December 18, 1961 Table Of Contents
Point Of Fact
An NFL playoff game quiz to excite the memory and increase knowledge of fans and armchair experts
By Arlie W. Schardt
Yesterday
The World's Most Complicated Game
Fletcher Pratt, a historian and naval expert, invented a complex pastime that used ballroom floors and up to 120 players
By Paul Mandel
Giants-Eagles
THE DAY THE BOYS SCARED THE MEN
It was a game undecided until the final play, and as it progressed, tension grew on the Giant bench, touching the old quarterback, Charlie Conerly, and Allie Sherman, his coach. There was always the chance that the inferior team, the Eagles, might win.
By Roy Terrell
On A Farm
Defensive Corner
GREEN BAY: A CORNER ON DEFENSE
Their great corner linebackers, Dan Currie and Bill Forester, have made the Packers a hard team to beat. The two practice one of the least-known but most important arts in football
By Tex Maule
Miniature Racers
College Football
Rattlers amid the Orange Blossoms
Led by a fistful of future pros, Florida A&M won its annual bowl game, but its bite was surprisingly light
Boxing
From Miami Beach to Philly to Toronto to London to Vegas it was a busy time for the fight mob but mostly a bust for the fans
Basketball
A long shot comes in for the Army
West Point got the jump on the other Academies when height restrictions were eased and now matches most schools in size
By Arlie W. Schardt
Cards
The Greek
Basketball's Week
By Maury Allen
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
They play between prayers