Table of Contents

AN SI SPECIAL: HOLIDAY IN MEXICO

•San Diego to Acapulco: a yachtsman's guide by EZRA BOWEN 36
•Pretty girls and new fashions on the Acapulco beaches IN COLOR 48
•THE FOOTLOOSE SPORTSMAN in Mexico City by HORACE SUTTON 5I
•You SHOULD KNOW...if you are going to the bullfight, by RAFAEL DELGADO LOZANO 52

IN THE FLURRY OF A WEEK'S ACTION, DREAMS ALSO MAKE NEWS

•A coach's vision leads to basketball's biggest upset of the season. By JEREMIAH TAX 8
•Almost put to sleep by the IBC, Promoter Sam Silverman tells MARTIN KANE how he still hopes 10
•A nightmarish time for hockey's All-Star goalie, Terry Sawchuk, reported by ANDREW CRICHTON 12

SPECTACLE: SCHOOLBOY HOCKEY BOOM 14
Teen-age hockey is thriving, says WHITNEY TOWER, and RICHARD MEEK supplies photographic evidence IN COLOR

THE EMPIRE'S FANCY CATS AND T.S. ELIOT'S PRACTICAL ONES 26
A photographic report on the show and a poetic bonus for enthusiasts

THE OLD KRAUT REVIVES THE BRUINS 30
How "Schmidty" brought Boston's hockey team out of its long hibernation. By HERBERT WARREN WIND

PIGSKIN AT PENN: A REAL-LIFE DRAMA 56
JOEL SAYRE tells the hidden story behind the most baffling football mystery of the year

THE DEPARTMENTS

•COMING EVENTS 7
•EVENTS & DISCOVERIES 19
•WONDERFUL WORLD 23
•SCOREBOARD 34
•SNOW PATROL 35
•FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR 55
•THE 19TH HOLE 62
•PAT ON THE BACK 64

•Hotbox: JIMMY JEMAIL asks: How much weight can a race horse carry? 4

•Tip from the Top: PATTY BERG discusses using the head as an anchor 54

COVER: THE BOSTON BRUINS

Photograph by Jerry Cooke

The hockey players on the cover are members of the surprise team of the current National League campaign. Watching the game with Linesman Bill Roberts are Jack Bionda, Cal Gardner, Allan Stanley, John Peirson and Larry Regan. For the success story of Coach Milt Schmidt and his Bruins, see page 30.

Acknowledgments on page 55

TWO PHOTOS

IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE:

THE TODD-AO OF YACHTING PICTURES
The magnificent picture at right by David Kitz comes alive in full color in Ezra Bowen's report on the Miami-Nassau race

BASKETBALL'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
A lot of New York stars go south. Richard J. Schaap tells how they are liberated from Brooklyn