October 24, 1966 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
When Twenty Grand won the Derby in 1931 the '21' Club started a new sideline
Yesterday
The Day War Came to the Polo Grounds
By Frank Graham Jr.
The Tide
Unbeaten Alabama came close to a cropper, but a cool snake named Stabler and a field goal topped Tennessee in a thriller
He has to be persuaded to run, says his jockey, because he is not a very willing horse. So, after three straight losses in stakes races, Successor finally grasped what Braulio Baeza was trying to tell him
By Pete Axthelm
Jose Torres kept his world light heavyweight championship by knocking out Chic Calderwood in San Juan, but he still does not have the unquestioning admiration of his fellow Puerto Ricans
By Mark Kram
Wild Cards
Dallas came whirling into St. Louis with a hurricane offense but fell afoul of an aroused Cardinal defense and had to settle for a tie, leaving the NFL's Eastern title race as suspenseful as it was before
By Edwin Shrake
Pro Basketball
THE MANY MOVES OF ELGIN BAYLOR
By Frank Deford
Normally, the look of NBA teams changes slowly over the seasons. Now, for the first time in years, there has been trading among first-line players, and that, plus the stocking of the new franchise in Chicago, has jumbled the form sheet. Two smart trades have bolstered Boston's bid for continued supremacy, but the Lakers have been set back. The return of a familiar face and a new set of brass in Philly may be the most significant changes of all
College Football
Mighty win for a minor with major ambitions
San Diego State has 17,000 students but a little-league rating. Saturday it rose up to smack down San Jose State, conqueror of California and Oregon, and underline its legitimate claim to big-time consideration
By Gary Ronberg
By Mervin Hyman
People
Baseball
The reasons why the Orioles won
A large share of the credit goes to a scouting report that said flatly, 'The Dodgers can't hit fast balls'
Fishing
If the experiment now being conducted in Colorado proves successful, more rainbows will swim in the melt-off from the snows of yesteryear
Tennis
A bright future for Little Miss Bombshell
Only 5 feet 2 and 18 years old, Rosemary Casals of San Francisco hits the ball so hard and moves around the court with such agility it seems just a matter of time until she takes over as the next queen of tennis
By Kim Chapin
Bridge
Pelé
THE MOST FAMOUS ATHLETE IN THE WORLD
Almost unknown in the U.S., Edson Arantes do Nascimento—nicknamed Pelé—is the idol of soccer-playing nations and a demigod in Brazil where he earns half a million dollars a year
By Pete Axthelm
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