May 10, 1971 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Red Barber's memoirs take us behind the sports microphone, but not very far
By Joel Siegel
Yesterday
The 1945 British—U.S.S.R. soccer matches were meant to generate goodwill. They came out like Pearl Harbor
Missing Data
This splendid redundancy was all that past performance charts had to say about the last three races of Venezuela's Canonero II, who made America's classic contenders look like Percherons as he rounded a jampacked field to score a stunning upset in the Kentucky Derby
Choosy Doozy
A world-record bid of $66,000 failed to buy a succulent Duesenberg, but champagne-sipping old-car shoppers at a Pennsylvania auction thawed the recession freeze by ponying up more than $300,000
By Robert F. Jones
Only One Hand
Lew and Oscar made it seem easy, as the Bucks breezed to the NBA title. Who will ever stop them now?
By Peter Carry
Superjack
NO BIRD, NO PLANE, JUST SUPERJACK
As president of the Amateur Athletic Union, Jack Kelly is determined to leap tall traditions in a single bound
Coaches
A Chance to Stay in a Young Man's Game
By Roy Blount Jr.
Baseball
Atlanta's Ralph Garr, called Road Runner II, is probably the world's first licensed nickname. He is also leading the majors in hitting
By Ron Fimrite
Hockey
All right, so they lost. But they gave Montreal a bad scare
By Mark Mulvoy
Bridge
Pro Football
Four minor league teams in Texas are playing when nobody else is, and although history is being made, the same can't be said about money
By Tex Maule
Festivals
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 Frank Deford