March 11, 1957 | Volume 6, Issue 10

Professional basketball features very few set plays. It is an endless series of instant improvisations on a basic theme: get the ball through the hoop

SOUTHERN PLAIN TALK ON FOOTBALL, INVESTIGATION IN THE VALLEY, A NEW TAX SOURCE: ALTITUDE, THE MISSISSIPPI WITHOUT MUD, WILT'S ROADWORK, THOSE QUIET WRESTLERS

•Economy in OhioLook for Guatemala City to land the 1959 Pan-American Games, already awarded to Cleveland, at a meeting of the Pan-American Executive Committee in Caracas March 16. Reason: On...

BOY MEETS GIRL

From Florida to Arizona the rookies sweat while veterans enjoy some preseason fun

RECORD BREAKERS

Dave Jenkins, 20-year-old brother of retired four-time champion Hayes Alan, built up big lead in compulsory figures, put on spectacular and artistic display in free skating to win world figure...

Grim ice king Oscar Mahle (left) of winning International Falls team gets off shot as Roseau players wait expectantly in 3-1 final game of Minnesota schoolboy tournament at St. Paul.

BADMINTON

SO—season opened (or opens); SC—season closed (or closes).C—clear water; D—water dirty or roily; M—water muddy.N—water at normal height; SH—slightly high; H—high; VH-very high; L—low; R—rising;...

3—Tom Hutchins, Richard Meek26, 28—drawings by Ajay31—Ellohu Attar, John G. Zimmerman (2)32, 33—Eileen Darby-Graphic House34—George Silk-LIFE35—I.N.P., George Heyer, John G. Zimmerman (2)36—U.P.,...

Spot to Ski gives way this week to a report on Washington's Birthday doings at ski spots across the nation

Finland won the ski prizes, but the Norwegian hosts held first place for hospitality during the Holmenkollen festival

When mike Souchak came off the Oak Hill course at Rochester last year after playing the first two rounds of the Open with Ben Hogan, he said, "Ben obviously knows something about hitting the golf...

America's aristocratically named 3-year-olds race at Hialeah and Santa Anita and one steps forth as ROYALTY'S RULER

For 35 years, the men who run organized baseball have huddled under a legal umbrella raised for them by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the Supreme Court in 1922 and steadied in their grasp by...

The brilliant game fish of the Pacific coast, like King Arthur's gleaming sword, is a prize that can be won only by the skillful, the courageous and the strong

SPINNING: Spin-fishermen are gradually taking over the Steelhead scene. Most prefer hollow glass rods in 7½-to 9-foot lengths with medium-heavy actions. SHAKESPEARE WONDEROD ($29.95), ST. CROIX...

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WRESTLING: SRO AT ITHACASirs:I have read with great interest SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's article on amateur wrestling at Haverford School in Philadelphia and note their excellent seven-year record (SI,...

Melody Acres is the 25-acre horse-breeding ranch at the foot of Mt. Diablo near Walnut Creek, Calif. where this slim and youthful grandmother, known familiarly as Pat, is monarch of all she...

STEVE KEZERIANDirector of Public Relations YaleFor the few who don't know Frank Merriwell, he was the athlete who'd pull the fat out of the fire and win for Yale every time and in every sport. If...

Are you in accord with the Ivy League ban on spring football practice? (Asked of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S Silver Anniversary All-Americas)

Good golf begins with a good grip. Both hands must be on the club absolutely correctly in order to function as a single cohesive unit

In presenting Lesson No. 2 in the March 18 issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Ben Hogan writes: