November 09, 1970 | Volume 33, Issue 19

The Bruins finally lost a game, and there was a stern searching of souls. But all was serene once the Hubmen cooled the Rangers

John Dane III, that is, a fiery competitor who successfully defended the Douglas Cup collegiate match-racing championship in California by giving up just as many defeats as he had last year—none

The worst player Alex Hawkins saw in his 10 years in the NFL was Alex Hawkins. In the first of two parts, the ex-Colt tells how he performed at six positions. Poorly.

Hilton Head, S.C. is a piece of tidewater real estate snugged up against the Atlantic coast near Savannah, where Yankee cannon harassed Confederate ships throughout the Civil War. Today it is the...

In the lagoons there are alligators on the alert for marsh-mallows. No one knows why they like them, or why anyone ever thought they might. Live oaks and elms are so thick in places that even in...

America's fascination with the automobile as a culture object has long been a matter of interest to this magazine and on occasion we have enjoyed probing and analyzing the love affair. What is it...

And the answer will be—no, not one of those teams up there on page 15—it will be Dartmouth, which last week shut out Yale in a battle between undefeated and, if you can believe it, nationally...

THE BACK: Fullback Steve Worster of Texas, a 6'1", 204-pound senior, scored four touchdowns in the Longhorns' 42-15 win over SMU. Worster now holds school career records for touchdowns (32) and...

SPORTING PARTIES IHosts of the Week are Fireball, Tobe, Chickenman, and possibly even Jarbo and Foo-Foo, for their postfight get-together in Atlanta, the one where some 200 guests were taken for...

Fifty-two fuel companies cooked up a rocket car to promote their products, hired an almost-astronaut to drive it and, one might say...

Soviet marksmen regain their old form in the world championships

As brother Bob says, "No Plager is hurt when he gets hit there." All three of them play defense for the St. Louis Blues, and their view of hockey is that you should whack the other guy before he...

Cover—Eric Schweikardt, Heinz Kluetmeier, Walter Iooss Jr.4—Julian Wasser—LIFE14—Arthur Shay, Tony Tomsic, Tony Triolo22—Tony Triolo23—Charles Trainor24—John D. Hanlon36, 37—Walter Iooss...

Demitrios Konstantinidis of Athens, Greece set school and league scoring records by booting in eight goals as Cate School of Carpinteria, Calif. romped to a 10-1 soccer victory over Ojai Valley....

BASKETBALL—NBA: Detroit's Pistons, on a nine-game winning streak and fresh from a 109-89 win over Baltimore, breezed into Manhattan on Halloween and ran into a five-headed creature called a...

TOXIC POLLUTANTSSirs:It was past time for SI to step forward with its article Poison Roams Our Coastal Seas (Oct. 26). The deadly pollution that is wreaking havoc on our coastal waters and their...

ANGRY MAN

•Ed Flanagan, Detroit Lions center, on Dick Butkus: "It's the biggest treat of the year playing against him. At half-time I just take two aspirins and we go at it again."

Snowmobiles, campers, trailers, surfboards, water skis and the latest in bikes and boats all offer prospective purchasers new ways to enjoy the outdoors. As has been fairly well established,...

There is no way of knowing what Amelia Jenks Bloomer, the 19th century precursor of today's militant bra burners, thought of the baseball teams that were named after her, or even if she ever saw...