October 04, 1954 | Volume 1, Issue 8

In New York, Casey Stengel signed a new Yankee contract. "I told them, they ought to fire me if I didn't win," Casey said, "and I didn't and they shoulda but they didn't. Now I got to find a way...

Millions watched big-league baseball from the stands—-millions more on the flickering screens of TV. It is a rare fan who does not have his own view, at season's end, of the key men and moments....

The Answers:

A champion who was very nearly crippled a few days before the race takes charge of the Kentucky Derby of standardbred pacing—and prevents a filly from upsetting a nine-year-old tradition

Summertime ski jump was brightly floodlit over massive colonnade of Soldier Field but failed to impress overheated Chicago. Only 31,000 persons attended the three-day Norge Ski Club event, plagued...

At the time of our marriage 25 years ago, my husband's sporting interests centered solely and passionately about horses: riding them, employing them for the pursuit of hounds, observing them at...

Ford's latest creation is a speedy, sporty answer to the growing U.S. demand for power and comfort with a sports car thrill

engine & chassis

Acceleration through gears 0-30 mph: 4.0 secs.0—60 mph: 10.0 secs.0—80 mph: 16.8 secs.(High to second) 30-50 mph: 4.0 secs.Maximum speed obtained 110 mph.Brake Test (concrete surface)From 30 mph:...

Old order changethBowling was so popular in 1366 that England's King Edward III ordered it outlawed as an interference to military archery practice. Laws notwithstanding, it has survived and even...

Herewith a salute from the editors to men and women of all ages who have fairly earned the good opinion of the world of sport, regardless of whether they have yet earned its tallest headlines

The B.P.A.A.'s $85,000 handicap may hurt bowling more than it helps

Manager Leo Durocher, when asked who was more valuable to the Giants, Willie Mays or Johnny Antonelli, said: "Why don't you ask Roger Bannister which is more valuable, his right leg or his left?"

A comparison of attitudes and values of anglers in England, France and the U.S. by a distinguished writer who has made a study of them

These three salmon on a grave slab at 12th Century Tintern Abbey on the Wye River in England are an early Christian representation of the Holy Trinity. The fish was symbolic of Christ and baptism...

As Autumn paints fresh colors across the country, a change no less abrupt manifests itself in the habits of an ever-growing army of sporting businessmen. Executive desks are vacated upon a sudden...

Right now baseball is winding up another season in that blend of blazing glory and slanting grandstand shadows which is the World Series. Two weeks ago, "Soundtrack" carried an account of Europe's...

A digest of last-minute reports from fishermen and other unreliable sources

The law of the pot and the kettle is invoked against professional football's Bert Bell by Sports Editor Lyall Smith, who says the pros are in no position to cast aspersions on the colleges in the...

Notre Dame believes in beginning with a tough opponent. A team gets up faster if the first game is going to be hard: with everyone else pointing for it all season long, Notre Dame has to get up...

Reliable ground gainer for Notre Dame was fullback slant over Texas left tackle. Quarterback Guglielmi (3) takes ball from center, pivots to right and hands off to Fullback Schaefer (9). Key...

•U.C.L.A. vs. Maryland. (Friday). Mighty Maryland had an open date last week. U.C.L.A. conquered Kansas 32-7. If Maryland wins they will go undefeated, but—U.C.L.A.

Young Harold Klug winds up two years of racking bats with baseball's biggest thrill—working the Series

MEMPHIS

Dressen is back in the majors, where managers never die and only seem to fade away

4-top, Angus McDougall, Bill Young-San Francisco Chronicle; bottom, Palm Springs News Bureau, Dudley Brumbach-Cleveland Plain Dealer6-George Heinz-Cleveland Plain Dealer9-Gregory Hemingway,...

Should children be stopped from playing baseball on the streets on Sunday mornings while you are trying to sleep?

[TV]TV [NETWORK RADIO]NETWORK RADIO: ALL TIMES ARE E.S.T. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE NOTED

Willie conquered the United Nations and even established a beachhead at Belmont

Maybe a 10-gallon hat holds less than a gallon, but most Western clothing lives up to its reputation of being the best thing to wear in horse country.

An engineer turned gymnast eliminates the grunt and groan from exercises and builds balanced bodies instead of bulging biceps

It was the leanest season in years for the Old Guard and the most prosperous one ever for the Australians

The author of Studs Lonigan—as loyal a fan as the White Sox have ever had—recalls the first World Series game he ever saw. It was a 12-hour adventure

Sirs:...In my opinion your article, "Pen-Raised Quail" (SI, Sept. 6) by Hart Stilwell, is a great disservice to the quail hunters of the country....

"...And cowering in this corner..."

The "Lost Generation" novelist has been a lifelong outdoorsman