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April 8, 1957 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Do you agree with Gene Shue of the Fort Wayne Pistons who says that a basketball team composed of little men up to 6 feet 5 inches could beat a team of tall men 6 feet 5 inches and over?

By Jimmy Jemail

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS April 5 through April 14

Hang On And Pray

HANG ON AND PRAY

The 120-year-old Grand National, world's greatest jumping race, was a triumph for a jockey who didn't quite believe in himself

By Whitney Tower

ARCARO IN THE MIDDLE

Ohio State Diving

ACKUS MARACKUS AT OHIO

In his own choice words, Coach Mike Peppe protests a harsh rule that robbed his divers of NCAA titles but won't keep them from winning the Nationals this week

By Coles Phinizy

Spectacle

AN APT PUPIL BECOMES A MASTER

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

STATE OF THE NATION, MAIL CALL, A YANK LOOK AT OXFORD, THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, SHORT TRIP TO A NEW WORLD, AN ATHLETE IN THE WORLD OF FREEDOM

Farrell Of The Indians

THE MAN WHO MAKES THE INDIANS RUN

Kerby Farrell hits the big time with a brand of baseball that should bring Cleveland back its fans and—some day—a pennant

By Roy Terrell

ACROSS A FREE LAND

From New England in winter to California at the edge of spring, the Hungarian athletes' tour exhibited their skills and helped them to know their new country

By Richard L. Neale

HUNGARIANS DISCOVER AMERICA

Hockey

A RANGER UPRISING

Andy Bathgate, hockey's newest superstar, rose to full brilliance in midseason and signaled the beginning of a ranger uprising

By Al Laney

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Curling

HUGHSTON McBAIN BAIN

WHOOMPH!

Horse Racing

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Gen. Duke is enthroned a solid Kentucky Derby favorite as Arcaro the Master finds himself in double trouble

By Morris McLemore

Preview

TROUT 1957

From the Catskills to High Sierra the nation's trout seasons are opening. Here is a survey of top streams

By Thomas H. Lineaweaver

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

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