October 8, 1973 Table Of Contents
Baseball
Baseball's dizziest game of chance spun five National League East contenders down to the desperate hours of the season—and three of them a day beyond—before New York settled things in Chicago
THEY'RE PURPLING THE BLACK AND BLUE
In a pulverizing game in a bruising division, Minnesota battered Green Bay 11-3 without the benefit of such niceties as touchdowns
By Ron Reid
Bombers
They were among the weighty and, alas, weighed-down lifters at the world championships in Cuba, but the Russians hefted the best
Tuna
By Al Ristori
Ejrry Aclsu
Jerry Lucas is his name and alphabetizing is his game, along with memorizing the Manhattan phone book and playing a little pro baskets
People
College Football
Here come the Fighting Irish—swiftly
Something new has been added to the heavy-armored Notre Dame offense, namely runners with speed
By Pat Putnam
By Herman Weiskopf
Horse Racing
As Secretariat's fans well know, Trainer Allen Jerkens, first with Onion, now with Prove Out, is making a career of wrecking the choochoo train
Baseball's Week
By Joe Jares
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 24-30
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer