September 14, 1970 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
An old Everest hand writes fondly of his rewarding life at some higher elevations
By Ursula Beary
Yesterday
The Year the Ham Won the Grand National
On the stage or in the selling ring, Voluptuary looked every inch the winner, but it took the spotlight and applause of England's greatest race to make him anything but an also-ran
Ali
Overweight and undertrained, Muhammad still looked mighty good as he returned to action in Atlanta and worked up a sweat against three sparring partners. He could quickly get ready for the real thing
By Martin Kane
When young Johnny Simpson won with Timothy T. he upheld a tradition begun by his father, who had triumphed with Timmy's sire six years ago
Shoemaker
Riding high and hard at Del Mar, Calif. last week, Bill Shoemaker booted home eight winners to equal one of sport's major marks—most victories by a jockey, a record held for years by Johnny Longden
By Jack Olsen
Rug Bugs
A SURFACE CASE OF BUGS IN THE RUGS
Supposedly a money saver, artificial turf is now the big thing in baseball. Faster and bouncier than grass, it is changing the old game—but not entirely for the better
By Peter Carry
College Football 1970
ANOTHER NIGHTMARE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD
By Dan Jenkins
Red-Letter Year for Quarterbacks
Baseball
A little luck would be a relief
By Roy Blount Jr.
Tennis
Fierce lass in quest of an elusive title
She is Margaret Court of Australia, and last week at Forest Hills she moved in on one of the rarest prizes in world-class tennis—a Grand Slam
By Gwilym S. Brown
Golf
Big amateur shoot-out at Generation Gap
Young Lanny Wadkins won the U.S. championship over a field that showed as little respect for its elders as it did for the record book. Meanwhile, the seniors at Waverley could always fall back on Spiro and Red
Bridge
A whale of a hand—and a player, too
Look, Ma
That's the way it was decades ago when air circus pilots flew deadly competitions—and that's the way it is still as sports like Bevo Howard (preceding page) take to the skies and perform flights of fancy
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