December 19, 1955 Table Of Contents

Author:
SI Staff

MR. HELFAND LOWERS THE BOOM, MANNERS OF THE CROWD—TENNIS, FAREWELL TO HONUS, NEW ADDICTION IS THREAT TO OUTDOORSMEN, A WORD TO IKE ON CROWS, BOXER PUNCHES WAY THROUGH CURTAIN

Spectacle

BASKETBALL FEVER

It's an old story in Indiana and other midwestern states, but now the mania is spreading in places like North Carolina

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Learning From The Fox

FIRST OF A SERIES: LEARNING FROM THE FOX

By Dr. William J. Long

Motor Sports

IT WAS A BIG FERRARI WEEK AT NASSAU AS A SPANISH MARQUIS AND A CALIFORNIA ENGINEER SPLIT THE TOP RACING HONORS

By Kenneth Rudeen

Horses

AT CHICAGO, 75-YEAR-OLD LOULA LONG COMBS AND 15-YEAR-OLD JOE GREATHOUSE SHARED HONORS WITH A CHAMPION NAMED DREAM WALTZ

By Alice Higgins

Baseball

SOME BRIGHT YOUNG MEN VOICED BRAVE NEW HOPE AT THE MINOR LEAGUE CONVENTION. BUT THE FUTURE IS UP TO THE MAJORS

By Robert Creamer

Tennis

PANCHO GONZALES ANALYZES HIS OPENING NIGHT SUCCESS AGAINST TONY TRABERT AND TALKS ABOUT SOME OF HIS INWARD FEELINGS

By Whitney Tower

Basketball

DOWN IN MISSOURI THERE'S A GUY WHO COUNTS THE BOUNCES; ELSEWHERE THEY'RE KEEPING BUSY COUNTING THE SCORES

By Roy Terrell

Skiing: A Builder's Year

SKIING: A BUILDERS' YEAR

All over the nation, men like C. V. Starr—the power behind the amazing growth of skiing at Stowe, Vt.—are putting up new lifts and cutting new trails

By Ezra Bowen

Snow Patrol

SNOW PATROL

Compiled by Mort Lund

Ski Tip

THE HEAD OF THE WOMEN'S ALPINE SQUAD EXPLODES THE OLD MYTH ABOUT CHOOSING SKIS BY HEIGHT. IT'S YOUR WEIGHT THAT COUNTS

By Friedl Pfeifer/Coach, U.S. Olympic Ski Team

Sport In Art

PRIVATE CLUB COLLECTIONS—NO. 1: THE RACQUET CLUB

SI presents the first in a series of notable collections of sporting art

Column Of The Week

The Atlanta Constitution

By Furman Bisher

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Compiled by Ed Zern

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS December 16 through December 26

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

ANDREA MEAD LAWRENCE

Departments

A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

Tip From The Top

Events & Discoveries