May 13, 1974 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
...and a certain amount of time to lend true enchantment to memories of what went into preparing an old-fashioned tennis court for play
The Cannon
Cannonade, deftly guided through a rough race by Angel Cordero, won the Kentucky Derby convincingly and drew a bead on the Preakness
As the playoffs between the Bucks and the Celtics got tougher, the biggest question was: Could Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the game's best, score often enough to dominate Dave Cowens, the second best?
By Peter Carry
Double Trouble
SINGLY FEEBLE BUT DOUBLE TROUBLE
South Africa's Frew McMillan and Bob Hewitt are two lesser lights on the pro tour, but put them together and they're killers, as they proved again last week in the WCT doubles championship
By Frank Deford
Girls' Crew
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER? PHOOEY!
In multiplying numbers, women are learning the joys of serious rowing—not the summer afternoon's paddle on some limpid stream, but the spiky cold reality of a boathouse in the predawn dark, the ache of straining against the heavy sweeps and the stress of competition. There are more than twice as many women's crews now as there were two years ago, and they row—here—coast to coast, in the Georgian clarity of Cambridge mornings, and in the low sun of California afternoons
Nicklaus
SHORTEN THE TOUR AND IMPROVE THE GAME
The world's best golfer offers some ideas to Intensify competition, gladden the hearts of sponsors and, not incidentally, upgrade the sport on an international basis
People
Baseball
By Herman Weiskopf
Bridge
Playing the Vienna is in no way a waltz
Hockey
In a startling switch from their pugnacious tactics, mannerly but manly Philadelphia ousted New York from the Stanley Cup playoffs
By Mark Mulvoy
Hesketh
From his marble 17th-century manor, Lord Alexander Hesketh plans his assault on Grand Prix racing, a sport he believes should be more romantic. With that in mind he serves champagne to his crew
By Robert F. Jones
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 29-May 5
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Andrew Crichton