March 16, 1964 | Volume 20, Issue 11

A practice session of Japan's world champion women's volleyball team is thrown open, for the first time, to a non-Oriental newsman—who is chilled by the fanatical striving that he witnesses

LOYOLA OF CHICAGORON MILLERIndependent W 20 L 5Coach: George Ireland

Champagne Tony Lema, the most engaging newcomer to golf's top ranks, begins the candid story of the life of a touring pro. Part I is titled Survival Training for a Rookie.

In 1963 U.S. manufacturers of that remarkable Yankee invention, the basketball, produced three million new ones, or roughly enough to provide every man, woman and child in Omaha with 10 apiece....

For a fisherman, springtime and shad are synonymous. The shad, for its size, is a surprisingly powerful fish, as exciting to catch on light tackle as it is delicious to eat. Great schools of these...

For a stretch of 60-odd water miles between Lake Harney, east of Sanford, and jungled Lake Poinsett, a few seconds by rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida's teak-colored St. Johns River (SI, June 25,...

4 pounds boned shad

Most top bridge players define a "mistake" as any bid or play they wouldn't make. I don't share this lofty attitude, but I do have strong personal feelings on the subject of table tactics and...

Since kings these days are granted less freedom to act than athletes, it probably will not affect Greek politics. Nevertheless, it seems fit and proper that the new King of the Hellenes,...

The temptation for a tall player to buy extra-long clubs is a great one. He feels that since he is standing farther from the ball than the average golfer he should also use clubs that are longer...

In Japan, Urtiminio Ramos shows again that he is equally effective against drums and other boxers

In Chicago last week Tom O'Hara ran the fastest indoor mile in history but, once he realizes how good he is, he will go faster

•Casey Stengel, asked if Mexico City's altitude bothered his players after the Mexico City Red Devils beat the Mets 6-4: "Not a bit; we lose at any altitude."

BASKETBALL—With a week to go, BOSTON split a two-game series with CINCINNATI to increase its lead to three games and come within whispering distance of its eighth straight NBA Eastern Division...

Linda McGill, 18, swimming daughter of a Sydney (Australia) police sergeant, became the first girl to capture five titles at the Australian championships, winning the 100- and 200-meter butterfly,...

4—Joseph Consentino18, 19—T. Tanuma21—Rich Clarkson22—Rich Clarkson (2), AP23—bottom, Walter Iooss Jr.25—Lee Balterman26—AP31—Tony Triolo32—Len. Hillyard63—BYU Photo66—T. Tanuma69—Lee...

THE TOURNAMENTS

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURESirs:You gave Cassius Clay something of a chance to win and he capitalized on it. I suppose 99% of the nation's boxing experts told us Clay wouldn't survive the national...

The short, lightweight, lever-action carbine (and in the past several years the semiautomatic carbine) has long been the favorite gun for hunting whitetail deer and other big game in the thick...