July 23, 1962 Table Of Contents
British Open
Arnold Palmer, playing the finest golf of his life, defied the pressing crowds, the torturous rough and the rock-hard fairways on Scotland's Old Troon course to fire four rounds that killed off all opposition in the British Open
Griffith
DOUBLE VICTORY FOR THE HATMAKER
Welterweight Champion Emile Griffith overcame tricky Ralph Dupas—and his own nightmares—in his first fight since he punched Benny Paret to death in New York four months ago
Smith's Place
The desert city of Phoenix has 10,000 pools, but swimmers and divers and dunkers crowd into one of them as if it were the only water hole west of the Pecos
Bargain Hunters
CANDY FROM THE BARGAIN-HUNTING BABIES
The three-day flying tour to Las Vegas can be bought for the price of a hat, but a novice gambler who tried it found that his losses unfortunately included his shirt
Baseball
A steady decline in attendance at Milwaukee—a 1.1 million dip in four years—may cause one of baseball's fattest franchises to strike out
Conservation
The fire on New York's famous little island
A controversial commissioner's concrete ideas bring summer residents or a once peaceful sandspit running to the barricades
Horse Racing
The two big boys are back in step
Carry Back and Ridan began winning once more, to highlight American racing's richest day
Bridge
Pi√π Tardi Sea
The Lovely, Lazy Sea of Pi√π Tardi
The Mediterranean's music is an ancient, haunting melody that sounds for the sailor who takes his time. This is the story of a cruise on which the clock was stopped, and from Portofino through the offshore islands to Capri the only word for time was 'later'
Baseball's Week
By Frank Deford
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
