¶ As an oakleaf cluster to his badge as SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S Sportsman of the Year, Olympian Bobby Morrow won Texas sportswriters' vote as Southwesterner of the Year and Texas Amateur Athlete of the Year.
¶ The New York Giants' flashy Centerfielder Willie Mays got just what he wanted in his 1957 contractthe same pay as last year ($35,000) plus a promise that his roommate will be his new teammate Jackie Robinson. "I just hope he'll be my roommate all the time," said Willie, "so he'll teach me things." But aged (38 this month) ex-Dodger Robinson...
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