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1957-09-16 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents for September 16, 1957

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

    • 1957-09-02 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents for September 2, 1957

    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