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1957-04-22 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents April 22 1957

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 Wind and Jeremiah Tax
  • Hope of St. Louis – The Cardinals are long shots this year, but a quiet Gashouser named Moon could spark them to the pennant by Robert Creamer
  • A Wilderness Explodes – The beauty of a Great Smokies springtime with color photos by Richard Meek, by John O’Reilly and Horace Sutton
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features

    • 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