April 12, 1965 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Jim Murray moves gracefully from a newspaper column Into hard covers
By Martin Kane
The Backstretch
Character Comedy in the Backstretch
Goofy Gamble, Old Tom and other racetrack eccentrics flourish in a closed and unpredictable society
By Bill Bryan
Svengali
Cus D'Amato's critics are not happy as he surges back to the top with José Torres, the new light heavyweight champ. Planning more surprises, Cus scorns the doubters who "penalize me for their ignorance"
By Edwin Shrake
A Long Trip
After being idled since early February by leg trouble, Bold Lad came all the way back to the role of Kentucky Derby favorite in a fast sprint against older horses while his rivals were running into trouble
Houston Stadium
Judge Roy Hofheinz has gilded the Houston Astrodome with $6 million worth of luxuries that have little to do with baseball—except to coddle the fan as he has never been coddled before
By Liz Smith
Private Game
Hockey's lords of the major league manor are like poker players with an easy mark at the table. They are in no hurry to open the door to strangers who want to share the fun or the loot
By Jack Olsen
Sporting Look
People
Bridge
An eleventh-hour victory at 3 a.m.
Baseball
Please, please, Ed Spiezio, won't you please pop up?
The St. Louis Cardinals would like to send their rookie third baseman to Jacksonville, but the little rascal won't stop hitting
By Tom C. Brody
Abebe Bikila
THE NUMBER TWO LION IN THE LAND OF SHEBA
In Ethiopia only His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, King of Kings and Conquering Lion of Judah, is more celebrated than the splendid Abebe Bikila, Olympic hero and the world's best marathon runner
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER