October 18, 1976 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
IF YOU CARE MORE ABOUT PLAYING THAN WINNING, OOH-AAH MAY BE YOUR GAME
The Playoffs
TWO GAMES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
Minnesota blitzed Chicago 17-0 in the first half, then the Bears routed the Vikings 19-3 in the second. It was the kick-spikers who won the showdown for the Vikes
By Robert F. Jones
James Hunt won at Watkins Glen to gain one more victory than Niki Lauda in the race for the world championship, but the defending titlist kept his slim lead in overall points with a dramatic third-place finish
By Sam Moses
Bobby Orr
RETURN OF THE FABULOUS INVALID
Bobby Orr and his $3 million knees were doing fine, thanks, as he began the new season with old enemies in Chicago
Hockey 1976-77
A decade of expansion from six to 30 major league teams has opened hockey's for-Canadians-only job market to foreign competition. Despite their pacifist upbringing, the best of the imports are Swedes
On paper and on ice, Montreal seems too deep, too classy and too talented for those upstart Islanders and the dethroned Flyers
Bobby Hull and all his Swedish playmates make Winnipeg the best in the West, while Quebec's Frenchmen are the East's best.
College Football
Report from the 40 Winks Tourist Court
TEXAS VS. OKLAHOMA PLUMB PUT EVERYONE TO SLEEP EXCEPT GROVER
By Edwin Shrake
By Herman Weiskopf
Harness Racing
UNHERALDED JADE PRINCE CAME DOWN FROM CANADA AND UNCORKED A RECORD MILE AT LEXINGTON. THE SEASON HAS BEEN THAT WAY, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHY
By Douglas S. Looney
Pro Football
Gotham gazetteer: a guide for losers
IN THAT SECTION OF NEW YORK KNOWN AS NEW JERSEY, THE GIANTS CHRISTENED THEIR NEW STADIUM WITH WHAT HAS BECOME AN OLD CUSTOM, LOSING, WHILE IN QUEENS THE JETS ACTUALLY WON, MAKING THE TOWN'S RECORD 1-9
By Dan Jenkins
Volleyball
"FRIENDSHIP FIRST, COMPETITION SECOND" WAS THE CHINESE SLOGAN FOR A U.S. TOUR. THAT'S THE WAY IT WENT FOR THE HOME TEAMS—A VERY POOR SECOND
By Joe Jares
Sporting Look
THE STUFF THAT KEEPS GEESE WARM IS HIGH FASHION—AND GOOD SENSE
Walking
SUN UP AND SUN DOWN, THE 100-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP WALK WAS AGONIZING
As I Did It
A DREAM DAY ON THE COURTS WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOLERS BEAT THE PROS
By Sam Toperoff
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 4-10
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer