October 23, 1967 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
The largest and most neglected of all minority groups finally gets a champion
By Janet Graham
Yesterday
His text was basketball and, though he never got past the eighth grade, he knew the whole book word for word
By Edwin Shrake
Shopwalk
Tradition is In at Harry Hall Ltd., where both horse and rider get a perfect fit
Fitting Tie
There was little to choose between the Colts and the Rams as they traded scores in the first big interdivisional game of the year, but Baltimore—even minus seven starters—was a little bit more equal
By Tex Maule
WHEN A DREAM RACE BECAME A NIGHTMARE
Burning to end Richard Petty's stock-car blitz for Plymouth, Ford went all out in Carolina—only to be beaten by a Chrysler sibling
By Kim Chapin
Orange Juice
USC turned loose its fabulous O. J. Simpson and the Irish showed a shocking shortage of things like passers, runners and kickers as a No. 1 team played at South Bend last week. It wasn't Notre Dame
By Dan Jenkins
Pro Basketball
New York gets a top team at last
By Frank Deford
On the Road in All Star Low-cuts
SCOUTING REPORTS on the NBA and a look at the new league
THE ABA: PLAYING THE GAME CALLED SURVIVAL
By Tom Brody
College Football
Two goats and three flankers make a winner
Navy felt something special would be needed to butt through the stoutest defense in football, so it came up with an extra mascot and a wild offensive formation that left poor Syracuse bewildered and thoroughly beaten
By Joe Jares
Football's Week
By Mervin Hyman
People
Baseball
Aftermath of a bittersweet World Series
Keeping intact their record of never having lost a seven-game Series, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox in an encounter that was filled with exciting performances—and genuine mutual dislike
Golf
A delightful brawl in a gentleman's game
The only significant match-play event for the pros shows the glories of head-to-head competition as Palmer and Thomson wage a classic duel and Player and Brewer have the pleasure of a 'says who' face-off
By Gwilym S. Brown
Boxing
Vicente bored in but Ernie merely bored
The Mexicans wept tears of joy as Saldivar beat Winstone and rained cushions on Terrell and Ramos
By Bob Ottum
Andorra
Expecting to find a sporting bonanza, the author and his wife travel to tiny Andorra and learn that, while there is no hunting to speak of, the fishing is just awful
By Jack Olsen
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