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February 20, 1956 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: What sport not now contested do you think deserves most to be added to the Olympic Games?

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

SPORT, THE UNIVERSAL CIVILIZER, AROUND THE WASHINGTON CAMP FIRE, THE LONE, LORN BOXING GUILD, CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME IN MEMPHIS, THE LOGISTICS OF TROTTING, THE KEED'S LOST FIGHT

'GOODBY, MR. MACK'

Mess In Washington

BOOSTERS MESS IT UP IN WASHINGTON

The football fortunes of the Huskies mean a lot to Seattle and to Torchy Torrance, the city's hustling builder-upper. A report on how he almost loved his favorite team to death

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Everglades

BARNIE'S BEAUTIES: BIRDS OF THE EVERGLADES

Ranger Parker, guardian of one of the great bird sanctuaries of America, is an uninhibited individualist who knows many of his charges by their first names

By John O'Reilly

Everglades Tours

EVERGLADES TOURS

How to find your favorite birds, how much it costs, how long it takes: the Audubon Society shows you with its EVERGLADES TOURS

By Horace Sutton

Swaps

SWAPS & CO.

Horses east and west are readying for an exciting year. Here SI's expert reports from California on SWAPS & CO.

By Whitney Tower

THE TOURNAMENTS

News that a college all-star team would enter the Olympic basketball trials failed to slow the race for a place in THE TOURNAMENTS

By Roy Terrell

HURRICANE FOLLIES

If all boxing needs is good fights, the IBC would do well to promote some instead of sponsoring such burlesques as the HURRICANE FOLLIES

By Martin Kane

Tip From The Top

especially for beginners and high-handicap golfers

By Palmer Maples

Two Against The Shark

TWO AGAINST THE SHARK

By Coles Phinizy

Snow Patrol

SNOW PATROL

Compiled by Mort Lund

Ski Tip

DOWNHILL RACING NEED NOT BE CONFINED TO DAREDEVILS. THERE ARE WAYS OF MAKING IT VALUABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ADVANCED SKIERS

By Sepp Ruschp/President, Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc.

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Compiled by Ed Zern

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS February 17 through February 26

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

LOUISE WIDENER

Departments

SCOREBOARD

...THESE FACES IN THE CROWD...

FOCUS ON THE DEED

FOR THE RECORD

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips