February 14, 1955 Table Of Contents
Pat On The Back
A salute to some who have earned the good opinion of the world of sport, if not yet its tallest headlines
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
The Question: As a former Olympian, what should the United States do to win the Olympics in 1956?
By Jimmy Jemail
The Mile
Gunnar Nielsen won the famous Mile and set a new world record of 4:03.6 in doing it. But hardly anyone noticed, for behind him Wes Santee and Fred Dwyer were wrestling each other down the stretch
The Wonderful World Of Sport
Soundtrack
THE EDITORS REFLECT ON THE THEATRICAL QUALITIES OF INDOOR TRACK, THE CAREER OF A "TREE-MENDOUS" PITCHER, AND A GAME THAT IS THE MOST FASCINATING—OR SILLIEST—IN THE WORLD
Preview
The nation's No. 1 canine event, which starts this Monday in New York, provides a comprehensive look at the big business of showing dogs for love, profit or sport
Tip From The Top
Especially useful for high-handicap golfers
It is summer at Lake Titicaca in the Andes, time to catch a king's ransom in rainbows
Skiing
Europe's first expert on the subject offers advice to aid a vanishing species: the true amateur skier
Sporting Look
Skiers at Aspen, Colorado are more colorful this winter than ever before
Snow Patrol
A late roundup of snow conditions in America from a picked group of local skiers
Compiled by Bill Wallace
Fisherman's Calendar
A digest of last-minute reports from fishermen and other unreliable sources
Compiled by Ed Zern
Acknowledgments
Greater love hath no man than SI's Sunday pilot for his Ercoupe. And, it would seem, with reason: like his old plow mare, it thinks
By Bill Mauldin
Basketball
Life is a problem when you're as tall as Wade Halbrook
By Gerald Astor
Motor Sports
A Greyhound bus test gives answer—and more
By John Bentley
Column Of The Week
Columnist Bill Lee pays sincere tribute to Dinny McMahon of Connecticut, an honest boxing man
By Bill Lee
Horses
There's news from New Orleans
Tennis
In the Davis Cup aftermath, they did fine
By William F. Talbert
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS February 11 through 20
YOU SHOULD KNOW: if you are taking up figure skating
By The Know-It-All
Under 21
At 16, Kathleen Walsh already has a fistful of medals for marksmanship—after only two years of competition. Today she looks like the coming pistol-shooting queen
By Duane Decker
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER