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September 27, 1971 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
Adco, the ultimate sports nostalgia trip, can be all yours for a mere $100,000
By Joe Jares
Knockout
JUST WHO IS KNOCKING OUT WHOM?
The Giants and Dodgers, battling each other and themselves, thrash out a surprise pennant race that brings to mind their brawls of old
IT'S ALL QUIET ON THE OTHER FRONT
By Ron Fimrite
A CHEERLEADER COULD RUN THE TEAM
The question about Notre Dame was who would play quarterback. The answer, as Northwestern discovered, is who cares
By Dan Jenkins
Tigers
Paul Brown's Cincinnati Bengals roared off in defense of their division title, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 37-14 as Virgil Carter, the quarterback nobody wanted, threw three touchdown passes
By Tex Maule
Quack, Quack
Don O'Brien is a fanatic about wildfowl. But if his prize-winning collection of decoys seems out of this world, you should observe some of his hunting habits
People
College Football
Two scoring machines collide with a plink
Arizona State led the nation in total offense last year and Houston averaged 30 points a game, so naturally when they met, with the scoreboard braced for the worst, the result was a comparative defensive classic
By Pat Putnam
By Joe Jares
Tennis
By Larry Keith
Boxing
The Scot was a cut or two above the challenger
Ken Buchanan held on to his world lightweight title by a razor's edge—and by some late flurries against fast-retreating Ismael Laguna
By Mark Kram
Horse Racing
The legs of yearlings go every which way at Keeneland's poor man's sale, but smart buyers have found the last two Derby winners there
Golf
Meet me in St. Louis—but at your own risk
The Ryder Cup results were pretty much as usual. The British sent a fresh young team against our pros, and Author James Thurber's words applied: 'Youth will be served—frequently stuffed with chestnuts'
By Gwilym S. Brown
Villella
It was an odd place—the ballet—one the author had always found discomforting, but Edward Villella displayed an astounding quality of movement that sport could not equal
By Mark Kram
Baseball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
For The Record
A roundup of the weak Sept. 14-20
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer
