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Discusses the mental processes which football or soccer players often experience on the field. Reasons for the perception of spectators that players do little or no thinking for themselves on the field of battle; Description of instinctive and premeditated action by football players; Reflection among players during the game.

The article recalls the 1955 National Hockey League (NHL) riot which happened during the St. Patrick's Day. During a game against the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens Maurice Richard was suspended for attacking NHL president Clarence Campbell called on a hearing Bruin defenseman Hal Laycoe. NHL president Clarence Campbell organized a meeting at the Montreal Forum in Quebec during the St. Patrick's Day to discuss the issue. Unhappy fans went to the forum. A fan threw a tear-gas bomb at the site.

The article covers issues related to sports as of October 2, 1967. According to psychiatrist Doctor John Harrington, British soccer fans prefer to show their aggressions by using bad language. About 600 to 800 persons can be accommodated by the Meramec Caverns during the World Series games to be held in Saint Louis, Missouri. The annual Henley-on-Todd Regatta on the dry Todd River was held by citizens of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

The article talks about the 1966 World Cup being held in England. The quadrennial event is estimated to be viewed live by 2 million spectators willing to shell out a total of five million U.S. dollars, attending matches at eight stadiums. Around 1,600 journalists, 700 radio and television broadcasters are covering the event with the final game to be viewed by an estimated 400 million worldwide via television. Top favorites to win the tournament are the Brazilians, Argentinians and Germans.

The article reports on the standings of the 1966 World Cup Soccer in Great Britain. It cites the defeat and disappointments of Brazil, which won the 1958 and 1962 title, Italy, and North Korea at the tournament. It states the possibility of the Soviet Union, West Germany, Great Britain, Portugal to take home the 1967 World Cup crown. It also mentions the immeasurable applause of several football fans on the victory of their country.

The article presents answers from several soccer coaches and captains to a question concerning the low number of soccer fans in the U.S. compared to Europe including Stanford University soccer coach Fred J. Priddle who describes the play patterns of soccer, University of California soccer coach Bob Digrazia who mentions soccer's lack of publicity and Indiana University soccer coach G. K. Guennel who cites the need for soccer to compete with other sports.

The article offers news about notable people. New York Philharmonic guest conductor Seiji Ozawa suffered a broken coccyx while playing for the Penguins, the orchestra's softball team. Novelist Normal Mailer was sailing off Provincetown, Massachusetts when a whale surfaced near his boat. U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy observed how fans at a soccer game in Brazil threw items such as paper cups, rolled-up balls of paper and chicken bones.

The author comments on the sports reporting of writer Wilfrid Sheed and the popularity of soccer in the U.S. According to Sheed, sports spectators in the U.S. have participated more in violent riots sports compared to their more well-mannered English counterparts. But the author believes that U.S. men are interested in sport even if they disregard soccer because it represents their innermost nature. He adds that sports reporting is more than scores and how they are made.