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April 12, 1971 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
On the Scottish Isle of Harris, almost everyone is part of the Tweed Ring
By Janet Graham
Yesterday
The Armstrong Siddeleys, Daimlers and Darracq something or others were wonderful, but the Riley supersport could outrun hedge sparrows
By Leonard Wibberly
Booktalk
Now that salmon fishing is everybody's creel, an expert offers a useful guide
Pretenders
The Flag is down, the dream horse of 1971 has shattered his leg. Now lesser—but sounder—colts scramble for his Derby
Milwaukee looks like a shoo-in for the final round of the NBA playoffs, but Baltimore's revival, physically and in competitive spirit, means that New York will have its hands full in their matchup
By Peter Carry
THEY STILL SWING A MEAN PADDLE
Appearing at the World Table Tennis Championships after an absence of six years, Red China proved it hadn't lost a thing
By Dick Miles
Steal The Stars
A LEGAL LICENSE TO STEAL THE STARS
Two of basketball's best undergraduates turn pro, others may, and football is in trouble, too, following a court decision
Toomey
Bill Toomey says it's kind of tragic, being the best decathlete in the world and (sob!) not being allowed to compete
Baseball 1971
For the past few seasons baseball has been more concerned with commissioners, rules changes and front-office deals than with what happens on the field. But now the men who play the game are back. With luck they will stay there
A PLAIN CASE OF SOLID GEOMETRY
FROM THE START IT'S 'GERONIMO'
It's the Orioles, of course, and not all the reasons are named Robinson, Palmer and Powell. Try Weaver, Dalton and Cashen (above), organizers of the best organization in the game
By Frank Deford
People
Golf
Uncle Sam Snead stuck to his old ways in the Greensboro Open, had a hot streak and demonstrated a thing or two to his talented nephew
By Mark Mulvoy
Bridge
Synchronized swimming demands twists of body and leaps of imagination. Mrs. Swan and her Cygnets hope to get a standing ovation for their Easter extravaganza
By Roy Blount
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 Martin Kane
