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The article focuses on Hidden Valley Downs, a bush racetrack in Kansas which was owned and developed by Bill Rowland. It states that horsemen can race at Hidden Valley Downs without being restricted by rules and regulations from state commissions. Rowland developed the place by digging six ponds, creating riding trails, and establishing a homemade zoo for the kids. He also bought saddle horses and placed whitewashed benches under the trees. Directions on how to get there are also provided.

The article features the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, known for its players' jollity and team spirit. The Dodgers are considered the postwar's most successful franchise in National League history. Also described is the 1966 pennant race against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California which was watched by a record-breaking audience of 54,993 fans.

The article focuses on the Tour de France, the bicycle race that takes place in France every year. The race calls for a 164-mile stage from Chamonix to St.-Etienne. After following the Tour from beginning to end, the author concludes that the event is not just a sports event but is also a social, patriotic, political and semi-religious gathering. In the 1966 Tour, Lucien Aimar won the event while Dutchman Jan Janssen placed second.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of covering the appearance of Jgen May at the Olympischer Tag, a track meet that features runners and jumpers and throwers from different countries, in East Berlin, Germany.

The article focuses on 19-year-old runner Jim Ryun of Kansas. According to the author, Ryun's goal is not to break Michel Jazy's world record of 3:53:6 but he is out to fracture the mythical 3:50 mile. His coach, Bob Timmons, says Ryun hates any talk of records or goals because for him goals are very private things. He was born James Ronald Ryun and his home city is Wichita. When he was a young boy, he almost died of peritonitis.

The article profiles Alma Kunz, a man known for his skill in trout fishing in Idaho. He has attracted the interest of top American businessmen to come to Driggs Village and fish with him at Teton River. His neighbors believe that he is able to see where the trout is. He is patient in teaching others how to catch the fish by dry fly properly, which to him is better than using a bait.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author discusses his experiences of introducing himself and his young children to the joys of skiing at Garmisch in Bavaria, Germany.

An interview with Sandy Koufax, "Sports Illustrated" magazine's Sportsman of the Year, is presented. When asked about the difference between the way he manage his life and the way anybody else would manage his, he says that there is nothing different. Koufax agrees with his reputation of being hard on himself. He believes that when people make mistakes, they cannot just slough them and forget them.

The article reports on Arthur Arfons' land speed performance at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Arfons rode his Green Monster jet-powered car and broke the land speed record previously held by his brother Walter. He was sponsored by Firestone when he clocked 536.71 and set a new world record, while brother Walter was supported by Goodyear during the time he first broke the world record. Arthur's record was later broken by Craig Breedlove.

The article focuses on the precarious domain of car racers and brothers Walter and Arthur Arfons. The brothers have both held the world land-speed record. According to a close friend, Arthur began as a junk operator and has no interest in anything that he has not worked up with his own hands. Walter signed commercial sponsorship with Goodyear while Arthur signed with Firestone.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of fishing with locals and other foreigners on the island of Berlenga near Peniche, Portugal.

The article features Cleveland Brown quarterback Frank Beale Ryan. He is known for his knowledge about mathematics including geometric function theory in addition to his knowledge about football. According to Ryan, he never played any sport well as a child due to his lack of speed and coordination. His peer Gino Marchetti commends the improvement in performance and confidence of Ryan.

The article features Charles Ritz, the only living son of Cesar Ritz, founder of the Hotel Ritz in Paris, France. The Charles is chairman of the board of the hotel and is an expert winetaster and a student of foods. Charles also do various activities such as being a designer, a writer, and even a sergeant major in the U.S. Army during World War I. Charles is also interested in trout fishing or fly casting.

The article features John Mort Green, a successful U.S. bettor in Great Britain whose nickname is the Butterfly. It says that Green lives entirely by gambling, who goes racing six or even seven days every week. Green has chosen to live in Great Britain because gambling on horses in this country is entirely untaxed. It discusses the comparison between betting in the U.S. and betting in England. Information on how the peculiar nature of English racing has helped Green become a successful gambler is also presented.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of yachting with his children in the San Juan Islands of Washington and British Columbia.

The article reveals the popularity of major league hockey with 94.5% of its rated seating capacity being sold out during the 1965 season. It says that season tickets in Canada's Montreal and Toronto are sold out ten years in advance, especially for games between league champions Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. It reveals the talks about expanding the league by having a second National Hockey League division of six more teams but members of the original 6 teams refuse to accede unless the plan does not jeopardize their present status.

The article features Jai Alai pelota Francisco Maria Churruca Iriondo Azpiazu Alcorta. Churruca travels back and forth from Miami, Florida and Motrico, a Basque fishing village near the Franco-Spanish border. He recalled that he started playing the sport as a kid, when he played bare footed so that he won't be able to damage his shoe as his father does not know he plays Jai Alai. He said that unlike other players, he does not play with an angry mindset which may be caused by the way he was brought up in Motrico.

The article focuses on Greentree, one of the last privately owned society stables where racehorses are trained and developed. Greentree's winter quarters is located in Aiken, South Carolina and is being manned by foreman Francis "Pickles" Hertzfeld whose boss is John M. Gaver, the stable's head trainer for 25 years. Most racing thoroughbreds are kept at Aiken where they are trained and retrained for the new racing season in New York and Maryland. Gaver has won some important races including the Kentucky Derby.

The article reports that 19-year-old apprentice jockey Mike Venezia will ride for Greentree Stables at Hialeah, Florida. According to the article, Venezia had a total of 192 wins and a successful opening season in New York. He finished the 1964 season with six firsts and three seconds on one day at Aqueduct. His winnings brought him a total of 95,000 U.S. dollars

The article discusses the highlights of a Big Five college basketball match between the Villanova Wildcats and La Salle Explorers at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1965. The Big Five conference consists of La Salle, Saint Joseph's, Temple, Pennsylvania and Villanova. It mentions that all games in the conference are audience-participation affairs as demonstrated by their enthusiasm to cheer their team. Villanova has defeated La Salle but the latter's cheerleaders won over Villanova's.

The article provides information on Baja California Sur in Mexico as a destination for sports-minded tourists. The cost of renting a boat and a crew in Baja Sur is 65 dollars. A hotel at El Chileno Bay called Hotel Cabo San Lucas was built by former rancher and businessman W. Matt Parr as his permanent home. It says that the only place in the world that is home to treasure hustlers is San José del Cabo.

The article features car racer John Mecom. Mecom has successfully built the best racing cars in the U.S. and is planning to convert his family ranch in Texas into a land-based Noah's Ark filled with African wildlife. Mecom's interest in speed racing started 10 years ago using his own Chevrolet Corvette. A brief description of Mecom's personal and career highlights in sports racing is presented.

The article looks at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese media and news outlets including the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri and Asahi Evening News expressed positive reactions for Japan hosting the international sports event. Athletes from competing countries including the U.S., Soviet Union, and Romania expressed their positive reception towards the hospitality of the Olympic staff and the appreciation from the Japanese sports fans.

The article features Flatonia, Texas-based cattleman Earl Needham, who is also a wolf hunter. It presents the wolf specie called red wolf or Canis niger, which can be found in several U.S. states, including Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. The specie is a favorite for wolf hunters like Needham. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Hinton Bridgewater explained how they set up traps to capture the wolves.

The article highlights Kid Galahad Inc. which was organized by Gene Schoor to clean up boxing and develop new heavyweight champions. It cites a syndicate of sportsmen and businessmen who offered to underwrite all expenses of the candidates including a salary of 10,000 U.S. dollars while in training. It indicates how Schoor convinced James J. Beattie to undergo training for the heavy weight champion of the world how he had to contend with the likes of Eddie Machen, Doug Jones and Floyd Patterson for his backers to recover their money in Kid Galahad Inc.

The article features football player Ronnie Bull, who was drafted by the Chicago Bears from Baylor University in Texas. Bull is compared to other Bears running backs including Bronko Nagurski, Ray Nolting and George McAfee. Bull was the 1962 Rookie of the Year. According to Bears offensive coach Luke Johnsos, the position of the running back has evolved and that players should adopt new skills to compete.

The article features Anticosti Island in Canada as the best spot for deer hunting. It provides a historical background of the island, its early explorers and inhabitants, and developments effected by French businessman Henri Menier in the 1890's including the importation of deer and other animals. It explains why the deer thrived and increased exponentially, and how the island was formed during prehistoric times. The author's experience of beach stalk is described and information on traveling, lodging, and hunting requirements there are included.

The article offers information on the wahoo, described by the author as the thinking man's fish. Found in nearly all warmwater oceans, the wahoo is fond of Bermuda due to its location which is in the middle of a vast stretch of water. The author describes the wahoo as pelagic like the marlin and the tuna. The wahoo's colors include black, bluesteel, greenish yellow, silver, and blue-gray. One fisherman made a conclusion about the intelligence of the wahoo which associates a hook with trouble or something unpleasant.

The article presents the middleweight boxing championship match between Dick Tiger from Ibo tribe of Nigeria and Gene Fullmer from Utah held at the Liberty stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria. The fight had Tiger in complete control from the start of the first round up to the end of the seventh when Fullmer's manager, Marv Jenson surrendered. It cites Chief Johnson as responsible for bringing the match to Nigeria. Tiger's victory established his superiority as kingpin of the middleweights and was celebrated with postfight victory parties.

The article focuses on baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax. Koufax holds the National Baseball League record for the most strikeouts in a baseball season, for most strikeouts per nine innings pitched, and for most strikeouts in a single game. He likes musical comedies and reads a book by Louis Nizer. According to him, the most satisfying aspect of playing baseball for him is not the public adulation but the fact that he is excited about playing the sport.

This article presents several jokes about sports such as baseball, golf and football.

The article presents information on the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina and Virginia, and its condition as of November 1962. The swamp was used by author Harriet Beecher Stowe as a setting of her book "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp." The plans of converting the swamp into a farmland began during the administration of former U.S. President George Washington.

The article features Jack Hurley, a fight manager, fight promoter and public relations genius. After giving up a career as a boxer, Hurley started promoting fights in his home town of Fargo, North Dakota during his early 20s and later developed fighters and ran a gym. To promote a fight, Hurley developed gimmicks such as the developing boo fighters, or the prototype of wresting phonies who play the villain's role. Aside from boxer Harry Matthews, Hurley had also managed Russie Leroy, Billy Petrolle and Vince Foster.

The article reports that the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has banned Indiana University from participating in NCAA games and in television programs controlled by the NCAA for allegedly violating player recruitment rules. According to the author, the punishment will result in the university losing an estimated 75,000 U.S. dollars per year. He adds that such violations are also being committed by other universities but Indiana was punished because it got caught.

A biography of sports broadcaster Christopher Eugene Schenkel is presented. He has covered various sporting events such as the Indianapolis 500 car race, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football, National Basketball Association (NBA) games, and the Olympics for American Broadcasting Co. (ABC). He talks about what he likes about living in Indiana and why he would never go back to live in New York City. He describes what it was like to grow up in the Indiana village of Bippus in Huntington County.

The article highlights the Reno National Championship Air Races which took place in Reno, Nevada in 1972. It states that the event is for propeller air craft only, begun in 1949 and ended in 1964 due to the number of fatalities it incurred among pilots and spectators alike. The races were revived by Stanley Brown, a lawyer and racing enthusiast, at an old air base just outside Reno. The winner of the 1972 event was Gunther Balz.