May 26, 1969 | Volume 30, Issue 21

NATIONAL LEAGUE

When the letters WP appeared in front of the name of John (Blue Moon) Odom in box scores in 1965, they usually stood for Wild Pitch. He led the Northwest League that season with 30 WPs. This year...

TRAGIC AWAKENINGSirs:The first of Jack Olsen's most intriguing articles (The Grizzly Bear Murder Case, May 12 et seq.) is of great interest to me since I have spent many years in the pursuit of...

The only record Indianapolis produced on this year's first qualifying weekend for the 500 was a rainout—but even so it was clear that the swift, though fragile, Fords of Foyt and Andretti would be...

If it Floats, some American is sure to climb aboard it and find a new way to have more fun on the water. In 16 pages of color, James Drake looks at the newest boating boom.

In its simplest form the 500 is 33 drivers attempting to keep body and soul together for 200 laps around the Speedway on a late spring day. Beyond that, nothing about it is simple at all. As the...

To most Americans the word "bear" suggests Smokey, Yogi, Pooh and those endearingly awkward animals— "Look! Just like teddy bears!"—who beg for peanuts and popcorn in the nation's zoos. Judging...

The proliferation of golf tournaments sponsored by entertainers may reach the ultimate sometime in 1971 when the first annual Jackie Gleason golf tournament is scheduled to take place near Fort...

The rowing coach at Orange Coast has only two years to work on his oarsmen, but eight of them together can beat many four-year schools

For years Gardner Dickinson has been Ben Hogan's protégé, so it was fitting that last week he should win the Colonial in Hogan's home town

A bumptious millionaire's money and a profound dislike for former bosses have helped build big-league baseball's most successful expansion club

A BOY WITH A BAT AND A BALL

•Warren Armstrong, ABA Rookie of the Year, who averaged 33.2 points and 12 rebounds for victorious Oakland in the finals with Indiana: "You bet I'm happy I picked the ABA. The NBA thinks it has a...

DOG SHOWS—CH. ARRIBA'S PRIMA DONNA, a 2½-year-old boxer owned by Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Pagano of Pelham Manor, N.Y. and Dr. T. S. Fickes of Marblehead, Mass., was judged best in the 67th Long Island...

Charles Coakley, 15, of Costa Mesa, Calif., captured the National Junior singles badminton championship, then teamed with Mike Czarnecki of Flint, Mich. to win the doubles. In the mixed doubles he...

20—Tony Tomsic21—Tony Triolo22—Eric Schweikardt23—Neil Leifer25—James Drake26—Jerry Cooke, James Drake (2)29—Neil Leifer36, 37—George Ostrom38—Tom Walton61—AFP from Pictorial, Carmine...

It may be misleading to call this article a SHOPWALK, because the only person around who makes silly jigs for sale is Walt Dette of Sullivan County in New York, and he only turns them out (at $7 a...