November 18, 1968 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Diggings from ancient Greece show how it was at the earliest Olympics
Yesterday
Swimming Ben, or How a New Nation Kept Afloat
But for a quirk of fate, one of the Declaration's most important signers might have turned into a London swimming teacher
By Mary Evans
Dazzling Dilemma
THE PROS FACE A DAZZLING DILEMMA
In a confidential poll for Sports Illustrated, scouts representing every professional football team rate the best crop of first-round draft candidates available in years, a group that boasts an unusual number of headline-capturing celebrities and one that will force some anguished decisions by the men who must do the picking. A consensus of the ballots shows who ranks where—and settles a rousing argument
By Dan Jenkins
Last week's Hawaiian Open climaxed the 1968 tour, a year in which the Masters ended in debate, a comedian won the Open, new faces began to supplant old and the PGA and the touring pros went pffft
Century
Once the patsy of the NFL, the Century Division, led by Cleveland and St. Louis, has been flexing an impressive set of muscles
By Tex Maule
Skiing
College Football
The Alabama quality of mercy was strained
Only the gentle rain fell from heaven onto Birmingham as the state's two major teams, Alabama and Auburn, whipped visitors from LSU and Tennessee in a wet day-night doubleheader
By Mervin Hyman
People
Fishing
When the November winds sweep over the sandbars near Nantucket, only fervid fishermen venture out for striped bass that swarm there
By Dan Levin
Hockey
'That was when I hit him in the mouth'
Toronto's brawling defenseman Jim Dorey is the new Leaf cop—and, says his coach, vital spirit
By Gary Ronberg
Tennis
By beating India this week, the U.S. has qualified to play Australia, which may use youngsters John Alexander (above) and Phillip Dent
By Kim Chapin
Bridge
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