January 13, 1969 Table Of Contents
Hobart
Whales, gales and waterspouts were some of the hazards that threatened SI's yachting writer when he sailed through the Roaring Forties aboard the top boat in Australia's wildest race
By Hugh D. Whall
The Bowls
Ohio State's Buckeyes came from 10 points behind to win the Rose Bowl and the national championship with a crushing display of excellence that kept USC's offense in hand and its defense dismayed
By Dan Jenkins
12 x 4 = 48 JAYHAWKS ON FOUR PLAYS
Penn State defeated Kansas in a tumultuous Orange Bowl game that saw losers use a 12-man team again and again and again
Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, wheeler-dealer Louis Puro did a stately pleasure dome decree. Its name is El Conquistador, and so far Puro has spent $30 million to make it the most beautiful, wonderful, fantastic hotel in the world
Super Bowl
If the New York Jets have any hope of penetrating the rugged Baltimore Colt defense in the Super Bowl, Joe Namath must succeed with passes to receivers like Don Maynard
By Tex Maule
People
Track & Field
A three-way sprint to professional track
As soon as the Olympic Games were over, rival Los Angeles promoters began signing America's best track men, much to the chagrin of the amateur establishment. Now, four athletes have yet a third group going
By William F. Reed Jr.
College Basketball
Gabriel and Owensboro blow their horns
The Kentucky town has a remarkable motor inn, Kentucky Wesleyan and budding civic pride. Unbeaten in 29 games, the Panthers ventured 35 miles away to Evansville and—horrors—lost, but they will be back
Basketball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
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