January 4, 1971 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
College football's top award might bear another name if the man it commemorates had had a kinder ancestor
By Herman Weiskopf
Skating A Claim
Of the four teams that survived the scramble for Super Bowl gold, the fittest, fittingly, looks like the San Francisco 49ers
By Tex Maule
Toughest Kid
THE TOUGHEST KID ON ANYBODY'S BLOCK
John Roche is the best of some New York transplants who are mean enough to take South Carolina to the NCAA title
Barefoot
TOP HAT, WHITE TIE AND BARE TOES
Stewart McDonald got to the bottom of things years ago: he kicked off his shoes and started strolling barefoot through life. Now, on the fringe of the flaky Florida sport world, his footprint is his trademark
Dont Cry
People
College Basketball
By Joe Jares
Baseball
To the tune of a hickory (well, ash) stick
Readin', 'ritin' and 'rithmetic—and baseball. That is the curriculum at a revolutionary school in Florida where the Kansas City Royals are striving to turn good football and tennis players into baseball champions
Nature
An armored force is on the march
If you didn't get an armadillo for Christmas, just relax. You might wake up tomorrow morning and discover one in your backyard
By Edwin Shrake
Hockey
Unlike the Kings and the Seals, Bob Breitbard's Gulls are not West Coast major-leaguers. But they have made San Diego's hockey fans...
By Mark Mulvoy
Roses
When it comes to viewing life through rose-colored glasses, no one beats the people who put on Pasadena's splendiferous New Year's parade. Its modern princesses (opposite) are no less wholesome than the belles of yesteryear, and TV is wild about the show
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 J. Richard Munro
Edited by Robert Creamer