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May 4, 1959 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
THE QUESTION: Who is the greatest polo player you ever saw?
By Jimmy Jemail
Workman's Track
Factorylike Jamaica, which may shut forever this year, flourished in a proletarian air
By M. R. Werner
Coming Events
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Baseball's Week
By Les Woodcock
High Focus, High Hopes
A big track weekend showed that the core of U.S. strength lies in the heart of the country
By Tex Maule
Two Kentucky Derby trials fail to produce a definite favorite for this week's classic, so the race remains a wide-open affair
Spectacle
Palm Springs has erupted into a congress of golf courses to inspire one of the nation's gaudiest real estate booms in the no-longer-lone prairie
Events & Discoveries
AN EXPERT DEFENDS THE SPORTS PAGE
The recent Associated Press survey of the state of the newspaper sports page—as viewed, often wryly, by the managing editors of 100 U.S. dailies (SI, April 6) has drawn a response, in letters to this magazine and elsewhere, that clearly establishes a wide interest in the whole subject. Here, by invitation, one of the ablest sports editors in America, Fred Russell of the 'Nashville Banner,' proudly speaks for his profession
By Fred Russell
Wonderful World Of Sport
Fitness Footnotes
1959 NATIONAL YOUTH FITNESS WEEK
Tip From The Top
Food
Barnaby Conrad's San Francisco bar offers bullfight atmosphere, wonderful appetizers
Baseball
Today's 20-game winner has a good chance of having tomorrow's newest sore arm
Golf
A two-act spectacular at Vegas
The Tournament of Champions gets a new winner in Souchak and a new high in calcuttas
By Gwilym Brown
Boxing
It seems some smart money went astray when the Honeybear tried to regain his title
By Martin Kane
Cards
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'A family affair'
