10/5/1964 Sports Illustrated Tokyo Summer Olympics Magazine

Description: This 10/5/1964 Sports Illustrated Tokyo Summer Olympics Magazine is the exact item you will receive and has been certified Authentic by REM Fine Collectibles. The United States competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 346 competitors, 267 men and 79 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports. For the first time, the Olympic Games were hosted in an Asian country. The Games were beautifully run and the minor boycott had minimal effect. In athletics, Billy Mills of the United States pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history when he won the 10,000 metre run. Prior to the Olympic Trials he was only a longshot to make the United States’ team. At Tokyo, USA hopes rested on the slim shoulders of tiny Gerry Lindgren in that event, but a few days before the race, Lindgren sprained his ankle and was not at his best. However, Mills lowered his personal best by over 45 seconds to win the gold medal in a wild sprint finish from Australia’s Ron Clarke and Tunisia’s Mohamad Gammoudi. The most decorated hero of the Games was swimmer Don Schollander who won four gold medals in men’s swimming. Schollander could have won a fifth gold medal but he was mercifully left off the medley relay team by US coaches, although he was America’s fastest freestyler. The Japanese were gracious hosts but they were helped in their own efforts by two new Olympic sports: judo and volleyball. In volleyball the Japanese women, coached by the martinet-like Hirofumi Daimatsu, were easily victorious. In judo, the Japanese won three of the four gold medals. But the one they lost, in the open class to the Netherland’s Anton Geesink, was a crushing blow to the hosts. Al Oerter won his third consecutive discus title, despite a disc injury in his neck, and torn rib cartilage sustained only the week before the discus throw. And in rowing, the Soviet’s Vyacheslav Ivanov also won his third consecutive title, in the single sculls. POINT OF FACTA fast quiz on the summer Olympic Games for fans with an eye on Tokyo and maybe another eye on historyBy Peter Carry ST. PETERSt. Peter at Second, the Rest in Left FieldBy Bill Bryan RED SURGETHE BIG RED SURGECincinnati made a dramatic move, and the National League went into its most nerve-twanging final week in 24 years. There had been a race in the other league, but the Yankees fixed thatBy William Leggett FAILURE OF A WINNING FORMULAThe U.S. had a plan for defending the Davis Cup: give Roy Emerson his two singles matches and win the rest. But Australia's Fred Stolle beat Dennis Ralston and started the cup on its return trip down underBy Frank Deford BUFFALO STANDS FOR THE BILLSEven the standing-room tickets were sold out in War Memorial Stadium as a record Buffalo crowd of 40,167 saw the Bills win their third straight game by mauling the Chargers, last year's AFL championsBy Edwin Shrake OLYMPICSTHE TOKYO GAMESBeset by conflicting ideals and moved by a variety of sharply defined emotions, the world's finest amateur athletes gather for the Orient's first Olympiad—and the largest one yetBy John Underwood FROM FARAWAY PLACESTHE FASTEST IS FASTERBy Gilbert RoginTHE FAVORITES IN TOKYO 1964 PEOPLE COLLEGE FOOTBALLA 'Stitch' in time is the Army's best weaponAfter two games West Point's Rollie Stichweh is outshining Roger Staubach and a lot of other quarterbacks. Although used sparingly, his gunshot passes and roll-out runs have been neat and gainfulBy Dan Jenkins FOOTBALL'S WEEKBy Mervin Hyman FISHINGA pretty kettle of dyed baitfishLargemouth bass see red better than other colors. They love minnows, but minnows are drab. What to do? Dye them red to catch more bass.By Robert H. Boyle MOTOR SPORTSShowdown at Watkins GlenThree men are in a dramatically close race for the world driving championship. The deadlock could be broken in Sunday's U.S. Grand PrixBy Bob Ottum PRO FOOTBALLA college star with a slow fuse ignites the fireproof Rams.Most rookie quarterbacks have to sit out their early pro years, but Bill Munson moved right in—and began moving a long-stalled teamBy Tex Maule HARNESS RACINGVicar won on three legsGimpy all year, a courageous colt vindicated his superior lineageBy Pat Ryan BASEBALL'S WEEKBy Peter Carry FOR THE RECORDA roundup of the sports information of the weekACKNOWLEDGMENTS FACES IN THE CROWD 19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER DEPARTMENTSLETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERBy Sidney L. James SCORECARD

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