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March 11, 1957 Table Of Contents

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Coming Events

COMING EVENTS March 8 through March 17

Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: What athletes in real life would you nominate as the equal of Frank Merriwell, the fabulous Yale athlete of fiction? (Asked at conference of American College Public Relations Association)

By Jimmy Jemail

Spectacle

PATTERNS on HARDWOOD

Professional basketball features very few set plays. It is an endless series of instant improvisations on a basic theme: get the ball through the hoop

By Jeremiah Tax

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

SOUTHERN PLAIN TALK ON FOOTBALL, INVESTIGATION IN THE VALLEY, A NEW TAX SOURCE: ALTITUDE, THE MISSISSIPPI WITHOUT MUD, WILT'S ROADWORK, THOSE QUIET WRESTLERS

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Spring Training

NOR HEAT NOR RAIN STAYS SPRING PRACTICE

From Florida to Arizona the rookies sweat while veterans enjoy some preseason fun

By Robert Creamer

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Snow Patrol

SNOW PATROL

The Footloose Sportsman

OPEN HOUSE IN OSLO

Finland won the ski prizes, but the Norwegian hosts held first place for hospitality during the Holmenkollen festival

By Horace Sutton

Horse Racing

ROYALTY'S RULER

America's aristocratically named 3-year-olds race at Hialeah and Santa Anita and one steps forth as ROYALTY'S RULER

By Whitney Tower

Baseball Forecast: Rain

BASEBALL FORECAST: RAIN

By Gerald Holland

The Steelhead

EXCALIBUR: THE STEELHEAD

The brilliant game fish of the Pacific coast, like King Arthur's gleaming sword, is a prize that can be won only by the skillful, the courageous and the strong

By Paul O'Neil

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

ELOISE JONES

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

SCOREBOARD

...THESE FACES IN THE CROWD...

FOCUS ON THE DEED

FOR THE RECORD