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November 26, 1956 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Are women at a handicap competing against men in a horse show? (Asked at the National Horse Show)

By Jimmy Jemail

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS Including Olympic finals

Greatest Show On Earth

GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

TV's Game of the Week moves west to watch USC play UCLA. Artist Joe Kaufman illustrates the enormous preparation it takes to put it on

By James Murray

Spectacle

EVERYBODY GETS INTO THE ACT

By the time the Greatest Show on Earth is ended on Saturday afternoon everyone from spectators to subs has had a part

By Tex Maule

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

CONCERT PITCH IN MELBOURNE, IOWA LOOKS WEST, SANTEE'S RUN FOR THE MONEY, GOLDFISH IN NATURE, THE NCAA'S STAR CHAMBER, A SKULL CRACKS IN DALLAS, CALLS TO THE WILD

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Preview

LAST CHANCE FOR OLD ARCH

Archie Moore comes up to his goal, the heavyweight championship of the world, for the last time and, at age 39, must win it against the odds of youth. Floyd Patterson, at 21, has speed and endurance going for him

By Martin Kane

Tip From The Top

for women golfers especially

By Beverly Hanson

A Boy's Trophies

A KID'S SAFARI

Powerboating

BOATING BONANZA

Sparked by demand, boating's idea men keep coming up with better wares

Football: Ninth Week

AROUND THE COUNTRY

By Don Parker

THE PROS

By Tex Maule

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Maryland Meeting

MARYLAND MEETING

Horses

EAST AND WEST

Sports Illustrated's expert sees two shows a continent and a week apart and reports, from New York and San Francisco, on horses

By Alice Higgins

The Outdoor Week

THE OUTDOOR WEEK

In Maine and Ontario it is man over beast while in Washington it is man against duck and no decision. A British naturalist despairs of man, an Idaho mayor pays dearly for elk meat and an African game ranger pushes parched pachyderms to water

Edited by Thomas H. Lineaweaver

DEFIANT HARRIERS

Neither snow nor ice nor Olympiads will make the cross-country championships close up shop

Franz Stampfl

THE MYSTERIOUS MENTOR OF MELBOURNE

Few people except athletes know Franz Stampfl, the lively and persuasive coach who believes breaking records can be routine

By Terry O'Connor

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Mr. Caper

MR. CAPER

Pat On The Back

PAT ON THE BACK

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

FOCUS ON THE DEED

SCOREBOARD

...THESE FACES IN THE CROWD...

FOR THE RECORD