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August 12, 1963 Table Of Contents
Pitchers
Huge young pitchers like Boston's 6-foot-6 Dick Radatz (left), throwing a different ball through a different strike zone, are giving hitters their worst season in 50 years
By Tom C. Brody
POORLY PACKED FOR A CHICAGO TRIP
The College All-Stars had size, speed, agility, confidence and, happily, Ron VanderKelen, and before the long, hot night had ended they also had Green Bay
By Dan Jenkins
Giant Playground
In eastern California the Sierras carry perpetual winter on their shoulders and hold summer captive in a great valley at their feet. The story of why few men can live there and why thousands go there to play is told on the following pages
Baseball
The free-swinging Angel who never fears to tread
A big hitter with a big smile has a few (for him) words to say about bad pitches, good times and the view from the back of the team bus
Boating
Sailor with but a single thought
A California skipper used every gimmick from gamesmanship to a soggy sweatshirt for his victory
By Hugh Whall
Travel
Space is tight, but you can still find a bed and a ticket for the Games next February in Innsbruck
Bridge
By knowing when not to bid, David (second left) and Bill Crossley surprised a field of adult experts and nearly won the biggest one-day tournament ever held
Horse Racing
Trying to recapture center stage for himself and his horse, Price has Carry Back fit to run again
Rebel Air Force
THE CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE FLIES AT LAST
Out of the sun-bleached skies above Texas' vast Rio Grande Valley comes the whine and snarl of aerial ghosts, a priceless handful of World War II fighter planes rescued from rusty oblivion by a group of drawling, nostalgic pilots
By Dan Jenkins
Baseball's Week
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
