July 01, 1963 | Volume 19, Issue 1

Major golf tournaments have taken on such immense importance—and I am talking about prestige as well as money—that playing in them has become something more than just having your game in shape....

After two days of competition, the U.S. came up with a world-beating team in the nationals in St. Louis

Led by a sidearming relief pitcher with a gunfighter's walk and a sore-legged Cuban at shortstop, the Minnesota Twins have ignored a multitude of aches and pains to make a threatening run at the...

No European bridge player thought the U.S. would beat Italy and win the world championship. The Europeans were right, but the issue was in doubt right down to the final night of play

Of the 864 deals played in the world championship, this master vs. master coup was surely one of the greatest. It victimized as astute a player as Bobby Nail—perhaps it could not have worked...

Casting is fun even if you don't catch any fish. Fishing is more fun if you cast well. Jon Tarantino, world amateur casting champion, does both, and he explains how you can, too.

The very sight of Don Drysdale turns Willie McCovey of the Giants from an erratic power hitter into Paul Bunyan with a baseball bat

With Dennis Ralston leading the way, USC so dominated this year's college championships that it ended up playing itself in the doubles

In a roistering, often farcical fight attended by Liz Taylor and Sonny Liston's manager, Cassius cut up 'Enery Cooper, as predicted, in five

The club, which welcomes American members (dues $10), has 18 summer villages, including one afloat. Some open mid-May and all open by June 15. Five stay open till late October: Moorea, Israel,...

One instant the ball was over home plate. Then the Cubs" Billy Williams swung savagely and the next instant the ball was disappearing over Houston's right-center-field wall where the sign reads...

BASKETBALL—Even though he has not completed negotiations for a controlling interest in the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA, Cincinnati Businessman Warren Hensel had enough confidence to hire himself...

37—David Drew Zingg38—Neil Leifer40—Hons Knopf-Pix42, 43—John Sadovy58, 59—Joern Gerdts61—Hy Peskin, AP62—AP, Maurice Shadle-Omaha World Herald

Bob Goeltz, 16-year-old freshman at Landon School in Bethesda, Md., played his standard steady baseline game to defeat teammate Dick Dell (younger brother of Davis Cupper Donald Dell) 6-2, 6-0 to...

FOR WANT OF MANTLESirs:Bob Creamer's article, For the Want of a Warning a Pennant Was Lost (June 17), is an insult to the intelligence of baseball fans everywhere and is especially an insult to...

THE ALL-STARS

•Clemson's Frank Howard, at a Florida State University coaches' clinic that included Maryland's Tom Nugent, no friend of Howard's: "Somebody walked up to me and asked how many great coaches I...

Bill Tilden captivated the fans with his enthusiasm and inspired play in the 1920 Wimbledon Championships