December 01, 1958 | Volume 9, Issue 22

BASKETBALL—New York, leader in NBA Eastern Division standings; ST. LOUIS, leader in Western Division.

4—John G. Zimmerman11—A.P., Warren Ballard, U.P.I., A.P., Larson-Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Meek16—Juan Guzman24, 26—drawings by Ajay29—A.P., Brisbane Courier-Mail, Melbourne Herald and Weekly...

Mary Ann Slazinik, 18, of Pine Bush, N.Y., was chosen the 1958 National Roller Skate Queen at Miami Beach competition. Miss Slazinik then announced plans to study medicine with $2,500 prize.

All times E.S.T.

Mexico City

This is the skier's season, when the snow trains start hooting their way into the snow country loaded with skis

Claude Gilstrap, Arlington (Texas) Junior College coach, grumbling over the 1958 points-after-touchdown rule: "It puts too much pressure on the cheerleaders. Until this season they always knew...

The plonk of tennis balls was hard to hear amid the cheers of football crowds, the screech of hockey skates on ice and the chant of slave traders peddling flesh in the smoke-filled marts of...

•In the annual College Basketball Issue, Kentucky's controversial Adolph Rupp writes a forthright declaration of his sometimes criticized coaching philosophy. Collegian Ron Johnson explains how...

His unheralded journey from Sweden to New York should lead to a fight with Floyd Patterson

Tuberculosis has perhaps ended the playing days of Red Schoendienst, Milwaukee's great second baseman

SEVEN FACES OF TONY ROCCA

Basketball arouses strong feelings in players, coaches and spectators. (The one picture above should be worth any thousand words I could say on this subject.) It also seems to arouse nothing but...

This year the skier will find more inventive ski equipment than ever for better safety and performance

A last-place team for three straight seasons, New York leads the league. Here's why

When they're bad they're very, very good, but when they're good, they're horrid—that's the hockey philosophy of the Hub

At the Fall Nationals in Detroit they have some all-comers events that sound enticing

The Golfer who can play an intentional fade when the situation calls for it possesses one of the most important shots in the game. At our club, for example, there are several tough holes which are...

Italian risotto proves easy to make with electric control

Dr. Alfred O. C. Nier, atom bomb specialist, physics professor at the University of Minnesota, swims, fishes, here runs along Cass Lake beach with his wife Ruth.

Dr. Albert Einstein, shown here on his sailboat in Germany in 1930, was a lifelong devotee of peaceful outdoor relaxation.

(Final NAIA Ratings)

AUBURN VS. ALABAMACoach Bear Bryant has done a fine job bringing Alabama back, but that solid Auburn defense, the best in the nation, will be too much for the Crimson Tide. AUBURN.

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR (CONT.)Sirs:I too agree with Mr. G. W. Fleming's philosophy in regard to the selection of the Sportsman of the Year (19TH HOLE, Nov. 10).

'Ready and eager'

This year there are more ski areas with better facilities than ever. To assist the skier in his choice of places, both old and new, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED has compiled a representative guide to the...

In the Midwest only money and earth movers stand between people and skiing