February 28, 1966 Table Of Contents
Max Surkont
After 26 years of playing baseball a journeyman pitcher returned to Pawtucket. He had never really left
By John Hanlon
Misery On The Road
Travel is broadening but in basketball it is flattening as well. A few "home advantage" disabilities have been cured—but some surprising new ones keep visiting teams rolling down the road to ruin
By Frank Deford
A BELLY WHOPPER TO A TAKE-OUT WIN
Merle Taylor, mother of seven, crawled, scrambled and led her inelegant St. Paul rink to a stone-cracking upset over some surprised curling rivals, who found the socializing just perfect for their less violent tastes
By Tom C. Brody
More than a year ago the fastest and best-loved racing greyhound in England was snatched from his kennel. Last week after a series of mysterious phone calls he reappeared as fit, apparently, as ever
By John Lovesey
Headliners
TWO HEADLINERS TAKE OVER CHICAGO
The Lip and The Brat will run the Cubs and the White Sox-and the Windy City faces a stormy summer
Spring Training
By Arnold Roth
Mickey Mouse Olympics
The nine American skiers in ten-gallon hats at the World University Games made more points in the diplomatic arena and in the orange-bowling contest than they did on Sestriere's fogbound mountains
By Bob Ottum
People
Tennis
Charlito moves to the head of the class
Charlie Pasarell has been a name for the future for so long that the name was beginning to seem pretty old. But his victory in the national indoors indicates that at last the future has arrived
By Joe Jares
Hockey
A nice guy who learned to be troublesome
Long a mainstay and now the star of the driving Detroit Red Wings, conscientious Norm Ullman used to be so modest that nobody, not even Norm Ullman himself, realized how good a hockey player he actually is
By Gary Ronberg
Dog Shows
It takes a lot of ham to make a show dog
By Mort Sharnik
Bridge
Racquet-Tailed Drongo
Grandfather and the Racquet-tailed Drongo
Seeking an outside hobby to keep him from lazing about the house all day, Grandfather Rhoades takes up bird watching and discovers a species of fine-feathered friend that makes him the toast of the Vireo Club—temporarily
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Basketball's Week
A few conference races were all over: in others, this week's games would be decisive. But the independents, hoping for tournament bids, could not relax. Among those who seemed sure bets: Texas Western, Houston, Loyola of Chicago, Providence, Dayton and Oklahoma City
By Mervin Hyman
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Garry Valk