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1957-05-13 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents May 13 1957

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 triumph of courage and skill by Whitney Tower
  • How You, Willie? by Catherine Drinker Bowen about the charm of Derby time
  • A Punch for History — The incredible Sugar Ray Robinson is again middleweight champ after KOing Gene Fullmer by Martin Kane
  • High Wire to the Glacier World – A skiing adventure, in color, and the Footloose Sportsman in Chamonix
  • Chicago’s Go-Sox Go Again – If not the team to beat, at least they were the team to catch by Roy Terrell
  • Italian Duel – A preview of the year’s first big European road races by William Rospigliosi
  • ‘Racing Is a Vice” – A dashing young driver, Alfonso de Portago, eulogizes his sport
  • Foul Weather and Fair – There’s a brand new sporting look for sailors
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    • 1957-05-20 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents May 20 1957

    1957/05/20 – Front cover features Gussie Busch and Friends at the Bridlespur Horse Show

  • Tragedy at the Mille Miglia — The death of the Marquis de Portago by William Rospigliosi
  • A Blunder Is Repaired – Basketball referee John K. Fraser is out by Martin Kane
  • Spectacle: Boats Unlimited in Detroit with color photographs by David Kitz and description by Nick Thimmesch
  • Alas, Poor Giants! — Dwindling crowds are chasing the Giants west by Robert Creamer
  • Fish Story at Coney Island – The new Aquarium is almost ready by John O’Reilly
  • Second Wind on Capitol Hill – A good many Congressmen have joined the fight for fitness
  • Bridlespur and Gussie Busch – A St. Louis classic in Color, plus a visit by Gerald Holland
  • The Second Round – Iron Liege has a task ahead of him in the Preakness by Whitney Tower
  • All Hail, Cornell – The Big Red’s record victory on Cayuga Lake by Don Parker
  • Part 2: The Lady and the Trout — Alfred Duggan renders The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle
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    • 1957-05-06 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents May 6 1957

    1957/05/06 – Front cover features Kentucky Derby Preview – The Calumet Cavalry vs. Bold Ruler

    Preview: The Kentucky Derby –

  • A Year of Greatness by Whitney Tower
  • Spectacle: Four pages of Derby Day in Color by Richard Meek
  • You Should Know about juleps — and bourbon by Ed Zern
  • The Wonderful World of Sport
  • The $10,000 Elephant by William Negley – the author successfully hunts and elephant with bow and arrow
  • Curlicues Are in Bloom by Kenneth Rudeen about brand new racetracks
  • Rhonda: A Floating Fantasy by Ezra Bowen about the “Rhonda III” tailored to the tastes of Shipbuilding Executive Robert I. Ingalls Jr.
  • The Sad Song of Bobby by Robert Creamer is about Manager Bobby Bragan
  • Teedeeuk the Blue Jay by Dr. William J. Long and illustrated by Arthur Singer
  • Colossal Calumet
  • Part 3 of 3: The Tex Rickard Story by Charles Samuels
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    • 1957-06-03 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents June 3 1957

    1957/06/03 – Front cover features King of the Bullpen, Clem Labine of the Brooklyn Dodgers

  • Big Show–Bigger to Come by James Murray about track in Los Angeles
  • Seattle’s Dramamine Derby — The Swiftshire ocean race in color
  • Caddie Crisis at Happy Knoll by John P. Marquand
  • They Call Him Mr. Trouble by Gwilyn Brown about golfer Doug Ford
  • Of Cups and Courage by Alice Higgins about steeplechase
  • Busy, Busy Jumbo by Coles Phinizy about Coach Jim Jumbo Elliott and his Villanova track team
  • Darlin’ Clem Labine by Robert Creamer
  • Cus D’Amato Outpoints the IBC by Martin Kane
  • Part 4 of 4 — The Lady and the Trout by John McDonald about Dame Juliana Berners
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    • 1957-06-24 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents June 24 1957

    1957/06/24 – Front cover features pole vaulter Bob Gutkowski

  • Fame Calls on Dick Mayer – U.S. Open report by Ben Hogan and Herbert Warren Wind
  • Henley Forever in text and color photos featuring the Henley Royal Regatta
  • Part 1 of 5 — The Art of Race Riding by Eddie Arcaro and Whitney Tower with drawings by Robert Riger
  • The Men Look Over the Boys by Roy Terrell about big league scouts at the College World Series
  • Phenomenal Philadelphia by Les Woodcock about a half dozen rookies and Granny Hamner getting the Phillies off to a good start
  • Track Thrills–And Champions about the NCAA meet (cover story)
  • The Shoe That Finally Fit by William Leggett about the 89th Belmont Stakes winner Willie Shoemaker on Gallant Man
  • Little Thunder-Maker by Dr. William J. Long and illustrated by Arthur Singer about the ruffled grouse
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    • 1957-06-17 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents June 17 1957

    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 Kuenn, Jim Lemon
  • A Square (Congressional) Deal for Sports by Representative Kenneth B. Keating
  • Now It’s Eddie vs. Shoe by Whitney Tower about the 89th running of the Belmont Stakes
  • High-Seas Hot Rods by Ezra Bowen – Speedboats of 1957
  • Dust-Up at Devon by Alice Higgins
  • Dude’s Delight by Toni Frissell
  • Danish Dazzle by Horace Sutton
  • Fair Ladies and Royal Ascot by A.P. Herbert with drawings by Rowland Emmett
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    • 1957-06-10 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents June 10 1957

    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 500
  • Preview: The U.S. Open by Herbert Warren Wind, to be held at the Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio plus article about Harry Vardon
  • The Winners! by Jo Ahern about the American Sportswear Design Awards
  • How You Can Play Better Tennis by William F. Talbert and J. Donald Budge with drawings by Ed Vebell
  • The Upper Crust by James Ramsey Ullman about mountain climbing
  • Sport in Art: “The Wolf and the Fox Hunt” by Peter Paul Rubens in full color spread across most of two pages with text at the bottom of the page
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features