June 24, 1957 | Volume 6, Issue 25

The posh pageant that is the Henley Royal Regatta holds first place in the hearts of rowing regulars the world over

With only one big race left on the American college rowing calendar, the two best U.S. crews are heading for the Henley Regatta to settle a rivalry that has raged all season

This year the trade fair in Poznan, Poland, which began June 9, has the U.S. Government as one of its exhibitors, participating for the first time in Poland in an International Trade Fair.

•Wait Till 1958 At Toledo, after he had dropped out of the National Open with an ailing back, Ben Hogan was approached by a white-haired gentleman who told him: "I came all the way from...

Thursday, June 13 will go down in baseball history not so much for its baseball as for a couple of Homeric Donnybrooks, one in the American League and one in the National, in which major leaguers...

At most tracks a rider has just about 20 minutes from the time he leaves the jocks' room to the time the starter sends him out of the gate. In those 20 minutes he may have to learn all about a...

Part 3: THE STARTThere are so many things to watch for at the start that even the most experienced riders get nervous. And, as they tighten up, so do their horses. Before the start, however, I try...

RECORD BREAKERS

Stan Musial, genial slugger who came out of Donora, Pa. in 1941 to join St. Louis and earn a reputation as one of baseball's "nice guys," played 823rd consecutive game since 1952 against...

Lunging Darlene Hard grimly reaches for the ball at Beckenham, England, where she lost to Althea Gibson in final of Kent tournament.

College baseball, growing up fast, decides its champion—and attracts a lot of big league scouts

AUTO RACING

set American League record last week, hitting three home runs in one game for the second time this season.

Six rookies and "Granny," who was almost lost to major league ball, helped make the Phils the most improved team in baseball this spring

It was daffy, but true. For the second successive year, the National League pennant race reached mid-June with five teams bunched near the top of the standings. Last year Cincinnati, Brooklyn,...

They were abundant at Austin, where Villanova made off with yet another national collegiate athletic title

But not always with the greatest of ease, in the case of even the best high jumpers. Their styles range from the classical to the obsolete

Bob Gutowski has already gone higher than any pole vaulter. Now he eyes the art's Mount Everest: the magic 16-foot mark

Gallant Man upheld honor of a brilliant but inconsistent crop

The large majority of women who play golf don't swing at the ball hard enough. They have the strength to hit harder, more often than not, but they have been told time and time again that easy does...

To one of our Indian tribes the ruffed grouse is known as Sek-sah-ga-dah-gee, Little Thunder-maker, because his spring drum call is like a faint rumble of distant thunder. It is a mysterious...

A second collection of the nature essays rediscovered by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED last year will be published July 3 by Doubleday & Co., Inc. ($4). Entitled "Wings of the Forest," it will include...

SO—season opens (or opened); SC—season closes (or closed).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; K—rising;...

1—Don Todd3—I.N.P., A.P. (3), I.N.P.4—left, A.P.; Hy Peskin, U.P.9, 12-14—Richard Meek10—Grey Villet-LIFE11—A.P.21, 23—drawings by Ajay24—U.P., A.P. (2), Chicago Sun-Times25—I.N.P., A.P. (2)26,...

PORKY OLIVERBlue Hill CCCanton, Mass.Member three Ryder Cup teamsGreat as was Bobby Jones's swing, I think Sam Snead's is as good, if not better. Sam's swing is more compact, with more power and...

TENNIS LESSONS: IMPOSSIBLE! Sirs: Congratulations to you and to Don Budge, Billy Talbert and your excellent artist, Mr. Vebell, for the best, most concise instruction article I have ever read (Now...

Traditionally, schoolboy crew—like compulsory chapel and the headmaster's sherry party—is the particular property of private schools. But over the past few years rowing has been adopted with...

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