February 6, 1956 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
By Jimmy Jemail
Tip From The Top
For golfers of all degrees of skill
By Harry Cooper
Events & Discoveries
HISTORIC HEADER ON ICE, A BARON'S HONOR AT STAKE, LANDY SOUNDS A WARNING, A PRO AND A CON FOR FOOTBALL, THE WAY LOEFFLER LIKES TO PLAY, DREAM DIES IN NEW YORK, NEW RULE
The Russians Take Over At Cortina
In their first try at a Winter Games the Soviets dominated the opening days as a pack of sleek speed skaters set new Olympic records at Cortina
Duck Hunting
On the outskirts of the city of canals, the Lagoon of Venice is filled from October until April with a variety of fowl that summer behind the Iron Curtain. It is not rare for one Venetian to shoot 100 ducks a day during the long season
THE BEST DUCK HUNTING IN EUROPE
Where to find it, the seasons, and what you should know if you plan a hunt on the Continent
Avery Brundage: Part II
Sport was a virtue in ancient Greece, an ideal to make men better. That's still the basic idea of the Olympic Games, says the blunt Mr. Brundage, and the big reason why the Russians are accepted in the Games today
The classic shapes of the bronze fittings displayed at the big boat shows have developed from centuries of improvisation aboard the ships of the world
Sport In Art
Soccer, a universal sport, inspires some fine paintings
At 41, Stanley Matthews is British soccer's greatest star. He has the looks of an insurance clerk and is a genius who eschews scoring goals
At the end of the first 10 events, Russia had taken four gold medals and had set three new Olympic speed-skating records
A trio of record-setting young men with an eye on Melbourne has made the '56 indoor track season one of the best in years
By Roy Terrell
Mr. Cecil Timms of England has caddied for many of the top Americans. He is a man of modest mien but strong opinions
Stars turn to evangelism and score hit with admirers at rally in Denver
FCA Rally
Big league baseball and professional football stars at youth rally in Denver speak of spiritual life in terms of the games they know best
Nor managers nor promotors nor status quoters of the press stayed the APPPFF's hero from his conquest of boxing's ogre
The U.S. Davis Cup captain sees a new rivalry in the making: Russia is building power for a RED TENNIS DRIVE
By William F. Talbert
Plum Creek
Though complete with pinks and derbies, this Colorado competition has a ruggedness all its own. In the hunt, the coyote is the quarry
Snow Patrol
Compiled by Mort Lund
Ski Tip
By Sepp Ruschp/President, Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc.
Fisherman's Calendar
Compiled by Ed Zern
Yesterday
Annie Smith Peck, a teacher who believed she could do almost anything, scaled the Matterhorn and became the most famous woman climber of her day
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS February 3 through February 12
Acknowledgments
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER