June 26, 1972 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
A London Shop eases the southpaw's lot with its left-handed complements
U.S. Open
Jack Nicklaus' final score will never reveal what he did at Pebble Beach. Defying wind, sand, grass and water, he took a memorable Open and a giant step toward the Grand Slam
By Dan Jenkins
Who's the fastest girl of all? It began as a matter of vanity and led to a quarter-of-a-million-dollar match race. In the end, it was the photo-finish mirror on the winning post that decided the issue
Two Catchers
TWO CATCHERS CUT FROM ROYAL CLOTH
In any era exceptional receivers who can also hit are great rarities. Today's baseball boasts both Johnny Bench, the Cincinnati home-run slugger, and Pittsburgh's exuberant Manny Sanguillen
By Ron Fimrite
TV Sports
How do you like your sports cast? The medium's moguls have been giving it a lot of thought lately, and have been looking around for new ways to hook the other guy's audience
Wild And Woolly
It is beautiful country where New Mexico Artist Peter Hurd lives and paints, where Joe McKnight, like his father before him, raises sheep and where Joe's exotic Barbaries, once a hobby, have become a thriving game population
People
Baseball
Favored Arizona State, a team noted for its pell-mell style—and a remarkable record—ultimately raced to defeat in the NCAA tournament
By Gwilym S. Brown
By Ron Reid
Tennis
It was a heaven-sent week for Tennis Tech at the NCAA championship, and it ended in a grand splash of sunlight—an all-Trinity final
By Joe Jares
Boxing
And in the other corner, the butcher—or so the banner said before the young French folk hero stepped into a middleweight slaughter
Swimming
Dr. Chet Jastremski is a creaking 31, but he wants to go to Munich
Irving
Meet I'm Irving, a racehorse of modest talent (one win in his six years) who is regarded by the Baltimore pharmacist who owns him, Irvin David, as the best medicine any man could have
By Frank Deford
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 13-19
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By J. Richard Munro
Edited by Robert W. Creamer