December 7, 1964 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
The Boston College team (above) played a wild match with Holy Cross in 1896—and the score is still in dispute
By Parton Keese
Notre Dame
A CATCH—AND CRASH GOES NOTRE DAME!
The hands belong to José Torres, and by pounding stubborn old Bobo Olson down to a first-round defeat they began to restore the adulation José once enjoyed in the lurid glow of Harlem's nightspots
By Edwin Shrake
Vintage Year
College Basketball 1965
There is an air of uncertainty about this season all over the country. Because the collegiate roster is bursting with good teams, hardly a conference race can be predicted with confidence, let alone the NCAA championship. No doubts exist on one count, however: the finest player in sneakers leads the forces of a most unlikely campus
By Frank Deford
Scouting Reports
As the first often thousand basketballs swishes through the cords in anger this week, signaling the start of the four-month college season, Sports Illustrated selects the 20 best teams and, on page 73, notes others that may surprise
Defenses
By Mervin Hyman
People
Football's Week
By Mervin Hyman
Pro Football
In the world of upward-mobile achievers, the TV set may be tuned to the New York Giants, but it is unfashionable to pay very much attention
By Huston Horn
Boating
Two seagoing Bearcats beat the odds and the kids
The hopelessly confused start shown above, some old-fashioned sailing skill and several pieces of good fortune were the ingredients when
By Hugh Whall
Bridge
At the Trials in Dallas to form a North American entry in the 1965 World Championship, three seasoned pairs whip some younger rivals
Pop!
With the questing instincts of a fox and a build like a wet noodle, the ferret rivaled any hunter. So society passed laws against him, Ferretville, U.S.A. died and the author was left with memories of a wriggly pocket
By Bil Gilbert
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER