December 26, 1955 | Volume 3, Issue 26

Christmas brings shiny new blades by the tens of thousands to be tried out on city rinks and the country's lakes and ponds

It gives man his best illusion of grace, but it was not mastered until an American, Jackson Haines, borrowed a bit from the ballet

Each of the four men opposite coaches a football team appearing in one of the bowl games and thus qualifies as a leader in this hazardous and worrisome trade where wrinkles and gray hair come...

MARYLAND

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED announces its second Sportsman of the Year in next week's issue. Already the event has tradition, for readers have sent us a yearful of candidates, from Paul Anderson and Juan...

GEORGIA TECH

AT DALLAS, TEXAS...

TEXAS CHRISTIAN

UCLA

Maryland vs. Oklahoma. Both teams undefeated and Oklahoma untested. Awesome offensive strength, abetted by speed to burn, makes Sooners a solid favorite, but my hunch is it will be close, with the...

In an unprecedented sealed-bid sale 1955's Horse of the Year last week brought the purchase price of all time

RUB-A-DUB DUB

In the Virgin Islands, it's a holiday rite

EAST

MEN'S SINGLES

For the past 66 years E. Joseph Inc. of the Washington Market in New York City, dealing in "Wild Game from the World Over," has been one of the main suppliers of exotic foods to U.S. gourmets....

One of the many enjoyable aspects of J. P. Marquand's novel Sincerely, Willis Wayde, which I was rereading the other day, is the amount of golf that has made its way into the narrative, probably...

Every golfer has his own special style of putting. I have used my style for 30 years now and I intend to continue with it, even though many people tell me it isn't "modern." This modern style they...

One sunday morning in the mid-1930s a startled nation of comic strip readers, nurtured on the gentle antics of Little Orphan Annie and Andy Gump and Moon Mullins and as yet untoughened by the...

There is a spot on his shoe that Bill Lillard of Chicago will remember as long as he lives. He was gazing at it, afraid to look up, when Veteran Joe Wilman rolled the final ball of the 1955-56...

You will need to travel light (66 pounds if you fly first class) but warm. Every event of the Winter Olympics takes place out of doors, some at night, and you will be standing or sitting, not...

The straight downhill run, or schuss, is one of the greatest thrills of skiing. But schussing requires a much higher degree of skill than the beginner possesses, and it should be avoided by him...

LS—depth of snow on lower slopes; US—depth of snow on upper slopes; TD—total snowfall during the week days; TW—total snowfall during the weekend; CD—crowd during the week; CW—crowd during the...

C—clear water; SH—slightly high; FG—fishing good; FF—fishing fair; FP—fishing poor; OG—outlook good; OF—outlook fair; OVG—outlook very good.

ROY COLLINSGovernor of Florida"Yes. By executive order, I would proclaim him the official Florida State Horse. Isn't it right that the fastest-growing state be represented by the fastest horse?...

A SPECIAL JIMMY JEMAIL QUESTION ADDRESSED TO MEMBERS OF THE BROWN AND WASHINGTON STATE ROSE BOWL TEAMS OF 40 YEARS AGO:

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9—drawing by Ajay14—Kosti Ruohomaa-Black Star16—left, Los Angeles Times17—Leon Trice, I.N.P.19, 21, 23, 25—drawings by Martin Nathan27—Hy Peskin, Larry Grove, A. Y. Owen, John G. Zimmerman30—J. C....

Sirs:If SI's Sportsman of the Year is to be judged on courage, skill and sincerity, then please let me nominate Carmen Basilio, world's welterweight champion. He has exhibited all of these...

MOSE BUSH HILLMose Bush Hill, 12, of Waco, Ky. proudly pours milk into the silver bowl awarded to his 2-year-old Walker Hound, Little Baby Hill, winner of the Chase Futurity in the National...

President Eisenhower's physicians, as the press duly reported, recommended a southern vacation. Under Dr. Paul Dudley White's plan it will likely include putting and chipping about a golf course,...