October 9, 1967 Table Of Contents
Footloose
If you like puffins, and who doesn't, Machias Seal Island is right for you
By Frank Graham Jr.
Booktalk
Flying is not quite riding a bike, but a new book makes it seem almost as easy
By Felicia Lee
Windy Passage
A Windy Passage from Cocktail to Cocktail
A fishing enthusiast who thought sailboats were just a pretty excuse for giving parties finds that an ocean race is something more than merely the laziest distance between celebrations
Damascus
Racing got its Horse of the Year when Damascus produced a stunning burst of speed after trailing the leaders. He whipped his two chief rivals, Buckpasser and Dr. Fager (on the rail), in the Woodward
A No. 1 Job
PURDUE DOES A NO. 1 JOB AGAINST NO. 1
Notre Dame tries its first big step toward defending its national title, only to get knocked on its Golden Dome by a Purdue sophomore quarterback and a fast-handed marvel named "Nursey" Keyes who can play the game all day
By Gary Ronberg
Skulduggery and a mysterious yellow Chevrolet contributed to the fun but not to the stunning display of power that lifted Los Angeles last weekend to the top of the NFL along with Green Bay and Baltimore
By Tex Maule
SPLASH OF STRANGE HUES IN BASEBALL'S MOST FRANTIC WEEK
Wild Finale
A WILD FINALE—AND IT'S BOSTON!
It went on and on and on, the American League pennant race, to the last week, the last weekend, the last game. A superplayer named Yastrzemski brought it to its proper conclusion late Sunday
Sonic Boom
First major league franchise in the Northwest, the SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association are a big hit in town so far, but then the season hasn't opened yet
By Frank Deford
College Football
The Bulldogs looked for trouble and found it
It is not for nothing that the small swale which is the site of Clemson's Memorial Stadium is called Death Valley by opponents, and only a last-quarter touchdown run enabled highly favored Georgia to escape alive
By Joe Jares
By Mervin Hyman
Boxing
After the fight Nino Benvenuti had visions of Satan dancing in his head, but his real tormentor was a very down-to-earth Emile Griffith
Sporting Look
New cover-ups for long-stemmed spectators
Motor Sports
Wee Jimmy's big, beautiful win at the Glen
Records for pace, purse and people fell in upstate New York as Scotland's masterful Jimmy Clark (above) sped to victory in the U.S. Grand Prix and kept a world-championship duel going for another three weeks
By Bob Ottum
Jolly Do-gooders
The Riddle of the Jolly Do-gooders
Called buffoons, windbags and political hacks, the men of the World Boxing Association have achieved a measure of control in the sport—but in the end the payoff decides
Baseball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Garry Valk