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July 6, 1964 Table Of Contents

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Bonus Baby

THE RICHEST BONUS BABY EVER

At 21, Rick Reichardt is the Angel with the mostest. Just for his signature on a contract he received more money from Los Angeles than many players earn in their major league careers. But he hits a long ball, runs the bases fast and well and he may be worth every cent of it

By Edwin Shrake

Younger And Faster

A JOYFUL THEME AT THE AAU: YOUNGER, HIGHER AND FASTER

With an emphatic victory over a longtime tormentor, young Tom O'Hara climaxed a meet in which youth, for the most part, shouted to be served

By Gwilym S. Brown

Alvin Dark

TIME OF TRIAL FOR ALVIN DARK

Battling for a pennant with a team that has yet to hit as it should, the San Francisco Giants' manager is harassed by persistent rumors that he will be fired by Owner Horace Stoneham

By Robert H. Boyle

THE SETTING FOR A GLORIOUS OLYMPIAD

Tokyo Travel Facts

AT HOME IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST ENIGMA

NO PLACE ON EARTH IS SO BEWILDERING TO THE FOREIGNER AS THE SPRAWLING MASS OF TOKYO, AND NO PLACE IMPROVES SO MUCH WITH FAMILIARITY. HERE IS HOW TO START OUT FAMILIAR

By Fred R. Smith

People

PEOPLE

Boxing

A fight in Sweden between boxing's forgotten men

Floyd Patterson, in near oblivion since his two fights with Sonny Liston, will be through for keeps if he loses to the 'new' Eddie Machen

By Tex Maule

Rowing

Four X eight = crew of the decade

At first it seemed that no boat in the U.S. could catch up to Harvard. Then California's sturdy oarsmen rowed out of the West looking every bit as good. Now suddenly there are four crews of Olympic caliber

By Tom C. Brody

Low's High Life

A High Kind of Low Life

The ebullient man at left setting all those celebrities at ease is George Low, an ever-present but still mysterious figure on the pro golf tour who has conquered two of life's sterner challenges—how to survive lavishly without working and how to putt

By Dan Jenkins

Baseball's Week

BASEBALL'S WEEK

By Peter Carry

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

SCORECARD