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February 17, 1964 Table Of Contents

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Shopwalk

A putter that 'vibrates' is the latest panacea offered to all problem golfers

By Paul Stewart

Yesterday

Barney Wheezes to a Big Win

His car was a wreck, but Barney Oldfield managed to finish first in the rugged Cactus Derby 50 years ago

By William F. Nolan

Olympics

IN AND OUT OF A JAM

U.S. Ski Coach Bob Beattie talked big—and in the last tingling Olympic race his kids delivered

By Dan Jenkins

THE SWEET TRIUMPH OF 'NAPOLEON' BONNET

By Huston Horn

A BASHFUL BARBER AND A WORLDLY KID FROM SMOKE RISE

By Huston Horn

A ROUGH RACE FOR SAM'S SAKE

By Hugh Whall

The Urbane Baron

THE URBANE BARON CONCOCTS ANOTHER SURPRISE

The iron discipline is gone, but Rupp has made his Katzenjammer Kids a strong contender for one more title

By John Underwood

Dawn Fraser

DAWN KEEPS CHURNING ALONG

At 26, an age when her contemporaries have long since retired, Australia's Dawn Fraser, the best woman swimmer in history, has her eye on the Tokyo Olympics and more gold medals

By Whitney Tower

People

PEOPLE

Boxing

The sting of the Louisville Lip

By Tex Maule

Basketball's Week

Basketball's Week

By Mervin Hyman

Mr. Mac

THE MANY FACES OF MR. MAC

Bill MacDonald, promoter of the Liston-Clay fight, sits at his desk at Tropical Park racetrack, 45% of which is his. Mr. Mac also owns a stud farm, a baseball team, a yacht and a two-hole golf course.

By Gilbert Rogin

For The Record

A roundup of the sports information of the week

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FACES IN THE CROWD

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Sidney L. James

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