July 6, 1959 Table Of Contents
Cover
The nation's leading races and championships through September
Craft for Kids
Baseball's Week
By Les Woodcock
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS July 3 to July 9
Big Fight
The world-shaking victory of Ingemar Johansson, Swedish winner of boxing's heavyweight crown, opened a bright new era for the sport and revived a star-crossed promoter's luck
By Martin Kane
Odyssey
One of our European correspondents joins Sweden's No. 1 boxing fan in Goteborg, stays with him during the trials and triumphs of his trip to Yankee Stadium and watches his generous reaction to victory in a new country
Spectacle
Rodeo cowboys battle broncos and Brahma bulls in the sort of rugged life that small boys only dream about
Events & Discoveries
Stars Of The Show
In a mercenary mood, the major leaguers split their big midsummer spectacle into two parts. Act I goes on next week in Pittsburgh, and it still figures to be quite a show
By Roy Terrell
Jimmie Dykes
THE MAN WHO MADE THE TIGER ROAR
Food
A Mexican 'caballero' and his lady entertain informally in a magnificent setting
Tennis
The pro tennis troupe winds up its U.S. tour at Forest Hills amid apathy. The author suggests a future remedy
By William F. Talbert
Cards
Honolulu Racer
The fleet that runs west to the Hawaiian Islands this July 4 in the Transpacific race will have to match the speed of a rejuvenated racer named 'Nam Sang,' a thoroughly mechanized marvel which, if engineering makes a winner, ought to sail away from the fleet like a ballistic missile.
By Mort Lund
Boating
A king-size race: the Transpacific
The skipper of 'Finisterre' surveys the fleet that will be off to Honolulu this week and finds that ocean racing in the West has some very large dimensions
Golf
The willowy, long-hitting San Diego girl won the Women's Open at Churchill Valley C.C.
By Gwilym Brown
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'A city grows with sport'
