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March 23, 1970 Table Of Contents
Burning Busch
A BIRD IN HAND AND A BURNING BUSCH
Even with Richie Allen aboard, the owner of the new, new Cardinals, peeved by player demands and a Supreme Court challenge, is hardly Little Gussie Sunshine—as poor Steve Carlton has learned
UP JUMP THOSE PORE LI'L CANUCKS
It was win or perish last week for the Montreal Canadiens, and win they did as Jean Beliveau and John Ferguson helped patch up some cracks in the Quebec dynasty
By Mark Mulvoy
NCAA
It will be close when the four best college teams in the country meet in Maryland for the national title. But UCLA, always toughest when the games mean most, should win again
The Merchandise
To Wendell Rosso, buying a thoroughbred is like buying a carload of bananas for his supermarkets, because "there is a chance to make a profit." So now he's waiting for his $405,000 Sea-Bird filly to make Dollar No. 1
By Pat Ryan
Danny's Turf
Sparring partners like Danny Andrews are paid only for working with name fighters, and even then the pay is peanuts. Danny is good at his profession. He does not hit hard, so you can't get hurt, but he makes you think
People
Cockfighting
Bloody nights on the lone prairie
Feathers fly on Saturdays In the chicken-fighting capital of Kansas
By Dick Russell
College Basketball
Young Coach Herb Magee and his boys whooped it up as they won and, hopefully, ended forever the hoary wheezes about Philadelphia Textile
By Gary Ronberg
Skiing
After putting down the kids for another season, Austria's 31-year-old superracer says that maybe now is the time for him to hang 'em up
Golf
Gary's Garrison: bogeymen and bodyguards
The South African made a controversial effort to counteract the protest over his country's racial policies. But at Pensacola last week he discovered there's nothing like an armed guard to help keep your head down
Track & Field
Muscle prevailed over speed as the Jayhawks won the NCAA title
By Pat Putnam
Aces
Top-class bridge players are fiery individualists, each sure he is the game's best. Now millionaire Ira Corn (far right) has persuaded a group of prodigies to sublimate their egos to a team effort. In consequence, his Dallas Aces are favored to bring the U.S. its first world title after more than a decade of embarrassment
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
Edited by Robert Creamer
