August 31, 1959 | Volume 11, Issue 9

His FBI Number is 4817958, and he is the only man tied to the noisome Patterson-Johansson fight promotion who has yet to tell the D.A. and the grand jury his story

Blowing an opportunity to gain in the pennant race, Milwaukee lost three games to the Giants and Dodgers in four hectic days

Pretty girls, handsome boys and a cheerful dispute about shorts liven a big sports gala

As the starting gate folds its wings and A speeds off, harness racing's premier event of the year, the Hambletonian, gets under way. Appropriately, the setting for this classic of a sport wholly...

John Cudmore, assistant football coach at Southern Methodist University, on SMU Quarterback Don Meredith: "If anything happens to Meredith, we'll have to change our offense. We'll resort to the...

Nobody asked Bernie Baruch's advice about anything on his 89th birthday last week. But the kind of yearning for what the psychiatrists call a "father figure" which has long sent reporters...

•The best tennis player on the American squad in this week's Davis Cup Challenge Round is a Peruvian named Alex Olmedo. A personality report by James Murray.

THE BEST OF BOYHOOD

Da Silva Hops, after a 114-foot run-up to the take-off point, off his right foot (white shoe). He lands on the same foot, about 20 feet out, immediately takes a long STEP to the opposite foot,...

For citizens of this country the best-known setting at the American National Exhibition in Moscow is probably the kitchen where Khrushchev and Nixon held one of their livelier debates. But for...

Little Davey once more proves himself a sharpshooter in defeating Hogan (Kid) Bassey

This wonderful Italian dish migrated from Naples to become a current American rage

Traditionally, the bridge table is an expanse of something less than one square yard with a surface that is reasonably flat and not too slippery. Sit down to play, however, and you soon discover...

Mercury with muscles, Cincinnati's center fielder has been burning up the league with his speed and blazing bat

The charm of the boy next door—the lanky frame, the casual stance and the disarming grin—makes 23-year-old Don Drysdale a crowd favorite at the Los Angeles Coliseum. But don't let his good looks...

ARCHERY—WILRERT VETROKSKY, Cleveland, men's title with 3,473 pts.; CAROLE MEINHART, Pittsburgh, retained women's title with 3,732 pts., Natl. Archery Assn. championships, Lancaster, Pa.

FOOTBALL—Quarterback-rich New York Giants used four signal-callers in replay of last winter's title playoff game with Baltimore at Dallas, but Colts needed just one—a fellow by the name of Johnny...

Cover—Ernst Haas-Magnum4—Eleanor Montville5—Bill Mark6—Beckner, Naltchayan, Don Johnson-Portland Press Herald, A.P., New York Times, A P.8—Herb Scharfman, A.P.12, 13—U.P.I., N.Y. Daily News, A.P....

One of trotting's best buys, Diller Hanover, is ready for the important Hambletonian

There is a lot of room at the top—for error. The soundest way to avoid it is to groove an action where at the top of the backswing the heel of the left hand points directly away from the target...

Count on two points for America in the singles, thanks to Alex Olmedo. Concede the doubles to the Australians. Then hope that an aroused Barry MacKay can snare one singles match

The ancient, honored skills off race-riding have become in recent years almost obsolete

Lowell North, 30-year-old San Diegosail-maker, expertly skippered his sleek North Star III to two firsts in five-race series off Newport Beach, Calif. to regain world Star Class championship he...

BOXING: NOTICE TO THE WORLDSirs:I wish to congratulate you upon the excellent coverage that you have always given to boxing, but more particularly in your recent issues. You refer to the recent...

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Artificial lures are easy to make, but once the bug hits you, you are real gone