November 8, 1954 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
By Jimmy Jemail
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
Under 21
Tippy Johnson, a rink rat since childhood, has grown into a hot prospect for the big leagues
By Duane Decker
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WHEN THE PROS COME MARCHING IN
College football has declared cold war on the pros, but the pros with great stars, spectacular games and adroit handling of the knotty problem of television continue to draw the big crowds
By Roger Kahn
Soundtrack
NIGHT BEFORE WITH LOU, THE A's—LATEST INSTALLMENT, THE ASTOUNDING WILLIE
Spectacle
Caber tosser strives for perfection in most colorful event of Braemar Games—climactic festival in series of Highland games first instituted by the ancient Celts
The Wonderful World Of Sport
Berg And Wilkinson
I TAUGHT BUD WILKINSON TO PLAY FOOTBALL
One of America's greatest golfers recalls her childhood days in Minneapolis when she was quarterback of the 50th-Street Tigers and Bud Wilkinson, now the coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners, was the right tackle. Patty takes no credit for Wilkinson's success at Oklahoma, but she does feel that plays she ran over him may have contributed to his education
By Patty Berg
Health
Connie Jarvis, athletic trainer for Stanford University teams, is a man in perpetual motion on any football day—as a detective, nursemaid, confidant and doctor pro tem
These unusual mementos of the ancient game, made just before the turn of the century, are the highly prized possessions of a New York collector
SI's intrepid airman buys a plane, braves the contempt of the Old Pilots, and profits by some handy heresies
By Bill Mauldin
November nights are the nights of the true striped-bass fishermen. A prize may lurk 50 yards out and in the roaring dark each blind cast carries a prayer
Golf
Findly Douglas spans almost a century of golf, from Old Tom to Byron Nelson
Last Sunday, hurling's greatest star showed New Yorkers why he is proudly called the Babe Ruth of Ireland
GAME OF THE WEEK: CINCINNATI 13 COLLEGE OF PACIFIC 7
Sporting Look
The best investment that a hunter can make is a vest that costs $1.90
Horse Racing
The Firestone colt won $151,095.75; next question: how about the Derby?
Acknowledgments
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS November 5 through 11
Fisherman's Calendar
A digest of last-minute reports from fishermen and other unreliable sources
Compiled by Ed Zern
Nature
The chemistry of turning leaves produces their annual brilliance
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS