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December 14, 1964 | Volume 21, Issue 24
HALF A GAME OUT AND ONE TO GO
December 14, 1964 |
Edwin Shrake
The St. Louis Cardinals ran their Eastern Division pennant halfway up the flagpole last Sunday by beating the Cleveland Browns. But the final effort on the hoist must come this week from the New...
BOOM WENT THE ANVIL CHORUS
December 14, 1964 |
Frank Deford
Like resounding thunder from the timpani, Michigan's trio of giants drummed out Duke's defeat. They proved that their speed cannot be discounted but that power is still the Wolverines' ultimate weapon
Some Ships of the Desert on a Long, Long Safari
December 14, 1964
Anyone who thinks a yacht club has to be near the water underestimates the enthusiasm and tenacity of a lot of yachtsmen. On prairies and deserts all over the U.S. ardent sailormen are proving...
A TRIUMPH FOR TWO SWINGERS
December 14, 1964 |
Alfred Wright
In a Hawaiian setting that offered palm trees, luxury hotels, Pacific surf and even hula lessons, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer played powerful golf to win the Canada Cup for the U.S.
I REMEMBER LUCADELLO
December 14, 1964 |
Robert Creamer
Now is the season of menacing parties at which the sports fan finds himself drowning in a sea of quasi-cultural talk. Here is how one culture-poor but baseball-rich slob saves face
Next week
December 14, 1964
Peering into tomorrow, the special holiday issue includes a hard-eyed appraisal of the next decade, far-out sports equipment in color and a far-in-the-future tale of a big game.
A BOWL OF ORANGE FOR A PICK-ME-UP
December 14, 1964
Many states offer a flowing bowl of championship football as a midwinter pick-me-up for the nation's spectator sports fans. But the state of Florida, never one to be backward, goes the rest of the...
PEOPLE
December 14, 1964
Despite the ingratitude of upstate New York voters, Senator Kenneth Keating managed to swallow some upstate champagne to help his office girls celebrate a birthday. Sun-tanned and smiling after...
A high time on a low tide
December 14, 1964 |
Virginia Kraft
A minus tide on the coast of Puget Sound is a plus for geoduc hunters who march to the beaches to battle the giant bivalves man to clam
Don't fool around with fancy gadgets
December 14, 1964 |
Charles Goren
My readers probably have gathered a distinct impression over the years that I am less than enthusiastic about gadget bids. Every so often a gadget will score a spectacular success and win a flock...
The fastest human in spikes—or cleats
December 14, 1964 |
Tom C. Brody
The Olympic 100-meter champion, Bob Hayes, closed out his college football career as Florida A & M beat Grambling last week. He was one of eight pro-draft choices in the Negro bowl game, and...
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
December 14, 1964 |
Sidney L. James
The magnificent new Marine Stadium in Miami shown in the color feature beginning on page 40 was not quite finished when Milton Glaser saw it on his first trip to Florida. A native New Yorker who...
Elevating thoughts about elevated tees
December 14, 1964 |
Jack Nicklaus
The shot from an elevated tee or fairway to a green below is one that requires more than the usual amount of thought. It is a deceptive shot that can hurt you badly if you do not think about...
Testing ground for powderproof parkas
December 14, 1964
Expert American skiers who have become restless on the crowded trails are now discovering the special joys of floating through deep powder, once the almost private domain of a few ski instructors...
Scourge of Hangover Alley
December 14, 1964 |
Bob Ottum
Sipping soda among the migraines, Texan Jim Hall (sending out a Chaparral, above) fielded the winners in Nassau's intoxicating week
TOUGH COOKIE MARCHES TO HIS OWN DRUMMER
December 14, 1964 |
Edwin Shrake
All his life Carlton Gilchrist has done things his own way. A fortnight ago his willfulness so enraged the coach and owner of the Buffalo Bills that they were ready to waive him goodbye. But he is...
A roundup of the sports information of the week
December 14, 1964
BASKETBALL—BOSTON rumbled along, winning three of four, and rebounding's elder statesman, Bill Russell, just smiled at the eager young Knicks whom the Celtics beat twice, 117-113 (in overtime) and...
CREDITS
December 14, 1964
6—Mort Shuman17, 18—Neil Leifer19—James Drake20, 21—Tom Walters-Pix24—Glenn Fitzgerald-Carter Camera from UPI26—Werner Stoy49—Gilloon58—Jay B. Leviton68—Flip Schulke-Black Star77—Graphic...
FACES IN THE CROWD
December 14, 1964
Victor Oxley, 10, the inside-right on the 17th Wolf Cub Pack football (soccer) team attached to the Holy Trinity Church in Woodford, Essex, England, kicked in 41 of his team's 128 goals during a...
Basketball's Week
December 14, 1964 |
Mervin Hyman
The 1965 college basketball season was barely a week old and already the field was littered with important casualties. Rarely had so many suffered such ignominy so quickly. UCLA, the defending...
THE BIG UPSET
December 14, 1964 |
Mervin Hyman
Visiting teams are usually received warmly in Philadelphia's cozy Palestra, but rarely has one received the sizzling treatment that Davidson, a top-ranked team, got from un-ranked St. Joseph's...
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
December 14, 1964
TWICE TEXSirs:Congratulations! In Edwin Shrake you have actually found another writer who knows as little about football as Tex Maule (How the West Has Won, Nov. 23). Mr. Shrake believes that...
SCORECARD
December 14, 1964
SINGIN', STRUMMIN' 'N' FIGHTIN'
THEY SAID IT
December 14, 1964
•Bob Mason, basketball coach at Austin College, Sherman, Texas, which does not give athletic scholarships: "Someone asked me the other day about my centers; I told him I couldn't remember the last...
Andre's Manhattan shop specializes in custom-made garments for skiers
December 14, 1964 | Felicia Lee
The ground floor of the unassuming brownstone at 21 West 56 Street, New York City, houses one of the most exclusive ski boutiques in America. It is the only shop of its kind in the country where...
Odd Survival of the Punt Gun
December 14, 1964 | David Lampe
It looks like a quaint and clumsy museum piece but it is still used by hunters in English coastal waters
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