July 26, 1965 | Volume 23, Issue 4

First, let me put at ease two of my foremost clients, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, and at the same time do what Hollywood calls the patriotic cop-out by stating in perfect truth that America's...

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Palmer tells how to splash in shallow water, keep a safe shot safe, hit the shovel shot and stump a tree.

Powerboating is a sport that attracts millions of Americans. In a 21-page package Hugh Whall writes about the world's finest and most expensive sport-fishing craft and the family that builds them;...

As you will notice, a new signature appears at the top of this page, replacing one that to readers of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED must seem the mark of an old and valued friend. Sidney L. James, organizer...

There wasn't much sailboat racing at the first biennial Block Island Race Week, but there were plenty of lobsters, whiskey, beer and fun

Running only in his home state of California, Native Diver adds to his local popularity and his stature in racing's handicap division

Philadelphia Phillie Manager Gene Mauch stood near second base with his arms folded, trying to think of something. He had just lost his second argument of the evening to the umpires, and the game...

THIS WAY EVERYONE GETS HURT

•David H. McConnell, New York millionaire, on why he would bankroll a National Football League franchise in New Orleans: "I could go out and buy 200,000 acres of timberland, but then what would I...

In an All-Star Game marked by five home runs it took a bad-hop infield single by Ron Santo and a face-saving catch by Willie Mays to give the National League a 6-5 victory over the American League...

BOATING—Ticonderoga, the 72-foot ketch owned, skippered and navigated by Robert Johnson of Portland, Ore., sailed from San Pedro, Calif. to Honolulu in 9 days 13 hours 51 minutes 2 seconds, to...

4—John G. Zimmerman, Walter Daran14—Tony Triolo, Nat Finkelstein-Pix, Marvin E. Newman15—Alan Clifton (2), Sheedy & Long16—Sheedy & Long17—Horst Ehricht20—AP24—Terje Anthonsen27—UPI28—Bob...

Mary Ann Noah, a Fairway, Kans. housewife and mother of four, flew a 160-hp Piper Cherokee airplane to victory in the Powder Puff Derby, by traveling from El Cajon, Calif. to Chattanooga, Tenn. at...

EMERGENCYSirs:Perhaps SI missed the point concerning Gene Stallings and the emerging Negro athlete in the SWC (SCORECARD, July 5, 1965). One has to be cognizant of the situation at Texas A&M...