August 31, 1970 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
The Real Fun of the Fair Was the Horse Pulling
Maybe the kids preferred the freak show, but what the county farmers came to see were the teamsters' tugs-of-war
By Jim Harrison
Big D
The Cowboys, who haven't won a big game, are plagued by quarterback doubts, complacent vets, angry blacks and no confidence
By Tex Maule
WATCH OUT! THERE ARE MORE EN ROUTE
And more and more. The Baltimore Orioles' farm system is so productive it should keep the mother team's larder full for years
By Peter Carry
Debbie Meyer
It's little Debbie Meyer who won three golds in Mexico in 1968 (below). At 18 (right), she is simply ancient by female swimming standards, but not too creaky to set another world record at LA.
The sky was almost azure and the grass was nearly green as New York's Central Park banned its automobiles and its muggers to provide a sylvan setting for a national championship
Getaway
First the Mexican army chased out the peasants, then Texan Troy Post built 'the most prestigious club anybody ever heard of,' a $30 million hideout just for good ol' boys—and girls—with lots of money
By Edwin R. Shrake
People
Baseball
By Jim Kaplan
Bridge
Golf
Martha Wilkinson won the Women's Amateur over Cynthia Hill, but for all the good it did her she might as well have lived in Johnson City
By Mark Mulvoy
Horse Racing
A victory for the family of Mann
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
Edited by Robert Creamer
