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November 1, 1971 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Bernie Parrish, still giving his rivals some hard shots, bombs pro football
How They Run
From the Ivy League to the West Coast, running backs are grabbing both ball and spotlight away from their quarterbacks, piling up so much yardage—even mileage—that pro scouts are drooling
By Dan Jenkins
Entering the game with hardship and dropout dispensations, a few rookies are staging a new version of how to succeed at pro basketball without the help of an alma mater: play now and study later
By Peter Carry
THIS POLISH JOKE IS ON THE BROWNS
Denver shut out Cleveland, a victory due in part to a home-cooked Polish meal polished off by the Broncos' defensive line
By Tex Maule
Racing cringes before a new scandal as horse and pro football owner Ralph Wilson and two trainers are suspended for dealings with a shadowy figure. But NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle sees no wrong
Cross-Country
People
College Football
Hold on, Ara, the freshmen are coming
While the Notre Dame varsity was getting lumped at South Bend, the first-year men were south of the Rio Grande bullying the Mexico City Redskins in a bruising display of hands—and arms, etc.—across the border
By Pat Putnam
Football's Week
By Gwilym S. Brown
Hockey
And a good thing, too, because swift Bobby Sheehan, one of pro hockey's few Americans, is a crowd-drawing savior for the sorry Seals
By Mark Mulvoy
Butcher-Birds
POMS, BUTCHER-BIRDS AND BOGEYMEN
It's still called golf, even in the Outback. But Australians, with their penchant for putting reverse English on things, have come up with a game that holds almost nothing sacred
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 19-25
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By J. Richard Munro
Edited by Robert W. Creamer
