March 30, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
London's Ladbroke's will take wagers on anything, but most particularly on horses
By J. A. Maxtone Graham
Yesterday/Blood Brother
Blood Brother to Six Sioux of Saskatchewan
Scouted by a drinker of lemon extract and signed as a shortstop by the Indians of Fort Qu'Appelle, this part-time mink rancher starred briefly as a pitcher until a thunderstorm struck him out
By Ezra Bowen
Mystique
That special aura of success surrounding UCLA basketball—the achievement of John Wooden—surely did not hinder the Bruins at College Park, but the champions earned their glory and their title
By Joe Jares
While UCLA was psyching out the NCAA and Marquette was sewing up the NIT, a game between Las Vegas show girls and some airline stewardollies gave basketball a new shape—and a lot bigger gate
Pistol Pete
Showtime with Pete Maravich came to Madison Square Garden and New Yorkers loved it, but Marquette brought in a star performer of its own—a local boy at that—and easily won the NIT tournament
SKY-HIGH SKIING IN THE BUGABOOS
Gooey Sickness
A GOOEY SICKNESS SMEARS THE GULF
In the wake of a blazing well, spilling oil menaces the Louisiana coast; only the north wind has saved the land
By Pat Ryan
People
Motor Sports
Leadfoot Mario Andretti hopped from a failing Ferrari into a live one and beat the Porsche of brokenfoot Steve McQueen by mere seconds
By Robert F. Jones
Baseball
With superior players, a quietly capable manager and a new color scheme, the Athletics this year hope to draw some spectators for a change
By Roy Blount
Boating
When the wind comes up, the doctor is absent
One of the world's worst cases of sailing fever has made Stuart Walker, M.D. a small-boat skipper of wide renown. Walker is a man of such tenacity that he has been known to keep racing even when dismasted
By Hugh D. Whall
Hap i nes
Hap i nes Afloat on the Sea of Cortez
Oh, there were a few sleepless hours from the bawling sea lions and screaming gulls, and the plumbing was awry, but there were plenty of big fish and only one tarantula
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