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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

    • 1957-09-30 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents September 30 1957

    1957/09/30 – Front cover features a photo by Hy Peskin to go with the World Series preview inside the issue

  • The Battle of the Champions – What happened when Carmen Basilio and Sugar Ray Robinson met at Yankee Stadium

    • PREVIEW: Yanks vs. Braves (12 pages coverage total, including the 3 in color)

  • The Season: How and why the winners won, plus three pages of Color including full page shot of Fred Haney
  • The Stadiums: Drawings of the Parks, their histories and seating data
  • Scouting Reports: A player-by-player evaluation of the Braves and Yankees
  • Critique–and Verdict: An assessment of the two teams
  • Football Surprises and Promises by Tex Maule
  • Golf’s Amateur Heroes by Herbert Warren Wind

    • ,lI>Johnny’s Gamble – An ailing colt wins the Little Brown Jug by Jeremiah Tax

  • New Sporting Look at Old Dublin – The lovely women of Ireland show classic fabrics in modern dress
  • Three Days on a Horse – Alice Higgins reports on the Wofford Cup
  • The Beauty of a Sporting Heritage – The magnificent estate of J. Watson Webbs, in color by Richard Meek
  • Herr “Beautiful Service” – About Red Schoendienst by Gerald Holland
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features

    • 1958-03-24 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents March 24 1958

    1958/03/24 – Front cover features Carmen Basilio at the left, Fairway Fashions at the top right, L.A. Memorial Coliseum with billboard announcing April 18 Dodgers-Giants game

    Big League Ball Goes West

  • Who called that Bum a Smodger? Patently, it must have been a San Franciscan
  • The two new major league parks: their dimensions and seating, drawn in color
  • The Giants and Dodgers in spring training: reports from Phoenix and Vero Beach
  • Footloose in two cities: a sprightly guide to San Francisco and Los Angeles
  • O’Malley and the Angels: a man’s struggle with a sport and a business
  • Spectacle: Sugar Ray Dares the Odds – Carmen Basilio is favored over Sugar Ray Robinson, includes four full pages in color
  • The Plot Against Silky Sullivan
  • Sacks and Chemises at Santa Anita
  • Long Day’s Journey at Sebring – A preview of the top U.S. road race
  • For Women Golfers … a special wardobe designed by Bill Atkinson
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features