August 17, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
'Only the Ball Was White' sheds bright light on a dark chapter of U.S. baseball
By David Fisher
Shopwalk
For a triangular Malay or an aluminum-spined Maltese cross, see Mr. Pearson
Yesterday
The Year My Cousin Played the Rightfielder
Not right field, mind you—we weren't even in the ball park but just outside of it—and the game was not so much baseball as a weird kind of midsummer night torture test
America's Cup
On the eve of decisive America's Cup trials, foreign and domestic, the grandeur of the sea and charisma of Newport intermingle with the contenders' stark concern over huge investments. Big business outsails romance; so far "Intrepid" has sailed best
Big Mama
A gathering of young and old gaffers searched the seas off Hawaii for the wife of the world's biggest marlin. She got away, naturally, but the fishermen hooked a record catch along the way
By Robert F. Jones
A GAME THAT GETS A GOOD MAN DOWN
Sudden Sam
Pitching is just another diverting challenge to Sudden Sam McDowell, who marches not only to his own drummer, but to a different one every day
By Pat Jordan
Indian Giving
A holy lake of the Pueblos has become a symbol of America, maybe doing right—or once again doing wrong—by her Indians
By Edwin Shrake
People
Baseball
By Peter Carry
Golf
British bombers downed by U.S. spitfires
Even the booming drives of Irishwoman Mary McKenna couldn't get the Curtis Cup away from the Yanks
By Mark Mulvoy
Boxing
Salute the grand old flag-raiser George F.
By Martin Kane
Umgawa
The voice of Tarzan is still heard in the land, but there are days when Johnny Weissmuller prefers a quiet drink to yodeling at elephants
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