January 26, 1959 | Volume 10, Issue 4

At the summit of a fame he has achieved so early, Cincinnati's brilliant Oscar Robertson finds himself unable to relax and enjoy it

The Bolsheviks, who arrived at the Harvard-Russia hockey match attired in black coats, black toppers and black beards to cheer the Russians wildly (and later admit through their beards to being...

The youngsters shown above are ground-floor members in the first constructive nationwide program for fitness of American youth since President Eisenhower became concerned about the problem in...

From Berlin to Boston, from Tampa to Miami, the picture evidence came in last week of new earth-spurning deeds, new records, figures and rear-guard insignia

Scandal was narrowly averted last week—almost every night last week in fact—when the full truth about Ray Blent, star basketballer at Custer College, emerged at last. The academic and sporting...

•Athletes like Ireland's Ron Delany pose a severe threat to U.S. world supremacy in track. Tex Maule explores the challenge and assays the current indoor track campaign.

A visit with a man going over his mail last week and thinking back on 25 years as a head coach with 166 victories and some defeats

Big news on the boat-show circuit this year are these radical new hulls designed to cut cleanly through choppy water at high speeds

As the winter racing season gets under way in Florida, eyes are focused on promising 3-year-olds—particularly First Landing. Is he the 1959 Derby winner?

When man-made satellites course through space and nuclear submarines sail under the North Pole and the Senators win the pennant (if only in the movies), it's getting harder and harder these days...

In an idyllic setting Art Wall Jr. and Gene Littler ran into the heebie jeebies

Average golfers—both men and women—have a great tendency to strike the ground behind the ball on their fairway shots. This happens when the weight is shifted back to the right foot on the...

An original Walker Cup team member and Britain's leading golf writer tells of his warm, pleasant life by the edge of a golf course

Yes, here are some typical vacation tours lasting five days or more, starting out from the larger cities. Price includes round trip, meals en route, room and board, tickets for all lifts.

This is the fourth of a series introducing some of the players in the forthcoming World Bridge Championships

When he isn't taking fences in major steeplechases, French-born Albert Foot takes to the saucepans

With the publication of Bull Fever in 1955, Kenneth Tynan, already famous in England as a drama critic, attained international distinction as an authority and brilliant commentator on the...

NOTRE DAME (CONT.): MORE FACTS, PLEASESirs:I have just read The Facts of the Matter by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame (SI, Jan. 19), as well as the...

'What counts are the friends'

BASEBALL—ROY HAMEY, general manager of Philadelphia Phillies, resigned to become assistant general manager of New York Yankees. JOHN QUINN general manager of Milwaukee Braves, succeeded Hamey in...

4—William G. Duflock6—A.P.7—Keystone (2), The Advertiser, Roger Hamilton-Columbus Dispatch, Herbert S. Sommenfeld, London Daily Express-Pictorial10, 11—Central Press12—Reportagebild20—George...

Anderl Molterer, 27, the defending holder of Hahnenkamm ski trophy, won it again on slopes of native Austria after Bud Werner of U.S. lost footing, lead and title in the slalom finals.

All times are E.S.T.

FRED CORCORANScarsdale, N.Y.Tournament directorIntl. Golf. Assn.I've seen Bobby Jones, Francis Ouimet, Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Gene Sarazen. No golfer ever admits he is a great putter. Sam Snead...

JANUARY 24

Curling in the traditional setting—where brithers are a' and competition is fierce

To fully enjoy Neil Gunn's story it is going to be useful to know, if you do not, that in curling: a rink is the playing area and also the term applied to a team; the skip is the captain of a...