March 25, 1968 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
High motorbike fashion is horsehide cut to fit the way it fits the horse himself
Yesterday
An Alligator Named Barney and an Angry Croc
Alligators are alligators and crocodiles are crocodiles and mostly the two don't meet. But today the sponge fishermen of Florida still recall a bloody battle fought in the Keys 70 years ago
America At Last
As the World Cup tour came to Aspen, Billy Kidd defeated that French guy and Canada's Nancy Greene swept the girls off the slope during the best weekend in memory for North American skiing
By Dan Jenkins
NCAA Cast
A SLEEPER SNEAKS INTO THE NCAA CAST
Duplicating last season's act by another long shot from Ohio, the Buckeyes join UCLA, Houston and Carolina in the final round. Now all games in Los Angeles are hard to predict, a fine way to end things
By Joe Jares
The Mighty Burner
BIG BLAZE IN THE MIGHTY BURNER
Sophomore quarter-miler Larry James set a new indoor world record and anchored his mile-relay team to victory as Villanova won a surprisingly easy NCAA championship from favored Southern California
By Pete Axthelm
Old Man River
At 48, Julius Boros just keeps rolling along, winning tournaments and picking up big money with a relaxed, unflappable style that provides a happy contrast to most of the touring pros. On page 46 Boros discusses his attitude toward the game and offers some suggestions that should help you
By Julius Boros
People
Horse Racing
A barnful of 3-year-olds developing with a rush stirs the hopes of Californians that they have now seen another Churchill Downs winner
Hockey
A young brain builds a winner in St. Louis
Hockey's Blues have risen from last place to hot contention with a new coach who had faith in a star-to-be
By Gary Ronberg
Boating
'Why waste winters up North,' say the founders of Sailing Symposiums, Inc., 'when you could be in the Bahamas learning how to win races?'
Dick Francis
Dick Francis was riding the Queen Mother's horse, Devon Loch, in the 1956 Grand National before 250,000 people. He had the race won when suddenly Devon Loch lunged, slid and stopped. To this day no one has found out what happened or why. The key character in this baffling enigma, Francis has himself become the author of suspense novels with horse-racing backgrounds, all six of them reflecting his remarkable narrative skill
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