September 14, 1964 Table Of Contents

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Shopwalk

Bad-weather coats for sports fans are adapted from practical nautical apparel

By Paul Stewart

Simes

LURE OF THE WILD WHITE NOISE

The speed of bicycle racing is a blur, but the sound of it is a poetic, seductive thing to Jackie Simes III. Seasoned and scarred at 21, he is going after America's first Olympic cycling medal in 64 years

By Bob Ottum

GETTING TO THE GAME IN STYLE

Earlier in the week Johnny Simpson put an impostor in Ayres's stall to keep admirers from annoying his colt. But on Hambletonian Day, Simpson drove the right horse

By Pat Ryan

Swimming

How they chose the best team of all time

There were surprises: some favorites lost, other swimmers unexpectedly won. But when the Olympic trials were over, it was evident that the U.S. had a superteam, even if problems did lie ahead for the divers

By Herman Weiskopf

Texas Wolf Hunt

SOUNDS AND HOUNDS OF A TEXAS WOLF HUNT

In south central Texas the wolf hunt survives as a living fragment of a wild past. Dogs, pickup trucks, campfires and an occasional howl in the desolate night are the background for hunters' tales of wily predators made even more clever by civilization

By Jack Olsen