March 27, 1961 Table Of Contents
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS March 24 to March 30
Major dog shows through April 15
Skipper From Scratch
Marblehead's Ted Hood, known as a sailmaker, now not only races his boats but builds them, too
By Erik Lund
Basketball
College basketball, again shaken by cases of bribery and fraud, faces a long series of distasteful disclosures. Sports Illustrated's basketball editor reveals details of the widespread conspiracy
By Jeremiah Tax
By Ray Cave
Cockfighting
GAMECOCKS AND GENTLEMEN MEET IN DIXIE
Some 600 cockfighting fanciers from all over the U.S. packed a pit in a southern town last week (below) to watch the 'World Series of Long Heel Competition'
Patterson
'THE FLOYD PATTERSON I KNOW I AM'
Groping in the private desert of the ring, Floyd Patterson was a stranger to himself as he fought Ingemar Johansson. Here he talks with revealing frankness about his disappointing victory
Ned Irish
The boss of Madison Square Garden, Irish has a natural sports monopoly in a rich market, but his use of power has led to vast unpopularity
By Roger Kahn
Cards
Automobile
There have been other 'cars of the future,' but this Italian design appears practical—and it probably will be mass-produced
Baseball
With impressive logic, Stan Musial explains why high averages are disappearing from the major league scene
By Tex Maule
Fishing
The new prize of the salty flats
Stronger and warier than the bonefish, almost as fast, harder to hook, the permit is a coming game fish dandy
By Martin Kane
Hockey
Closing the season, hockey ties up loose ends with a new power, an old champion and a settled feud
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
A circus in town