April 7, 1969 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Tennis has changed some but a famous champion's advice about it is still valid
By William F. Talbert
Endless Playoff
THE CURSE OF THE ENDLESS PLAYOFF
It has long afflicted pro hockey and basketball. Now it has spread to baseball and the contagion is about to infect pro football. The writer, who is known for his firm opinions, says it's all wrong
By Tex Maule
Two-Horse Derby
As Majestic Prince and Top Knight ran away from their rivals in California and Florida, the prospect of a virtual match race at Churchill Downs in May became likely. And it could be a corker, between powerful, well-bred chestnuts
A SHARP KID FROM THE EQUINE ACADEMY
By M. R. Werner
Conigliaro
NOW PLAYING IN RIGHT FIELD....
A year and a half after the beaning that nearly cost him the vision in his left eye, Boston's Tony Conigliaro has his old job back, having overcome medical opinions and stiff competition from his brother
By Mark Mulvoy
Augusta 1969
The history of our most lustrous tournament is studded with memorable moments, and Bert Yancey (right), who has made a victory at Augusta his private mission, is determined to have his own. Whether he can match the ones shown on succeeding pages will be settled next week
By Mark Mulvoy
The Masters
A DOUBLE EAGLE STARTED THE FIREWORKS
Impossible successes and improbable failures have become a part of the Masters' tradition. Artist Francis Golden re-creates a few of the tournament's most famous triumphs and tragedies.
By Dan Jenkins
Red-Hot Blues
AN ICY LOVE-IN WITH THE RED-HOT BLUES
Proud old St. Louis has flipped over its hockey team. Pampered by the owners—who are real sweethearts—and flinging kisses in return, the Blues begin a run at the Stanley Cup
By Gary Ronberg
People
Swimming
They sent the boys to do a man's work
Five Indiana freshmen, including a happy and record-breaking Mark Spitz, helped IU win the NCAAs
By William F. Reed Jr.
Wrestling
Iowa State won the championship while Jess, Jeff and John, a big trio, showed that heavyweights no longer shove their weight around
By Herman Weiskopf
Hockey
Winning the East title, Coach Claude Ruel and the Canadiens did unto Boston in the season's biggest game what the team habitually does unto all
By Gary Ronberg
Torben Ulrich
In the conformist world of tournament tennis, Torben Ulrich is a blithe spirit, a player of fair talent and delightful eccentricities to whom winning and losing mean nothing compared to the ballet of the stroke, the sweet symphony of ball meeting strings
By Mark Kram
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