April 5, 1971 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
An essayist with a discriminating eye makes a fine art of being a spectator
By Jane Gross
A Close One
The Bruins of UCLA won their fifth straight NCAA national title, but for once there was an element of doubt. Howard Porter and Villanova almost set the East on fire before their flame finally was doused
By Joe Jares
After The Flag
THEY'RE ALL RUNNING AFTER THE FLAG
Everybody's favorite for the Kentucky Derby is Hoist The Flag, but the other colts keep trying, running, winning and hoping
The Masters
Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, Casper—the very best—seem always to be at or near the top in the Masters, which is a key reason why this one is everybody's favorite golfing show
By Dan Jenkins
A skeptical visitor casts a jaundiced eye on the most sacrosanct golf tournament of all and, come Bobby Jones or high water, finds some things he doesn't like
By Bil Gilbert
Gil Drake
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A MULLET
Not if you're young Gil Drake, one off the world's most dedicated—and innovative—fishermen. He will fish for anything—and if bait or lure won't work, maybe a machete will
People
Hockey
Here come the big, good Bruins
It's finesse over fisticuffs as Boston eyes another Stanley Cup
By Mark Mulvoy
Swimming
What the fans came to see is what they got
Indiana was supposed to win its fourth straight collegiate title and—hoo, boy!—did it win
five-time all-pro guard with the Green Bay Packers and author of "Instant Replay," "Farewell to Football" and "Lombardi—Winning is the Only Thing."
By Jerry Kramer
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 Martin Kane