1957/05/13 – Front cover features Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox Part 1 of 4: The Lady and the Trout — In the 15th Century, the literature of angling began with a Benedictine nun. An eminent historian, Alfred Duggan, introduces Dame Juliana Berners The Baby Comes Into His Own – Iron Liege’s Derby: a [...]
1957/05/27 – Front cover features Preview of the Indianapolis 500 featuring National Champion Driver Jim Bryan Speed and Indianapolis by Kenneth Rudeen In a Paris Wood – The Bois de Boulogne has something for both Parisians and tourists, with photos by Robert Doisneau and story by Horace Sutton The Wonderful World of Sport The Ruler [...]
1957/04/08 – Front cover features Trout Fisherman A. Wells Peck – Preview: The Trout Season, A Nationwide Report Hang on and Pray – Victory comes to a doubting jockey in the Grand National by Whitney Tower Ackus Marackus at Ohio – For 20 Year’s Ohio State’s divers have ruled their sport by Coles Phinizy The [...]
1957/04/22 – Front cover features Wally Moon of the St. Louis Cardinals An SI Special: The Tex Rickard Story — Part 1 of 3 by Charles Samuels Hubbub in Boston — Beantown springs to life as the Celtics win the NBA title and the Bruins battle uphill for a Stanley Cup — by Herbert Warren [...]
1957/04/29 – Front cover features Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Gene Fullmer – Sugar Ray’s Last Chance An SI Special: The Great U.S. Pool Boom – A 14 page report covers pool building, living, fashions by Fred R. Smith and Jo Ahearn April Is for the Young In Heart – Tony Kubek awaits his chance as [...]
1957/06/17 – Front cover features Eddie Arcaro illustrated by Robert Riger Part 1 of 5 — The Art of Race Riding by Eddie Arcaro and Whitney Tower with drawings by Robert Riger Skills of the Baseball Hitter by Robert Creamer and John G. Zimmerman includes full-page color photos of each Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Harvey [...]
1957/06/10 – Front cover features U.S. Open defending champion Cary Middlecoff Baseball: Gloom Here–Joy There by Roy Terrell about the season at the one-quarter mark Spectacle: The Queen’s Plate by Horace Sutton and Dan Weiner about Canada’s ‘Kentucky Derby’ Sam Wins a Duel in the Sun by Kenneth Rudeen – Sam Hanks wins the Indianapolis [...]
