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July 26, 1971 Table Of Contents

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Shopwalk

To save your life in the cold, simply invest 23¢—or you can just pay the $2

By Dolly Connelly

The King

LIFT A PINT TO THE KING, LUV

Jackie Stewart, master of one empire Britain is in no danger of losing, strangled a pride of young lions in his home Grand Prix and took a big step toward the world championship

By Robert F. Jones

AESOP IS THE OFFICIAL SCORER

In this fable of the National League batting race, top contenders are The Tortoise, Joe Torre of St. Louis, and The Hare, Willie Davis of Los Angeles. The moral is: be yourself and go with the pitch

By Mark Mulvoy

Right On

AFRICA WAS RIGHT ON IN DIXIE

Before the biggest and most jubilant track crowd of the year, the U.S. and Africa met down in Durham. The U.S. won, but the big attractions were Olympian Kip Keino and Ethiopia's mixed-up Mirus Ifter

By Peter Carry

Ali

He Has Heavy Things On His Mind

Monday's fight with Jimmy Ellis barely interests him. Only in the gym, before an audience, does he seem like the old Ali

By Tex Maule

Roth

What Hath Roth Got?

People

PEOPLE

Baseball

Gomer is tops in the tepee

It's another bad year for the Indians, but at least the fans have a hot new favorite, even if he is a rookie pinch hitter batting .235

By George Curry

THE WEEK

By Joe Jares

Golf

They never said they were perfect

The U.S. Publinx Championship yields a bumper crop of crazies

By Curry Kirkpatrick

Bullfighting

Hats off at the comeback of an old renegade

Antonio Bienvenida, Spain's Medicare matador, has come out of retirement at 49 to fight monster bulls with such flair that the heralded reappearance of fabled glamour boy Dominguín has been eclipsed

By John McCormick

Tennis

Happiness is six hours a day with your eye on the ball

Chris Evert, the 16-year-old daughter of a Florida pro, already has upset the game's best. Now she starts her bid for fame and fortune

By Larry Keith

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

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By J. Richard Munro

SCORECARD

Edited by Martin Kane

CREDITS

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