June 9, 1969 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
A lifetime in the stables and the grandstands makes for some happy insanity
By M. R. Werner
Yesterday
The essential gem in the Triple Crown was only a secondhand pebble at the start. Even the horse that finished first was the wrong one
By William F. Reed Jr.
La Dolce Indy
The 500 was a scene of triumph Italian style as Mario Andretti won at a record speed in a car he had sold to flamboyant Andy Granatelli—and thus removed the notorious hex that had plagued both men at Indianapolis
By Kim Chapin
INTO COMBAT WITH STICKS, FOR MORE THAN A TITLE
Every Army-Navy match is a miniwar, but the Cadet lacrossemen had never forgotten the ultimate humiliation they were forced to endure following The Great Drubbing of 1965
By Patrick F. Putnam
Heroes
Did you think O.J. Simpson (left) was greedy last week when he asked for a $650,000 contract from the Buffalo Bills? The author of this highly personal and provocative story thinks athletes with the Simpson charisma are underpaid
By Frank Deford
U.S. Open
U.S. Opens are often held in old clubs that look like castles and are as much fun as a bank, but this year's tournament at Champions in Houston promises to provide a swinging atmosphere
By Dan Jenkins
POINTILLIST VIEW OF HOUSTON'S CHAMPIONS
John Carlos
But what John Carlos thinks is right keeps changing. Today he acts the clown at the track meets he dominates. Last year he was both vilified and lionized for his Olympics Black Power gesture
People
Sporting Look
A touch of fancy footwork to step up the old game
By Ruth Lieder
Baseball
After a terrible start the Astros are moving up fast, thanks mainly to the hitting of minibrute Jim Wynn, the major leagues' tiniest slugger
By Mark Mulvoy
Bridge
Superstitious players—is there another kind?—try to guess which are the good seats at the table. This deal would drive them crazy
Horse Racing
Susi Queue
Two men and a girl did their devilish best for the U.S. in the Great Transatlantic Air Race, and while there was fun for all, the money went to Susi Scribner
By Bob Ottum
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Baseball's Week
By Peter Carry
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Gary Valk