July 22, 1968 | Volume 29, Issue 4

The great French mare, winner of the $100,000 Roosevelt International last year, overcame a troublesome left leg to score handsomely again last week, increasing her earnings to a near record $821,000

That was the margin of the Harvard victory over Pennsylvania in a sparkling race that could have been won by either crew. Frustrated for half a century, the Crimson finally is going to the...

The world's best pros called Carnoustie the toughest course they had ever seen—and other things—but it was fine for Gary Player, who parlayed steady golf and one magnificent shot into a British...

Far from the pressures of urban life, in the pine-scented air of the Vermont hills, a father and son have found a refuge and a relationship. Until two years ago Dr. Robert O'Malley and his...

Last year 5,000 hikers strolled, jogged, tramped or plodded through the Green Mountains of Vermont in pursuit of a sometimes tortuous, sometimes idyllic footpath that extends the length of the...

A case study of the St. Louis Cardinals, who had hopes for an NFL title but finished last season defeated and divided after an open outburst of racial trouble.

Yesterday's stars, members of that elite group that made it to the top, can look at the life of the Negro athlete from a rare perspective—they have both height and hindsight. Here is what 10 of...

Winningest pitcher Denny McLain is also one of baseball's most verbose heroes. He could win 30 games, and talk himself into all sorts of trouble. A report by Mark Mulvoy.

When Associate Editor Gwilym S. Brown worked with us here in New York he occasionally got mail addressed to Miss Gwilym S. Brown (or even Mrs. Gwilym S. Brown), which would enrage him. There is a...

A couple of adolescents, young Joe Kennedy and a bull calf, were mixing it up in Seville last week. During a pre-branding roundup the late Senator's son cited the calf with a muleta, lanced it...

The last name is Millan, and if you are not familiar with it you are not alone. The Atlanta Brave rookie does everything so quietly he is seldom noticed, but he does them all extremely well and he...

So said John Gordy, president of the NFL Players' Association, and the owners heartily agreed. And when they got together in New York it took them only 4½ hours to end the players' strike—or was...

ALL-STAR GAMEThe 1968 edition in Houston epitomizes this whole hitless year. It was a shutout, only the fourth in All-Star history. With the two teams scratching out just eight hits, the lowest...

"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" Simon and Garfunkel and all baseball were asking as the big leaguers reached the midseason All-Star Game break with attendance figures spiraling downward...

BASEBALL—The National League voted to follow the pattern set by the American, namely, splitting into two divisions next year when its newest franchises—San Diego and Montreal—begin play. The six...

4—Gerry Cranham21—Gerry Cranham29—Sheedy & Long30—Roy DeCarava31—James G. Klingensmith, Roy DeCarava32—Sheedy & Long, William M. Brown33—Roy DeCarava40, 41—Steve Kulmus, Arthur Shay,...

Tim McLoughlin, 9, playing only the second round of golf in his life, used his driver lo sink a hole in one on the 158-yard fifth hole at the Apawamis Club in his home town of Rye, N.Y., then...

Sirs:Your series on The Black Athlete (July 1, ) seems unquestionably destined to be remembered as the most significant statement ever published by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Jack Olsen has done an...

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