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May 25, 1970 Table Of Contents

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Booktalk

Two more volumes bear witness to the miracle that was 1969's winning Mets

By Charles Einstein

Yesterday

Duck Omelet for the Senator

By Frank Graham Jr.

Sour Revenge

REVENGE CAN BE SOUR

Marty Liquori defeated Kip Keino for the first time in the Martin Luther King Games, avenging the humiliating loss he suffered last winter, but sweet it wasn't as the Kenyan gave up in the stretch

By Skip Myslenski

A PREAKNESS WITH PERSONALITY

The colt that Hirsch Jacobs said was his best a few days before he died finally won a Triple Crown event for the family stable, and even the losers at Pimlico could feel pretty good about that

By Whitney Tower

MOM UNSER AND THE INDY CHILI CAPER

It took a brave throat to swallow her fiery cooking and a braver foot to duel with her son Al as he raced to the 500 pole

By Robert F. Jones

Henry Aaron

Henry Raps One for History

A single up the middle brought the Atlanta Braves' Henry Aaron his 3,000th hit and a mile-high milestone in a fabulous hitting career that after 16 years does not show the least sign of peaking

By William Leggett

Swift Wings

SWIFT WInGS TO BRIGHT HORIZOnS

PLEnTY OF AIR IF YOU KnOW WHERE

By Jerry Kirshenbaum

People

PEOPLE

Baseball

Good pitch but no no-hit

By Roy Blount Jr.

THE WEEK

Harness Racing

Max is in luck with Truluck

Although long devoted to trotting, Max Hochberg was fortunate when his mighty Torpid came along. After a decade he's in the money again

By William F. Reed

Lacrosse

One team, anyway, says, Yes, Virginia

By Peter Carry

Boxing

No longer a legend, but not all hoax

Marcel Cerdan's American debut proved that he has his father's heart but not his skills or punch

By Mark Kram

Out Of Eden

A River Running out of Eden

The salmon has long lured millionaire sportsmen to Canada's Restigouche. They came first by houseboat 80 years ago and later built stately lodges. Today anglers instinctively return—but the fish are scarce

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

SCORECARD

Edited by Robert Creamer

CREDITS

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