May 4, 1970 Table Of Contents

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Booktalk

If you must be mediocre at tennis, at least be a mediocre player who wins

By Marshall Lumsden

Boston Tea Party

Tea Party for Bobby's Bruins

So peaceable were the Chicago Black Hawks in their Stanley Cup encounter with Master Orr and his men that Boston gobbled them up—and even the Bruins got gold stars, sort of, for good behavior

By Gary Ronberg

SPIKING'S THE PUNCH AT UCLA

Volleyball was invented in 1895, but not until last week did the first college championship take place. UCLA, behind the 115 mph spikes of Kirk Kilgour, won the title, walloping Cal State Long Beach

By Joe Jares

Earth Day

THE EARTH AS SEEN FROM ALASKA

In Fairbanks on April 22 Secretary Walter Hickel called for a shift in man's thinking from military defense toward the environment

By Pat Ryan

Monaco

ONCE UPON A PRINCIPALITY

What Next?

WHAT WILL HE THINK OF NEXT?

Yes, Virginia, there is a Bill Cox. He is alive and well in London, dreaming up all-world soccer teams, issues of postage stamps and a hall of fame in Nicaragua. Nicaragua?

By Gwilym S. Brown

Baseball

Chicago streaks for nice-guy Durocher

Chicago's hitters again were having a hot spring and it seemed like last year all over again—except for the amiable Leo, who with his team in first place was bubbling over with the milk of human kindness

By Harold Peterson

THE WEEK

Track & Field

These Mills Bros. are in the record business, too

They are Curtis and Marvin Mills, who swung down the lane at Des Moines to help Texas A&M set records in the 880- and 440-yard relays

By Pat Putnam

Horse Racing

Through a julep glass, darkly

By Whitney Tower

Lacrosse

They're not going to like it in Maryland

After decades of dominion over the sport through turning out the best schoolboy players, the state has lost its grip on the old Indian game, as a massive Long Island program produces a wealth of college stars

By Peter Carry

America

A Brief Search for America

Great truths about this country cannot be deduced from one man's observations of sport and life in Lewistown, Mont., Barre, Vt., Hastings, Neb. or Valdosta, Ga. But, as winter turns to spring and the trout and Cards come home, small truths emerge

By John Underwood

Edited by Martin Kane

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