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...unbridled violence of the pro game. Its quarterback stars are not polished professionals who read the Wall Street Journal, belong to the P.T.A., and get birthday cards from their insurance agents. Their game is still a game. They make mistakes, and if they ever do get to be pros, most of them will have to take Football I all over again. But the colleges have borrowed one thing from the pros-daring-and at its pink-cheeked, earnest, illogical best, college football is at least as interesting as a 10-7 championship struggle between the New York Giants...
Mainbocher is also the great loner. He disregards the feverish pitch of the Paris houses and shows his collections at his own dignified pace (his butler serves ice water instead of champagne). Last week two audiences-one of society women and one of fashion pros, both as carefully hand-picked as the members of a royal wedding-were admitted to the off-white salon on Fifth Avenue, sat reverently on couches and little blue chairs to watch six mannequins parade in 150 designs while the aging master explained them in a well-modulated whisper...
...Quarterback Ron VanderKelen dropped back and flipped a 20-yd. pass to End Pat Richter, who neatly sidestepped the Green Bay safety and sprinted 53 yds. for the winning touchdown. Final score: All-Stars 20, Packers 17-the first time in five years that the collegians had beaten the pros...
...assuring the nation that the test ban agreement preserved U.S. security, President Kennedy opened an inevitable debate over the military risks involved in the treaty. The pros and cons of the argument...
...sense. Baseball attendance has been slipping for yers as people discover how exciting other sports can be. Many a man who thrills to pro football now twiddles his thumbs through a nine-inning pitching duel: there are other things to do on a weekend-play golf or watch the pros, go to the auto races, chip in to buy a boat and take the kids sailing or fishing. The expansion to ten-team leagues gave attendance a hypo. But the boosters can hardly be expected to stay all steamed up when their heroes are glued in the cellar...