September 16, 1968 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
Some atomic scientists got together and went happily back to the bow and arrow
By Arch Napier
Yesterday
A 19th century Scotsman named John Macgregor turned the workaday craft of the Indians into a boat for the sportsman
By Mary Evans
Booktalk
A guide for the hiker in England maps out the pleasant scenery between pubs
Forest Hills
The first U.S. Open Tennis Championships at Forest Hills were disastrous for the professionals, but for the winner, America's Arthur Ashe, they proved that he has finally become one of the world's best players
By Kim Chapin
Two weeks ago Leo Fraser, secretary of the PGA, added to the friction between his organization and the touring pros by making a bitter personal assault on the author. What follows is a reply to those charges
A Race to Keep the Title Out of Bed
In This Corner
'AND IN THIS CORNER...NCR 315'
The question is not so much what promotion maestro Murry Woroner started when he turned computerized boxers into the best-selling radio show in years, but rather: where is it all going to end?
Pro Football 1968
By Tex Maule
The Cowboys will be hard to beat, with a close race for second between the Giants, Redskins and Eagles
By Tex Maule
The Browns should win almost by default, but the Steelers could be the best long-shot bet in the entire NFL
By Tex Maule
Improvement among the Lions, Bears and Vikings should make things tougher for the Packers, but not much
By Tex Maule
The Rams and Colts will put on another high-level, one-two battle, with the 49ers a respectable third
By Tex Maule
The Raiders are again the class of the West, but the ever-dangerous Chiefs could make a good run for it
By Tex Maule
The Oilers finished fast to win last year but this year should pull away at the start from the Jets and Bills
By Tex Maule
People
Boxing
Jimmy Ellis, the man nobody believes in, fights Floyd Patterson, the man everyone thinks is through, the winner's prize being a new image
By Mark Kram
Design For Sport
A freewheeling house with a built-in motion
Richard Foster may seem eccentric—spending a fortune just to have a house that twirls in the Connecticut countryside. But spinning off his prototype are some revolutionary ideas for leisure houses in a crowded land
Swimming
In a smashing show—a record-smashing show—at the Olympic trials, America's swimmers radiated an extravagant potential for gold medals
By Bob Ottum
Dandy Don
Don Meredith, the colorful Dallas quarterback, is dedicated to leading his team to the NFL championship and to having a good time at the next party—not necessarily in that order
By Edwin Shrake
Baseball's Week
By Peter Carry
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