November 15, 1954 Table Of Contents
Under 21
It takes more than natural poise and acrobatic skill to win that important job and get the rooters going
By Duane Decker
U.S. FOOTBALL: IN MAPS AND DIAGRAMS
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
Horse Racing
The great Eddie Arcaro rides Fisherman, a last-minute entry, to the first U.S. victory against European invaders in the Laurel classic
U.S. RACING IS HEADING FOR GRASS
Soundtrack
PHILADELPHIA HEIRLOOMS, FAME & FORTUNE ON HORSEBACK, ARE PEP-UP PILLS CRICKET?
Spectacle
With rough, resourceful backs to carry the ball and a light, fast line to keep the enemy honest, Oklahoma has won 16 games in a row—longest streak in major college football
The Wonderful World Of Sport
Christenberry
ROVER BOY IN THE JUNGLES OF BOXING
Robert Christenberry rode into office with crowds cheering his promise to chase out the hoodlums. Now, as he enters his fourth year as chairman of the New York Athletic Commission, the crowds are silent and the Carbos and Cocos are still doing fight fans and televiewers right in the eye
By Dan Parker
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
The Question: What can be done to clean up boxing?
By Jimmy Jemail
Country Fair
Letter races, pillow fights and musical posts test the skill of Dartmoor boys and girls at Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Column Of The Week
Sports Editor John P. Carmichael takes a dim view of the Rose Bowl pact which provides that "representative teams"—rather than champions—will meet at Pasadena on New Year's Day to prove practically nothing
Golf
Down at Pinehurst the amazing veterans showed that golf really is an old man's game
Bowling
It was a heartbreaker for U.S. Champion Don Carter but a blessing for the bowling game
Motor Sports
The TF-1500 looks the same, but there's added horsepower under that familiar classical hood
By John Bentley
Detroit and Montreal continued their hot hockey war last week. The heat had Detroit's Terry Sawchuk hopping in the goal mouth most of the evening
Slippery Rock
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE SLIPPERY ROCK
For years the name Slippery Rock has been a password to humor in college football. Football enthusiasts who watch in awe the procession of the great each autumn Saturday find relaxation in the incongruity of seeing Slippery Rock's score listed close to Southern California's. But Slippery Rock is a good deal more than a line of agate, as an SI staff writer found when he visited there last week
GAME OF THE WEEK GEORGIA 14, FLORIDA 13
Sport In Art
This is how Painter Fletcher Martin saw the postfight turmoil in Marciano's quarters after his second light with Ezzard Charles at the Yankee Stadium
Lady Ruler
THE LADY RULER OF EL HIPODROMO
She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many enemies in Mexico as she has friends. Meet Mrs. Deborah Rood Everitt, who turned a wartime Mexico City speculation into a paying paradise of a racing park
By Dickson and Patricia Hartwell
Nature
While the rest of his species went to Mexico for the winter this tough bird flew East to startle jays and ornithologists in Ossining, N.Y.
By Paul O'Neil
Acknowledgments
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS November 12 through 18
Fisherman's Calendar
A digest of last-minute reports from fishermen and other unreliable sources
Compiled by Ed Zern
Yesterday
Little Willie Hoppe played matches crawling around on billiard tables, confounding and infuriating his grown-up adversaries
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER