December 23, 1974 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
CALENDARS MAKE TIMELY PRESENTS BUT MARILYN IS DATED, VROOM IN VOGUE
By Myra Gelband
As I Saw It
ALL ROME (N.Y.) HAD A BALL AT THE FIRST WORLD SERIES OF BOCCE
No Shuffle
IT'S BUFFALO BUT THAT'S NO SHUFFLE
The Knicks were winning with no-name kids until they met the speedy Braves, minus two big names, in two big games
By Pat Putnam
The first half of the season was rousing, the second half drowsing, the Bills and the Cards made the playoffs and the big game between the Raiders and the Dolphins could well be superior to the Super Bowl
By Dan Jenkins
In Philadelphia they are one and the same thing—the champion Flyers—and they are sniffing the lettuce again
By Mark Mulvoy
Bowled Over
In their haste to get their dance cards filled, the panicky postseason game committees sent out invitations in early November, only to wind up with teams tarnished by undistinguished records
Way To Go
WAY TO GO, AND THE WAY IT WENT
A series of instructive home movies featuring the author's tight brushes with the great, near-great, has-beens and never wases
By Ron Fimrite
From Here
Umpires may be replaced by sensors, football scored like figure skating, tennis played in the nude and butterflies used as game balls
By William O. Johnson
Sportsman Of The Year
Down but determined to fight his way back to the top, Muhammad Ali turned 1974 into a year of great triumph
Basketball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
For The Record
A roundup of the week Dec. 9-15
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Andrew Crichton