March 26, 1956 | Volume 4, Issue 13

Last week the National Headliners Club announced its 22nd annual awards. Among them, from more than 1,500 entries in various journalistic fields, went a first-place silver medallion to SPORTS...

Nashua lost a horse race, in fact came in fifth in the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap, but the big bay ($1,040,515 in earnings) will have plenty of chances to pass Citation's alltime record...

Beautiful, dangerous supremely thrilling, sports car racing has a magnetic attraction for its fans

EDDIE ARCARO IN A BOX

GOLF: SPRING—AND THE MASTERSThe lovely low scores on the winter circuit are in for a severe testing in the classic Augusta. Herbert Warren Wind describes the hazards and Anthony Ravielli...

Johnny Podres, whose pitching won third and seventh games for Brooklyn in the World Series, drew long-expected draft orders, headed for induction center and U.S. Navy. Said Johnny: "I'll be there...

Moving in, Boxer Jersey Joe Walcott tries (and fails) to knock out Nature Boy Rogers, wrestler, who pinned Walcott.

RECORD BREAKERS

In baseball's training camps, opportunity is calling. If you're a second baseman, you might help resolve a KEYSTONE CRISIS

Through peril and confusions, SMU and Temple fought their way alongside Iowa and mighty San Francisco into basketball's NCAA SEMIFINALS

FIRST ROUND

Between them both, they managed to bring Sailor home and give Nashua his worst defeat

Frankie Carbo keeps his promise and Blinky gets his payoff with SAXTON'S REWARD

IT WAS 'FINISTERRE'

College students get a jump on summer in sports-minded Bermuda, where tennis was introduced to America, Rugby is king and coral beaches afford early tans

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Based on regular weekly dispatches from SI bureaus and special correspondents in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and overseas; and on reports from fish and game commissions of the 48 states and Alaska

Jon Corbino finds color, movement and excitement at the track

The performance of the nation's new top bird dog, Palamonium, owned by Jimmy Hinton of Tuscaloosa, Ala., in winning the 1956 running of the National Bird Dog Championship (see pages 28-29), was...

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...

There's been a decided trend of late towards playing all shots (from the wedge right down to the wooden clubs) with the ball spotted in just about the same position in reference to its distance...

Fifty years ago, when 30 mph was fast for average cars, Fred Marriott raced a Stanley Steamer at a speed of two miles a minute. Then three—and crashed

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3—lower right, John G. Zimmerman4—U.P., Max Peter Haas, Herb Workman-Columbus Citizen, U.P.6—bottom, U.P., A.P.7—N.Y. Daily Mirror Photo from I.N.P., Wil Blanche-Prange Pictures16, 18—drawings by...

Sirs:The time, 10:15 p.m.; the date, March 14: I have just seen a typical example of the fight "racket"—a match between Carmen Basilio and Johnny Saxton.

PHYLLIS McGURKMrs. Phyllis McGurk of Stamford Hill, England used to be a 168-pound dumpling until she started lifting weights 18 months ago. Last year Phyllis, down to 122 pounds, was a finalist...

KY EBRIGHTCrew coachUniversity of California"A long layoff could affect even such a great crew. The 1956 field will be very strong. Their return to competition is not a new idea. Navy's 1920...

Is Rocket Richard the greatest hockey player of all time?