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CONTENTS

27 SPECTACLE Night football as the pros play it, IN COLOR

31 SOUNDTRACK Rehearsal in New York..."O-o-o-o-h"...Recessional in Cleveland

71 SCOREBOARD and Week's Winners

73 COMING EVENTS

16 ONE...TWO...THREE...FOUR
Baseball experts said it was impossible, but the Giants took the Series in four straight games. SI tells how in words by ROGER KAHN and pictures by MARK KAUFFMAN and others

26 FOOTBALL IS GETTING TOO VICIOUS
A warning voice is raised by OTTO GRAHAM, famed quarterback of the Cleveland Browns. With four pages of professional football photographs IN COLOR by MARK KAUFFMAN

34 THE HOUNDS GO ON TRIAL IN MISSOURI
A report from the field by ED EVERETT, editor of Hunter's Horn, with photographs by HY PESKIN

38 THE MARTIAL MUSIC OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD
The songs may be old, borrowed or even blue, but MARTIN KANE finds them almost as exciting as the drum majorettes

43 HORSES DOWN AND RIDERS FLYING
The thrills and spills of the jumpers, photographed IN COLOR by IRA HAAS and CARL KLEIN

64 DUKE WINS AGAIN BUT ALL'S WELL WITH THE IVY
The powerful North Carolinians beat Tennessee in SI's Game of the Week, reported by DON A. SCHANCHE and RICHARD MEEK. From New Haven, HERMAN HICKMAN surveys Eastern football in the last of four sectional articles. Hickman's Hunches on p. 65

80 PUTT TELFER: THE BRADY OF SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHERS
For three-quarters of a century this Cooperstown cameraman has recorded the sporting scene. Prepared by JOHN DURANT

THE GREAT OUTDOORS:

74 The Fisherman's Calendar. Compiled by ED ZERN
75 Woodsmoke from Old Cabins. The gentle joys of wilderness life, by EDMUND WARE SMITH, with photographs IN COLOR by KOSTI RUOHOMAA
79 Return of a Native. ERWIN A. BAUER reports a comeback by the wood duck

THE COLUMNISTS:

47 Bill Mauldin describes the solo flight of a Sunday Pilot. Draws it too
55 Victor Kalman predicts a big year for Lindy Faragalli
57 Red Smith tells you what you didn't know about Dusty Rhodes
58 Albion Hughes looks ahead to the Belmont Futurity
63 Budd Schulberg demands a fair shake for the TV boxing fan
70 Column of the Week: SHIRLEY POVICH advises Charley Dressen that Washington means austerity
84 Robert N. Bavier Jr. reports on the One-of-a-Kind sailing races

THE DEPARTMENTS:

4 Hotbox: JIMMY JEMAIL asks: Do sports make women unfeminine?
6 Pat on the Back: Praise for those not already smothered with it
9 Under 21: Touch football gets a rousing cheer from DUANE DECKER
48 Sporting Look: What the bettors were wearing at the Belmont opening
53 You Should Know: If you are about to lay up your boat
60 Sport in Art: Some strange and wonderful birds
85 The 19th Hole: The readers take over

COVER: A dedicated Oklahoma bandsman

Photograph by JERRY COOKE

A football game without a band is like a hot dog without mustard (see The Bands Play On, p. 38). At the University of Oklahoma where they pride themselves on their gaudy, red-jacketed musicians, Photographer Jerry Cooke caught a trombone player hard at work, eyes dutifully fixed upon his bandleader.

Acknowledgments on page 57

PHOTO

JERRY COOKE

IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE

THE MAN WHO ABOLISHED FOOTBALL...
...at the University of Chicago looks back and decides he was right. A provocative article by ROBERT M. HUTCHINS

ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES
Elizabeth II, whose Landau will compete at Laurel, Nov. 3, has restored racing to its rightful royal place

RIDING THE WAVES IN HAWAII
The great sport of the tropics, photographed IN COLOR by HY PESKIN

PRIDE OF THE MIDWEST
Some of the greatest football players come from the heartland. Here they are IN COLOR by MARK KAUFFMAN

ALSO: A REVIEW OF SAILING AND PREVIEW OF HOCKEY