April 29, 1968 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
John de Graff is publisher by special appointment (his own) to all sailors
By Hugh D. Whall
Yesterday
When the Prisoner Sang the St. Louis Blues
The movies were right about those trick questions in the POW camps, but they weren't always right about the answers
Knockdown
The American League race is taking off right where it stopped last season—with a murderous difference. For every homer hit at least two men hit the dust as Detroit, Boston and Minnesota battle for the lead
By Mark Mulvoy
Two Seconds
The Celtics' astonishing victory over Philadelphia put them in pro basketball's championship round with the Los Angeles Lakers, who also were the runners-up in their division
By Frank Deford
The Russians were happy and the Africans were overjoyed when Avery Brundage and the board of the International Olympic Committee decided they would rather not ask South Africa to Mexico City after all
By Tex Maule
Service Football
Two years ago this month Army football faced a dark night of despair, but then daylight came as Tom Cahill proved that service academies may be able to build championship teams after all
Racing To Indy
IT'S VUKOVICH AGAINST BETTENHAUSEN —AGAIN
The sons of two of the most famous Indianapolis drivers are racing toward the Speedway, where their fathers died, to test themselves against the memories of yesterday and the realities of now
By Kim Chapin
People
Boating
Spring dose of vitamin D for sailors
By Hugh Whall
Horse Racing
Stepping up in public esteem, Dancer's Image won the Wood the way a classics-bred colt should
Boxing
By Gary Ronberg
Golf
Don January's stomach failed him In Las Vegas, but his victory in the Tournament of Champions and a $30,000 check were a perfect tonic
By Dan Jenkins
Two Lives In One
THE MAN WHO LIVED TWO LIVES IN ONE
Although Zane Grey accomplished more than most men, his years passed too quickly. As it was, he lived two full lives—one for his writing and one for his fishing—and he was extraordinarily successful at both. For years the sale of his books was surpassed only by the Holy Bible and McGuffey Readers, and his earnings allowed him to fish the waters of the world, where he set many records. Today, almost 30 years after his death at age 67, his books still sell and two of his fishing records have never been beaten
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Baseball's Week
By Peter Carry
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Garry Valk