Contents

12 Showdown in Yankee Stadium
The Giants, despite their great winning streak, lack the strength to beat either the Packers or the Lions

16 Top Springer at the Spring
In a Missouri field trial a dog named Kansan proves he is the best springer spaniel in the business

20 The Harvards and the Yales
They play The Game differently these days, but the interest is still high, in a curious sort of way

32 ...Meanwhile, at the Groanyard
Boston's semi pro Charlestown Townies play their own version of The Game, and it is really quite different

41 Squeeze-stretch Route to Better Golf
A foremost authority on athletic conditioning presents some quick, simple exercises designed just for golfers

48 A Princeton Boy Who Beat the Pros
The Ivy League's best basketball prospect ever is Bill Bradley, who already has one record that tops the NBA's

52 Pleasure Rules an Idyllic Island
On South Carolina's Hilton Head one of the new sports-oriented communities is now a reality

The departments

6 Scorecard
38 Bridge
41 Golf
47 Rodeo
50 Fitness
65 Basketball's Week
66 For the Record
67 19th Hole

Acknowledgments on page 66

Cover photograph by Neil Leifer

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WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? Some say he is ugly; some say he is soft (we did). But only fools say he is timid or cowardly. The U.S. heritage is one of boldness, as the distinguished biographer and historian, Catherine Drinker Bowen, states in a brilliant essay that opens an exciting reappraisal of the American spirit. In subsequent pages the bold American is shown—in words, paintings and photographs—in his many habitats: the lofty peaks, the ocean depths, the distant plains. But whether high, low or far away, he still displays the nonconformist audacity that won the first—and last—frontiers.