June 13, 1966 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
A backward look is useful to those who would conserve our natural resources
Bullfights
Big Betting on Bullfights in the Boondocks
The Philippine government is cool toward water-buffalo fights, but the natives in the remote areas still hold the contests in carnival style
By Nicanor A. Ablay
Second Fastest
A 19-year-old Kansas freshman, Jim Ryun, gave U.S. track fans their biggest thrill of 1966 when he came within two-tenths of a second of breaking Michel Jazy's 3:53.6 world mile record
By Gwilym S. Brown
Reckless Dash
A review of Indy's first-lap smashups and some extraordinary color photographs reveal that a few drivers who took alarming risks jockeying for position were responsible for piling up half the field
By Bob Ottum
Coweye
'COWEYE' COULD NOT BEAT THE ESTABLISHMENT
Most New Yorkers were rooting for him, but Kauai King lost the Triple Crown when Amberoid won the Belmont Stakes
DeWitt
Now president and owner of the highly regarded Reds, Bill DeWitt has served, operated and owned ball clubs for half a century. The only general manager ever to win pennants in both major leagues, he is a scrambler who lives by his wits, as the city of Cincinnati is finding out
U.S. Open
San Francisco's Olympic Country Club, the site of next week's U.S. Open, offers a distinctive combination of beauty, history and class that is likely to confound the sluggers of professional golf but yield to a tender touch
By Ken Venturi
'It Is a Ben Hogan Kind of Course'
People
Harness Racing
Setting up this week's rubber match and again drawing swarms of new trotting fans, Bret Hanover won his second race with Cardigan Bay
Bridge
Tennis
Alex Metreveli upsets Dennis Ralston in the French nationals to signal the arrival of a new power
By Paul Ress
Lacrosse
Navy's champions went to battle against Army wearing pictures of hideous monsters, but they played the game picture-pretty
By Frank Deford
A Nobody
Each year thousands of unknown golfers try to qualify for the U.S. Open, and some succeed. This is the story of one of them, a country-club pro from Michigan City, Ind. named George Thomas (right), who had long dreamed of 'teeing it up' in the game's greatest tournament but never really expected that one June day he would be sharing the Bellerive Country Club locker room with—and competing against—players like Jack Nicklaus
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Baseball's Week
By Sandy Ramras
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Garry Valk