July 6, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Illegal, true—but also profitable and respectable. That is the Irish Sweepstake
Yesterday
During the Depression summer jobs—if available—paid little, but this one had other compensations
TV Talk
The networks cautiously avoided the World Cup, to the profit of closed-circuit TV
AAU Track
The name has served as an alias for thousands, but last weekend a real John Smith checked in, the UCLA sophomore nipping Lee Evans in the 440 (left) in an AAU championship notable for surprises
By Pat Putnam
The stubborn Texans of Lubbock dug out from under the rubble left by a catastrophic storm and produced the kind of All-America football game the coaches always hoped for but never before could achieve
Aces
First they were the Dallas Aces, then the U.S. Aces, and now the world is theirs after they easily beat the best bridge teams from three continents. It was America's first victory in 16 years
Money From The Bank
Aragonite worth billions is being mined in the Bahamas. Sometimes on a clear day you can't see the bottom
People
Baseball
In Montreal they love Le Grand Orange
The Expos knew they were getting a good ballplayer when they traded for Rusty Staub, but not in their happiest dreams could they have imagined what a valuable ambassador of goodwill they had in the redhead
By Mark Mulvoy
By Roy Blount Jr.
Horse Racing
Playing the cinco-seis in San Juan
Off-track betting may be poison here, but it works in Puerto Rico
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