1957/08/05 – Front cover features Bonnie Prudden
Floyd Patterson vs. Hurricane Jackson – A ringside report on the heavyweight championship fight by Martin Kane Wondrous Willie – Richard Meek captures in color the base-running skill of WILLIE MAYS – 4 pages in color That Pennant – Five players, mightily involved themselves, discuss the National league race
U.S. Fitness, 1957: A 24-Page Report
A survey of fitness progress–and problems by Dorothy Stull
Reports from the 48 States by Sports Illustrated correspondents
Bonnie Prudden begins a unique series on fitness for the family
The skintight Sporting Look in exercise clothes
Look, ma! I’m flying: fitness in Michigan
Long Run to Honolulu – Ezra Bowen’s nautical diary of the 2,230-mile to Diamond Head
1-1-1-1-1-1-1 at Larchmont – Tommy Munnell and his sister Cathie win seven in a row
The PGA Comes Back – An old tourney is exhibiting renewed vigor by Herbert Warren Wind
Swoon’s Son – A courageous horse in Chicago, haven of comfort by Whitney Tower
A Museum for a Queen – The National turf collection, at Saratoga, photographed in Color
Case History of a Baseball Player – A “psychoanalyst” interprets the National Game by Howard L. Katzander
Plus Departments containing semi-regular features
