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July 1, 1968 Table Of Contents

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Rodeo

Earning a Varsity Letter Out West

Dogging and Dancing in Dixie

By Harold Peterson

Golf

Two splashes bring an end to a long reign

The NCAA title went to the University of Florida team (above) in the final round when two players from the University of Houston, which had won 10 times in 12 years, dumped shots into a little, two-week-old pond

By Pat Putnam

Bridge

A familiar finish for the Blues from Italy

This year someone was supposed to beat the famous Blue Team, and the Americans hoped to have the honor. But in the grueling Olympiad at Deauville the best players from 32 countries failed to alter the traditional plot

By Charles Goren

THE BOTTLE AND THE BABE

A white-coated figure in a laboratory bashes a blonde on the head with a piece of lumber. Famous athletic teams rave over a cloudy, lime-green liquid with some strange attributes and an unfamiliar taste. Could these bizarre circumstances possibly have anything in common? Indeed they do, as associates of a somewhat eccentric doctor at the University of Florida are very well aware

By Gilbert Rogin

Baseball's Week

BASEBALL'S WEEK

By Dick Russell

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

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Garry Valk

SCORECARD

DETROIT IS HAVING THAT DREAM AGAIN

If caring makes the difference, the homegrown Tigers—replete with bullpen, defense and starters—should outgame the league

By William Leggett

INQUIRY...

The racetrack sign indicating suspicion of wrongdoing has flashed far too long since the Kentucky Derby. Here, from confidential sources, is a bizarre facet of the mystery

By Whitney Tower

SOME OLD BOYS MAKE A STAND

Heroes of past Olympics tried, with mixed success, to relive earlier triumphs at the AAU championships last week. One oldtimer even made it into the thick of a roaring assault on the 100-meter record

By John Underwood

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