October 08, 1973 | Volume 39, Issue 15

POLITICS IMany people are against the amateur sports bill that Senator John Tunney is sponsoring in Congress. They are fearful of intrusion by government into sport, and so are we. But marathon...

•John McKay, USC football coach, who has been using his son as a starting end: ' They used to yell, 'McKay, you idiot.' Now they holler, There's that idiot McKay playing his idiot son.' "

Lots of Hoopla is on tap as pro basketball gets set for its opening tap: a look at astonishing Tiny Archibald, scouting reports, and judgment calls on refs by Peter Carry.

The American League playoffs matching the world champion Oakland A's and the Baltimore Orioles might seem to be merely another confrontation between two teams that have been there before, the...

In a pulverizing game in a bruising division, Minnesota battered Green Bay 11-3 without the benefit of such niceties as touchdowns

Since July the bluefin tuna have been feasting along the North Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Newfoundland, the smaller fish to the south and the megatuna—those giants in the 1,000-pound...

Whatever happens to Purdue's new football Coach Alex Agase has got to be better than his summer fare—perhaps. He tried golf, fishing and bicycling and 1) got dragged up the fairway by his golf...

Something new has been added to the heavy-armored Notre Dame offense, namely runners with speed

THE BACK: Freshman Running Back Tony Dorsett led Pittsburgh past Northwestern 21-14, scoring on bursts of six and 79 yards and also eclipsing the Panther rushing record by galloping 265 yards as...

Up until 1970 all serious lacrosse players used wooden sticks handmade by Onondaga Indians in upstate New York. No two sticks were identical, their quality varied considerably and they broke...

As Secretariat's fans well know, Trainer Allen Jerkens, first with Onion, now with Prove Out, is making a career of wrecking the choochoo train

Twentieth Century Drifter

The new Marty Robbins song that appears on pages 80-81 was specially commissioned by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED to accompany this article. Robbins plans to record "Twentieth Century Drifter" for...

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BOXING—Argentina's CARLOS MONZON retained his world middleweight crown with a unanimous 15-round decision over Jean-Claude Bouttier in Paris.

Peggy Schock, 18, of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., swept three women's golf titles: the girls' state high school, the city women's and the South Dakota women's tournaments. Her best performance was a...

31—Dick Raphael, Heinz Kluetmeier (2), John D. Hanlon (2), Lane Stewart32—Walter Iooss Jr.33—Fred Kaplan-Black Star34, 35—Heinz Kluetmeier (2), Fred Kaplan-Black Star (2)36-37—Heinz...

NOBLESSE OBLIGESirs:Billie Jean King (There She Is, Ms. America, Oct. 1) soundly beat Bobby Riggs and the Sugar Daddy became just another all-day sucker.JULIA EVANSMilwaukee