December 10, 1973 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
Po-Tential
Maryland's Lefty Driesell said his Terps could take UCLA and, aww, they almost did, striking terror in Bruin breasts before losing a thriller
Australia's John Newcombe and Rod Laver performed precision surgery on the U.S., cutting loose the treasured Davis Cup
By Joe Jares
Opposing one another in a WHA game for the first time, NHL idols Gordie Howe and Bobbie Hull skated to a standoff but, in a display of supreme talent, showed the iceniks how hockey is played
By Mark Mulvoy
Lull
LULL BENEATH THE JACARANDA TREE
For a brief moment the clouds of prejudice parted and South Africa gloried in color as Arthur Ashe almost won a tennis tournament and light-heavyweight titleholder Bob Foster outpointed Pierre Fourie
By Frank Deford
Steve's Booke
IN STEVE'S BOOK, THE 'I' HAS IT
If Jockey Vince Bracciale seems to exist only as Agent Steve Vaonakis' alter ego, he is a very rich and winning one
By Frank Deford
Big Game
By Joe Marshall
QB OR NOT QB: THAT IS THE QUESTION
By Edwin Shrake
Wild Goose
In a dramatic turnabout, the most majestic of our game birds, the Canada goose, has now tripled its population on the Chesapeake
By Robert F. Jones
People
College Basketball
By Herman Weiskopf
College Football
Alabama, Notre Dame and Oklahoma won easily, but of all the year-end rivalries, none was more lopsided than Navy's 51-0 pasting of Army
By Larry Keith
Pro Basketball
No phooling, Philly is phabulous
Parlaying a new coach, two new starters and new enthusiasm, the Sixers have already won nine games. This may not seem like much, but it's as many as they won all last season
By Peter Carry
Icarus
The legend began with a burst of feathers and wax, but now it has returned in the form of free flight with a Rogallo wing—and a new generation of adventurers is headed up and away, finding that a myth is as good as a mile
For The Record
A roundup of the week Nov. 26-Dec. 2
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer