February 18, 1963 Table Of Contents

Author:
SI Staff

The Egg

Spectator tennis is sick. Participant tennis is flourishing. But there is ominous news from Australia. In that sports-happy country people are beginning to get tired of both

By Roger S. Hewlett

Form Fore and Aft

Durocher

LEO: UNDER THE SUNSET GUN

After decades as a ballplayer and manager who yearned to be a theatrical figure, Leo Durocher has become a famous theatrical figure making a noisy, explosive fight to stay in baseball

By Robert Cantwell

Surfers

RIDERS OF THE SURGING SEA

The surfer is never satisfied. He perpetually dreams of bigger and better waves, and he wanders from beach to beach searching for the roaring green giants that will give him a perfect ride

By Coles Phinizy

Only two in this year's classic crop are now worth talking about, and so far neither has gone to the post

By Whitney Tower

Golf

Papwa's championship play

A Hindu who uses a cross-handed grip won the Natal Open and left the racist South African government a little crossed up itself

By Ernest Shirley

Basketball

Big days in the pea capital

Moscow, Idaho is proud of its peas, its wheat and its accident rate, but above all it is proud of Gus the Great and the team he plays for Big days in the pea capital

By Tom C. Brody