June 5, 1967 Table Of Contents

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Knuckleballer

The Short, Happy Life of a Knuckle-ball Pitcher

What makes a prodigy of 10 a has-been at 13? Not forgetting how to pitch, just forgetting that others may learn to hit

By Stephen Darst

Booktalk

A frustrated five-minute miler gathers the facts about sub-four-minute miles

By Gwilym S. Brown

Tigers

THOSE BIG TIGER MUSCLES

Al Kaline and his Detroit teammates are swinging away at American League pitching to prove they are the contenders they were expected to be

By William Leggett

A BLOW FOR ESTHETICS

On the grounds that putting styles like those of Snead, Duden and Refram (above) offend tradition and the eye, golf's rulemakers have outlawed bizarre methods that have become popular among the shaky-handed

By Pat Ryan

PLAYING IT THE JAPANESE WAY

Harlan Cohen's idea of fun and games is volleyball played like a banzai charge. That, he reasons, is how the Japanese have become the world's best, and that is what he is teaching our girls' team

By Gary Ronberg

Part 4: The Dodger Story

THE REAL SECRET OF TRADING

The Dodger general manager exposes the detailed negotiating behind the exchange of players and reveals that the successful wheeler-dealer is the one with—well, the best scouts, the best friends, the most luck

By Buzzie Bavasi

Not long ago wild turkeys were so scarce in this country that when a flock was sighted it made news, but today the birds are thriving and so plentiful that some states allow hunters to shoot them in spring and fall

By Virginia Kraft