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Times have changed. Last month A.F.L. teams whipped their N.F.L. big brothers in ten of the first 16 interleague contests. The Miami Dolphins, for two seasons the doormats of the A.F.L., rolled over the Philadelphia Eagles 23-7, as Rookie Fullback Larry Csonka ground out 90 yds. and two touchdowns. The Buffalo Bills used rookies liberally as they defeated the Detroit Lions 13-9, while the Houston Oilers stopped the Washington Redskins 9-3. Kansas City beat both the St. Louis Cardinals and the resurgent Minnesota Vikings by scores of 13-10. Even the Cincinnati Bengals, a first-year expansion...
...favorites with the Packers for this year's N.F.L. crown, to avenge last year's 50-7 thumping. While the Charger offensive line took care of the Rams' vaunted pass rush, Quarterback John Hadl riddled the Los Angelenos' defense for 14 completions and 302 yds., including a 68-yd. touchdown toss to his brilliant flanker, Lance Alworth. Final score: San Diego 35, Los Angeles...
...horse racing at all. When it comes to purity of breeding, the quarter-horse wins no prizes; a chunky, bandy-legged brute, it looks almost grotesque next to the sleek, stately thoroughbred. Besides, what railbird wants to bother with a race that covers only 350 to 550 yds. and is over before he can focus his binoculars? The answer is the 2,000,000 quarter-horse devotees who showed up at 100 tracks in 26 states last year to watch the husky hybrids dash to photo finish after photo finish...
...compact action, nothing quite compares with quarter-horse racing. A horse that covers 350 yds. in 18 sec. is likely to win, while a horse that finishes only one second later can be dead last. And big money rides on every split second. Pari-mutuel betting is now permitted in 13 states, and last year's total handle was $78,328,686. In that same period, purse money increased from $1,752,256 to $6,984,558. Dollar for distance, it is the richest racing in the world...
...faces of Babe Ruth, Red Grange and Paavo Nurmi paled before the image of the bronzed, high-cheekboned champion. Sportswriters later acclaimed him as the out standing swimmer of the first half-century, and rightly so. When he retired in 1929, Weissmuller held every freestyle record from 100 yds. to the half mile. And who could forget his showing in the 1928 Olympics, when he devastated his own Olympic 100-meter mark in the breathtaking time...