January 27, 1964 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
Simple, lightweight ski gear—and sturdy legs—is all that is required for touring
By Paul Stewart
Yesterday/Boxing's Biggest Bargain
A warm summer night and a free middleweight bout produced the largest crowd ever at ringside
Deep Trouble
Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, meeting for the first time this year, figured to be the stars of the Crosby—and in a way they were, leaving victory to Tony Lema while they enacted their own drama of men against the sea
The Most Expensive Sports Event in History
Down The Lane
Michigan players have their own term for the route they take to the basket, and they took it often and successfully to beat Ohio State and lead the Big Ten
Olympic Heroes
A FIGHT FOR LIFE BY THE HOME TEAM
Premier event among the 34 competitions at the Winter Olympics is the downhill ski race, in which Austria expects handsome Egon Zimmermann (left) to lead the nation back to its traditional—and very profitable—dominance of Alpine skiing
By Paul Ress
By John Lovesey
By Donald S. Connery
By James Bell
People
Track & Field
The fastest boy in the West challenges a champion
In Los Angeles they came to see Belgium's superb distance runner, Gaston Roelants. He won, all right, but it was a slim 17-year-old high school senior, Gerry Lindgren, who ran away with the applause
Exploring
Three scientific types set out with high resolve for a low Mexican canyon, only to have their esprit deflate amid 300 mousetraps, a dozen jars of Cheez Whiz and one strawberry moussemaker
By Bil Gilbert
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER