Table of Contents

THREE FOR THE MONEY 14
Pro football's Wild West show snarled in a triple dead heat. By TEX MAULE

HORSES OF THE YEAR 28
It was a great season, says WHITNEY TOWER. With portraits IN COLOR

DOOM AROUND THE CORNER 34
A report on minor league baseball's sad plight. by ROY TERRELL

CH. SIEFENJAGENHEIM LAZY BONES 41
The king of basset hounds sits for a COLOR portrait by JERRY COOKE

WILEY WINS AGAIN 42
ALICE HIGGINS reports the rousing horse show climax at Toronto

BLACK SAND AND RED ROSES 44
HORACE SUTTON offers a new vacation ideal: the Canary Islands IN COLOR

AMERICA'S SKI CLOTHES 54
Now you can get the latest and best here at home. Two pages IN COLOR

REVOLUTION IN SKIING: PART II 60
Continuing his course in the new shortswing technique, WILLY SCHAEFFLER get you out in the snow to learn basic turns. Illustrated By ROBERT RIGER

THE DEPARTMENTS

•HOTBOX 7
•SCOREBOARD 8
•COMING EVENTS 11
•SNOW PATROL 12
•FROM THE FLYWAYS 13
•FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR 13
•EVENTS & DISCOVERIES 18
•WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT 24
•TIP FROM THE TOP 43
•BONNIE PRUDDEN 52
•CARDS ON THE TABLE 58
•THE 19TH HOLE 73
•PAT ON THE BACK 76

Acknowledgments on page 75

COVER: AMY BAIRD

Photograph by Christa

The newest streamlining fashion on the horizon for America's skiing women is the elasticized one-piece ski suit, a style which does everything for a figure that stretch pants do, and then some. Amy Baird of Portland, Ore. shows it here on snowy Mt. Hood; for other examples, see page 54.

THREE PHOTOS

NEXT WEEK

SPECIAL HOLIDAY ISSUE
This big issue reveals the identity of the Sportsman of the Year and the trophy he will receive (right), as well as the winners In the Silver Anniversary All-America

AWARD FOR A SPORTSMAN

SYMBOL OF A SILVER TRIUMPH