ABSTRACT
Football, as the pros go at it, is a game of special brilliance, played by brilliant specialists…. So precise is the teamwork that a single mistake by one man can destroy the handiwork of ten…. Action piles upon action, thrill upon guaranteed thrill, and all with such a bewildering speed that at the end the fans are literally limp…. No other sport offers so much to so many. Boxing's heroes are papier mache champions, hockey is gang warfare, basketball is for gamblers and Australia is too far to travel to see a decent tennis match. Even baseball, the sportswriters' “national pastime,” can be a slow-motion bore.
