July 28, 1969 Table Of Contents
The New Mets
THE NEW METS GO BUMP IN THE LIGHT OF DAY
They began the season just like the old Mets. But last week they outscrapped the Cubs, head to head and toe to toe, in sunny Wrigley Field to prove themselves amazin' in fact instead of in jest
By Mark Mulvoy
TO BE A GOOD JOE, IT TAKES A HARD SELL
Joe Namath ended his retirement, agreeing to sell his interest in his bar and to choose his friends more wisely
By Gary Ronberg
Redskins
WE'RE GOING TO WIN—YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT
As Vince Lombardi shouts his war cry, no Redskin dances with more enthusiasm than Sonny Jurgensen
For Dear Life
Dr. Denton Cooley, who would rather save a heart than transplant one, blows the starter's whistle as famous fatty Judge Roy Hofheinz gets set to race Houston Mayor Louie Welch in the Astrodome at 6 a.m. Some 10 million Americans—including the author—jog regularly for fun and fitness
By Tex Maule
Land Of Light
The legends of Nuristan and the Hindu Kush mountains are as tall and as numerous as the peaks themselves. Last summer a party of American amateurs wrote a new chapter by putting the whole team on 20,300-foot Koh-i-Tundi
Track
This Coliseum could have used lions
Upsets were few as the U.S. beat Russia and the Commonwealth
Harness Racing
By William F. Reed Jr.
Baseball
On the verge of baseball bankruptcy, Minor League Owner Matt Boykin decided to think little, and has been enjoying a profit ever since
By Peter Carry
Le Grand Charles
By Pat Ryan
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 Garry Valk