October 4, 1971 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
A fond glance at the mystique of Ole Miss by an outstanding football mystic
And Who?
The NBA still has size and style, including big No. 33 with a new name (below), but one week of interleague action showed the ABA is playing its way to parity—fast
By Peter Carry
Jim Dooley, the Chicago Bears' coach, had this plan. He would concede the Minnesota Vikings 17 points but, by getting field position and having room to throw, the Bears would get more. They did
That Guy
Old shoe, organization man, throwback to pre-Bouton days—the descriptions all fit Merv Rettenmund, who loves, honors and obeys, too, and right now swings the meanest of some awfully wicked bats
By Ron Fimrite
Sixkiller
Washington Quarterback Sonny Sixkiller is a Cherokee, but his passing arm, not his heritage, has made him a hero
By Roy Blount Jr.
Tuna
For years the lobstermen of Prince Edward thought their waters were filled with sharks. Then one of them sent for a book, discovered that those surfacing wraiths were tuna—and angling had a new Mecca
By Dan Levin
People
College Football
He's down. He's out. He's back. He wins!
To beat Tennessee, Auburn was relying heavily on its pass-catch combination of Pat Sullivan to Terry Beasley, so when Beasley was kayoed early things looked bad. But out he came again, and with him came Auburn
By Pat Putnam
By Joe Jares
Harness Racing
Herve Filion danced off with pacing's most esteemed trophy after driving Nansemond to an improbable victory over the mighty Albatross
My Drive
The potential was there, no doubt about that. I needed just a few lessons and a week of practice
Baseball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 21-27
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By J. Richard Munro
Edited by Robert W. Creamer