April 23, 1956 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
The Question: Who will win in your league this season? (Asked of wives of major league managers.)
By Jimmy Jemail
Events & Discoveries
A TIME FOR UNNATURAL MOTIONS, ELIJAH (OR BUGS) IN THE SNOWBANK, BRICK DUST FOR JOHN LANDY, SCHOOL'S OUT IN MONTREAL, A LESSON FOR KEN VENTURI, THE STOOPER SEASON
Spectacle
It's April and once more, as they have for 109 years, Spaniards assemble for one of the most beautiful spectacles in the world
The Case Against The IBC
Here for the first time SI presents the government case in the attempt of the Department of Justice to break up the boxing monopoly of James D. Norris, IBC, et al.
By Martin Kane
The Wonderful World Of Sport
Billy Martin
THE DAMNDEST YANKEE OF THEM ALL
Infielder Billy Martin, a man of jaunty truculence, is Casey Stengel's pride and joy
By Paul O'Neil
Hell-Bent Hydros
A tense rivalry between Detroit and Seattle and a challenge for the Harmsworth Trophy have meant a busy year for the man who makes the Hell-Bent hydroplanes
By Jim Atwater
As Needles, racing's winter champion, awaits the test at Louisville, Easterners are talking about a Whitney entry
Tip From The Top
For golfers of all degrees of skill
Fishermen And Fish
20 MILLION FISHERMEN vs. 30 BILLION FISH
As seasons open across the nation, an SI expert reports on the 1956 outlook for fresh-water fish
By Ed Zern
The Outdoor Week
Based on regular weekly dispatches from SI bureaus and special correspondents in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and overseas; and on reports from fish and game commissions of the 48 states and Alaska
Edited by Ed Zern
Fisherman's Calendar
Sporting Look
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS April 20 through April 29
Acknowledgments
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
THE SPECIAL BASEBALL ISSUE