Skip to main content

January 19, 1959 Table Of Contents

42719 - TOC Cover Image

Buy the Cover

Browse the Magazine

Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

THE QUESTION: Should boatmen have licenses to navigate, as motorists have licenses to drive?

By Jimmy Jemail

Powerboat Results

POWERBOAT RESULTS

Basketball's Week

BASKETBALL'S WEEK

By Mervin Hyman

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS January 16 to January 22

Boat Show

Boating Keeps Bounding Along

Wonderful World Of Sport

HIBERNATION AND READINESS: BASEBALL DEPT.

WINTERLAND WHAT-IS-IT

On Buying Boats

In Defense of Buying Boats

In every man, the author holds, there is inevitably a deep and sensible urge to own a boat

By Russell Hoban

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

'FEEL SORRY FOR THE KIDS'

Midwinter Hunt

In zero weather Californians bag pheasants and quail on a uniquely privileged preserve

First Look At A New Pool

NEW LOOK AT A FIRST LADY

...of swimming, naturally, but Esther Williams is a top businesswoman as well

By Virginia Kraft

FACE OF A CHAMPION

Bob Pettit displays the fierce competitive spirit that is the mark of a great athlete

Cards

Meet the team: SAM FRY JR.

This is the third of a series introducing some of the players in the forthcoming World Bridge Championship.

By Charles Goren

Ski Tip

QUESTION: Can you really "Wedeln" in deep powder and breakable crust or should you go back to rotation style in such difficult snow conditions?

By Willy Schaeffler/Ski Coach, University Of Denver

Food

The glorious spud

There are many appetizing ways to prepare potatoes, a vegetable often mistreated

By Mary Frost Mabon

Golf

A piece of his pride

Ken Venturi's blazing finish in the L.A. Open helped erase that bitter Masters memory

By James Murray

Tip From The Top

Head position on trap shots

By Fred Hawkins

Here's why it was THE BEST FOOTBALL GAME EVER

High drama, nerve-twanging tension and great athletes performing at their best created a classic of sports history when the Colts beat the Giants for the world championship

By Tex Maule

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: The readers take over

Pat On The Back

FARIDA A. WILEY

'Most come to love it'

Departments

MEMO from the publisher

By Harry Phillips

A roundup of the sports information of the week

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

faces in the crowd...