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October 8, 1956 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: How important is a jockey to a horse?

By Jimmy Jemail

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS October 5 through October 13

The Great Drama: Last Act

THE GREAT DRAMA: LAST ACT

A marvelous season ended, but it wasn't over. The Dodgers won, but they had a World Series yet to play. The incredible drama of baseball moved toward its climax

By Robert Creamer

Preview

PROS AWEIGH

Professional football is off and barreling toward its finest season, so herewith some advice from a friend

By James Murray

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

THE NATIONAL LEAGUE'S HOT FINISH, FROM SPIKES TO CLEATS IN THE CUB SCOUT SET, ROGER, OVER AND TOUCHDOWN IN CLEVELAND, MALLARDS AT 6 O'CLOCK, LOW, MISTER GUS AND OTHERS MOVE UP

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Football: Second Week

FOOTBALL: SECOND WEEK

Form, they say, will tell, but it has rarely told as consistently as it did last week when the favorites everywhere made the experts worthy of their name

By Art Rosenbaum

AROUND THE COUNTRY

By Don Parker

HERMAN HICKMAN SAYS:

By Herman Hickman

Jack Kramer

U.S. TENNIS IS BEING KILLED

Former World Champion Jack Kramer, now one of the game's greatest living authorities, serves up sundry highly explosive opinions

By Whitney Tower

The Outdoor Week

THE OUTDOOR WEEK

The majestic whooping crane moves south with its young (right). And, as fall brings new hunting seasons, Newfoundland's moose mix their signals and find themselves derailed

Edited by Thomas H. Lineaweaver

CANADA'S PROS ARE AT IT TOO

Jaguar Owners

they have rediscovered an almost forgotten dimension in driving—pleasure in performance—

Eastern Conference

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Western Conference

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

X-RAY FOR THE 1956 SEASON

Horses

Two Cokes for a pony in a $16 million setting, and Kentucky State Fair's record crowds cheer SISTER'S SUCCESS

By Alice Higgins

Rolling Rock

PICNICS AND JUMPS

For several days around Rolling Rock, hunt racing is the focus of interest. Some 20,000 come to cheer and seize the chance for an end-of-season meal in lovely country

By Alice Higgins

Footloose Sportsman

BAGELS & BASEBALL

In the salubrious air of The Bronx, scented with a secret formula of beer, cigars and mustard, residents thrive on

By Horace Sutton

The One-Shot Killer

THE ONE-SHOT KILLER

Custom-built for big-game hunters, Roy Weatherby's revolutionary new high-velocity rifle can drop an elephant with a single bullet

By Martin Kane

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Mr. Caper

MR. CAPER

By Ajay

Sporting Look

For the sportsman, the family on a trip, the salesman on the road, the car cigaret lighter can supply LIGHTER LIVING

By Fred R. Smith

Pat On The Back

PAT ON THE BACK

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

...THESE FACES IN THE CROWD...

SCOREBOARD

FOCUS ON THE DEED

FOR THE RECORD