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October 24, 1955 | Volume 3, Issue 17
EVENTS & DISCOVERIES
October 24, 1955
Some ideals of sport, Football as Lisbon sees it, The feminine touch hits surf casting, Cocktail party sees a snake, A new contribution to the confusion of tongues
CURRENT WEEK & WHAT'S AHEAD
October 24, 1955
Notre Dame's loss to Michigan State was just one dramatic development in an upset weekend which patiently has been waiting to happen since the 1955 collegiate football season began. Other...
SADDLE BRONC MAN
October 24, 1955
One man and a mean, squealing, kicking, twisting piece of sinewy horseflesh battle it out for supremacy at Tucson
THE BUCKING BRONCO: RODEO'S MAGNIFICENT MISFIT
October 24, 1955 | Helena Huntington Smith
His manners are boorish, his temper is terrible. His popularity with cowboy and audience is dependent upon his meanness, but the incorrigible bucking horse is the darling of the rodeo world
MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER
October 24, 1955 |
Harry Phillips
With our first anniversary just past, I've been receiving an unusual number of friendly letters from readers who thought this was a good time to express their feelings about SPORTS ILLUSTRATED....
THE PROS ARE UPSIDE DOWN AND SCRAMBLED
October 24, 1955 |
Alfred Wright
The Baltimore Colts and other underprivileged teams have been turning the football menu topsy-turvy though Chicago's Bears have started to right things
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT
October 24, 1955
BASKETBALL AT ST. PETER'S
THE OHIO STATE STORY: WIN OR ELSE
October 24, 1955 |
Robert Shaplen
Unlike the Ivy schools (SI, Oct. 17), the Buckeyes function as a public utility for the entertainment of 8 million fans. All they ask of coach and players is a victory every Saturday
THEY ALSO SERVED
October 24, 1955 |
Robert Shaplen
Woody Hayes is Ohio State's fifth coach since 1941. His predecessors:
GAMES OF THE WEEK
October 24, 1955
SPARTANS 21, IRISH 7
HICKMAN'S HUNCHES for Games of Saturday, Oct. 22
October 24, 1955 |
Herman Hickman
•Oklahoma vs. Colorado: Not since 1952 have the Sooners even suffered a tie in the Big Seven and Colorado did it. OKLAHOMA.
NASHUA CLOSES A LONG SEASON WITH A VICTORY, A RECORD AND TRIBUTES FROM A SOGGY CROWD AT THE JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP
October 24, 1955 |
Whitney Tower
The Jockey Club Gold Cup, two miles over the main course at Belmont Park, is as true a test of Thoroughbred stamina as we have in this country. In the years since its inauguration in 1920 the Cup...
WEIDMAN'S BURDEN
October 24, 1955 | Jerome Weidman
BARING A YOUTHFUL ABERRATION, OUR AUTHOR RECALLS HIS EARLY COURTSHIP OF THE GRAND OLD GAME OF GOLF AND HOW HE REACHED THE END OF THE AFFAIR
A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
October 24, 1955
RECORD BREAKERS
HOW 200 U.S. FOOTBALL TEAMS FARED LAST WEEK
October 24, 1955
EAST
RIDERS OF THE DEEP
October 24, 1955
In submarines and other strange machines divers are expanding their world below
T.R.'S CABIN DOOR
October 24, 1955
Battered and weathered, the plain board door of Theodore Roosevelt's cabin in the Badlands of Dakota Territory in the '80s served as background for a painting
STRUGGLE FOR STRIPERS
October 24, 1955 | Emmett Gowen
Usually content to live on faith alone, the striped bass surfcaster who hasn't had a strike in years finds Montauk, L.I. a place where the miracle can happen
FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR
October 24, 1955 | Compiled by
ED ZERN
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; SK—slightly high; H—high; VH—very high; L—low; R—rising;...
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
October 24, 1955
9—Floyd Bowser12-14—drawings by Ajay22, 23—A.P., Ernest Sisto—N.Y. Times, A.P.24—A.P., I.N.P.25—Giordani34—Mark Kauffman35—Hy Peskin43—Peter Stackpole44, 45—left, Peter Stackpole, Ellis R. Cross,...
HERE COMES HOCKEY
October 24, 1955 |
Whitney Tower
A Canadian sport with speed, violence and fascination is starting another long stand. The National League has new faces but now Montreal is the team to beat
SLAUGHTER UNLIMITED
October 24, 1955
Wanton killing forced enactment of strict laws to prevent extermination of game birds
The Question: Professional baseball has taken much of the interest from college baseball. Will pro football do the same to college football?
October 24, 1955 |
Jimmy Jemail
RED BARBER, Scarborough, N.Y.Sportscaster"No. In our time major college football will be tops. It's such a big business that the big schools will do everything to hold their crowds. The college...
NEXT WEEK'S QUESTION:
October 24, 1955 |
Jimmy Jemail
Is a dog really man's best friend?
COMING EVENTS October 21 through October 30
October 24, 1955
[TV]TV [NETWORK RADIO]NETWORK RADIOALL TIMES ARE E.S.T EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE NOTED
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
October 24, 1955
PLEASE RESOLVESirs:Your article Upland Game Birds in the Oct. 10 issue was the most interesting and comprehensive coverage given this subject by any magazine to date.
MARY HUBBELL
October 24, 1955
Smiling Mary Hubbell, a 14-year-old sophomore at San Gabriel High School in Alhambra, Calif., clutches her well-deserved trophy after winning the Class M (midget) hydroplane championship in the...
Especially intended for middle-handicap golfers
October 24, 1955 | Homer Herpel
I always tell my pupils: "Swing within yourself." Power is not the avenue to good golf. It is much better to hit a ball smoothly and firmly than to try to power it along. This advice applies...
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