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1957-04-29 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents April 29 1957

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 other youngsters shine; also opens with a nearly full-page black & white photo of Roger Maris crossing the plate after his first home run
  • Spectacle: The Horse Show That Is Italy’s Pride – It is in Rome, of course, and one of the reasons for its success is the brilliant riding of the D’Inzeo brothers, by Luigi Barzini, Jr.
  • The Wonderful World of Sport
  • It’s Sugar Ray vs Gene Again – Gene Fullmer is favored to keep the middleweight title won from Sugar Ray Robinson by Martin Kane
  • Part 2: The Tex Rickard Story by Charles Samuels
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features