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July 8, 1968 Table Of Contents

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Non-Trials

THE NON-TRIAL TRIALS

The quadrennial U.S. Olympic trials, once the severest test in track and field, turned out to be a rather casual meet in which losers did not necessarily lose and not even winners definitely won

By John Underwood

Bermuda

BERMUDA-BOUND MINUS BRENDA

Because of a fierce storm whipping the Atlantic, this year's entries had to wait a full 24 hours before lining up for their start off Brenton Reef, but once the race got going it was the easiest Bermuda ever

By Hugh Whall

Harness Racing

The Amazon is hack for a trotting title

Powerful Roquépine, defending her International crown, is the pride of 300 years of French breeding

By Pat Ryan

College Football

Wobbly way to The Great One's great day

In adversity, Gary Beban's acquired nickname was becoming a misnomer. To compound matters, his passes in practice fluttered like dying ducks. But at Atlanta he was the All-America of UCLA days and then some

By Gary Ronberg

Rufus

The Strange Voyage of Rufus P. Houseboat

The Strange Voyage of Rufus P. Houseboat on which a party of suburban freebooters sacked the southern Bahamas, steering bravely among deadly bonefish, brainy shoals and ice-cold martinis

By Bob Ottum

Baseball's Week

BASEBALL'S WEEK

By Peter Carry

For The Record

A roundup of the sports information of the week

FACES IN THE CROWD

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Garry Valk

SCORECARD

CREDITS