October 26, 1970 | Volume 33, Issue 17

BORING FROM WITHIN

•Hayden Fry, SMU coach, agreeing that the Southwest Conference race gets less predictable every year: "It's awfully hard trying to figure out who will finish third behind Texas and Arkansas."

There were infidels in the land who spoke of Ohio State or Texas, Auburn or Nebraska as No. 1, but in countless hearts where football is forever green—even if the players' names often are...

<i>In short, Muhammad resembles the Ali of old, which means Jerry Quarry should expect to have a hard night of it in Atlanta</i>

In years past, the San Francisco 49ers have been almost defenseless, but now they've got the hitting to go with John Brodie's passing and are making a run at the National West title

<i>All the Orioles seemed to have a hand in casting a spell over Cincinnati but there was no one to compare with Brooks Robinson, the friendly ghost, who made the Reds disappear in five...

Pete Maravich's debut earned him mixed reviews as Oscar Robertson made his first Buck game a winner

The road back for Muhammad Ali begins with a 15-rounder in Atlanta against Jerry Quarry; the next planned step is a title match with Joe Frazier. Mark Kram reports.

On its 25th anniversary, professional basketball sits for a unique portrait. Artist Douglas Gorsline views the sport's swirling combat as in a fractured looking glass, jaggedly juxtaposing...

In a 36-hour period last summer, while Dow-Jones was steadily insisting that bears were in control of the market, the new Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association sold $2,250,000...

The '70 Knicks are even better, and the Buffalo Knicks are best of the new teams

As Cincy awaits the fruits of revolution, it's Atlanta's Bell-Bottoms vs. the Baltimore Knees

Here comes the Milwaukee dynasty, and there goes the chance for a four-team division race

One more year, at least, for those hot shooters from L. A., while Alex Hannum prepares his coup

In a weak division of regional roamers, Kentucky now has the big men to be best

The closest race in both leagues should help the gate but have a familiar finish

Question: What are those people doing scattered out there in the street? Answer: Observing Survival Day, of course. In Ottawa the Society to Stop Pollution (STOP) convinced the city council to ban...

So spindly was Joe Theismann when he entered Notre Dame that coaches were guilt-stricken. Not so now. Shrewdly guiding what may be Ara Parseghian's best Irish team, he engineered a solid victory...

<b>EAST</b>

THE BACK: Stanford's Jim Plunkett accounted for 275 yards in a 63-16 win over Washington State to break the national collegiate career total-offense record. He now has 6,630 yards, with at least...

Nijinsky's defeat after 11 straight victories raised questions about his English jockey and how he ranks with the world's best race riders

Getting a major pro tour started on the Continent may prove as thorny as D-Day if last week's tournament near Paris is an augury

Unlike judo and other forms of exotic combat, this martial art is strictly for the gentle-at-heart

<i>A new study shows that toxic chemical compounds—methyl mercury, DDT and mysterious PCBs—are present in our most popular saltwater fishes. Now rising residue levels endanger human health as...

All the figures shown on the chart are parts per million. WARF Institute's procedures for determining chlorinated hydrocarbon residues are in the "FDA Pesticide Analytical Manual," Volume 1,...

BASKETBALL—NBA: In a verbal war that overshadowed their opening game, the Seattle SuperSonics settled a contract dispute with star Center Bob Rule. The 6'9" Rule, whose 24.6 points and 10.3...

16, 17—Neil Leifer18—Tony Triolo (2), Neil Leifer, Bob Gomel—LIFE20, 21—Sheedy & Long22, 23—Neil Leifer24—Herb Scharfman28—Wayne Wilson from Leviton-Atlanta38-41—Walter Iooss Jr.42, 43—John F....

Mrs. Roberta Harper, 76, teamed up to win the women's and mixed doubles titles of the Trenton (N.J.) Country Club and reached the semifinals of the women's singles. Her first club championship,...

NBC's coverage of the World Series seems to be ruled by an official dictum declaring that, aside from the gobbledygook of Casey Stengel that we all can afford to suffer, our October classic...

QUESTIONS OF CONSCIENCESirs:By announcing Chip Oliver's departure from the world of reality (Wow, Like Let's Really Try to Win, Oct. 12) to a world of hollow-eyed, aimless existence, you have...

No matter what J. D. Salinger or Herman Wouk or Philip Roth says about the home lives of Franny or Zooey or Marjorie Morningstar or even poor old Portnoy, I refuse to believe that American Jews...

Riding a lady's bicycle with a hamper on the handlebars, 66-year-old Gustav Hakansson, five times a grandfather, still beat the best young bicyclists in Sweden over 1,000 miles