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...land him, the Vikings had to outbid half a dozen other teams. Unbelievably, VanderKelen was a free agent, ignored in December's pro draft by everybody except the American Football League's no-account New York Titans (who chose him on the 21st round). When the pros finally did wake up after the Rose Bowl game, the N.F.L. Champion Green Bay Packers seemed to have the inside track. "I'm from Green Bay," VanderKelen said, "and every boy in town dreams of playing one day for the Packers." But pros play for pay, not for home-town...
Most basketball stars have one great talent: Russell's is defense, Elgin Baylor's is shooting, Bob Cousy's is setting up plays and passing. Chamberlain does almost everything, better than anyone else. He is the pros' fiercest rebounder, and his shooting repertory includes such inimitable specialties as the "Dipper Dunk" (in which he simply stretches up and lays the ball in the basket), the "Stuff Shot" (in which he jumps up and rams the ball through the net from above), and the "Fadeaway Jump"-a delicate, marvelously coordinated push shot from 15 ft. away that...
What's Foreign? Next week Shell's Wonderful World of Golf starts a series on NBC pitting American pros against foreign pros on foreign courses. It is so fussily produced that huge camera booms are camouflaged to look like natural vegetation. The host-commentator is Gene Sarazen. In the first match, Gene Littler plays against Scotland's Eric Brown at Gleneagles. Byron Nelson will take on Holland's Gerry de Wit at The Hague. The U.S.'s Dave Ragan will play against the Philippines' Celestino Tugot at Manila's Wack-Wack Golf Club...
Last week golf's reigning king got his revenge. His tee shots caromed 300 yds. and more down Rancho's rock-hard fairways, his approach shots died quietly inches from the pin, and his putts banged boldly into the cup. At first, other pros hogged the headlines: smooth-swinging Gene Littler led briefly; aging (52 ) Dutch Harrison flashed enough of his old form to take the second-round lead; and Art Wall, the 1959 Masters winner, shot a third-round 67, four strokes under par. But the gallery paid little attention. By the time Palmer teed...
...score for that last round was a sizzling 66; at the end, his nearest competitor was three strokes behind. Jack Nicklaus. Palmer's heir presumptive, wound up tied for 24th. Other pros just shrugged. Watching Palmer pocket the $9.000 winner's check. Mike Souchak shook his head. ''Here we go again.'' he murmured. "New year, same story...