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AN SI SPECIAL: ON TO AUSTRALIA 34
In the first of a special pre-Olympic series, WILLIAM L. WORDEN and Artist LESLIE JACOBS portray in words and an animated map the world's most sporting continent, while HARRY COX looks over Melbourne's restaurants and entertainment and a YOU SHOULD KNOW advises air travelers on packing for the plane

NOW IN NOVEMBER 16
The season enters its last half, and the bowls beckon the strong; a coast-to-coast report

SPECTACLE: WEEKEND AT YALE 20
In Ivy football the emphasis is on fun. Four pages IN COLOR on the fun at a Yale-Dartmouth weekend

SAILING'S SEASON IN THE SUN 57
Looking back on the 1956 events, EZRA BOWEN presents the year's best new boat ideas and its champions

FOOTLOOSE IN SUNNY ST. JOHN 62
Our newest national park, reports HORACE SUTTON, is a Caribbean paradise. With three pages IN COLOR

THE VANDERBILT STORY: PART IV: HOUSE OF CARDS 69
In the last of the series on America's sportsman emeritus, GEORGE PLIMPTON tells how Vanderbilt invented contract bridge and presents some famous hands

THE DEPARTMENTS

•COMING EVENTS 12
•EVENTS & DISCOVEIES 25
•THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT 29
•SCOREBOARD 49
•THE OUTDOOR WEEK 67
•THE 19TH HOLE 82
•PAT ON THE BACK 84

•Hotbox: JIMMY JEMAIL asks: How much effect does superior equipment have on improved athletic performances? 4
•Horse Racing: WHITNEY TOWER reports Barbizon's victory in the richest race in history 51
•Pro Football: A report on all the week's games by TEX MAULE 56
•Tip from the Top: BILL ZONKER points out the virtues of a crisp tap when putting 81
•Sporting Look: FRED R. SMITH describes the newest gadgets and accessories available to sports car fans 77

Acknowledgments on page 10

COVER: YALE BULLDOG

Photograph by Jerry Cooke

The first football mascot, so far as anyone can now recall, was Handsome Dan, a bulldog who belonged to a member of the Yale class of 1892. The present Handsome Dan, pictured on this week's cover, is the ninth in a long succession and, like the "wishbone" on the cheerleaders' megaphones, he is a symbol of Ivy football. For news of the Yale team and color pictures of a Yale football weekend, turn to page 20.

TWO PHOTOS

ILLUSTRATION

IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE

HOCKEY AS RUSSELL HOBAN SEES AND PAINTS IT
The joy and heartbreak of a great game, portrayed in unforgettable paintings, plus a report on the season to date

GERALD HOLLAND TALKS WITH DUFFY DAUGHERTY

An intimate portrait of the Michigan State coach, by the writer who brought you Rickey, Leahy, Stengel—and the elusive striper