May 23, 1966 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
A Riva motorboat is a status symbol both to its owner and to its builder
Reflections
Reflections of a Trout Fisherman
Booktalk
The old Army game of baseball was a great leveler of officers and men
Sudden Sam
SAM, YOU MAKE THE BALL TOO SMALL
So say the batters who have to face Sam McDowell's hummer. Oddly, the Cleveland southpaw would prefer to get them out with a changeup, but few things about Sudden Sam are predictable
By Jack Mann
Darkest Texas
DEEP IN THE HEART OF DARKEST TEXAS
Exotic big game animals like the aoudad sheep (right) are being bred in Texas and stocked on fenced preserves where they can be hunted in complete comfort on a no-game no-pay basis
Track & Field
Jim Ryun, the 19-year-old Kansan, ran a remarkable two miles last week. He had to to outshine some equally talented contemporaries
By Gwilym S. Brown
Volleyball
Another big Selznick production
Gene Selznick's Sand & Sea Club dominated the nationals
By Joe Jares
Boxing
Cassius Clay is in rare form for his title bout and Anglo-American relations are superb, but there is a problem: bleedin' 'Enry Cooper
By Edwin Shrake
Gary Player
Golfer Gary Player, who next month defends his U.S. Open title, makes more than $500,000 a year from the game, but he yearns for a life with his family on his South African farm
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Baseball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Garry Valk
Hitting is its muscle, pitching is its blood, but there is more than that to the anatomy of a winning streak. The tide was with the San Francisco Giants; they couldn't relax, but they enjoyed the tension
By Jack Mann
THE BIG ONES WERE WAITING FOR MARIO
In the Indy trials, the new boy in town spooked veterans with sensational warmup speeds and then easily won the 500 pole
By Bob Ottum