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AN SI SPECIAL: A DAY TO REMEMBER 13
How John Landy's mile became Jim Bailey's mile in the most brilliant foot race in. U.S. history—by PAUL O'NEIL. And how the 82nd Kentucky Derby became Needles' Derby in one of the most rousing horse races in memory—by WHITNEY TOWER
SPECTACLE: VAULTING AMERICANS 20
U.S. pole vaulters are aiming for the Olympics. IN COLOR, the styles of Don Bragg and Bob Richards
A DERBY LETTER TO HAPPY KNOLL 29
JOHN P. MARQUAND reports on Needles' victory by way of his old friend, Roger Horlick
CONVERSATION PIECE: SUBJECT: BABE AND GEORGE ZAHARIAS 30
A visit to the home of America's greatest woman athlete. By JOAN FLYNN DREYSPOOL
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A KALINE 32
Who finds the baseball stars? Scouts like Detroit's Ed Katalinas, here discussed by ROBERT SHAPLEN
THE BROOKIE: AN EARLY AMERICAN 70
Continuing the series on fresh-water game fish, BOB ELLIOT presents the eastern brook trout
THE DEPARTMENTS
•THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT 16
•EVENTS & DISCOVERIES 25
•SCOREBOARD 39
•COMING EVENTS 41
•THE OUTDOOR WEEK 62
•THE 19TH HOLE 89
•PAT ON THE BACK 92
•Hotbox: JIMMY JEMAIL asks: Which do you love more, your horse or your dog? 4
•Boxing: ROBERT H. BOYLE rounds up the last week of the IBC trial and discusses the Government's prize—and surprise—package 42
•Baseball: ROBERT CREAMER takes stock of the first weeks of the season. Plus a new set of provocative and revealing statistics on the heroes and the goats in the major leagues 52
•Travel: HORACE SUTTON, in words and color pictures, presents an unusual tourists' retreat: the Russian Riviera 54
•Tip from the Top: PATTY BERG tells women golfers about the proper pivot motions 60
•Bowling: VICTOR KALMAN checks in at the ABC tournament and finds a star in the making: William Terrence Lillard 61
Acknowledgments on page 68
COVER: AL KALINE AND HARVEY KUENN
Photograph by Hy Peskin
Great baseball players seem to leap into life fully armed, like soldiers sprung from dragon's teeth. Such are Al Kaline, 21, and Harvey Kuenn, 25, of the Detroit Tigers, both of whom became major league regulars in their second season of Organized Ball. To learn the fascinating methods big league clubs utilize to discover such fine players, turn to page 32 for Robert Shaplen's report on baseball scouts.
THREE PHOTOS
IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE
A NEW CLASSIC OF THE SEA
In the Pacific's Roaring Forties, a man and his ship meet with the ultimate storm. William A. Robinson tells how they survived
THE STORY OF JOHN LANDY
Paul O'Neil presents an intimate portrait of the dedicated miler from Australia and his new record try at the Fresno Relays
