September 17, 1962 Table Of Contents
Point of Fact
An America's Cup quiz to excite the memory and increase the knowledge of casual fans and armchair experts
The Giants
A MILLER-HILLER-HALLER-HOLLER-LUJAH TWIST
The Giants went to Los Angeles to face up to duck calls, musical ridicule and their own long history of choking. Result: a knotted pennant race
By Tom C. Brody
Golf's Series
A SLUGGER WINS THE WORLD SERIES
1963 Autos
STYLISH NEW CARS OFF ON A BIG BIRD SHOOT
In a conventional and good Detroit year, Buick and Studebaker are contesting Ford's Thunderbird market in the sports-luxury field
By Kenneth Rudeen
Preview: The America's Cup
Like 'Weatherly's' skipper, Bus Mosbacher (above), the world will be watching this week as Australia's 'Gretel' bids for the America's Cup
Mathematical formulas can build a boat, but no slide rule can calculate the tolerances of an aching back and no vector can show the effects of skilled seamanship or stubborn determination. On these pages are the 22 men of 'Weatherly' and 'Gretel' whose human strengths and weaknesses may determine which of two fine boats wins the America's Cup
By Arthur Zich
THE PRINCE WHO WAS SENT PACKING
Tennis
Everything at the national singles championships was better this year, so it was no surprise when Rod Laver (below) became the second man in history to grab a Grand Slam
By Rex Lardner
Horse Racing
Candy gets the fat purse and Manuel gets the boot
The big chestnut colt from California shows he's the best of our 2-year-olds while the little man from Panama is unjustly set down
Cards
Fancy faces for a familiar deck
It used to be that it was only the number of spots on the pasteboards that mattered, but the ladies have now become the principal buyers and users of playing cards, and some strange and exotic things have happened
The Monster Fish
THE MONSTER FISH OF AMERICAN RIVERS
Once the plentiful source of the world's finest caviar, our native sturgeon today is being rediscovered by sport fishermen in all its incredible size, odd habits of feeding and remarkable fighting heart
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
Baseball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER