November 5, 1973 Table Of Contents

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Booktalk

Howard Cosell and Jim McKay—choose one—offer up the ABCs of TV sport

By Jonathan Yardley

Kicks

IN IT JUST FOR KICKS

From all over the field, specialists who do nothing but kick are booming in field goals faster than ever. Fewer touchdowns are scored, and criticism grows: something should be done to correct the situation

By Tex Maule

ADIEU, ADIEU, KIND FRIENDS...

In the gloom and mist at Toronto, in the crisp sunlight of Aqueduct, Meadow Stable's two big horses bid farewell to racing. Only Secretariat won, but a multitude of fans will remember both with fondness

By Frank Deford

'TWAS A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH

Not in a holiday mood, Notre Dame successfully barricaded Anthony Davis of USC and paraded to sweet-revenge victory

By Pat Putnam

Hawg Hunt

HAWG HUNT FOR THE BASS MASTERS

The mystery lake Classic brought 26 pro fishermen to South Carolina to cast for largemouth bass—and a $15,000 purse

By Robert H. Boyle

Feet Of Clay

HEROES WITH FEET OF CLAY

Joe Brown once was a boxer, enthralled by the dream of a million dollars and a million friends, but disenchantment eventually would lead him to carve out a new career in sculpture

By Joe Marshall

One after another the three bull elk, big as horses, crashed the morning stillness and crossed the ridge on the Bitterroot Mountains. Death caught up with the last

By Robert F. Jones