February 14, 1955 | Volume 2, Issue 7

England's young cricketers retain The Ashes after an uphill struggle with Australia

An eminent American sportswriter now living abroad takes on the task of explaining Britain's national game so that it can be understood by an American bleacherite. His conclusion: "Hell, it's...

'HOOT MON' DOES IT AGAIN

THE EDITORS REFLECT ON THE THEATRICAL QUALITIES OF INDOOR TRACK, THE CAREER OF A "TREE-MENDOUS" PITCHER, AND A GAME THAT IS THE MOST FASCINATING—OR SILLIEST—IN THE WORLD

A salute to some who have earned the good opinion of the world of sport, if not yet its tallest headlines

The nation's No. 1 canine event, which starts this Monday in New York, provides a comprehensive look at the big business of showing dogs for love, profit or sport

When man first became interested in the breeding of dogs, it was generally thought that the wolf was the common ancestor of all canines. The best scientific evidence available, however, now...

Seven pages in color: portraits of 18 show dog champions and a genealogy chart painted for SI by Arthur Singer, tracing origin of 119 breeds

When the ball lies on the apron only a foot or so from the green, a sensible club to use sometimes is the famous "Texas wedge," the putter. However, when the ball is lying fairly well back on the...

It is summer at Lake Titicaca in the Andes, time to catch a king's ransom in rainbows

RALPH HILL, 5,000-Meter RunSecond, 1932"By creating more interest in events in which we are traditionally weak. College meets should schedule events more nearly parallel to the Olympics. Business...

Novelist James T. Farrell finds baseball's shrine at Cooperstown not only a rich storehouse of mementos but a wonderful stimulus for the memories of great days on the diamond treasured by millions...

Europe's first expert on the subject offers advice to aid a vanishing species: the true amateur skier

Skiers at Aspen, Colorado are more colorful this winter than ever before

A late roundup of snow conditions in America from a picked group of local skiers

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

Cover—Ylla from Rapho-Guillumette2—right, Odhams Press6—drawing by Leslie Jacobs12, 13—Mark Kauffman, Richard Meek, Hy Peskin, Mark Kauffman (2)14, 15—David Potts (2), FPG, Combine...

Greater love hath no man than SI's Sunday pilot for his Ercoupe. And, it would seem, with reason: like his old plow mare, it thinks

Johnny Weissmuller, who dominated U.S. freestyle swimming in the 1920s and three times won Olympic titles, now occasionally loses a dash across his Los Angeles pool to Johnny Jr., who, at 14, is 6...

Life is a problem when you're as tall as Wade Halbrook

A Greyhound bus test gives answer—and more

Columnist Bill Lee pays sincere tribute to Dinny McMahon of Connecticut, an honest boxing man

There's news from New Orleans

In the Davis Cup aftermath, they did fine

RECORD BREAKERS

One of the lasting pleasures of sport lies in the enjoyment of its equipment, in the proud care which owners give a well-balanced tennis racket, a pair of riding boots, or that favorite gun with...

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New popularityHistorically, the idea of making meaningful markings on ice originated on the canals of 15th century Holland. Americans took little interest in figure skating until the turn of the...

At 16, Kathleen Walsh already has a fistful of medals for marksmanship—after only two years of competition. Today she looks like the coming pistol-shooting queen

PUGILISM'S POLLUTIONSirs:I should like to join the thousands of readers of SI who have lauded your magazine for its courageous crusade FOR the game of boxing.

Gunnar Nielsen won the famous Mile and set a new world record of 4:03.6 in doing it. But hardly anyone noticed, for behind him Wes Santee and Fred Dwyer were wrestling each other down the stretch