December 03, 1962 | Volume 17, Issue 23

22, 23—James Drake69—Hanson T. Carroll76—Gerry Cranham92, 93—Bud De Wald105—David L. Crofoot

BASKETBALL—NBA: SYRACUSE seized and reseized the lead in the seesawing battle with Boston for command of the Eastern Division (see pane 22). Playing four games during the week, the Nats beat the...

MORE FITNESSSirs:Mrs. Richard Ross's Open Letter to Bud Wilkinson (Nov. 12) was the best sports advice I've ever read in your very good magazine by anyone to anyone. It should be required reading...

IN THE KRISHNA MENON MANNER

•Wilbur Evans, Southwest Conference publicity director, on Bibb Falk, University of Texas baseball coach and former major league star: "Bibb is so dedicated to baseball that until a week or so ago...

By getting a big jump in the game they wanted to win the most, pro basketball's small-town team ran right past mighty Boston and into first place in the NBA's Eastern Division

Minnesota seemingly had the game won, but a roughing penalty—and a rougher penalty on a loose tongue—swung the tide and the Big Ten championship to the Wisconsin Badgers

Two years ago, when the people's swimming pool was new, it was kept open day and night. In the chill Moscow evenings translucent mists steamed up from the heated water. Then, under the wintry eye...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: A special issue featuring a gallery of new stars, Roy Terrell writing of Duke's Art Heyman, scouting reports on the top 20 teams, and an instructional.

Until quite recently an American ski resort was a cheerful but unprofitable venture operated by an Austrian with a dream, a businessman looking for a write-off or a couple of Dartmouth boys trying...

Bob Blackman led Dartmouth to an undefeated season—and the 'animals' from Hanover loved it

For most college teams the season is over. Only the traditional post-season games and the usual bowls remain to be played. USC (9-0) and Wisconsin (8-1) are set for the Rose Bowl, Texas (9-0-1)...

Army over Navy. Staubach's passing will bother the Cadets, but not quite enough.

The middleweight champion of Europe is Laszlo Papp, a handsome Hungarian who trains on hot paprika and always has to fight out of town

The deliberately hooked low iron is a valuable shot that is especially useful on a course where there are lots of trees to be maneuvered around or under, or where there is a great deal of wind. It...

Vivacious islanders and Roger Penske, the thinking man's driver, were the stars of an attractive new event that should become a fall fixture

The "glorious time of great Too-Much," Leigh Hunt called Christmas, going on in the same poem to achieve the phrase, "most unthrifty glee." On the following pages are collected some occasionally...

Below, in alphabetical order, are the stores previously mentioned, with their mail-order addresses. Prices do not include postage unless "ppd." follows the address.

The normally decorous horsy set is still simmering over the snafu at the Royal

A guide to midwest ski resorts that have opened or added new facilities since last year. New lifts are followed by their length/vertical rise/capacity per hour. Also listed are the person, place...