Bill Leonard

These fans have taken a sacred vow to cherish and to honor, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, during championship seasons and decade-long droughts

THE BOYSSirs:Your article on the Philadelphia Eagles (The Day the Boys Scared the Men, Dec. 18) will just about do it between me and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.

On a baking summer day all the world of sky and breeze and water pities the poor kids of New York—sidewalk-bound, city-broiled. But the truth is the children of New York are "having wonderful time." They see streets...

CHALLENGE ACCEPTEDSirs:I accept your invitation to identify the National Leaguers in the 1955 All-Star Game (WONDERFUL WORLD, July 7). They are: Willie Mays (5), Fred Haney (6), Duke Snider (7), Ted Kluszewski (8),...