December 21, 1964 Table Of Contents
Browns
THE BROWNS WIN BIG IN THE EAST
By demolishing New York—the East's worst team—Cleveland proved its right to meet Baltimore, the best in the West
By Tex Maule
The Pros
...IN THE AFL, GUILE AND GO SHOULD WIN FOR THE CHARGERS
Neither the Bills nor the Patriots are likely to beat San Diego unless the game is played in fierce weather
By Edwin Shrake
Coach Johnny Dee has changed the style of basketball at South Bend and he has trained a winning team, but far more important are the steps he has taken to make it enjoyable for visitors to lose to the Irish
By Frank Deford
PREDICTABLE GLORIES AND GRAND SURPRISES
With the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and the summer Olympics in Tokyo, sport emphasized the international in an exciting yean of PREDICTABLE GLORIES AND GRAND SURPRISES
Sportsman
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: KEN VENTURI
A fallen idol who endured three years of dark despair finds the sun again with 1964's most dramatic victory
New Wave
Here Comes Tomorrow
Get Set, Folks, Here Comes Tomorrow
Is everybody ready? The far-out and yet-to-be ideas shown on these pages are the stuff Buck Rogers' dreams were made on—yet some are as close as television was 20 years ago. Kids who read Buck then have grown up and are really flying without wings and setting up housekeeping under the sea. The physicists are neck and neck with the fantasists, and by the time today's kindergarten crowd is in college this will be the face of the world around us
Johnson
Pro basketball's Gus Johnson can be the game's next superstar. He is bursting with talent and drive, and all he has to overcome is a well-earned reputation for erratic behavior off court
By Mark Kram
Bowl Exposure
THE TEAMS AND HOW THEY GOT THERE
Before the hoopla of the holiday games begins, there is plenty of fancy stepping as organizing committees maneuver for the choice pairings that will draw crowds and please TV sponsors
By Dan Jenkins
People
Nature
An oil-rich Texan asks the whole U.S. to visit
The schoolmasterish outdoorsman shown above owns all of the elk in Texas as well as most of the mountain range on which they roam. If he gets his way, he will share both these treasures with the U.S.
Bridge
A test of skill for the holiday season
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER