March 20, 1961 Table Of Contents
Table of Contents
The major races through April 8
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS March 17 to March 23
Yesterday
Ernie Calverley made a shot in the NIT 15 years ago that is still remembered today
By Maury Allen
Drama In Miami
The third fight between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson had four knockdowns and a disputed count (left, as Referee Billy Regan signaled the end over a dazed but rising Ingemar). Though it was not sophisticated theater, it had as much suspense as an Agatha Christie thriller.
World Hockey
In Switzerland Jack Olsen saw Czechoslovakia's upstart hockey team destroy Russia with psychological warfare and come within a whisper of winning the world championship
By Jack Olsen
...play a man's game
Jones & Jones
When Guards Sam and K.C. Jones come off the Boston Celtic bench, their basketball rivals often wish 'first-stringers' like Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman were in the game
By George Walsh
Dogs
Even Granny goes to watch when Georgia's champion bird dogs point quail for their amateur handlers
Horse Racing
The damaging effects of the American preoccupation with sprint racing are examined in Part II of the series (SI, Feb. 13), 'The Troubles of a Prosperous Sport'
Fitness
Cards
Skiing
Walter Schoenknecht has parlayed a rope tow and a chicken coop into a vast and gaudy ski empire called Mt. Snow
By Huston Horn
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Pat On The Back
Two men in a tub