October 5, 1959 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
THE QUESTION: Is baseball losing out as the typical American game?
By Jimmy Jemail
Race For Power
Larger and faster engines, and one outboard newcomer, vie for the big 1960 market
Football's 2nd Week
By Mervin Hyman
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS October 2 to October 8
Football Murder
Shaken by a startling food-poisoning affair, Oklahoma's proud Sooners went down to the worst defeat of Bud Wilkinson's career before a dazzling, opportunistic Northwestern team
By Kenneth Rudeen
FROM OBSCURITY TO NEAR MIRACLE
The Los Angeles Dodgers were the big story of the 1959 National League race. They rose from seventh place to pennant playoff on sheer drive
By Roy Terrell
Horse Racing
ONE MORE MOMENT FOR THE MASTER
Eddie Arcaro's brilliantly executed ride in last week's $100,000 Woodward Stakes elevated Sword Dancer to Horse of the Year
Spectacle
At the start and at the finish and in those furlongs between, a horse race becomes a thing of beauty and harshness all in one A Contest of Horses and Men
Events & Discoveries
Pro Football Preview
As pro football begins its biggest year, the Baltimore Colts depend on icy, daring Johnny Unitas to keep their title. Burgeoning attendance breeds a new league, but its future is rocky
By Tex Maule
PASS CATCHING IS THINKING, STUDY AND WORK
The Baltimore Colts' star end, whom many consider the best pass receiver in football, tells what it takes to succeed in the most exacting football company
Tip From The Top
By Al Mengert
Cards
Trotting
The winner of the Brown Jug will really celebrate his victory after he goes home
By Jeremiah Tax
Baseball
Major league baseball put on a smash show in 1959 with two thrilling pennant races
By Les Woodcock
Bears
There are plenty of both, and they often are confused. Here a sportsman who has hunted bears all over America separates truth from legend
By Grancel Fitz
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'Sharpshooters are made, not born'