox players

One of the sports pages inside has an article near the bottom with one column heads: "Baseball Scandal Up Again" "Eighteen Men Indicted by Chicago Grand Jury, Including Five Not Previously Mentioned".
A very notable report.
The article names all men indicted, and includes: "...Other men reindicted were: Eddie Cicotte, pitcher, who confessed to receiving $10,000…

THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1957 

* Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1st Negro MLB baseball player (retirement)

Pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 contain an excellent very exhaustive report on Jackie Robinson's decision to retire from baseball, much to the disappointment of the N.Y. Giants to whom he was to be sold.
Just some of the headlines include: "Jackie's Goodbye Leaves 'Em Gulping" "Retirement Riles Dodgers and Stuns Giants" "Jackie 'Closes Door' on Playing After New Boss…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 30, 1921 

* Chicago White (Black) Sox scandal 
* Baseball World Series fix trial
* Best title to be had ? rare as such

As the infamous Black Sox scandal comes to its conclusion (final arguments in the trial were the day before), the front page of the sports section has an interesting article headed: "Asks Conviction Of 'Black Sox' On Their Own Story" "Confessions Only Evidence Needed, State Says".
The text begins: "Confessions made by Eddie Cicotte,…