CONTENTS
16 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT As the camera sees it
19 SOUNDTRACK SI's editors report and reflect on the news
59 SCOREBOARD and Week's Winners
61 COMING EVENTS
8 THE RIOTOUS WANAMAKER MILE
Gunnar Nielsen set a new world record, but hardly anyone noticed for behind him Wes Santee and Fred Dwyer were wrestling each other down the stretch. An account in words and pictures by ROBERT CREAMER and SI photographers
14 GREAT DAY FOR ENGLAND
England's young cricketers retain the Ashes after a struggle—said the London Times—which should be written "in blood"
15 CRICKET FOR THE BASEBALL FAN
That famous former sportswriter, who once climbed into the ring with Dempsey to see what it was like, tries the same thing on Britain's national game—with results that surprise him. By PAUL GALLICO
22 THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW
The nation's No. 1 canine event—its history, its leading personalities, its problems and how the blue ribbons are awarded. An SI preview with text by REGINALD WELLS, a four-page foldout IN COLOR of champion dogs and a genealogical chart by ARTHUR SINGER
35 TROUT IN THE CLOUDS
At Lake Titicaca in the Andes, the summer season is in full swing and fishermen are getting a king's ransom in the biggest rainbow trout you ever saw. A picture report IN COLOR
40 A VISIT TO THE HALL OF FAME
JAMES T. FARRELL, distinguished author and lifelong baseball fan, takes his 14-year-old son on a nostalgic journey to the Cooperstown shrine
THE DEPARTMENTS
2 Pat on the Back: Praise for those not already smothered with it
4 Hotbox: JIMMY JEMAIL asks: As a former Olympian, what should the U.S. do to win the Olympics in 1956?
34 Tip from the Top: WILLIE HUNTER, of the Riviera Country Club, explains the pitch-and-run
44 Skiing: SIR ARNOLD LUNN has some advice for that vanishing species, the true amateur ski racer
45 Sporting Look: There's a new spark to parkas, as this report IN COLOR from Aspen, Colo. shows
47 Snow Patrol and Fisherman's Calendar: BILL WALLACE with the latest reports from ski country; and ED ZERN from the lakes, rivers and sea
52 Flying: SI's Sunday Pilot, BILL MAULDIN, finds his little Ercoupe is even more remarkable than he thought: it has a brain
54 Basketball: GERALD ASTOR presents a boy with a problem: 7-foot 3-inch Wade Halbrook of Oregon State College
55 Motor Sports: JOHN BENTLEY, shying from nothing, takes a Greyhound bus test to find out about his Reaction Time and other matters important to all drivers
56 Column of the Week: BILL LEE, of the Hartford Courant, pays tribute to an honest boxing man
56 Horses: ALBION HUGHES visits New Orleans' Old Fair Grounds and finds a bang-up season under way with some horses and jockeys worth noting
57 Tennis: WILLIAM F. TALBERT looks at our juniors, Jerry Moss and Mike Green, and finds their prospects pleasing
63 You Should Know: If you are taking up figure skating
64 Under 21: DUANE DECKER reports on a pistol princess, Kathleen Walsh of Arlington, Va.
66 The 19th Hole: The readers take over
COVER: The great Dane, Autopilot
Photograph by YLLA
As show dogs come, the magnificent great Dane Autopilot is something of a veteran. First shown in 1951, he finished his championship in three months and went on to win best-of-breed at the 1952 Westminster Dog Show. Since then he has won 50 best-of-breed ribbons and will be competing again next week at the 1955 Westminster Show (pp. 22-33). Autopilot is owned by Marydane Kennels, Wilton, Conn.
Acknowledgments on page 47
PHOTO
IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE
THE PRO FOOTBALL DRAFT
What's it like to be a pro football coach at the National League's annual drawing? How do you get the best college players against the stiffest competition? PIERS ANDERTON tells you, in an absorbing and personal story of the toughest 18 hours a big-league coach can face
THE DARTMOUTH CARNIVAL
That colorful collegiate winter frolic, as seen by the Big Green's distinguished alumnus, BUDD SCHULBERG
THE WORLD'S SMALLEST RACING CARS
They're specially built for the world's youngest—and cutest—drivers. An SI Spectacle IN COLOR
PLUS: THE BLUE ANGELS, THE NAVY'S UNMATCHED STUNT-FLYING FOURSOME, PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR NEW GRUMMAN COUGAR JETS AT 600-MPH SPEEDS