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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Are today's baseball players sissies compared to the old-timers? (Asked of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)

By Jimmy Jemail

Pat On The Back

PAT ON THE BACK

Herewith a salute from the editors to men and women of all ages who have fairly earned the good opinion of the world of sport, regardless of whether they have yet earned its tallest headlines

Sportsman

'THE KANSAS CYCLONE'

The President's love of sports is as much a part of his personality as the Eisenhower grin. And whether opponent is par, a rainbow or visiting team, Ike plays hard

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BATTLE FOR THE AMATEUR

The muscular young salesman and the graying millionaire met in the finals at Detroit and fought an exciting duel to the 36th hole

By Herbert Warren Wind

Soundtrack

SOUNDTRACK

BASEBALL & HUCKLEBERRIES DRAWBACKS OF THE PRESIDENCY...AN UNATHLETIC GIRL

Spectacle

YOU TAKE THE BAT

Color photographs by Mark Kauffman show what it is like to stand up against Robin Roberts

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

NEW VOGUE FOR AN FAVORITE

Sought after as show dog or family pet, the versatile poodle has now become the tenth most popular breed in the U.S.

By Alice Wagner/Editor, Popular Dogs

Ronnie Knox

WHY RONNIE KNOX QUIT CALIFORNIA

By Harvey Knox

Football

SPLIT T

That's the formation most teams use now. Here's how it works

By Herman Hickman

Health

BREAKFAST? YES!

It will make you healthy, might make you wealthy, and surely will keep you trim. The nutritionists wish Mom would get up and get it

Motor Sports

HIGH COST OF RACING

The impecunious amateur in the home-tuned MG needs a subsidy

By John Bentley

Sporting Look

WELL-TAILORED SAILORS

Under 21

TENNIS BOUNCERS

The ball boys at Forest Hills have to work hard but it's all in fun and sometimes a lucky retriever is rewarded with the champ's racket

By Duane Decker

Sport In Art

THE PAINTING FISHERMAN

Winslow Homer showed the wild outdoors as he knew and loved it in the 19th Century and set a style that is still in vogue today

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

A digest of last-minute reports from fishermen and other unreliable sources

Compiled by Ed Zern

Baseball

STRICTLY FOR BIRDIE

This tribute doesn't blink the fact that Tebbetts is an awfully honest man

By Red Smith

Horse Racing

ANDY'S INDISCRETION

Crevolin told a tape recorder what a lot of people already knew

By Albion Hughes

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS September 3 through 9

Yesterday

A QUEEN WALKED OUT

The Moody-Jacobs tennis match in 1933 caused more controversy than any other women's sports event

Bowling

'OY BOWLING AB'

It means 'Bowling, Inc.' and possibly a good deal more to the U.S.

By Victor Kalman

You Should Know

YOU SHOULD KNOW if you are going to take up archery

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Last Laugh

LAST LAUGH

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SCOREBOARD

A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS