January 24, 1966 | Volume 24, Issue 4

The No. 2 man on the Chicago Black Hawks is trying harder than ever this year to keep his team No. 1 in the league standings, as well as a favorite for the Stanley Cup.

This was one of those weeks for statistics. The U.S. Golf Association revealed that on an average day the spiked shoes of players make 2,419,200 impressions on the greens of a single golf course...

Fullback-actor-announcer-publicist Jimmy Brown, though not wanting for sideline pursuits, revealed another last week: working with Cassius Clay, an old friend, in a closed-circuit television...

Annoyed by the vast sums paid untried players, two San Diego All-Stars are bidding for $1 million

A national bridge championship was lost recently largely because of a wrong guess over one of the game's more disputable plays, one in which normal rules seem both good and bad. Your partner has...

Half-miler Tommy Farrell, who was blooded amid the flying elbows and crowded board tracks of the tough New York circuit, is a pint-sized version of the New Zealand Olympian, even to the point of...

WHO'S BEEN READING MY PLAYBOOK?

•Pete Rose, of the Cincinnati Reds, when asked if he thought he would hit .300 again in 1966: "I read that Warren Spahn has retired and Bob Friend was traded to the other league. I hit 11 for 14...

In a week of big games—in Palo Alto, Albuquerque, Peoria and Providence—the biggest was in Lexington, where unbeaten Kentucky met Vanderbilt and the whole SEC hung on the result

10, 11—Ringier-Bilderdienst from UPI13—Yves Debraine14, 17—Art Shay18-25—Joern Gerdts20—map by Don Moss26—Richard Meek28—Joe Consentino30-38—Marvin E. Newman43—right, AP49, 50—Stuart Smith56,...

Trish Kinsella, a blonde, 5-foot-2 premed major on West Virginia University's undefeated rifle team, scored a 285 in a triangular meet in Johnson City, Tenn., to set a new National Women's Open...

BASKETBALL—NBA: The EAST defeated the West 137-94 in a dull All-Star Game brightened only by the Royals' little guard, Adrian Smith, who scored 24 points in the 26 minutes he played and was named...

VERDICTSirs:After reading John Underwood's story on college football last fall (The College Game Is Best, Sept. 20), I decided to compare college football with pro football this year. My decision:...