May 21, 1956 | Volume 4, Issue 21

By the law of averages, the weekend should have been a breather, a time for savoring and digesting the dramatic events of the weekend before: Bailey beating Landy, Needles winning the Derby, Dave...

The motorcyclist who sets out to conquer a hillside is in for a scratching, sloughing and clacking ride

•A Sensitive Trading AreaThe Cardinals sent Harvey Haddix, Stu Miller, Ben Flowers to the Phillies for Murry Dickson, Herm Wehmeier, promptly felt the wrath of St. Louis citizens. The reason: Card...

THE BLUE STREAK FINISH

PREVIEW: THE INDIANAPOLIS 500New cars and new faces heighten the brickyard's classic drama. Here they are, including that Italian sensation, the Ferrari

bare poles: masts and spars without sail

Sail plan was especially designed for long Pacific voyages. As shown above, she carries 1) jib, 2) topsail, 3) foresail, 4) upper main staysail, 5) middle main staysail, 6) lower main staysail, 7)...

The storm reaches its climax, and Robinson's theory is at last put to the test in Varua's fight for survival

RECORD BREAKERS

Arnold Blum, Macon, Ga. mattress company owner with 15 years of tournament play under his belt, dropped 14-foot putt for birdie on final hole to take 1 up victory over young Doug Sanders in...

Sprinting down the stretch like a Thoroughbred, 8-year-old Bob (center) wins Mule Race for the third time in Camp Town Races on the Chenery estate at Doswell, Va.

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RANDALL N. CHRISTMASMayor of MiamiYes. Jai alai is one of the fastest sports in the world, as fast as the popular game of I hockey. As played in Miami, it is a very colorful game, with 98% of the...

How would you compare lacrosse with football?

Another thrilling chapter in the continued story of Floyd Patterson, heavyweight who now looms as the man who

Early power in the National League shifts westward. Milwaukee is hot. So is St. Louis. And in Cincinnati the Birdie chirps

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After a spring of bad weather and sudden upsets, Cornell met the best crews in the East and emerged king of the river

When putting techniques are dissected and discussed, it strikes me that perhaps too little is said about the role timing plays. Granted that the putting stroke calls for a different execution from...

11—U.P.12, 13—top, Loomis Dean; bottom, from Sporting Life (Australia)22—drawings by Ajay23—A.P.24, 25—Jim McNamara-Washington Post, Robert Paskach-Omaha World-Herald, A.P.28, 29—top, Toni...

At the Morris and Essex they are the centerpiece of the show in and out of the ring

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

To Texas Millionaire Clint Murchison and his cronies, the pursuit of this sunfish is a disease which can only partially be cured at Koon Kreek Klub

Sirs:Saturday, May 5 was indeed (SI, May 14), but less for the horse race in Kentucky than for the foot race in Los Angeles. It is always disappointing if a really not first-rate favorite wins a...

ROBBIE BARDFor three years, 14-year-old Robbie Bard of Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. has been 1) tying trout flies and 2) enraging adult fishermen in the area. Robbie refuses to sell his flies (he...

While men still challenge the sea, with its calms and tempests, beauty and fury, there will always be more to tell and more worth telling. In this issue, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED publishes the first of...