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August 19, 1968 Table Of Contents
A Big Lift
On August weekends in Los Angeles some people try to get out of town, but last Saturday night 64,020 mad dogs defied the heat and careened over the freeways to watch the Rams win a thriller by blocking a punt (above) for a safety—a play that could mean more than just a preseason victory
OLYMPIC STRIDE DOWN THAT COMEBACK TRAIL
It wasn't his fastest mile, but it was fast enough to win and convince world-record runner Jim Ryun that he has mended from mononucleosis and will not miss his long-planned trip to Mexico
By Roy Blount Jr.
Flood And Deluge
NOT JUST A FLOOD, BUT A DELUGE
The Cardinals' top hitter is the best centerfielder in the league, but he is only one vital member of a great, happy team
Sailor
International competition in each of six classes, four Olympic gold medals and eight world championships in 20 years of racing make Paul Elvstrom of Denmark (right) the world's greatest helmsman
People
Hunting Dogs
Summer schooling on the Canadian prairies
Harness Racing
A wave at Pride, a race for second
By Pat Putnam
Golf
That is Peggy Harmon, the 17-year-old who won last week's junior girls' tournament when she wasn't busy reading or discussing politics
Horse Racing
At Saratoga and Keeneland the bidding for yearlings set all kinds of records, but the first crop of Sea-Birds brought the wildest prices
Marshmallow Foot
'You can do it, easy,' lead-foot Mickey Thompson promised. But his dizzy co-driver got lost on the Salt Flats trying to set world speed records, and all he got was his name on the car door
By Bob Ottum
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
By Garry Valk
