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March 2, 1959 Table Of Contents

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Basketball's Week

BASKETBALL'S WEEK

By Mervin Hyman

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS February 27 to March 5

Rosensohn

MAN WITH FIGHT SEEKS SITE

The man is Bill Rosensohn, the first of the Ivy League promoters, who stumped the country like the last of the oldtime drummers, pricing cities for his heavyweight fight

By Gilbert Rogin

Wonderful World Of Sport

THE SHOE IN A TOPPER

THE CHIEF INDOORS

FIVE FOR THE BOOK

SET 'EM UP IN ST. LOUIS, LOUIS

'CLIP, CLOP' FOR RED CHINA

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

FITNESS FRONTIER A LA FRANCAISE

Squaw Valley

A BIG PLUS FOR SQUAW VALLEY

Everything bad seemed to happen, but the site of the 1960 Olympics came through its first test in fine style

By Ezra Bowen

BEACHES, BEVERAGES, BONEFISH, BASEBALL

With a few special flourishes and a scattering of new faces, spring training arrives again

By Roy Terrell

TRACK

The back-seat drivers

Just as behind every successful man there's a woman, so behind the world record holder is the runner-up who pushed him. Here's how a record looks from second place

By Tex Maule

Horse Racing

Hanging on the morning line

A little-known but highly expert racing technician offers sound advice on the science and art of betting

By Whitney Tower

Motor Sports

The track was racy

NASCAR drivers posted some remarkable records at Daytona's new speedway

By Kenneth Rudeen

Cards

The surprise attack in action

By Charles Goren

Food

The magic fruit

Remindful of the delight of oranges picked right from the tree in California groves are these fresh-tasting orange desserts

By Mary Frost Mabon

Tip From The Top

Forward Weight Shift

By Wally Grant

Hill To Hall

FROM THE HILL TO THE HALL

On the eve of a new spring training season, Yogi Berra looms larger than ever as one of baseball's great personalities

By Herbert Warren Wind

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: The readers take over

Pat On The Back

ROBERT A. ELLIOT

'Dec. 15: LAND HO. Right on Courser!'

Departments

MEMO from the publisher

By Harry Phillips

A roundup of the sports information of the week

Acknowledgments

faces in the crowd...