August 26, 1968 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
First Perfect Game in the Major Leagues
The record books call him John Lee Richmond of Brown University—but the name might easily have been Merriwell when he took time off from class to pitch for Worcester against Cleveland
By John Hanlon
Shopwalk
Hey, Paunchy! No need to run around the reservoir. Exer-Genie will do it
By Dan Levin
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Behind every pitcher hurling a shutout game in this season of the vanishing hitters are plenty who threw too hard too early in their careers. A majority are now out of baseball or recuperating in its boondocks
By Mark Mulvoy
Rod Laver
OPEN SEASON FOR A TEST OF TIME
Rod Laver is threatening to make victory in open tennis his own closed shop. He so excels the field that he soon may not have any competition but the memory of past immortals
By Kim Chapin
Frank Lane
WOULD YOU TRADE WITH THIS MAN?
The biggest wheeler dealer baseball ever saw was Frank Lane, who is now an Orioles scout. He no longer swaps managers and superstars, but remains steeped in controversy
By Mark Kram
People
Bridge
Three double takes on a Spingold slam
Tennis
By Kim Chapin
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