December 26, 1955 Table Of Contents
Events & Discoveries
SPORT'S MERRY FLAME ON THE YULE LOG, TCU'S VERY IMPORTANT ANKLE, A THOUGHT ON SOCCER FOR SPRING, PENGUINS ARE SO PECULIAR, HUZZAHS FOR JULIE HELFAND, SOME SPORTING PRINCE
Spectacle
Christmas brings shiny new blades by the tens of thousands to be tried out on city rinks and the country's lakes and ponds
It gives man his best illusion of grace, but it was not mastered until an American, Jackson Haines, borrowed a bit from the ballet
Preview
New Year's Day brings coast-to-coast football at its finest. Here is how it started. Also Hickman's Hunches and eight pages of expert scouting reports
Bowls
Hickman's Hunches
HICKMAN'S HUNCHES ON THE BOWL GAMES
In an unprecedented sealed-bid sale 1955's Horse of the Year last week brought the purchase price of all time
The Wonderful World Of Sport
Sporting Look
In the Virgin Islands, it's a holiday rite
Golf
Tip From The Top
For the average week-end golfer
By John Battini
Basketball
By Roy Terrell
Bowling
This Is Cortina
A toylike village in a milky bowl of snow, the site of the Winter Olympics is boiling with preparations for its biggest sports—and tourist—day
Snow Patrol
Compiled by Mort Lund
Ski Tip
By Friedl Pfeifer/Coach, U.S. Olympic Team
Fisherman's Calendar
Compiled By Ed Zern
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
The Question: Would you accept Nashua as a Christmas present? (Asked at Miami Beach, Fla.)
By Jimmy Jemail
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS December 23 through January 1
Acknowledgments
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER