Contents

24 Hopes Go Up, Some Come Down
The confused result of the Florida Derby had some owners dreaming about roses in Kentucky

28 Kids Who Boom in the Spring
Rookies are the heart and hope of baseball, and they all look wonderful before the season starts

30 The Celtics Stretch an Era
On the verge of defeat in pro basketball's playoffs, Boston knocked out the Cincinnati Royals instead

32 Battle of the Lionhearted
Neither Cassius Clay nor George Chuvalo nave an inch in their fight for the People's Championship

40 Not Just Along for the Ride
Contrasting styles of top jockeys are shown in color, and Frank Graham Jr. writes about Braulio Baeza

54 Challenge from an Eagle's Nest
Two star-spangled Californians are closing America's Grand Prix racing gap with a sleek single-seater

88 A Case of Conscience
In the first part of a five-port series, Cassius Clay emerges as a bigot with a genuine objector's conscience

The departments

18 Scorecard
64 People
66 Golf
69 Mountain Climbing
78 Golf
84 Bridge
105 For the Record
106 19th Hole

Credit on page 105

Cover photograph by Tony Triolo

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Next week

Baseball 1966 gets under way and we salute it with our annual baseball issue, complete with 15 pages of photographs in full color and an analysis of each of the 20 major league clubs. William Leggett, who likes the Phils, writes at length about that lively and provocative team, and Jack Mann takes a long look at a frequently maligned man. Walter O'Malley, the Los Angeles Dodger. Plus a day-by-day report of the Masters Tournament, and all regular features and news.