December 22, 1958 Table Of Contents
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
49 Yards
The latter belonged to Pat Summerall, and with it he wrought the miracle which put New York into a playoff
By Tex Maule
Puerto Rico Golf
THE CASE OF THE CROOKED KENNELMAIDS
A murky tale of drugged racing dogs is exposed in England and seven wailing young ladies are trotted off to jail
Boxing
After four trips to the canvas a venerable but gallant Archie Moore saved his championship by knocking out French Canada's hero, Yvon Durelle, and so set a new KO record
By Martin Kane
Events & Discoveries
Preview
Red Grange makes his predictions and analyses of the annual football classics, and the football staff and correspondents present their scouting reports on the contestants. On the right are the TV data for each game. Save them and the scouting reports for use during the games
By Red Grange
Two offense-minded teams meet in finale of the lopsided series between the winners of the Big Ten and Pacific Coast Conferences
A small young Air Force team meets a large young Texas Christian team, and the odds, as usual, favor the side with the bigger guns
Big, fast LSU faces big, not-so-fast Clemson and the race, despite the parable of the tortoise and the hare, should go to the swift
Two plodding teams with little guile and much power will try to run over and through one another. A surprise pass might win it
Florida, a team which defends magnificently, meets a Mississippi team which does everything pretty well but may not score enough this time
Skating
First of two Parts: THE JOYOUS ART OF FIGURE SKATING
Maribel Vinson, winner of 15 national titles, explains the ABCs of a fast-growing pastime
Goren Quiz
Food
Hot candidate for a Christmas punch bowl
Christmas has many meanings, all of them reasons for celebration. Here is a wonderfully festive drink for holiday parties
Napier Plan
COMMISSIONER FELS NAPIER'S PLAN TO SAVE BASEBALL
Prime ministers are seldom free of their countries' problems. But when Ylla, Sports Illustrated's late great animal photographer, found Pandit Nehru of India in his garden a while back, he was playing with a baby tiger.
Silver All-America
1958 SILVER ANNIVERSARY ALL-AMERICA
First challenge was to U.S. college and university presidents to choose and endorse an athlete of 25 years ago. Then it was the task of these judges to review the citations and elect 25
The Silver All-Americas have a notable achievement in common: that of living through the wild weather of the past 25 years with success and service to America
By John K. Tibby
Meet them here in vignette, with then-and-now pictures: 25 football players of 25 years ago who today serve their fellows as lawyers and judges, ranchers and executives, soldiers and theologians, medical men and atomic scientists
Family Skiing
In New England, when the heavy snow falls, it's good news for families: they ski en masse—and love it
James Michael Curley
On the veranda with JAMES MICHAEL CURLEY
A gentle hurrah for the last of the great bosses, who loved sports as much as he did people who voted early-and often
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Acknowledgments
Pat On The Back
By 'I bet we could beat anybody'