August 19, 1957 Table Of Contents
Baseball X-Ray
Fisherman's Calendar
Coming Events
Acknowledgments
Champ Meets Veep
In history's weirdest title fight Floyd Patterson takes on a young businessman from Georgia named Pete Rademacher
By Martin Kane
Spectacle
Mastering the speed and subtle whims of the biggest of the inland scows is a job for a sailor who can keep a clear head and a steady helm at 35 mph
Events & Discoveries
MONT BLANC: THE HARD WAY TO THE TOP, STATISTICS ON THE IRE OF THE UMPIRE, WAITING AT THE GOLDEN GATE, THE SORROWS OF JIMMY JONES, FOOTBALL TIME
Wonderful World Of Sport
Hambletonian
Showcase for the 1957 Hambletonian, premiere event in trotting, is a county fair extravaganza that transforms a little southern Illinois town into a nine-day New Orleans Mardi Gras
By Jeremiah Tax
It's fast fun and it's taken the fancy of three million. Here a champion shows how to do it
By Bruce Parker
Trouble In Detroit
The youthful, rising Tigers had dreams of a pennant this year. Now, as the season fades, they are fighting to escape from sixth place
An open letter to PETE RADEMACHER
At the new Virginia Raceway's rain-splashed, windy opener, a big red Maserati poured it on the D Jags
By Kenneth Rudeen
6 This week we add a more difficult exercise: the knee-to-nose kick
Tip From The Top
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
THE QUESTION: it seems there are more fights in baseball than ever before. How was it in your day?
By Jimmy Jemail
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER