April 14, 1969 Table Of Contents
Yesterday/Company E
Fond du Lac's motley collection of scrubs was no match for the proud champions from Yale. So how come they won?
Comebacks
After a decade of glory, the Boston veterans were the poorest qualifiers in the Eastern Division playoffs, but they drew strength from a proud tradition and won the right to meet New York in the semifinal round
By Frank Deford
RESCUED FROM DISASTER BY THE HARD-TO-LOVE GIANT
By Tex Maule
A POLITE NO FROM ARNIE AND JACK
How were Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus getting ready for the Masters last week? By skipping the Greensboro Open, even though first money was $32,000, as Gene Littler will happily testify
Brower Power
BROWER POWER AWAITS THE VERDICT
For more than a decade the Sierra Club, under Executive Director David Brower (right), has spearheaded conservation forces in many winning battles. Now Brower's job is on the line in an election fight between go-slow club members and his own go-for-broke adherents
Year 101
With a century of pro play behind it, major league baseball in 1969 is expanding again—and in ways that may prove a boon to the game now and in the future. Sensible scheduling, a forceful new commissioner and the examples of two successful expansion tries give promise of an exciting and eventful season as clubs begin Year ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
Scouting Reports
People
Gymnastics
At the finish first is Finnish
Laconic Mauno Nissinen of the University of Washington left them speechless when he won the All-Around title in the NCAA championships
By Dan Levin
Bridge
Horse Racing
Bowling
Breakthrough for the Kiddie Korps at Akron
Oldtimers have been doing surprisingly well on the PBA tour, but in the Firestone tournament, the sport's biggest and richest event, 23-year-old Jim Godman headed a lucrative charge by the "straight ball" generation
By Kim Chapin
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