
Table of Contents
BIG NEWS IN CONTRACT BRIDGE 14
CHARLES GOREN, introduced by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, joins SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S staff and presents his 10 new commandments of bidding
THE VELVET HAND 18
It is Carmen Basilio's left, and it should beat Robinson; says MARTIN KANE
SPECTACLE: MUDLARK IN BLIGHTY 22
Uphill and down with England's hardy trials drivers. IN COLOR
A CHAMPION IS ON THE WAY 37
WHITNEY TOWER scouts tomorrow's racing heroes, today's 2-year-olds
NATIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONS, 1957 45
Althea Gibson accommodated history—Malcolm Anderson made it
END OF AN AREA 46
The Dodgers may be dead now, but "wait till next year." By DICK YOUNG
ONE MAN'S ARSENAL 54
On the eve of the hunting season ED ZERN picks 10 best guns
PART II: GOD'S LITTLE UNDERWATER ACRE 58
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE concludes her odyssey of discovery in a colorful new world
POUR LE SPORT 67
A fashion scoop from Paris: boutique clothes with a SPORTING LOOK
BONNIE PRUDDEN'S FUN & FITNESS COURSE 72
In the seventh of her series, she presents EXERCISES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
THE DEPARTMENTS
•SCOREBOARD 5
•BASEBALL X-RAY 9
•FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR 10
•FROM THE FLYWAYS 10
•COMING EVENTS 11
•EVENTS & DISCOVERIES 27
•WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT 31
•TIP FROM THE TOP 71
•HOTBOX 81
•THE 19TH HOLE 82
•PAT ON THE BACK 84
Acknowledgments on page 10
COVER: CARMEN BASILIO
Photograph by Hy Peskin
Carmen Basilio, the best welterweight in the world, challenges Ray Robinson for his middleweight title on September 23, in what promises to be the year's best fight. For a preview of it, plus Robert Riger's illustrations of the strategy with which Basilio expects to win, see page 18.
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