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October 29, 1956 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Is an athletic background an asset for a political candidate? (Asked at the conference of governors in Atlantic City, N.J.)

By Jimmy Jemail

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS October 26 through November 4

The College Football Crisis Continued

BIG TEN AND NINE POINTS

In a striking confirmation of Sports Illustrated's recent survey, Big Ten leaders lay it on the line: clean up the game or watch it die in chaos

Spectacle

GOLF AND THE SEASONS

Autumn, as the companion portfolio shows, is one of the best

By Herbert Warren Wind

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

FIRST DOWN IN THE BIG TEN, THE JAVELIN GOES ROUND AND ROUND, GREEK STARTING GATE, PENNSYLVANIA'S MUSCLE MINES MISS SUPERTEST, DETROIT'S HERBIVOROUS TIGER

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Football: Fifth Week

FOOTBALL: FIFTH WEEK

By Jack Olsen

AROUND THE COUNTRY

By Don Parker

You Should Know

YOU SHOULD KNOW: if you're watching football

HERMAN HICKMAN and Artist ROBERT RIGER combine their talents in an illustrated guide to the common rule infractions which the fan—as well as officials on the field—can be alert to

By Herman Hickman

THE PROS

By Tex Maule

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Preview

THIS WEEK: OKLAHOMA!

After testing Michigan State, the nation's No. 2 team, the Irish of Notre Dame on Saturday grapple with Oklahoma—No. 1; Coach Terry Brennan looks ahead with concern but no fear

By Jack Olsen

Tip From The Top

For golfers of all handicaps, long hitters especially

By Fay Crocker

Horses

The classical and intricate art of dressage has always needed a popular interpreter. Now it has found two: GODFREY AND GOLDIE

By Alice Higgins

Horse Racing

The week brought fine racing at Keeneland and talk of the Garden State, but its chief objective was the SAVING OF SWAPS

By Whitney Tower

Inside Florida

INSIDE FLORIDA

In the dark, water-filled caverns under their state, divers are now uncovering a vast and bewildering welter of animal fossils and artifacts of early man

By Coles Phinizy

The Outdoor Week

THE OUTDOOR WEEK

In Idaho high school students play hooky while the principal smiles, a Washington duck hunter gets the bird and loses his pants, in Michigan a grandmother organizes an all-girl bear hunt, while in New Mexico biologists race to save drought-stricken waterfowl

Edited by Thomas H. Lineaweaver

Boxing

Floyd Patterson scorns the fine print, Sugar Ray gets his full pound and The Game puts at stake TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Martin Kane

The Sporting Look

COUNTRY SQUIRE

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Mr. Caper

MR. CAPER

By Ajay

Pat On The Back

PAT ON THE BACK

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

SCOREBOARD

...THESE FACES IN THE CROWD...

FOCUS ON THE DEED

FOR THE RECORD