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April 30, 1956 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: If the winners of the last 10 Kentucky Derbies were matched, which horse would you bet on?

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

DRIVING TIP FROM THE TOP, BIG DAY IN THE LOCKER ROOM, SOUTHERN ATHLETES WIN REBELLION, HARVARD HAS FUN IN THE SUN, ARMY SHRINKS GOLA, RAINIER GETS A WEDDING PRESENT

Spectacle

MILLE MIGLIA

The beautiful hills of Italy become a nightmare of turns for race drivers in this week's classic

FANGIO AND FERRARI

The champion driver and car are favored over the rough Mille Miglia course and over a tough rival, Stirling Moss

By William Rospigliosi

Not Rain Nor Snow...

NOT RAIN, NOR SNOW NOR SLEET...

Foul weather kept neither player nor politico from his baseball duties on Openning Day

By Robert Creamer

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

QUITE A WEEK IN PRO BOXING

A $10,000 check is variously explained, a judge does his homework, a code is studied and a worm wriggles

By Martin Kane

The Fergusons

QUITE A BOY IN MADISON

In 1951 Vinnie Ferguson and his father set out to win a 1956 Olympic boxing berth. Step No. 1: an NCAA title

By Robert H. Boyle

Tip From The Top

Especially for middle-and high-handicap golfers

By Al Esposito

The Outdoor Week

THE OUTDOOR WEEK

A government undercover agent in the wealthy Houston area risks his life to gather evidence on the illegal slaughter and sale of more than 200,000 wildfowl

Edited by Ed Zern and Tom Lineaweaver

IKE RETURNS TO THE FAIRWAYS

Auto Show

OOHS AND AHS FOR ALL

New York's International Auto Show proves a point: between them, Europe and the U.S. are producing OOHS AND AHS FOR ALL

Derby Tests

TWO DERBY TESTS

The disqualification in the Wood Memorial and an outsider in the Chesapeake provided surprises in TWO DERBY TESTS

By Whitney Tower

Humphrey Bogart

'ALL RIGHT, LOUIE, DROP THE JIB'

This ghostly croak chilled many a movie villain, but on the high seas it's only Bogart the sailor

By James Murray

Yesterday

'OUR BOYS DID NOBLY'

Baseball's first professional team toured the country in 1869 and won 64 games, tied one. Next season they won 27 straight, but then they came to Brooklyn and challenged the Atlantics, pride of the East

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS April 27 through May 6

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

PAT ON THE BACK

Departments

SCOREBOARD

...THESE FACES IN THE CROWD...

FOCUS ON THE DEED

FOR THE RECORD

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips