Author:
SI Staff

36 Three Was a Crowd
Tricky greens and gusty winds at Augusta led to high scores in the Masters and an exciting three-way playoff

44 After Foss: a Hotter Pro War
Retiring as AFL Commissioner, Joe Foss predicts a period of fierce and destructive rivalry between the leagues

46 Across the Past to Manila
Flat calms, sudden winds and a strong sense of history mark the course of the Third China Sea boat race

Baseball 1966

50 WHOSE TURN IN THE NATIONAL?
It's a fratricidal league, but the Phillies should win

SCOUTING REPORTS

50 Phillies
54 Dodgers
56 Pirates
58 Reds
59 Giants
60 Braves
62 Cardinals
64 Astros
66 Cubs
68 Mets

73 THINGS LOOK BETTER IN THE AMERICAN
With talent up and Yankees down, it's a new era

SCOUTING REPORTS

73 Orioles
76 Twins
78 Tigers
81 White Sox
82 Indians
84 Senators
86 Athletics
88 Yankees
89 Angels
90 Red Sox

114 THE KING OF THE JUNGLE
Meet Walter O'Malley, a man often misunderstood

95 Growing Up Scared in Louisville
In Part II of the Cassius Clay series, Jack Olsen probes deeply into the champion's sometimes violent background

The departments

22 Scorecard
104 People
107 Horse Racing
110 Bridge
137 For the Record
138 19th Hole

Credits on page 137

Cover photograph by Walter Iooss Jr.

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Next week

Durocher's return to baseball is almost certain to produce a scenario fit for Hollywood. And that is where he will be when he takes his Chicago Cubs into Dodger Stadium.

Is he hysterical or only histrionic? Jack Olsen, in the continuing Cassius Clay series, examines the champion's paradoxical behavior and casts new light on some bizarre episodes.

The Stanley Cup playoffs distill the excitement of an entire 70-game hockey season into two best-of-seven series. Martin Kane samples the brew as it gets percolating once more.

April 18, 1966