March 31, 1969 Table Of Contents
Footloose
If you like hockey, basketball and fierce fighting fans, go out to Commack, L.I.
By Dan Levin
Yesterday
Wrigley money prompted the first midwinter Catalina-mainland swim
Flourish Of Trumpets
REPRIEVE—AND AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT FINALE
By Joe Jares
THE WEEK HE FINALLY GOT RID OF THE YOKE
BRIGHT GIRLS IN A SMOTHER OF FOG
In the final race of the season American girls triumphed, but their success was clouded by new U.S. Ski Association policies
By Bob Ottum
Drinking relaxes Paul Haber, and he likes to relax before an important handball match. On the eve of the four-wall final he followed his usual barroom routine and got everyone in the sport mad at him again
By Pat Putnam
POEM OF A RUN BY FORD AND FERRARI
After playing it cool in practice for Sebring, a Ford GT-40 driven by a Belgian and an Englishman nipped the resurgent Italians by a single record-breaking lap
By Robert F. Jones
Big Zinger
Johnny Bench is a small-town boy, but there is nothing small-time about his arm or his hitting or his confidence. Only 21, he fully expects to become baseball's first $100,000 catcher
By Roy Blount Jr.
The Old Boys
By Gary Ronberg
Marlin Lover
A compassionate entrepreneur fights gringo bloodlust in an effort to save sport fishing in the Sea of Cortez
By Robert F. Jones
People
College Basketball
Vintage Litwack spoiled the grand exit
The crowd had come to see Coach Bob Cousy retire a winner, but a typical Temple cast of leftovers and hand-me-downs proved too strong for battered Boston College as the Owls from Philadelphia took the NIT
By William F. Reed Jr.
Horse Racing
Politics in the saddle at Utopia Downs
As state governors continue to select senior racetrack officials for the wrong reasons, inexperience among their appointees plagues the sport
Bridge
Bidding like a Roman Blue with Benito
The Years
When Charlie Sifford won himself a big victory in Los Angeles he capped a 20-year struggle to succeed at what had always been a white man's game. Now he is on top, but the time spent climbing is lost forever
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