September 17, 1973 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Secrets of a sumo wrestler, or how to get the other fellow by the 'mawashi'
By Kenny Moore
Forest Hills
John Newcombe, tycoon, returned to the business of playing tennis last week and joined Margaret Court in the winner's circle at Forest Hills
By Joe Jares
Bob Devaney has been replaced by Tom Osborne, but Nebraska still plays hit-and-run, as a flattened UCLA found out
THEY NEVER PROMISED A ROSE GARDEN
A single Rose is all Cincinnati offers, but he has been enough to put thorns in the enemy and the Reds on top in the West
The talk was there, but it was a fit and serious Muhammad Ali going against Ken Norton this time—as he had to be. The ex-champ just did escape with a split decision and, possibly, some rich offers
By Edwin Shrake
Big Splash
A BIG SPLASH BY THE MIGHTY MÄDCHEN
East Germany's girls smashed seven world records and won 10 of 14 events in the world swimming championships
Pro Football
The aim of the game has come down to avoiding mistakes. The author, deploring this boring from within, has some lively suggestions
By Tex Maule
SURVIVAL IN A YOUNG MAN'S GAME
"I'm a dinosaur who's survived the Ice Age," says San Francisco's Charlie Krueger, who figures he's spent three lifetimes in the pros
By Morton Sharnik
A perfect end to a perfect season: Miami won the Super Bowl and Don Shula was vindicated
People
Baseball
Mr. Hornsby, meet, uh, Mr. Johnson
By Mark Kram
By Morton Sharnik
Golf
By Gwilym S. Brown
Bowling
Now he's throwing a wet one, too
Pro Don McCune, seldom a winner, tried out the soft shell and soon became the game's biggest moneymaker
By Dan Levin
Water Skiing
By William K. Zinsser
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 3-9
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer