1957/09/02 - Front cover features Althea Gibson

  • Faces in the Crowd includes a thumbnail black & white photo of 17-year-old JACK NICKLAUS - Accompanying text reads: Jack Nicklaus, husky 17-year-old homebred, made up two-stroke deficit soon after start of final round but had to hand on grimly in face of determined challenge by John Konsek to win (294-296) international jaycee junior golf title at Columbus -Can't stress enough how small this is, photo plus text area measure total of 2-1/2 X 1-1/2 inches
  • The Veep: He Swung and He Missed - Pete Rademacher loses his bout but makes his point by Martin Kane
  • Spectacle: The River - A St. Lawrence way of life photographed by Toni Frissell

  • Preview: Forest Hills -- Sarah Palfrey presents an intimate portrait of Althea Gibson including full-page color photo of Gibson, a frequently 'misunderstood' you lady; William F. Talbert previews the 1957 Nationals; and Horace Sutton conducts a tour of Forest Hills
  • Sporting Look: College '57 - The University of Missouri models the latest clothes
  • Remember the Old Canoe? -- Photographer Wallace Kirkland takes you on a nostalgic trip in color, and Sparse Grey hackle fondly recalls the canoes he has known
  • The Edsel Arrives - Debut of a powerful, glittering new Ford Motor Co. car by Kenneth Rudeen
  • Blue Heaven - In the Hawaiian Islands Ezra Bowen discovers a marlin paradise
  • San Francisco 1, Los Angeles 0 - Major league baseball finally reaches the coast--and not at L.A.
  • Deep in the Bush - Life in Class D baseball is photographed by John G. Zimmerman as Robert H. Boyle finds old Dodger Pete Reiser managing Kokomo
  • Bonnie Prudden's Fun & Fitness Course - Part 5 presents the Hip Shift and Deep Knee Bend
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features