October 20, 1969 Table Of Contents
TV Talk
The World Series begins, and already one yearns for the sounds of silence
Shopwalk
A Bermuda explorer sells treasure and trinkets retrieved from sunken ships
By Mary Evans
Eyes Of Texas
They were on Darrell Royal's Longhorns in Dallas last week as Texas spotted Oklahoma 14 points, then roared back
By Dan Jenkins
As the remarkable Gordie Howe opened his 24th hockey season—in triumph and with a burst of the old bravura—he recalled rookie days when he could hear the pucks from his pad
Pro Rookies
THE YEAR OF THE ROOKIES—BIGGER, FASTER, SMARTER
World Series
JUST CALL THEM PLAIN FOLK HEROES
With each winning game, the legends grew. Their followers transmogrified the World Series-bound New York Mets into characters so good and so American that finally only the Orioles were left to separate—perhaps—fact from fiction
By Mark Mulvoy
Passion's Wheels
Football's Week
People
Fishing
Ray Scott rides herd on the watery range of bass fishermen who are crawling out from behind every stump to join his organization
Track & Field
You can't keep a good high jumper down
Four years ago world record holder Valeri Brumel of the U.S.S.R. smashed his right leg in a motorcycle accident, but after six operations he is back in training, has already cleared 6'9‚⅛" and has higher hopes
Horse Racing
That was the headline in 'Variety' when Sonny Werblin left show biz to concentrate on sports, and he's still taking big risks that pay off
By M. R. Werner
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