February 9, 1959 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
THE QUESTION: Should boatmen have licenses to navigate, as motorists have licenses to drive?
By Jimmy Jemail
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
Powerboat Results
Following are 1958's national motorboat class champions
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS February 6 to February 12
Sputnik
Critics in Chile hooted when Russia routed the U.S. in world basketball play
By Jeremiah Tax
Boat Show
Spectacle
The cold, sparkling months of winter are the time to start a year of outdoor sports celebrations in the Rocky Mountain state
On Buying Boats
In every man, the author holds, there is inevitably a deep and sensible urge to own a boats
Events & Discoveries
Strange Ships
Wonderful World Of Sport
PALM SPRINGS MOUNTIES AMBUSH BREAKFAST
Boxing
The facts and the law refute the naive cynics who contend that Jim Norris, stripped of Madison Square Garden and his IBC, still will monopolize boxing through his stooges
By Martin Kane
Horse Racing
In California a fairy-tale horse has caught the fancy of all and risen to the top of his class
Track
John Thomas, a 17-year-old with spring steel in his legs, set a world high jump record. But it's just a beginning
By Dean Brelis
Nature
Beaver trouble in Gatineau Park
Canada's national symbol matches wits with rangers and local citizenry in a friendly war between man and beast
Food
Cabbage soup, a famed specialty of the Paris food market, can be just as good at home
Golf
On the circuit, missed putts cost money, so the search for the perfect putter is endless
By Barry Burn
Tip From The Top
Positioning yourself for breaking putts
By Dick Mayer
Ski Tip
By Willy Schaeffler/Ski Coach, University Of Denver
Cards
Baseball
Casey warned obstreperous Yankees he might hire one and ship a few of them away. But while he talked, two National Leaguers acted. Result: the first big trade of 1959
By Roy Terrell
Whither The Cup?
When 'Sceptre' died in Newport's breezes last September, many thought that the America's Cup died with her. But yachting's greatest trophy is very much alive, as this inside story reveals
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'A challenge to perfection'