October 12, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Mrs. Bob Gibson gives the gals a few helpful hints on how to watch baseball
By Rubin Carson
Yesterday
Steve Dalkowski's pitches didn't rip through the air, they appeared under mystified Ted Williams' chin as if by magic
By Pat Jordan
Archie's War
ARCHIE AND THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
The only thing soft and sweet about Mississippi's Archie Manning was his fiancée as the Rebels defeated Alabama to avenge last year's loss
By just that margin—and because he took the short way home—France's Sassafras deposed Nijinsky, the reigning thoroughbred of Europe, in the most demanding event that horse racing has to offer
THE HAPPINESS BOYS AT THE TRACK
Like all of us, they prefer to win their bets but, unlike most of us, they have figured out a surefire (illegal) system
Three Birds
Baltimore's Big Three pitching staff was as successful as ever. Without dazzling anyone, it merely engineered a sweep over the Minnesota Twins. So now bring on the Reds
By Roy Blount Jr.
People
College Football
Academic approach to the spectacular
The Air Force Academy has twice been obliged to de-emphasize its team, but its array of quick, smart players like Ernie Jennings (right) wins anyway
By Pat Putnam
Tennis
Serve, backhand, volley and caviar mousse
Everybody who visits John Gardiner's Tennis Ranch has a ball—a few thousand of them, in fact. The game is played from morning to night, but the routine is broken by a man with a super service, Chef Linzie
Golf
The USDA (not USGA!) offers balm for the anguished duffer
By Herman Weiskopf
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
Edited by Robert Creamer