August 27, 1956 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
The Question: Do you think more or less of Ted Williams since the spitting episode in Boston?
By Jimmy Jemail
Girl Olympians
CAN THE SOVIET GIRLS BE STOPPED?
Although U.S. women athletes looked better than ever in Philadelphia, they do not yet figure to upset the toughest in the world
By Mary Snow
Spectacle
Seattle invades Detroit to fight for supremacy in the world's fastest boats over a washboard course
By Jim Atwater
Events & Discoveries
GET IN THERE AND BUNT, STEVENSON!, TED WILLIAMS AND THE MORAL CLIMATE, AUGUST EQUIPMENT: GREASE, HANDCUFFS AND UKULELES, JUST A PUBLICITY STUNT?
The Wonderful World Of Sport
Wonderful World Of Sport
OLYMPIANS PUT AVERY BRUNDAGE ON THE SPOT
First Of Two Parts
THE STRIPED BASS: A DETECTIVE STORY
The investigator examined its nursery, searched its feeding grounds, cross-examined anglers and scientists. Where, he asked, is the striper?
The Outdoor Week
As millions of waterfowl gather in Canada before heading south, a special report from their prairie nesting grounds by Reginald Wells predicts a great hunting season to come
Edited by Thomas H. Lineaweaver
Baseball
Behind the Phillies' late-season drive to make the first division is the quietly dramatic story of a
By Roy Terrell
X-ray
Tip From The Top
especially for weekend golfers
Boating
Thirteen skippers battled for Olympic nomination but it was an unkind whim of fate which settled the
By Mort Lund
Horse Racing
Rich and poor mingle at Saratoga, but the price is high for the privilege of shouting at the track:
Family Fair
New home of the Hambletonian, Du Quoin is the old home of auto racing, vaudeville and almost anything else you care to name
Although the favorites failed to win, blue ribbons and silver cups were only half of Dublin's celebrated week
Acknowledgments
THE FOOT-LOOSE SPORTSMAN IN DETROIT
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Mr. Caper
By Ajay