March 16, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Know who holds the piggyback-running record? This book should educate you
Yesterday/Blind Ref
That's what the hockey fans in the NHL shouted at Bill Chadwick, who never told them they were half right
Scramble
A team with a big man in the middle may win the NCAA basketball championship, but if so it won't be UCLA. The Bruins, without Lew Alcindor, are favorites but they'll be looking up for the title—not down
By Joe Jares
Bad Show
Snowmobiles are great fun and they get you outdoors to winter's wonderlands. Snowmobiles also are ear-shattering, dangerous and damaging to the delicate balance of our ecology. There are good and there are bad snowmobilers—but in both cases it is time for some control
By Jack Olsen
The Girls
The Girls From The Mountain Next Door
Pro Basketball
For the Lakers, the season still lies ahead
So says Jerry West, who has done so much to keep his team in contention while it waits for Chamberlain to come back. Behind the scenes a new, low-key coach has challenged some of the game's silly traditions
Fishing
Another name for the pollock is 'green salmon,' and by any name this cousin of the cod is the most underrated game fish of northern waters
By Dan Levin
Swimming
Love-in at the Utah natatorium
Horse Racing
Derby favorites now include My Dad George and Corn Off The Cob
Hockey
By curbing their free-ranging stars and signing some talented rookies the Chicago Black Hawks have spiraled up into the heat of the NHL race
By Gary Ronberg
Mellon
The selection of his thoroughbred as Horse of the Year reflects Paul Mellor's eminence in the racing game, but its name—no accident—is a tribute to other passions that guarantee him lasting fame in sport
By Pat Ryan
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By J. Richard Munro
Baseball's highest-paid player, Carl Yastrzemski, has been the hope—and sometimes the despair—of four Boston managers. So far silent Eddie Kasko, the latest Red Sox pilot appears to have Yaz' O.K.
By Mark Mulvoy