October 30, 1961 Table Of Contents
Hockey Schedule
National Hockey League games through December 23
Sierra Nevada Legend
The old devil of the Sierra Nevada
A confirmed individualist named Norman Clyde has become a legend in the mountains he loves
By Huston Horn
Pro Basketball 1961 Preview
Philadelphia's problem player, Wilt Chamberlain, gets a strong new coach—who may also force the pro game to change its brawling, hustling ways
By Ray Cave
Russell in the East and muscle in the West should triumph again
Two shrewd new coaches from the college ranks will help their teams, and rookies will aid others, but the likely winners are still the Celtics and the Hawks. With depth, plus Bill Russell and Bob Cousy, Boston should win a close eastern race, while big, brawling St. Louis faces less trouble in the West
Bowling League
BOWLING'S BIG LEAGUE—A $14 MILLION DOLLAR GAMBLE
Hyped-up rules, new lanes and new gimmicks make bowling a novel spectator sport prospect
By Rex Lardner
Hell's Old Angels
Football's Week
New heights for the new leaders
Michigan State in the Midwest, Texas in the Southwest and Alabama and Mississippi are far ahead of the rest
By Mervin Hyman
Hunting
Right bird on the right prairie
Wherever they put him, the Hun partridge dropped dead—until he got to the grain fields of the West
Field Hockey
A well-kept international secret
Almost nobody knew it, but just the other day U.S. field hockey had itself a six-flag jamboree
By Huston Horn
Cards
Liberté
The French Line is about to decommission the luxury liner 'Liberté,' a great but ancient lady of the sea. The author of this story is a practical man—he accepts automobiles and airplanes—but he also is a sentimentalist who insists that passenger ships represent the last truly civilized method of travel. Here he bids farewell to his favorite vessel and recalls her many charms
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Pat On The Back
How not to worry
Departments
From California to New York, housewives, athletes and businessmen are taking up a no-sweat, no-pain system of muscle building
THE BEARS MAKE A POPGUN OF THE SHOTGUN
Shrewd old Clark Shaughnessy, who coaches the defense for the Chicago Bears, came up with a bewildering variety of defensive maneuvers to plug the barrels of the new San Francisco offense
By Tex Maule