May 2, 1960 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox
By Jimmy Jemail
Rocks
Stamps and model trains are fine hobbies but for spare-time fun that the whole family can take part in, consider rock collecting
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS April 29 to May 5
Editorial
New Season
Baseball was off to a flashy start with a big trade, a stirring comeback, spectacular home runs and some fine pitching. But no performance was as glittering as that of 41-year-old Ted Williams
Middleweight Champion Gene Fullmer retained his title but not all of his reputation in one of the rowdiest brawls in boxing history
By Martin Kane
Deadly Spray
In the war against his insect enemies, man has reached the point where his poisons not only kill birds and animals but threaten the human population as well
The Derby
The best-bred colts in the Derby will have their work cut out for them as they chase the hero of the common herd—speedy Bally Ache
Spectacle
Fitness From The Cradle
The week of May 1 to 7 has been designated by President Eisenhower as National Youth Fitness Week, and the happy family shown at right is making its own special and significant contribution to it. They have been chosen by Sports Illustrated and Bonnie Prudden to introduce a new program that will help American parents to build a fit generation of children right in their own home—from babyhood on
Cards
Shooting
Battery-packin' pistol gives Olympic shooters hope for bloodless win over Russians
By Jack Olsen
Water Polo
Illinois beat New York in a game that reminded old-timers of the bloody past
By Jack Olsen
Sporting Hollywood
Long before the Dodgers, the gaudy, giddy stars of movieland made Los Angeles a feverish sports town. Today's stars are a more serious lot, but the zany legends are not forgotten
Baseball's Week
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'A Thoroughbred come back'