August 16, 1971 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
Going to pieces is the whole point at Par Puzzles, mind-bogglers for the millions
Yesterday
By Tom Edwards
Equine Killer
GRIM STRUGGLE WITH AN EQUINE KILLER
VEE, a mosquito-borne infection from South America, invaded Texas last month, threatening to devastate the U.S. horse industry. It was stowed by a serum first developed in 1943 from a dead jackass
By Dan Levin
The way Tommy Prothro of the Rams figures it, winning isn't everything, and it's a long, long way from August to December, so why get upset about a preseason defeat at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys
By Tex Maule
Ballet
The Queen off the Divers Is King
People
Baseball
The Orioles are so rich in talent, they keep shuffling a couple of baseball's brightest prospects back to the minors. Wait till next year
By Roy Blount
Golf
Fluttering start for a hungry Hawk
Ken Harrelson shows promise, but only $210 profit, in his tour debut
By Mark Mulvoy
Horse Racing
Making passes at girls who take classics
When she retires, the breeders will all want Shuvee for their stud
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
¡MARATHON SÍ, BASKETBALL NO!
The U.S. men won 18 of 22 track and field gold medals at the Pan-Am Games, including an unprecedented 10,000 meter-marathon double by Frank Shorter, but the basketball team was the victim of a close shave
By Pat Putnam