
February 12, 1968 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
A new paperback from the Sierra Club puts a popular price on priceless beauty
Yesterday
By Myron Cope
Tennis Goes Mod
The new pro tour was up to date in Kansas City last week as John Newcombe dressed in yellow and go-go girls danced on court. Sure, the game still had its problems, but none of them was old age
By Frank Deford
New Quarry
A BRAND NEW JERRY QUARRY WINS THE BIG ONE
The unpredictable Californian trained hard for a change, developed a good left jab and trounced blundering Thad Spencer to earn a shot at the WBA version of the heavyweight title
By Mark Kram
B-Blast
That's B for Basketball, and the whole state is in happy hysteria over the fortunes of the two big teams at Las Cruces and Albuquerque. The chief cause is the presence of pepper-hot coaches at both schools
By Gary Ronberg
Bobby Hull
The mightiest scorer and most electrifying player in hockey today, Bobby Hull (opposite) is the only one with the stature of postwar greats Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard. But he has lost his zest for the game and may soon retire—to farming, his idea of a warrior's heaven
By Pete Axthelm
As Sempé Sees The Olympic Scene
Game Of Hope
No matter where he is—entertaining troops in Vietnam, producing a TV show or playing host at his own tournament—Bob Hope usually has a driver in hand and a line to the nearest tee
People
Basketball
Collision on the new Underground Railroad
Bob Presley came to California from Detroit via a secret transportation system that moves Negro athletes out of ghettos and into colleges around the country. For good or ill, it led to the wreck at Berkeley
Travel
Sea change for a fine Mediterranean dish
A Caribbean cruise aboard the ketch 'Eudroma' is a surprise package, with floodlit parties and adventurous meals put together by the young owners, who spear their own fish and make bouillabaisse on desert islands
Motor Sports
Achtung! Achtung! The Porsches are coming!
In sweeping the Daytona 24-hour race some rugged German sports cars demonstrated that they are the threats of the year in the altered game of endurance racing. With the big cars of 1967 ruled out, the cry is:
By Kim Chapin
Old Lion
Kenya's most famous white hunter, Harry Selby, has emigrated to Botswana. On safari there he explains the move, takes stock of his future and watches an SI writer shoot the tail off an impala
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Garry Valk