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December 14, 1959 | Volume 11, Issue 24
BASKETBALL'S WEEK
December 14, 1959 |
Mervin Hyman
The game was the same but many of the faces were new as the college basketball season exploded with a roar that left some of the nation's most stalwart contenders for national honors shaken and...
COMING EVENTS December 11 to December 17
December 14, 1959
All times are E.S.T.
A CLASSIC REMATCH
December 14, 1959 |
Tex Maule
New York and Baltimore head for another titanic national championship showdown
COLOR OF THE WEEK: COLT ON THE LOOSE
December 14, 1959 |
Tex Maule
Raymond Berry, Baltimore's league-leading pass catcher, clutches a Johnny Unitas pass to his stomach in the end zone of the San Francisco 49ers for Colts' first touchdown in 34-14 rout. The...
SEBRING: THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE
December 14, 1959 |
Tony Brooks
This weekend at Searing, for the first time in 43 years, a Grand Prix race will be held on American soil. The event will be doubly exciting as it will decide the world championship, closely...
MEN AND POINTS
December 14, 1959 |
Tony Brooks
JACK BRABHAM 31No. 1 driver for rear-engine Coopers, he must finish at least third and take fastest lap to win world title. Can rely on tactical team aid from his Cooper colleagues.
WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT
December 14, 1959
RIDING HIGH ON HAWAII'S SURF
EVENTS & DISCOVERIES
December 14, 1959
Fair Play at Penn
REFEREEING TO REMEMBER
December 14, 1959
Every football fan has his own memories of the 1959 college-football season, ranging from the upbeat of a quarterback's 40-yard touchdown pass to the downbeat of the same quarterback's game-losing...
Wintertime and the Watsons
December 14, 1959
In Vermont's Green Mountains, at the famous ski resort of Stowe, Tom Watson Jr. built a ski lodge for his family that serves the twin purposes of sport and home. Here is an intimate look at the...
The Golf Cart Is Here for Good
December 14, 1959 |
Alfred Wright
It brought the game to the elderly and infirm, and at Palm Springs it has started a whole new way of life
MEMO from the publisher
December 14, 1959 | Arthur Murphy
Next week, in the spirit of the season, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S Special Holiday Issue encompasses a full and festive range—from the Rose Bowl to rodeo, from Rome to Ruth.
New York is on the road back
December 14, 1959 |
Jeremiah Tax
Despite heavy recruiting from outside the city, the big town's young talent is beginning to show up again at local schools
BY ARTISTRY OUT OF MASS PRODUCTION
December 14, 1959 | William Shelton
That is the genesis of the most fascinating new craft on the production line of the world's No. 1 pleasure-boat builder
MAKINGS FOR MASS PRODUCTION
December 14, 1959 | William Shelton
1 Loft drawing of boat2 Philippine mahogany frames3 Chief Engineer E. L. Eckfield4 Fishing chair5 Engine box covers6 Engine box slides7 Engine box cleats8 Deck hatch framing9 Fuse-box cover10...
THE VIOLENT SKILLS OF ICE HOCKEY
December 14, 1959 |
William Leggett
The greatest show on ice is a spectacular combination of bruising force and deft, almost delicate, grace
FOR THE RECORD
December 14, 1959
BASKETBALL—BOSTON, leader in NBA Eastern Division standings; ST. LOUIS, leader in Western Division.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
December 14, 1959
6—A.P.8—A.P., Leroy Merriken-Baltimore Sun, A.P., Robert B. Goodman-Black Star, Jerry Cooke, Herald-Sun11—Lloyd T. Flowers-Columbus Citizen-Journal17-19—Hy Peskin21—Central Press, Barratt,...
A roundup of the sports information of the week
December 14, 1959
FOOTBALL—Leaving the East limp after nine straight victories, Syracuse flew to California and took the starch out of UCLA with 36-8 victory, left little doubt on previously skeptical West Coast...
Who controls Big Ten football?
December 14, 1959 |
Jack Olsen
The question burned white-hot again as athletic directors meeting in secret and irate faculties had at each other
SPORT FOR ART'S SAKE
December 14, 1959 | Deems Taylor
Composers like to put sport into opera and musical comedy, says America's top musical commentator, but they ignore the rules of sport on the stage
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
December 14, 1959 | Deems Taylor
Deems Taylor was born in New York in 1885, played the piano in hotel dining rooms while studying architecture at New York University, started composing with a college operetta, The Isle of Skidoo....
faces in the crowd...
December 14, 1959
General Douglas Mac Arthur received gold medal of Football Foundation for his lifelong support of the game, made memorable acceptance speech in rare public appearance in New York (see page 26).
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
December 14, 1959
HOCKEY: UGLY AMERICANS?Sirs:Sports fans everywhere were certainly annoyed and disgusted to learn that our amateur hockey team members competing in Russia conducted themselves in such a disgraceful...
GEORGE AGUTTER
December 14, 1959
'Always a professional'
THE QUESTION: How Will the U.S. do in your event of the Winter Olympics?
December 14, 1959 |
Jimmy Jemail
EDDIE SCHROEDERCoach, men's and women's speed skating team ChicagoOur best chance is in the 500 where we could take a medal, maybe even a gold one, judging by the results of the North American...
Alpine Assembly at Aspen
December 14, 1959
A U.S. ski squad gets ready for the 1960 Olympic Games
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