April 07, 1958 | Volume 8, Issue 14

AUTO RACING—LEN SUTTON, Portland, Ore., USAC 100-miler with 95.5 mph average, in Central Excavating Special, Trenton, N.J.

Sally Deaver, perky, pretty Whitemarsh, Pa. skier, won two giant slalom events but lost chance for combined title when officials ruled she missed gate in third race of Grand Prix de Savoie at Val...

This trail-blazing team from the new Air Force Academy in Denver covered itself with glory when it met the Naval Academy's team at Annapolis for the first varsity athletic encounter between the...

Skiing across the country: reports through the preceding weekend

4—Illustration by Berenice Greenwald6—Ellis Malashuk-Baltimore Sunpapers7—Jim Raftery-Turfotos8—N.Y. Daily News10—Sun Valley, Don Fulton-Ann Arbor News, U.P., A.P., Phillips Butler, A.P.,...

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Ophthalmologists say that each eye sees two-thirds of the total field of vision but that Basilio, having deep-set eyes and a prominent nose, lost slightly more than a third of his vision when his...

The fabulous Sugar Ray Robinson, the man in the light fuchsia Cadillac, has illuminated 19 brilliant years of boxing history. His record of titles won, lost and regained, and his ability at the...

At the Masters in Augusta—April 3 to 6 this year—a half century of great golfers are annually in action

Dan Parker, sports columnist, quoting a reader: "The reason the Yankees never lay an egg is because they don't operate on chicken feed."

•For baseball, spring arrives officially on April 14, Opening Day. In tribute to this historical truth, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED presents its fourth annual Baseball Issue.

In a rare moment of pessimism last week, John Foster Dulles conceded that the U.S. might well "lose its shirt" in a diplomatic contest with Russia on Russian terms at the summit. No such pessimism...

In the hot, pressure-packed days of a pennant race, attention has a way of focusing upon the old pro, for he has proved that he can deliver in August as well as in April. But every old pro was...

Every spring trout fishermen return to the streams, always tempted by the remembered pleasures of a familiar run but sometimes also by the dream of discovering new and rewarding water. To add to...

Spring exerts its influences in odd as well as customary ways, in fever as in flowers. So perhaps a visitor to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED offices these days might well wonder what seasonal madness goes on...

RECORD BREAKERS—CALIFORNIA'S lanky DON BOWDEN, only American miler to break four minutes, kicked off 1:49.1 half mile to anchor Bear teammates Jack Yerman, Willie White and Maynard Orme to 3:19.8...

Head-cracking jolt finds unsuspecting target in Army's Fertig as he fires ball over head of Mount Washington's Goalie Bo Moore (22) and gets whacked for effort by Defenseman Merrick (26) in...

On the first day of spring a clammy blizzard of wet snow knocked out all power and light in Atlantic City, N.J., where the Vanderbilt Team bridge championship (the Spring Nationals) was scheduled...

These whimsical faces peeping out at a new and fascinating world belong to Australian silky terriers, recent arrivals on the American scene who are rapidly capturing the fancy of a small but...

An old-fashioned ironing board adds new challenge to exercise

A look at Dow Finsterwald's money-winning streak and how it ended

Their flossiest get-together is the Seminole, blue-blooded founder of these tournaments

A word or two, first, about stance and position. I try to maintain the shoulders, hips and feet square to the intended line. The left elbow rides on the left hip, the right elbow on the right hip,...

BASEBALL: THE FACTS AND MR. WEBBSirs:What's good for the Yankees is most certainly not necessarily good for baseball. The league switch so casually proposed by Del Webb (SI, March 31), Yankee...

BENSON FORD JR.Age 8Son of Ford Motors vice-presidentNo. My father is swell, but he's too busy. He plays with me on Saturdays and Sundays, but my mother throws a spiral pass with a football better...

The leading tournaments for amateurs and professionals

So advised Prince Philip last month as England's tiddlywinks 'season' moved into high gear