Publish date:: Oct 21, 1963

October 21, 1963 Table Of Contents

Author:: SI Staff

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Shopwalk

Shopwalk

This season women golfers can obtain sportswear designed for cool weather

By Jule Campbell

Yesterday/The Jolly Giant

The Jolly Giant of the Sea

Tom Blower, a good-natured Englishman of immense strength, 16 years ago became the first man ever to swim the Irish Sea

By John Lovesey

Plan That Worked

THE PLAN THAT WORKED

When Cleveland and New York met in one of the most important early games in the National Football League season last Sunday, each team had a battle plan. The team that proved able to contain its rival's principal weapon was likely to win. The Giants' weapon was Y. A. Tittle; the Browns' was Jim Brown. Tittle completed 17 passes, one for a touchdown; Brown gained 123 yards, scored three times. The Cleveland battle plan thus succeeded; on the following pages Tex Maule tells how it was conceived and executed

By Tex Maule

A ROAR OF TRIUMPH FOR U.S. ENGINES

Watched by admiring native beauties, American power in a bewildering variety of frames stole the show from foreign makes at Riverside as Dave MacDonald (left) won in a Cooper-Cobra

By Kenneth Rudeen

USC End Hal Bedsole has been revered for his pass catching, reviled for his egotism. He now has developed butter fingers, but the pros say he may yet come through

By John Underwood

Football's Week

Sublime weekend for the underdogs

By Mervin Hyman

Golf

The British went out in the noonday sun

Despite consistently stout play in the morning rounds, the visiting Ryder Cup team collapsed each afternoon before blazing American putters and the inspired captaincy of Arnold Palmer

By Alfred Wright

Championship in a royal barnyard

The French view the game with utter indifference, but they have never seen a Palmer and Nicklaus playing against the world's best on a Louis XIV farm

By Paul Evan Ress

Horse Racing

A do-it-yourself guide to the 2-year-olds

For the amateur handicapper who would like to try his hand at Experimental ratings, here is a start: Roman Brother and Golden Ruler. Then go on from there

By Whitney Tower