March 5, 1973 Table Of Contents
Footloose
Why climb Specimen Mountain? Because of all the other things that are there
By Kent Dannen
Yesterday
Look out on the Track! It's Supersquire!
There was nothing mild-mannered about George Osbaldeston, and he came along 100 years before phone booths, but some of his feats would have turned Clark Kent green
By J. A. Maxtone Graham
Superstars
To boost the sales of oil filters and Florida homesites, 10 real Superstars valiantly competed in a not-so-real decathlon. The results were more ridiculous than sublime
By Dan Levin
After a series of lackluster performances in the West that had his fans wondering what was wrong, Lee Trevino went to Florida, borrowed himself a set of sticks and cut down young Forrest Fezler
His millionaire owner considered Crusading a flop and, in truth, he could not get around a track—until he was sold for $1. Now he's a whiz
All Around
Albuquerque was a one-balloon town. Then they had a contest and 128 of them came bob, bob, bobbing along
This Is It
After 14 long years she is tired of it all, but with prayerful thought little Janet Lynn has trained to a keen edge and approaches the world championship full of religious fervor
Dream Course
GOING RACING ALONG A DREAM ROAD
Somewhere in the world there is the right plot of land and the proper pile of money to build a road-racing circuit that is perfect for cars and drivers and, not least, for spectators. Then what better architect could be found than that lucid, imaginative charger, Jackie Stewart? It is from his blueprints that the model pictured on these pages has sprung. A dream, true, but Stewart's production says much about what racing is today, and could become in the future.
Skiing
Agreed, Beech Mountain is not exactly an Alp, but a few blasts from the big North Carolina snowmaking guns mean the race will go on
By Gwilym S. Brown
College Basketball
By Kent Hannon
Pro Basketball
It hurts when they aren't the best
When they are healthy the Lakers are a superb team—regardless of what record Chamberlain happens to be trying for. But with both West and Hairston injured, they can run into trouble, as they did last week
By Peter Carry
For The Record
A roundup of the week Feb. 19-26
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer