June 11, 1956 | Volume 4, Issue 24

Racers in frail kayaks test their nerve against the challenge of the Arkansas

•Solar FireThe Greek sun, shining down on the ancient plains of Olympia, was caught and concentrated by a burning glass to light the torch which will signalize the opening of the Equestrian...

THE CLUB GETS TWO NEW MEMBERS

One of the country's most spirited homes of golf, the Oak Hill Country Club was host to the 1949 U.S. Amateur Championship. Finding the week of tournament play a thoroughly pleasant experience,...

THE YEAR OF THE SLUGGERThe shades of Ruth are rising fast, and here is the story behind the season's booming bats and a look at that golden hitter, Mickey Mantle

RECORD BREAKERS

Cricketer Len Hutton, Pudsey's "Our Len" and first professional to captain England before he retired last January because of ill health, got just reward for 21-year career as outstanding batsman:...

Hunched-Over cyclists get vocal encouragement from enthusiastic clerics along the way as they pedal between Campobasso and Salerno in the 152-kilometer Giro D'Italia won by Miguel Poblet (shown in...

AUTO RACINGCarroll Shelby, Dallas, 100-m. sports car race, with 84.1 mph avg. speed, in Ferrari Monza, Ft. Worth.

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COMMANDER JOHN S. MERRIMANU.S. Coast Guard Academy; President New England ACThe national debt. We are a government institution. The national debt is so enormous that we don't get enough money for...

Do women have qualities that make them the equal of men in big-game fishing?

Stars that are and stars-to-be confidently defend U.S. prospects of maintaining our ladies first

A pound of lead is worth a neck and can turn victory into defeat. So horsemen will always keep crying to Mr. Handicapper

Assuming that the best horses in America could be assembled for a 1¼-mile race over a dirt track, the weights might be assigned as follows: Swaps 130, Nashua 129, Social Outcast 123, Bobby Brocato...

Baseball is mainly about bats, balls and base hits but another old and honorable facet of the game is the rhubarb

Here is a new baseball feature. Each week HIGHLIGHT will bring you to the middle of the diamond for a quick, probing look at the week's most significant baseball news, whether it be a sudden...

The word "rhubarb," meaning in baseball a fight or argument, is of recent origin. In 1938 a Brooklyn Dodger fan shot and killed a New York Giant fan in a barroom argument over baseball. A...

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It's a rare day when you'll see an average golfer practicing approach shots, chip shots or trap shots. And that is one of the many reasons why his game doesn't improve. If he does deign to...

Clear bugles on the Mississippi as Crip and Josephine proudly herald numbers 30 & 31

At dawn Sunday the younger and smaller of the two whooping crane chicks was missing. Ten zoo employees slashed the undergrowth with scythes and crawled through the grass in a vain search. George...

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 Alaska

SI's columnist emeritus reviews the movie made from his book and decides that 'The Harder They Fall' fell prey to Hollywood hokum

3—bottom, Hy Peskin, Richard Meek8—drawings by Ajay14—Morris Photo Shop15-18—Margaret Durrance from Rapho-Guillumette20, 22—drawings by Ajay23—A.P.24, 25—Joe Scherschel-LIFE32—William...

Sirs:With its story on the admission of Texas Tech to the Southwest Conference (E & D, May 28), SI stamps itself as a sectional magazine, catering to the effete East and the middle-class...

One of the traditional attractions of baseball is the way statistics can tell the story, and one of the attractive traditions of fishing is the temptation to tell the story without them.

BONTHRON & BONTHRONAnother Bonthron runs for Princeton these days. Sophomore Jimmy, 19, has won his two-mile specialty against Columbia, placed in other meets. Father Bill (Princeton, '34),...