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January 7, 1957 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Will the colleges throughout the country follow the lead of the Ivy League and de-emphasize football?

By Jimmy Jemail

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS Jan. 4 through Jan. 13

Sportsman Of 1956

SPORTSMAN OF 1956

In Sports Illustrated's third annual citation Bobby Morrow of Texas wins the Sportsman of the Year award for 1956 for distilling long training and unusual character into 41 seconds of blazing excellence at Melbourne's Olympic Games

By Paul O'Neil

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

ART ARAGON APES McCOY, AMERICA'S CUP NEWS, DAVE SIME RUNS AGAIN, MERRIWELL PIPED IN, HEALTHFUL SNIFFING IN PARIS, GRIDIRON VIGILANTES, SAMMY THE CHARMER

The Wonderful World Of Sport

ONE SHUTTER CLICK TELLS THE WHOLE STORY

AMERICAN WELCOME

Hungarian Olympians, looking for new homes, reach the U.S. after the flight from Melbourne

Tennis

DOOM DOWN UNDER

A happy-go-lucky Texan won the hearts of the Aussie fans in a losing cause as the U.S. Davis Cup team met DOOM DOWN UNDER

By William F. Talbert

Basketball

HAPPY HOLIDAY FREE-FOR-ALL

All over the country the sound of rubber on hardwood rang in Basketball 1957 as collegians celebrated the season with a spectacular round of holiday tournaments

By Jeremiah Tax

Horse Racing

DANGER AHEAD

New York's $2 bettor is the racing fan who gives most and receives least. Now a hard-hitting report warns of DANGER AHEAD

By Whitney Tower

NOTES ON A GELID AFTERNOON

By Tex Maule

TECH BRAINS PITT

Georgia Tech's scholarly quarterback gave both Pittsburgh and Gator Bowl fans a 21-14 lesson in how football should be played

By Lee Griggs

Sporting Look

WHITES OF THE '30s

The classic look of spectator sports clothes reappears in modern fabrics which add 1957's ease of upkeep to the 1930s look of the few lucky rich

Snow Patrol

SNOW PATROL

Compiled by Mort Lund

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Outdoor Week

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Financing A Country Club

OUT WEST OF CALCUTTA

Beset by rising costs, many clubs are in trouble. Herewith a survey of expenses and ways to meet them—including gambling

By Herbert Warren Wind

Tip From The Top

For golfers of all degrees of skill

By Willie Klein

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

HAMILTON RICHARDSON

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

SCOREBOARD

...THESE FACES IN THE CROWD...

FOCUS ON THE DEED

FOR THE RECORD