October 26, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
The trouble with Shainberg's novel is just that Portnoy never played basketball
By Ezra Bowen
Yesterday
Grandpa Was Too Old to Race but Not to Win
Riding a lady's bicycle with a hamper on the handlebars, 66-year-old Gustav Hakansson, five times a grandfather, still beat the best young bicyclists in Sweden over 1,000 miles
TV Talk
The big NBC machine sputtered, too, by being austere with a lively World Series
By Frank Deford
Ali
HE MOVES LIKE SILK, HITS LIKE A TON
In short, Muhammad resembles the Ali of old, which means Jerry Quarry should expect to have a hard night of it in Atlanta
By Mark Kram
THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR SPILLS
In years past, the San Francisco 49ers have been almost defenseless, but now they've got the hitting to go with John Brodie's passing and are making a run at the National West title
By Tex Maule
Black Magic
All the Orioles seemed to have a hand in casting a spell over Cincinnati but there was no one to compare with Brooks Robinson, the friendly ghost, who made the Reds disappear in five games
WE HAVE A SLIGHT DELAY IN SHOW TIME
Pete Maravich's debut earned him mixed reviews as Oscar Robertson made his first Buck game a winner
By Peter Carry
Pro Basketball
By Peter Carry
The '70 Knicks are even better, and the Buffalo Knicks are best of the new teams
As Cincy awaits the fruits of revolution, it's Atlanta's Bell-Bottoms vs. the Baltimore Knees
Here comes the Milwaukee dynasty, and there goes the chance for a four-team division race
One more year, at least, for those hot shooters from L. A., while Alex Hannum prepares his coup
In a weak division of regional roamers, Kentucky now has the big men to be best
The closest race in both leagues should help the gate but have a familiar finish
People
College Football
Reports of Li'l Joe's death were premature
So spindly was Joe Theismann when he entered Notre Dame that coaches were guilt-stricken. Not so now. Shrewdly guiding what may be Ara Parseghian's best Irish team, he engineered a solid victory over Mizzou
By Pat Putnam
Horse Racing
Even the very best can blunder
Nijinsky's defeat after 11 straight victories raised questions about his English jockey and how he ranks with the world's best race riders
Aikido
Self-defense, but no kickie, no squashie
Unlike judo and other forms of exotic combat, this martial art is strictly for the gentle-at-heart
Poison
A new study shows that toxic chemical compounds—methyl mercury, DDT and mysterious PCBs—are present in our most popular saltwater fishes. Now rising residue levels endanger human health as well
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