Author:
SI Staff

•SPECTACLE: SEVILLE'S BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL FAIR 21
Its century-old festivities, climaxing in the corridas, are traditional rites of spring in Spain

•THE BULLS OF DEATH 25
They are the Miuras, bravest of bulls, and their nickname, as JOHN KOBLER shows, is aptly chosen

•THE CASE AGAINST THE IBC 26
The gist of the government's anti-monopoly case against James D. Norris, et al., now coming to trial

•THE DAMNDEST YANKEE OF THEM ALL 34
That's the tag that belongs to Mr. Billy Martin, in fielder. PAUL O'NEIL tells you why

•HELL-BENT HYDROPLANES 38
The latest news of the big, fast boats and their top designer, Leo Staudacher, by JIM ATWATER

•20 MILLION FISHERMEN VS. 30 BILLION FISH 48
ED ZERN prospects the 1956 fresh-water season. With unusual fish portraits IN COLOR by MARTIN IGER

•LOOK MA! SAILOR SUITS! 56
There's a fast new upbeat in the nautical note of children's clothes. Here is a gallery of them IN COLOR

THE DEPARTMENTS

6 SCOREBOARD
17 EVENTS & DISCOVERIES
30 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT
54 THE OUTDOOR WEEK
65 COMING EVENTS
66 THE 19th HOLE
72 PAT ON THE BACK

10 Hotbox: JIMMY JEMAIL asks the wives of major league managers: Who will win in your league this season?

43 Horses: WHITNEY TOWER checks over the progress of the Derby hopefuls—and also notes that Swaps is under way again—and how!

44 Tip from the Top: BABE ZAHARIAS warns of the perils of overzealous slugging

Acknowledgments on page 65

COVER: BILLY MARTIN

Photograph by Hy Peskin

The young man in the dark-blue baseball cap who looks out from this week's cover is Billy Martin, the New York Yankees' talented, hotly competitive—and endlessly controversial—infielder. Billy grew up in Berkeley, Calif., played second base for the Oakland Acorns and was the Yankee star of the 1953 World Series. For Paul O'Neil's tale of Martin's adventures, see page 34.

THREE PHOTOS

IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE

CONVERSATION PIECE: SUBJECT: BOGART
After 11 o'clock "he thinks he's Bogart," but while out on the water—James Murray reports—Bogie is strictly a sailor

PLAY BALL! THE PANORAMA OF BASEBALL 1956
From the Executive arm in Washington to the sore arm (if any) in Kansas City, SI records highlights of the first games

April 23, 1956