September 9, 1968 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
If you're a turned-on water rat, you'll want to drift down the Mackenzie River
Shopwalk
Watching the Fords go by is even more fun if you know how fast they're going
By Dick Denny
Teen Angel
The new idol of anti-Establishment golfers (not to mention girls) is 19-year-old Bruce Fleisher, a cool Floridian in fringed trousers, who last week captured the National Amateur Championship
College Football 1968
THE JOY OF HAVING A FOE YOU KNOW
By Dan Jenkins
THE PLEASURE OF A YEAR OF PLENTY
Innumerable teams are at their best, last year's stars return in profusion, a rule change promises more thrills and the shadow of a boycott looms as football embarks on a wild season
A coach can afford to be confident when he holds the Keyes to success
O. J. still leads the way, but too much muscle has gone to the pros
Super Bill may play super yet with a new attack that is really old
A bright future is sure to dawn if only somebody can run to daylight
The boss is no robot and his teams surprise—for better or for worse
The Bear got away with a fast one last year, but now he is ready to claw
It's revival time in Okie country, where the urge to win is enshrined
The team may still be spellbound and The Great Pumpkin still aglow
There's no reason to risk a pass when you've got a run at the title
A bashful back and a pleasant schedule can furnish lots of Gator aid
The hilarious Aggies offer raucous doings in the land of nothing to do
Once more the only question is, will slow and steady win the race?
When visitors come to Knoxville they will find a grass-roots problem
The Great One had kept the Bruins flying, but now they move by foot
It's the same old Seminole team—50 yards and a cloud of Sellers
The Hurricanes have everything except a way to deliver a blow by air
Can the Big Ten stand another year of listening to: 'Punt, John. Punt!'
The Black Knights have come upon sunny days, and they march ahead
A passer and a pinch of Pepper bring football back to Lawrence
College Football 1981
Poor Charlie is on the hot seat and only a thrower can give him a lift
People
Canoeing
They work as hard and suffer as much as the headline heroes, but the U.S. paddlers going to Mexico City labor in remarkable anonymity
By Bob Ottum
Sporting Look
Sportswear takes a plunge in the stock market
Bridge
Motor Sports
Mr. Clean and his Mustang-eating machine
So strong are Driver Mark Donohue and Camaro in Trans-American racing that Ford's pioneering sporty car, the Mustang, has toppled from the championship into a grim second-place fight with the upstart Javelin
By Kim Chapin
Blue Chipper
The American drama of football recruiting, as observed in the case of Abilene's No. 14, is a phenomenon both somewhat ridiculous and somewhat sublime
By Dan Jenkins
Baseball's Week
By Peter Carry
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