August 23, 1965 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
The wilderness finds eloquent new spokesmen in fact and in fiction on conservation problems
Backyard Safari
The Thrill of the Safari in my Backyard
The doctor, rhyming his report, advised this chap to take up sport. Our hero, paunchy but astute, picked up a BB gun to shoot. Helped by his fierce Chihuahua dog, he swigged his gin and bagged his frog
By Ray Conaway
Twins
Sixth last year, the Minnesota Twins have become the first-place darlings of the upper Midwest, arousing cheerful hopes and sudden fear as both good breaks and bad come their way by the hatful
Texas Triumph
Riled by Pennsylvania gibes after losing last year in the country's roughest, toughest high school football game, Texans retaliated with the swiftest baby beef west of the Sabine—and got rewarding revenge
Arnold Palmer
Texan Dave Marr was a dramatic and surprising winner of the PGA Championship last week as he outlasted both Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus in a furious stretch duel. Wavering just slightly, Marr earned his first major tournament by dribbling home a birdie and two clutch putts for pars on the final four holes to wind up two strokes ahead and $25,000 richer with a 72-hole score of 280. But while it was the biggest day of Marr's life, it was one of the worst for Arnold Palmer. A winner only once in the last 15 months, Palmer in this critical week of his golf life was beset by penalties, important people and confusion, and there were many who wondered if his remarkable reign was over
¬°Olé! for the Brave Club Taurino!
Sporting Look
WAY OUT WEST IN THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE
People
Skiing
Much too much snow for Portillo
This was to have been the most festive week that Portillo, Chile had ever seen. But five feet of new snow a day and a tragic avalanche canceled Portillo's first ski carnival and threatened its 1966 F.I.S. competition
By Bob Ottum
The Old Men
San Diego's Glenn Orr and some briny pals pioneered sport diving in America, opening the sea to today's flippered hordes. Aging but toughly agile, they can still outplunge nearly everyone else
Baseball's Week
By Mark Mulvoy
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Garry Valk