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November 13, 1972 Table Of Contents
Swarm
There is a run on rushing, and the pass is now passé in the NFL. Most of the best teams are featuring a stampede attack, and almost every club has at least one runner capable of big yardage
By Tex Maule
THEY'RE REPLAYING THE SIXTH MAN THEME
Boston has always been renowned for its supersubs. First there was Frank Ramsey. Then came John Havlicek, now a superstar. Today there is Paul Silas, who has the Celts off to a super start
By Peter Carry
Baja
MEET AT THE BORDER AND BOUNCE DOWN TO BAJA
Beyond Mexicali—down the California peninsula—lay mile after mile of ferocious desert and rock-strewn road. Many started out, but it was Rufus Parnelli who won the kiss and the cup
By Robert F. Jones
Yo Yo Yo
Yo yo yo, rowa uh rowa, hru hru
It's mountain music that the dogs sing to coon hunters when the quarry—that tough kid wearing the mask and the fur coat—is treed. And though it may be dawn when the hunt ends, time remains for a little socializing and a lot of dog talk
By Roy Blount
Ruin
...or so a holy man said: If the Colosseum falls, Rome will also. Well, the old stadium is crumbling, and somebody better do something
By Mark Kram
People
College Football
Try to catch a bolt of lightning
Sure, Nebraska is awesome, brutal, all those things, but what has really shattered opponents for three years is the brilliance of Johnny Rodgers, whose punt returns and pass receptions can mean instant defeat
By Dan Jenkins
By Larry Keith
Harness Racing
A native Dancer foils the French and other powers
Some scoffed when Stanley Dancer sat down to drive 3-year-old Super Bowl against older champs like Une de Mai—for two minutes
By Pat Putnam
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 31-Nov. 6
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer
