October 09, 1967 | Volume 27, Issue 15

TWO CREDIBILITY GAPS

•Roger Bannister, the first man to break the four-minute-mile barrier with his 3:59.4: "Jim Ryun is an incredible runner, capable I think of doing a 3:45 mile. The ultimate? I think one day it...

Racing got its Horse of the Year when Damascus produced a stunning burst of speed after trailing the leaders. He whipped his two chief rivals, Buckpasser and Dr. Fager (on the rail), in the Woodward

Skulduggery and a mysterious yellow Chevrolet contributed to the fun but not to the stunning display of power that lifted Los Angeles last weekend to the top of the NFL along with Green Bay and...

The tumult of the long season culminates in the classic duel that is the World Series and, as millions of Americans focus their attention on baseball, Photographer John G. Zimmerman finds the mood...

The world series is following a tough act, but the pennant race whetted appetites of fans eager to see the Red Sox meet the Cardinals. A full report, with color photographs.

It went on and on and on, the American League pennant race, to the last week, the last weekend, the last game. A superplayer named Yastrzemski brought it to its proper conclusion late Sunday

It has been a long time now since literal, photographic reproduction has been any criterion for good painting. It has even been a long time since literal, photographic reproduction has been the...

THE EAST

THE BACK: Purdue Halfback Leroy Keyes, who played both offense and defense in win over Notre Dame—and both wonderfully well—catching nine passes, running the ball, scoring once and making a vital...

It is not for nothing that the small swale which is the site of Clemson's Memorial Stadium is called Death Valley by opponents, and only a last-quarter touchdown run enabled highly favored Georgia...

After the fight Nino Benvenuti had visions of Satan dancing in his head, but his real tormentor was a very down-to-earth Emile Griffith

This season women's sportswear and boot designers, inspired no doubt by all the leg that American girls are showing of late, have gone to new lengths to protect, while still showing off, the...

Records for pace, purse and people fell in upstate New York as Scotland's masterful Jimmy Clark (above) sped to victory in the U.S. Grand Prix and kept a world-championship duel going for another...

A new fish has come out of the west to stimulate sportsmen on the lake coast of Michigan. Anglers have swarmed out to try their luck, and many have come home happy. Some, alas, have not come home...

AMERICAN LEAGUE

For some players the season just past was an up year, for some it was a down year and for others a combination of both. Mike McCormick of the Giants had an up year. In 1960, McCormick won 15 games...

BOXING—EMILE GRIFFITH regained the world middleweight title that he lost last April to Nino Benvenuti when he won a 15-round decision in a rematch at New York's Shea Stadium (page 50).

4—Jerry Cooke16—Jerry Cooke17—Tony Triolo18—Tony Triolo, Jerry Cooke20, 21—Roy DeCarava23—Neil Leifer24, 25—James Drake34—Arthur Shay, Don Getsug-Rapho Guillumette, AP38, 39—Fred Kaplan-Black...

Darryl Greenamyer, one of the top engineering test pilots for Lockheed Aircraft in Los Angeles, flew a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat to his third consecutive unlimited classic title with a 392.621 mph...

THE CUPSirs:Carleton Mitchell's coverage of the defense of the America's Cup (In 20 Fatal Minutes, Australia's Try Was Doomed, Sept. 25) should be ranked as a masterpiece of its kind. I am no...

Machias Seal Island, 14 acres of rock and turf in the sea off Cutler, Me., may well be the U.S.'s most inaccessible tourist attraction. One reason is that the island has been occupied for 135...

The fact that almost anyone can learn to fly an airplane is greeted skeptically by some 70% of Americans who have never been airborne. Whether from distrust or lack of understanding, the...