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Para la municipalidad no ofrecerían seguridad las canchas de San Lorenzo, Atlanta, All Boys, y Excursionistas
These four teams are cited as having insufficiently safe stadiums to hold the number of spectators they receive on a regular basis. AFA is working with stat officials to improve stadium conditions.
Una investigación exhaustiva debe señalar a los verdaderos culpables del accidente en La Plata
The main article chastises club and city officials for not taking stadium security seriously until a tragedy occurs. Another article looks at the effect of new stadium investigations on Ferro Oeste.
Una despedida de moda en Vélez Sársfield: silbidos
The trend towards results is producing a quality of play that fans are enjoying less. Atlanta here is coached by Zubeldía
First issue of Jugador 12: La revista para el y por el hincha de Boca Juniors
Contains the official team song and why this magazine was created: to give fans a public voice in the press
¿Usted silbó el domingo 6?
The author doesn't understand why the same socios who whistle and jeer the club directors and commission are relunctant to participate and help in club activities.
Enfoques de barrio: "Jugador N˚12"
The author was asked to contribute a poem, most likely he is known in local circles as an accomplished writer.
Terminó la vergüenza: ha renunciado Irusta
Although these articles hint at internal club politics, the reference to a cabal—with many supporters—that behaved as a gang of "guapos" which fostered a climate of violence, is noteworthy because it is an early sign of a barra brava (which predates…
Pronto empezarán la pileta
Although massive projects were decades away, this article shows how Boca aimed to expand its facilities with ambitious projects
Tendremos en La Boca el estadio más grande del mundo, nos expresa
This article goes well with the previous week's article on swimming pools. In this case, the expansion of Boca's stadium is designed to elevate it to the status of one of the world's largest and most modern stadiums. Fans, however, should do their…
Boca tendrá socios y filiales en todo el país
This is of interesting note, since it provides a date for when major club teams began to look towards the interior for more club members
Fangio: uno más de los hinchas de Boca Juniors
Juan Manuel Fangio was one of the more popular sportsmen in the late 1940s. The magazine takes pride that such a popular figure is a fan of Boca Juniors.
Boca Juniors y la música popular en el alma de Francisco Rotundo
Useful article to see the intersection of fútbol, music, and popular culture in general
En pareja con Requín, pero hincha de Boca
Useful article to see the intersection of fútbol, music, and popular culture in general
Abran cancha…!
Songs and poems were common in the 1940s as a way to express deep devotion to your club, almost in a seductive and romantic manner.
El aporte de Boca
The magazine highlights the generosity and humanity of the club in raising funds for the funds of the tragedy in Sarmiento (the 1944 earthquake in San Juan). An outreach for fan support in raising funds follows on the next page.
Boca da su valioso concurso para las víctimas de la catástrofe de S.Juan
More details about the exhibition matches hastily arranged to raise funds for the victims of the 1944 earthquake, as well as a mention of Chilean support ("nuestros hermanos de raza y tradición")