August 6, 1973 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
Down to the sea in ships—to say nothing of a fragile dinghy and a rubber raft.
By Barbara La Fontaine
Yesterday
When Guerin and the Dancer Were out of Step
Twenty Derbys have now been run at Churchill Downs since 1953, when Jockey Eric Guerin had a bad day on that famous horse, but nothing about any of them has dimmed his recollections
By Pat Putnam
Two-Sided
The Dolphins may have been bored, but All-Star talent—and approach—had something to do with it, too. John McKay prepared his collegians by letting them have fun, and they nearly had even more
A SWEET 16 DANCE AT CHARLESTON
Betsy Nagelsen beat Jeanne Evert in the Girls' 16 in West Virginia, turning a possible amateur swan song into a lament
Cashing In
The Cardinals' rousing recovery from their early-season debacle is attributable in part to a pair of fine rookies and clutch performances by old and young, but some ancient St. Louis magic is at play, too
By Ron Fimrite
No Prisoner
Zenda, Wis. may seem an unlikely home base for an Olympic sailing ace, but that is where Buddy Melges first distinguished scows from cows
Rote
Son of a famous football father, Kyle Rote Jr. has found he gets a bigger kick out of soccer. Now he is the sport's Great American Hope
By Gwilym S. Brown
Limbo
More than just a one-way elevator
People
Baseball
Track & Field
Russian fans greeted the Americans with roses, but that did not stop the U.S. team from having a prickly time as both the men and women lost
By Ron Reid
Fishing
A heartening prognosis for salmon
For The Record
A roundup of the week July 23-30
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Martin Kane
