December 10, 1956 | Volume 5, Issue 24

The comprehensive report from Australia in this issue represents the staff work of Andre Laguerre, Roger Bannister, Coles Phinizy, Mary Snow and Roy Terrell as writers, of Richard Meek and John G....

Each week brings its welcome share of visitors to the offices of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. One recent week, for instance, included calls by Decathlon Champion Bob Mathias, en route to Melbourne as...

On the rolling sandhills and open prairies of the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, bobwhite hunters of name and fame enjoy a unique hunt

KYLE ROTESMUN.Y. GiantsEnd and halfbackBoth games are a lot of fun, but they are totally different. Although the pro game is tougher, I get as big a bang out of it as I ever did when I was a...

In the light of Olympic performances, what sport do you think is the best body builder?

GDW—good duck weather; BW—bluebird weather; S—snow; R—rain; F—freeze-up; T—temperature; SF—spotty flight; FF—fair flight; GF—good flight; EF—excellent flight; PG—poor gunning; FG—fair gunning;...

.—THE LITERARY DIGEST, Jan. 13, 1934

CHEVROLET FUEL INJECTIONDetroit's first fuel-injection engine (below) achieves faster response, quicker starting, smoother idling and greater fuel economy than conventional carburetion. Fuel flow...

Following through snow and ice a banner with a strange device (GAMR), Sports Illustrated's expert discovers

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California's knitted swimming suits take on a new peekaboo piquancy

The Army-Navy game ended in no decision, thanks to an inspired Navy tackle. Elsewhere the season ended in the joy of bowl fever

Navy's offensive effort was a definite disappointment. Usually they are flanker-conscious, pass-minded, imaginative and explosive. Their pinpoint passing was never blended into the stuttering and...

Though the Army-Navy game—traditional finale to college football—monopolized most of the nation's attention last week, a scattering of other games were still to be played, particularly in the...

EASTERN CONFERENCE

3—A.P., Toni Frissell4—Ed Stein10—Mark Kauffman12, 13—top, A.P.; bottom, U.S. Olympic Committee, Art Shay, John Loengard-LIFE14—drawing by Robert Riger16, 18—drawings by Ajay19—John G....

Any average golfer who wants to play a better game must have a good basic foundation upon which to work. I mean, of course, a proper pivot. Here's a way to acquire that fundamental action.

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D'Amato, holding court amidst a group of reporters and well-wishers after the fight, had the floor: "I don't know what I would have done without SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. You fellows have been square...

A profound influence in the development of Floyd Patterson was a white-haired, pink-cheeked New Yorker with the personality of an Al Smith and the conscience of a nun. He was Charles W. Schwefel,...

The commendable impulse to share good fortune and at the same time take part in wild life conservation motivated Wilkie last year when he bought 430 acres of beautiful hilly land in the Lake...