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February 4, 1963 Table Of Contents
Cover
Events through April 6
Yesterday
Gar Wood always wanted to build and race the fastest powerboats in the world. Finally, when nearing 40, he realized his ambition
Awful Ride
Even in he best of times the Monte Carlo Rally Is a torturing test of physical and mental endurance. This year the snows came. Of 296 starters, only 102 got through. One of them, heroic Bo Ljungfeldt, drove a Ford Falcon through the serpentine curves of southern France (below) to a sensational finish
By Kenneth Rudeen
Basketball's 1-2
Cincinnati slowed down until it nearly expired, and Loyola ran too fast, but the country's two strongest teams stuck with their diverse styles to win the season's best doubleheader
Codfishermen
THE PATIENT MADMEN OF SHEEPSHEAD BAY
Catching codfish in the dank, dark dead of winter may seem to some a dreary way to get away from it all, but the determined party-boat fishermen of Brooklyn think it's pure heaven
By Arthur Zich
POLO'S NEW ARISTOCRACY MOVES IN
Sporting Look
Sport inspires some dashing haberdashery
The fashionable trend in head coverings for both men and women these days makes it difficult to tell those who play the game from those who merely cheer on the sidelines
Bridge
Track & Field
The big jump: a Siberian champion tells his story
Russia's world record high jumper (see cover), in the U.S. for the indoor season, reflects on his early life as a Soviet athlete and tells why men should leap higher yet
Horse Racing
The very irreverent horse trainer
Arnold Winick says any reasonably intelligent young man can handle Thoroughbreds. This heresy, coupled with his own success, has not endeared him to some oldtimers
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
