October 18, 1971 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Rodeo's bad old days lose something in a new and workmanlike translation
World Series
The Bucs were keelhauled and hung out to dry as the Orioles, in their most relentless fashion, ran off to a two-game Series lead
By Ron Fimrite
Wishbone War
OKLAHOMA WINS THE WISHBONE WAR
Darrell Royal invented college football's most effective offense, but last week the Sooners made him wish he hadn't
By Dan Jenkins
Stan Smith, although only a Pfc., brought a lot of heavy artillery to bear against those two tenacious Rumanians, Ilie Nastase and Ion Tiriac, to lead the U.S. Davis Cup team to victory in North Carolina
By Gwilym Brown
Patriots
THERE'S NO NEED TO PITY THE PATS
They are flushed with success—on the field, where they upset the Jets, and off, where the plumbing passed the test
Hockey
HOCKEY IS HERE WITH DOLLARS UP AND FISTS DOWN
Players are richer—and becoming more civilized under new antibrawl rules
By Mark Mulvoy
Montreal's Habitants are behaving dynastically again as Boston seeks redemption for its cup debacle and New York tries to muscle its way in
Chicago is teaching the game to the new kids on the block, who would probably find it fun if they could just play it all by themselves
BANNED IN BOSTON, KNIGHTED IN MONTREAL
In storybook fashion, Canadien Ken Dryden slew the Bruin beast and lived to slay another day. Here he tells of wondrous times
By Jack Olsen
Kiteman
HE'S AT IT AGAIN, AS HIGH AS A KITE
Literally, that is. Jeff Jobe's lofty idea of getting his kicks is to grab one of his kites, go to the top of something like Washington's Mount Si (above), jump off and—fly
College Football
An Ivy League Lombardi gets a Big Ten jolt
By Roy Blount Jr.
By Joe Jares
Bridge
Cutting some uppity kids down to size
Harness Racing
They went bump-bump-a-dump at Lexington
In a switch on the beloved hick flick story line, wonder trotter and kindly underdog owners show up at big Kentucky race with hearts high—and have them broken as a crafty rival driver blind-sides our hero
By Lynn Simross
Sell Short
These Are Times of Technical Adjustment
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 5-11
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer