February 17, 1964 | Volume 20, Issue 7

If vindication was sweet for Bob Beattie it was all the more so for Honoré Bonnet, coach of the French ski team, who had struggled longer and attained at Innsbruck the greatest triumph in French...

In America's elation at the glamorous, 11th-hour successes by Billy Kidd and Jimmy Heuga in the men's slalom last Saturday, everyone almost forgot two earlier triumphs by a pair of young U.S....

Sam Griffith, who drove fast motor-boats for a living, would have preferred to die at the wheel slamming through a wind-riven sea at 50 mph. Instead it was the sad fate of the man who practically...

The iron discipline is gone, but Rupp has made his Katzenjammer Kids a strong contender for one more title

A candid Clay tells in his own words how he engineered his "$1 million getaway," and, from Miami, Tex Maule previews Cassius' heavyweight title fight with Sonny Liston.

It is a magic moment for Charles Goren when the fresh, crisp cards of a new deck are spread and players cut for partners. After a lifetime of bridge—from demanding tournament competition to social...

A forgotten fundamental of bridge is this: the nervous bidder is punished for timidity far more than the brave bidder for boldness. Goren tells how to capitalize on this basic fact.

We have always felt that, along with the authoritative reporting of events, past and future, an essential purpose of a weekly sports journal was the presentation of sensitive, accurate, purposeful...

"It was much more fun in '96," mused Sir George Robertson, 90, who won a fourth in the shotput, a sixth in the discus and an olive branch from the King for reciting a Greek ode of his own...

Tournament spectators will notice that a great many touring pros turn their heads to the right just before starting the backswing, an action that is especially marked in myself and Sam Snead. This...

Angelo Dundee's Fifth Street Gym in Miami Beach is an inelegant establishment on the second floor of a two story building. It is small, hot and, these days, crowded with spectators who will endure...

THE MIDWEST

—Relying on the best defense in the NBA, SAN FRANCISCO won three straight games (118-79 and 104-97 over the Pistons, 103-97 over the Hawks) to run its streak to five and its Western Division lead...

4—Tony Triolo7—O. E. Nelson14, 15—James Drake17—Jerry Cooke18, 19—James Drake20, 21—Jerry Cooke22, 23—Lynn Pelham from Rapho-Guillumette24—Rich Clarkson26-28—David Moore-Black Star44—UPI46-48—R....

Eduardo Zuleta, 28, of Ecuador upset top-seeded Thomas Koch of Brazil in the semifinals of the Austin Smith tennis championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and went on to defeat Gardnar Mulloy, the...

WINNING WORDSSirs:Bravo! Bravo! Andrea Mead Lawrence's article, Lei's Not Spoil Their Sport (Feb. 3), is the year's most needed critical review. Substitute baseball, tennis, swimming in place of...

•Birdie Tebbetts, Cleveland Indian manager, on how to find out about your players in a hurry: "Offer them to other clubs. When 19 clubs tell you they're not interested, this guy doesn't stand much...

Golfers have had putter problems ever since the game was first invented by the Scots early in the 15th century. The very first golfer probably finished his first round muttering about his putting...

His car was a wreck, but Barney Oldfield managed to finish first in the rugged Cactus Derby 50 years ago