April 8, 1968 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
Or how to go around the world in a thousand days on a penny-farthing
By Mary Evans
Shopwalk
Want to buy, sell or trade a boat? ABI's computer tells you how to go about it
Guess-Again Derby
Every week the cast of leading characters for Churchill Downs changes. The results of last weekend's major preps in California and Florida added a few new candidates, while still others lurk in the wings
A COUNTRY BOY UPSTAGES THE ELEPHANTS
Indiana Wins
The Hoosiers threatened often enough in the past, but not until last week did they take an NCAA swimming title. The key to victory was a superb backstroker named Charlie Hickcox
By Tom C. Brody
Stanley Cup
As Stanley Cup hockey begins, Los Angeles' brash new Kings, led by money Goalie Terry Sawchuk, have this silly idea that they might win the cup itself. For that matter, so do Boston's angry Bruins
By Pete Axthelm
The Masters
NEW CHALLENGERS FOR THE OLD MASTERS
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus will be, as always, the favorites at Augusta next week, but their grip on the tournament is threatened by a fresh wave of contenders
By Dan Jenkins
Coochee's New Tune
Mudcat Grant, the man from Lacoochee, is all smiles now as he moves his act from Minnesota to Los Angeles and prepares for a big year pitching for the Dodgers and hoofing with the Kittens
By Frank Deford
People
Baseball
The military draft and big-league expansion may be specters to some, but to a small group of aging fringe players they are a fountain of youth
By Mark Mulvoy
Tennis
Goodbye Billie Jean, with love from Nancy
After a distinguished amateur career, Billie Jean King decided to turn professional, but not before a rare meeting with her longtime rival, Nancy Richey, whose going-away present to her was a remarkable beating
By Kim Chapin
Boxing
Raul Rojas, a tough, slugging featherweight, survived a ballooning right eye to lay claim to a flashy belt and a WBA-type world title
By Gary Ronberg
Bridge
The verdict is nix on the negative double
Top End
Civilization abruptly stops at Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. There the bush takes over, and dirt tracks wander through a rough land abounding in beauty for the explorer and game for the hunter and fisherman
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