February 3, 1958 Table Of Contents

Author:
SI Staff

Snow Patrol

Skiing across the country—reports complete through the preceding weekend. Be sure to check resorts for latest snow conditions before starting out on ski trip

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS JAN. 31-FEB. 9

THE FIGHT NOBODY SAW FOR FREE

Spider Webb and Rory Calhoun, contenders for Carmen Basilio's middleweight crown, rocked the Cow Palace with a furious fight

By Martin Kane

FIERY ADVENTURE AT SEA

The men of the racing ketch 'Celebes' considered the yawl 'Escapade,' trailing astern, a cursed nuisance—until fire swept up from below deck in the San Diego-Acapulco race

By Ezra Bowen/(aboard the 'Escapade')

Spectacle

SEAL HAVEN

An expedition to a mysterious group of volcanic islands brings back some magnificent pictures of the leviathan of the sea and a heartening report on the revival of a near-extinct species

By John O'Reilly

Bill Russell is fighting his sensitivity about his race and his height while he nears the threshold of basketball greatness

By Jeremiah Tax

World Skiing

ALONE WITH THE KINGS

On the eve of the world skiing championships, Bud Werner has climbed to heights until lately reserved for Austrian skiers only

By Mort Lund

A Bounty of Sport for a Divided World

In 1958 athletes on both sides of the Curtain will be scrambling for titles as never before

By Coles Phinizy

Finding a Golfer Named Goosie

At the Caliente Open, a young newcomer from Knoxville nearly upset the cream of pro golf until an oldtimer from Arkansas took charge in the pleasant south-of-the-border surroundings

By James Murray