April 18, 1966 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
Modern replicas of two old Winchesters are offered to shooters and collectors
Baseball Statistics
SOME SIGNIFICANT BASEBALL STATISTICS OF 1965
Official averages do not always disclose why a team finished where it did—or the true value of a player. Here is a different breakdown of the 1965 season
Golfing Events
To start the 1966 season here are some questions—and answers—about the who, what and when of Opening Days
By Herman Weiskopf
Masters
But the crowd, which had been more of a mob through four high-scoring, hectic days, finally was reduced to just one man. In a three-way playoff Jack Nicklaus proved again that he is master of the Masters
Calling anew for a merger with the NFL, Joe Foss retires as AFL commissioner. He forecasts destructive fighting unless the pro leagues curb their 'avarice' and temper the frantic pursuit of college talent
By Edwin Shrake
Manila
The China Sea race pits a fleet of modern yachts against hazards faced by Kublai Khan and Magellan. Carried along by the winds of history, a 20th-century war correspondent forgets the present
By Arthur Zich
Baseball 1966: National League
WHOSE TURN IN THE FRATRICIDAL NATIONAL?
Only five seasons back the Philadelphia Phillies and their manager, Gene Mauch (left), were the doormats of the most competitive league in professional sports. Two years ago they almost won the pennant. Last year they faltered, but off-season trades changed the Phillies radically and now they are challenging the National League once again
Baseball 1966: American League
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR THE AMERICANS
The American League rebelled against the New York Yankees last season, bringing their once-proud master down into the pack, and now they're gunning for the rival National League. One reason for optimism is a bevy of exciting young stars. Another is the rise of such teams as the once-hitless Baltimore Orioles, who now seem all muscle
People
Horse Racing
Just a month before the Derby the favorite returned to the races, and two first-rate fillies who may challenge him made their 1966 debuts
Bridge
O'Malley
Walter O'Malley, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, would like to make friends despite influencing people, but his elfin spirit is a prisoner of the steel-trap mind that makes him major league baseball's most successful owner. The Master of Chavez Ravine has his monument but can't escape his image
By Jack Mann
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