May 4, 1964 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
Knit blazers and western-style hats produce a new look for the sports-car buffs
By Paul Stewart
Derby
Four men whose backgrounds vary as widely as their tastes in headgear have the top contenders in this week's Kentucky Derby; oddly enough, their competing colts have similar styles on the racetrack.
DERBY HORSES ON THE ROAD TO CHURCHILL DOWNS
The Derby
THE CONTINENTAL TOUCH OF SENOR HORATIO LURO
They Came Out
The winds blew on the first big outdoor track weekend of the season, but one performer, massive Discus Thrower Al Oerter (left), caught a zephyr to his liking and spun out a world record
In the first two weeks of the season players in both leagues were scampering around the base paths like crazy, using steals, the hit-and-run and the bunt to win tight games
Backgammon
A crowd of socialites and their friends gather on a resort island to play the game they love best
By Edwin Shrake
People
Pro Basketball
Follow the bouncing ball from Honolulu to Boston
After a seven-month tour that nearly spanned the seasons and the globe, the NBA's road show ended with a dunk by big Bill Russell
By Frank Deford
Hockey
How do you stop a Red Wing? Shoot
The Maple Leafs were the better team, but they could not elbow the eager Detroiters aside and they could not skate around them. All they could do to win a third straight Stanley Cup was score more goals
By Tom C. Brody
Vin Scully
When announcer Vin Scully came to Los Angeles with the transplanted Brooklyn Dodgers, he was a stranger in alien corn. But in the six years since, he has become as much apart of southern California as the freeways, whose radio-listening drivers form a huge part of his audience
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