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September 21, 1959 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
By Jimmy Jemail
Mr. Rockne
'Mr. Rockne Would Have Liked That'
Yesterday...in South Bend, Knute Rockne took up dancing, one Live Wire protégé recalls fondly
By Esther Brown
Baseball's Week
By Les Woodcock
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS September 18 to September 24
Have the GIANTS had it? Can the DODGERS take it? Will the BRAVES make it?
The most hectic pennant race in years poses the biggest questions in baseball. This week the three teams fighting for the National League lead meet to find out the answers
By Roy Terrell
An Aussie and a Brazilian won the U. S. tennis titles as the natives just watched
By William F. Talbert
Events & Discoveries
Wonderful World Of Sport
Football
As time runs out on practice fields the nation awaits the triumphs and vicissitudes of the new football season
Spectacle
Deepened colors, exuberant cheerleaders, the gala look of a floodlit stadium are prime ingredients in the South's favorite after-dark festivity
How To Watch Football
A few basic pointers on where to direct your eyes so that you can follow the fine points of the game
Scouting Reports
The onetime Galloping Ghost grabs the crystal ball and dashes for a prognostic touchdown with his selections of the top college teams plus a few thoughts on the kind of football ahead
By Red Grange
Deficient in muscle power, the East has old rivalries, color
Fans may not like it, but rugged defenses rule down in Dixie
Midwesterners point with pride to tall corn and fine football
Upsets are the rule not the exception in a flamboyant area
The brave new AAWU rises from the ashes of the strife-torn PCC
Small Colleges
They may be small and they may belong to either the NCAA or NAIA, but it is hard to beat them for spirit and enthusiasm
Don't Get Hutch Mad
Cincinnati's manager is a mild man—and his pitchers work hard to keep him that way
By Roy Terrell
Cards
Discretion is the better part of valor
Some thoughts on defensive bidding, in which our bridge expert points out that while counterattacking is vital it must never be done without a definite purpose in mind
Food
From the town of Satoraljaujhely, above the Bodrog River, comes this authentic and delicious Hungarian paprika recipe
By Evan Jones
Track
U.S. track men, worn at the end of a long season, explain their subpar performances
By Tex Maule
Horse Racing
Galobar, a 2-year-old quarter horse, sprints down a straightaway to win the country's richest race per yard
By Ed Ellinger
Golf
Out on Nantucket a very special camp is solving one of golf's toughest problems
By Gwilym Brown
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'In an atmosphere of learning'
Departments
By Arthur R. Murphy Jr.
