March 14, 1966 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
If you tire of where your Hideout is, put it on a trailer and move elsewhere
Yesterday
A taint still clings to Jockey Johnny Loftus, who rode the great horse, Man o' War, in the only race Big Red ever lost
By Jack Mahon
Soaring Above Snafus
It seemed likely that the AAU indoor nationals would be grounded by the most dedicated bungling in years, but then Albuquerque's earnest organizers and some brilliant new track stars saved the meet
By Gwilym S. Brown
Quarry
Jerry Quarry, a young man with a lot to learn about fighting, passed an early test last week when he drew with wily Tony Alongi and showed ringsiders he might eventually become the successor to Clay
By Tex Maule
Pink Chicken
Buckpasser triumphed in a wild win, lose, win contest in the betless Flamingo at Hialeah before a booing audience, and Boldnesian confused the Kentucky future by beating Saber Mountain at Santa Anita
NCAA Tournament
Without a defending champion, an unbeaten team or a solid favorite in sight, the big boys of college basketball begin their annual two-week rumble to determine the national championship
By Frank Deford
Vero Beach
By Jack Mann
Snowball Special
WILD WATUSI WEEKEND ON THE SNOWBALL SPECIAL
In Los Angeles, Union Pacific loads a 22-car train with skiers, dancers and lovers and then aims the whole shebang at Sun Valley, 1,100 miles away
By Bob Ottum
People
Baseball
Name your game, baby, and I'll beat you
Ken Harrelson of the Athletics told everyone he would win the baseball players' golf tournament in Miami, and he did—just as he has been beating people at the game of their choice for most of his 24 years
By Mark Mulvoy
College Basketball
The presence of Bill Bradley drew 500 spectators to the Oxford-Cambridge varsity match last week, but the important thing was the postgame party
By John Lovesey
Bridge
Dilly Day
It was a great day that started dismally. Flannery was off banging his bass drum for Easters past and present and the tide was coming in to cover the bait, but the bass were swarming off the coast of Kerry
By Clive Gammon
Basketball's Week
For most teams the season was over and done with. But 37 major colleges—including new conference champions Duke, Michigan, Rhode Island, Southern Methodist, Oregon State, Utah and Pacific—and 40 small colleges were ready to play in the postseason tournaments
By Mervin Hyman
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