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HANG ON AND PRAY 14
Victory comes to a doubting jockey in the Grand National. As related from Aintree by WHITNEY TOWER. Meanwhile, back in the States, Bold Ruler is caught in the middle by the Jones boys

ACKUS MARACKUS AT OHIO 22
For 20 years Ohio State's divers have ruled their sport. COLES PHINIZY tells how this came to be

THE MAN WHO MAKES THE INDIANS RUN 33
A look at Cleveland's Kerby Farrell, who believes you can't win by stopping at second. By ROY TERRELL

THE LATEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA 37
The Hungarian Olympians complete their coast-to-coast Freedom Tour and record it all in snapshots

WHOOMPH! GOES THE RIDER 54
A spectator's alert camera records a sensational spill at the Maryland Hunt Club. Two pages IN COLOR

BEN HOGAN'S MODERN FUNDAMENTALS OF GOLF, PART V 58
The greatest golfer of our time concludes his lessons with a summary and review

THE TROUT ARE WAITING 71
As the 1957 season opens, THOMAS H. LINEAWEAVER presents a slate-by-state survey for the eager angler

PENNANTS ARE WON IN THE SPRING 74
So said John McGraw; and here FRANK FRISCH, one of his great stars, fondly recalls the hard-boiled era

THE DEPARTMENTS

•HOTBOX 6
•COMING EVENTS 10
•EVENTS & DISCOVERIES 29
•SCOREBOARD 41
•HOCKEY 47
•CURLING 50
•HORSE RACING 57
•THE 19TH HOLE 77
•PAT ON THE BACK 80

Acknowledgments on page 49

COVER: A. WELLS PECK
Photograph by Hans Knopf

Dedicated and determined, the chairman of the board of Peck & Peck here personifies the millions of fishermen who are turning out in the early weeks of April for the opening of the trout season. For what Mr. Peck and fellow anglers will find in streams and ponds across the country, see page 71.

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