Santee surprises Santee, Camaraderie rules the flyways, Hockey's cup runneth overtime, A thumb for Willie's eye, Racegoers win stately pleasure dome, Sport for sitters

In winning Jamaica's six-furlong Experimental Handicap from an undistinguished field, New England's unbeaten Boston Doge proved only that he may be the best of the nobodies-don't count on his...

A tarpon fisherman finds a wild world all his own on the lonely and pellucid sea west of Florida's Keys

An oracle named Smith takes a long, breezy look at the National League, listens to a character or two, sticks a pin in here and there, and comes up with the word on this year's pennant race: it...

Among the signs of spring are the first baseball trading cards, aimed at getting the small-fry mind on baseball and bubble gum. Herewith (courtesy Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.) SI presents a...

Cincinnati or Chicago will be leading the league Monday night but 168 days later—well, figure it out for yourself

Locker room tableau at Seminole includes (standing left to right) Ronald Balcom, Palm Beach; Paul V. Shields, New York broker; E. B. McLean, Palm Beach; Henry Ford II, Detroit auto manufacturer;...

In the handball world Fireman Vic Hershkowitz of Brooklyn is variously known as The Monster, The Octopus, The Tiger and other nicknames denoting invincible prowess. During his lengthy career the...

PREVIEW: THE AMERICAN LEAGUEThis year the American League is struggling to regain the prestige it so long enjoyed. RED SMITH considers its chances, and ROBERT CREAMER provides a once-over of such...

The subtropical maze of Florida's Everglades (left) and the chill-steeped waters of Washington's Sammamish River 4,000 miles away (right) have one thing in common: both waterways offer narrow...

Whatcha gonna do about rasslin'? SI answers this oft-asked question with a color portfolio and the observation: It may not be on the level but it's a gaudy show

RECORD BREAKERS

The timing, contagion and nature of spring fever passeth all understanding. It is a siren hope and loveliness, a sorceress, an ache in the heart, a flame of revival in the human soul. It is a...

There's a new popular course at Florida colleges—angling, yet!

American skiers caught up, but the champ is still a European

After two weekends of races in Vermont and New Hampshire, the 1956 Olympic alpine skiing team was chosen:

Fifty-odd years ago a wealthy British bloodstock expert, Colonel Hall Walker, decided to establish the greatest stud farm in the world. He looked around for a site and eventually picked on 1,000...

A jeer for Saxton and a tear for Graham

The pros try a new scoring plan

9—drawings by Roy Doty12-14—drawings by Ajay22—U.P., Grey Villet-LIFE, Ralph Morse-LIFE, U.P.23—A.P., I.N.P., UP. (2)24—A.P., Mark Kauffman, A.P., I.N.P., U.P., A.P.25—Gordon Coster, I.N.P.; John...

A famous photographer takes her last picture

MANFRED VON MAUTNER-MARKHOF JR.,ViennaPresident Austrian-Dutch Society:"Yes. We will regard it as a great honor if Austria gets the 1960 Winter Olympics. Nothing is more important. The good will...

Coach Andy Gustafson has the system and the men

The "drive series" is based on fullback fake or fullback carrying the ball. The quarterback takes ball from center as in split T offense. On both the inside and outside drives (see diagrams) the...

Laceration of the meniscus—medical jargon for what everyone else knows better as "trick knee"—plagues most sports and worries many sportsmen. It can occur when playing football or basketball,...

One fault I notice in a good many golfers is a misunderstanding of when to turn on the power in their swing—or, to say it another way, when to concentrate on the speed of the club head. These...

The pitching got better after the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robins passed the tough 17th inning of the longest game in all baseball history

[TV]TV [NETWORK RADIO]NETWORK RADIOALL TIMES ARE E.S.T. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE NOTED

KEY TO SYMBOLSFG = fishing good; FF = fishing fair; FP= fishing poor. OG = outlook good; OP=outlook poor.

THE MASTERSSIRS:YOUR MASTERS TOURNAMENT STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN LAST WEEK'S ISSUE ARE BOTH DESERVING OF THE HIGHEST PRAISE. I DOUBT IF ANYTHING ALONG THESE LINES HAS EVER BEEN DONE BY A MAGAZINE...

A salute to some who have earned the good opinion of the world of sport, if not yet its tallest headlines

A few days ago the luck of the draw placed me in an airplane seat alongside an old friend, Craig Wood. As I now calculate it, he was one of 11 men in the whole U.S. who would have been ideal...