July 14, 1969 | Volume 31, Issue 2

Feminine charm and bright new faces come to the fore in the girls' and women's national AAU championships

Fiery Billy Martin may argue a lot, but few will deny he has ignited the Minnesota Twins. Roy Blount Jr. files his impressions of a baseball original who hates to stand still.

Fashionable ladies who wouldn't hurt a tabby are killing off the jungle cats for love of their skins. Concerned sportsmen and Furrier Jacques Kaplan are trying to change all this

Goshen's venerable week started badly for Billy Haughton, but his luck changed with a gay blade

With people in the lineup that only their mothers would recognize, the Richie Allen-less Phillies tore the league apart—for eight days

Only Rod Laver and Don Budge have pulled off Grand Slams. Now, after his fourth Wimbledon title, Laver hopes to Slam again

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Hawk tells how he became a rich free agent, recalls happy Boston and—thunk—the trade.

Al Hirshberg was writing a column for the Boston Herald-Traveler the first time he happened past Ken Harrelson's locker after a game. "I'd heard he was a pretty interesting guy, that he'd done a...

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A soft-drink company is running a TV commercial in New York that shows Mets Pitcher Tom Seaver chasing a blonde around Shea Stadium, sweeping her off her feet when he catches her and then lapsing...

John Williams, 15, of Cranesville, Pa., the 1967 Junior Archery champion, broke two world records in qualifying for the world championships. He scored 1,242 points for one FITA round and set...

BOATING—Pam, an Australian entry skippered by Gordon Ignate, won the Scandinavian Gold Cup for 5.5-meter yachts at Hankoe, Norway. Nemesis of the United States sailed in second, and Fram IV, with...

17-19—Sheedy & Long24, 25—Curt Gunther-Camera 530—Bruce Roberts-Rapho Guillumette31—Dave Underwood38—illustration by Michael Ramus48—John D. Hanlon, Herb Scharfman50—Gerry Cranham54-57—Walter...

BUM RAPSirs:Your recent article, Leo's Bums Rap for the Cubs (June 30), truly presents a group of bums. These people aren't sports enthusiasts, but attention-getters. Intimidating and abusing...

WAR CANOES ON THE MOISIE

•Donald Davidson, the Atlanta Braves 4-foot traveling secretary, on the Braves-Astros free-for-all in Houston: "The next time something like that gets started I'm going to punch the other club's...