One of our panoptic Missouri readers recently mailed us this column from the Joplin Globe, which is a critical appraisal of Martin Kane, our panoptic boxing writer. The column is called...

Marquis Alfonso de Portago dies in a holocaust which probably spells the end of the Mille Miglia, greatest of all the open-road auto races

Belatedly, the Missouri Valley Conference takes a stand for 'complete integrity' in its basketball officials; and Referee John Fraser's resignation is quietly accepted

A WARNING TO COLLEGE ATHLETICS

The character of a sport can be no better than that of its officials. This is particularly true of basketball and other games in which officiating decisions have paramount influence on the...

Any Sunday in summer 100,000 Detroit boating fans are likely to crowd onto the water to form one of the biggest marine traffic jams in the U.S.

DECISION IN WASHINGTON, COURAGEOUS HERB SCORE, A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, BIG BOOM IN CHICAGO, DEFINITIONS OF AN AMATEUR, CURIOSITY IN ASIA, SCHEFFING'S DAYDREAM

•Challenge from EnglandNine determined yachtsmen from England's Royal Yacht Squadron have finally made the challenge expected from them: for the first time in 21 years England will seek to regain...

The jaunty young man at left is Christopher Wetherley White, onetime Cambridge oarsman now at Harvard Medical School—so his bowler and weskit are understandable. But why the broad smile on his...

Bound by proud tradition but tempted by western gold, yesterday's befuddled heroes don't know which way to turn

There are two Ted Williamses. One has an aberration that drives him to denigrate by word and deed the Williams whose performances have won the admiration of a generation of fans. This season it is...

Max Truex, bouncy little USC 130-pounder who reaches only 5 feet 5½ inches even when he stretches, threaded his way carefully but hastily through ponderous field of 47, hit three-mile mark in...

RECORD BREAKERS

Swinging for the fences, Boston's polemic Ted Williams hits one of his three home runs in 4-1 victory over the White Sox at Chicago.

GINO CIMOLIDodger left fielder and fans' favorite was best Brooklyn hitter for the week.

To old traditions, the Englishman adds a more colorful way of dress

Smack alongside the rollercoasters and the hot dog stands, New York's famous amusement park is getting a new Aquarium—the city's first in 16 years. Here's how it got started

When the speeches are over, Congress turns to sports to keep in shape

BOATING

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; R—rising;...

A typical one has him cast as roaring executive, genial host, elephant trainer, doting family man

The Preakness gives Iron Liege a chance to prove his superiority and Bold Ruler an opportunity for revenge

3—Phil Bath4—Olympic Committee, A.P., U.P.5—A.P., U.P.6—John F.X. Condon-NYAC, John G. Hemmer12—Tom Burnside14, 15—top, A.P.; bottom, Paul Schutzer, Jerry Cooke, Charles Recoupe, H. Cohen, Jerry...

Sometimes-turbulent Cayuga was smooth as a millpond for the Carnegie Cup Regatta—and the Big Red crew stroked to a record victory over Yale

"I offer here a true rendition, into modern English, of Dame Juliana Berners' famous Treatise. She wrote in the London English of her day, where punctuation was a signal to stop for breath when...

THE TYING OF THE FLIESIn a unique presentation, John McDonald and Dwight A. Webster analyze the Berners flies, proffer their own authoritative version of how they were tied and show them in four...

FRIDAY, MAY 17

GENERAL RANDOLPH McCALL PATECommandant of the U.S. Marine CorpsBoxing. In addition to facial disfigurements, boxing often results in damage to the brain. Watching some fighters shadowbox makes you...

IRON LIEGE: KUDOS AND '58Sirs:Kudos to your fine magazine. Whatever honors Iron Liege, Hartack, Jones, et al., richly deserve, your selection of the Derby winner two years in advance was the...

Unlike the first fall of snow or the vernal equinox, the opening day of the trout season is only an arbitrary, man-made notation on the calendar. Yet the mystical attraction of that first dawn is...