February 24, 1969 Table Of Contents
The Furious Four
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston are tearing up the megalopolis with the tightest and most exciting race in pro basketball history. The stakes are as high as $10,000 per player for the ultimate winner
By Joe Jares
One would think that getting Vince Lombardi would be enough excitement, but last week Washington, D.C. learned that Ted Williams—terrible, wonderful Ted Williams—would be managing the Senators
Kruckenhauser
AN INFALLIBLE REVELATION BY THE POPE OF SKIING
First he taught the world to wiggle on skis—but now Professor Kruckenhauser has discovered a better way: go wide-stance and whoop it up like all the kids do
By Bob Ottum
Tarpon
The Life and Death of a Tarpon
Down The Heathen
That is the cry at Sewanee, where Southern gentlemen and Coach Lon Varnell sometimes even win a game
People
Hockey
Frank Mahovlich rolls right along with Rolls-Royce Gordie Howe and Land Rover Alex Delvecchio to make up the best front line on the ice
By Gary Ronberg
Bridge
He Gets To Shoot
An up-from-the-streets millionaire, Wes Pavalon once had to fight—and even steal—to survive. Part of the energy that made him the world's richest schoolteacher is now being devoted to an NBA team, a plan to get Alcindor and big sport for Milwaukee
By Pat Putnam
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