March 16, 1959 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
THE QUESTION: Do you favor legalized off-track betting?
By Jimmy Jemail
What To Call Him?
John or Joe if he's a boy, but if he has four legs and runs, you can have a proper peck of trouble picking a proper name
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS March 13 to March 19
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
Pirates
They used to play ball like a comic-strip team, but under the direction of a crooked-beaked little Irishman the youthful Pittsburghers have become a real-life threat for the pennant
By Roy Terrell
Silver Spoon, a filly, humiliates the colts in the Santa Anita Derby, stirring California's hopes and the hearts of racing's traditionalists as well
By James Murray
Spectacle
Shining Sails and Happy People
When residents of Florida's Tampa Bay area count blessings, they start with sun and sea and wind up with something for everyone
Events & Discoveries
Sports Illustrated's Nature Editor John O'Reilly cocks an ear to some dire and provocative warnings on civilization's threatening betrayal of the civilized
Wonderful World Of Sport
Sebring
SEBRING'S HORN OF PLENTY AND A GUY NAMED HILL
Florida's 12-hour sports car race is again jammed with talent. It features the seasonal bow of a superb homebred driver
By Kenneth Rudeen
Basketball
With no team a real favorite, the NCAA tournament promises the tightest kind of competition right from the start
By Jeremiah Tax
THE NATION'S TOP 20 COLLEGE TEAMS
If they all played in the same conference, they might finish in the order below
Tip From The Top
Cards
A game called 'Chicago' has finally solved bridge's two most vexing problems—the fifth player and the interminable rubber
Travel
A sailor turned tourist finds an amazing range of sports in this sun-filled place where land and sea are intertwined
Golf
Sam Snead, the master of the buck, is golf's top earner. But others are learning fast
By Barry Burn
Food
At Chicago's elegant Casino club, good eating goes with good sport at the card table
Skiing
The final week of the North American races, preview for 1960 Olympic events, uncovered hidden U.S. talent
By Ezra Bowen
Ski Tip
By Willy Schaeffler/Ski Coach, University Of Denver
Track
Ron takes a turn for the better
A hungry-looking Hungarian led Delany at turn, lost year's best mile at the tape
By Tex Maule
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'You get to know yourself'
Departments
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Promoter Bill Rosensohn, totting up his score card, awards the big Patterson-Johansson fight to the big city