Athletes
Table of Contents
Feb. 17, 1969
- By Mary Evans
There was never any particular reason why horses should learn to fly; it just seemed like a good idea so many times
- By William F. Reed Jr.
The longest horse race in history, the 1968 Kentucky Derby, gallops along as the main issue in the scandal continues to be quietly ignored. Elsewhere, a likely 1969 winner pops up and a lady jockey has her debut
Bowie Kuhn, the new commissioner of baseball, has all the expected qualities of leadership. But it comes as a surprise to discover that he knows baseball and that he and his family love the game
- By Dan Jenkins
Golf's established stars—particularly Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper—are a long way from over the hill, but their position at the top is menaced by a group of kids to whom a 525,000 putt means nothing
La Salle, led by Philadelphia's practicing legend, Tom Gola, trounced Villanova to become the East's leading team. But the Explorers are on probation and the season ends at West Chester
- By Robert F. Jones
A winter fox hunt in Minnesota has one thing in common with the British variety—a fox. In the cold snowy country an airplane is the hound pack and a snowmobile the horse
Comes March and most of Iowa is in a frenzy oven the state high school basketball finals—for girls. The young women pack the house in the capital city with their furious play, then depart as the boys take oven—before fewer fans.
- By Pat Ryan
These are the days when grooms look at untrained colts and see Hambletonian winners. Nowhere does hope soar higher than along the shedrow of Joe O'Brien's farm in California
- By Gwilym S. Brown
You don't have to be a cowboy to ride ski bobs, the new winter sports craze, but in the Swiss world championships it might have been an asset
Jim Ryun is alive but married, and rival runners see a gleam of hope
- By Frank Deford
For last week's first indoor open in Philadelphia, Marilyn and Ed Fernberger were promoters, cheerleaders, den parents and hosts