September 24, 1962 Table Of Contents
Point Of Fact
A heavyweight championship boxing quiz to excite the memory and increase the lore of fans and armchair experts
Yesterday
At the start of the season Rudy York was an unknown. By the end of August his name was coupled with Ruth's
By Leo Monahan
Liston
A SPARRING PARTNER LOOKS THEM OVER
Ben Skelton is 37 years old. He never got anywhere as a boxer, but he has sparred with the champs—Louis, Charles, Walcott. In the past months he has worked out with both Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson. Last week he told SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S Mort Sharnik what he thinks of their chances—their strengths, weaknesses and plans
By Mort Sharnik
'Weatherly'
'WEATHERLY' UPSTAGES THE 18TH CHALLENGER
The Australian sloop 'Gretel' made a bold bid at the start, but the first race of the America's Cup series went to the U.S.
...MEANWHILE, 3,000 MILES AWAY IN NEWPORT
By Arthur Zich
College Football 1962
THE BEST COLLEGE PLAYER OF ALL TIME
The author, a Yale man who grew up in the West, confined his hunt to the 20th century. His choice: a man (above) who never played for a national champion
By Mervin Hyman
Washington's Huskies are back on the trail to the Rose Bowl, but some of the region's best football will be played high in the Rocky Mountain states
By Mervin Hyman
Bear Bryant's rugged, winning ways at Alabama have the South looking to its defenses. But a mild dissenter, Georgia Tech, should edge the Tide
By Mervin Hyman
With a lot of first-year players, most Big Ten and Big Eight teams will be stronger than in 1961—but Ohio State is still best
By Mervin Hyman
STABILITY IN THE UPSET CONFERENCE
Darrell Royal's Texas Longhorns are apt to get knocked off once this year, but in a new era of consistency they are still the giants of the plains
By Mervin Hyman
Navy depends on offense, Army on defense, but Penn State has enough of both to be the best in the East
By Mervin Hyman
If you haven't heard of some of the schools, you may soon. Linfield, Florida A&M and William Jewell are small now but getting bigger
By Mervin Hyman
Hunting
Look where the big game turned up
For ages, hunters emptied their wallets chasing big game all over the world. This year they turn their attention to that fabled land of pronghorns and wapiti—the U.S.
Pro Football
Enter bouncing: a new tag-along league
Pro football, thanks to enterprising Midwesterners, now has its minors, and they just may show a profit
By Tex Maule
Bridge
Keep your troubles to yourself
Horse Racing
In futurities a continent apart, Slipped Disc and Never Bend win again, but only the latter has the look of a potential champion
Woody Hayes
When it comes to Woody Hayes of Ohio State, there is no in-between. A man with a positive talent for controversy, he has stormed through 11 years of Big Ten football, winning, with equal ease, games, enemies and, lately, a surprising number of friends
By Roy Terrell
Football's Week
Baseball's Week
By Frank Deford
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