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January 4, 1971 Table Of Contents

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Yesterday

Heisman Trophy or Bogart Cup?

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

RUSHING TO STAKE 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

By Curry Kirkpatrick

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

By Jerry Kirshenbaum

Dont Cry

DON'T CRY UNTIL IT'S ALL OVER

People

PEOPLE

College Basketball

Big Mac fills a tall order

By William F. Reed

THE WEEK

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

By William Leggett

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

A not so silent minority

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

La Vie en Rose

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

By Alfred Wright

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

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By J. Richard Munro

SCORECARD

Edited by Robert Creamer

CREDITS

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