1957/09/16 - Front cover features Carmen Basilio

  • Big News in Contract Bridge - Charles Goren, introduced by W. Somerset Maugham, joins Sports Illustrated's staff and presents his 10 new commandments of bidding
  • The Velvet Hand - It is Carmen Basilio's left, and it should beat Sugar Ray Robinson says Martin Kane
  • Spectacle: Mudlark in Blighty - Uphill and Down with England's hardy trials drivers
  • A Champion Is On the Way - Whitney Tower scouts tomorrow's racing heroes, today's 2-year olds
  • National Singles Champions, 1957 - Althea Gibson accommodated history--Malcolm Anderson made it
  • End of an Area -- The Dodgers may be dead now, but "wait till next year" by Dick Young
  • One Man's Arsenal - On the Eve of Hunting Season Ed Zern picks 10 best guns
  • Part 2: God's Little Underwater Acre - Clare Booth Luce concludes her odyssey of discovery in a colorful new world
  • Pour Le Sport - A fashion scoop from Paris; boutique clothes with a Sporting Look
  • Bonnie Prudden's Fun & Fitness Course - Part 7 presents Exercises for College Students
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features