June 17, 1974 Table Of Contents
Brawl Game
Ugly incidents caused by rowdy fans are multiplying, and the reasons go far beyond the sale of cheap beer in the grandstand
By Ron Fimrite
When they talk about class among the 3-year-olds, it almost always comes down to what happens in the Belmont Stakes. A mile and a half is the real test. Now everyone has a colt to talk about
Tennessee
A steeplechaser and a sprinter led an army of Volunteers past UCLA to the NCAA track and field championship
By Pat Putnam
Case 427: Part II
The story is sleazy, the testimony contradictory, the consequences degrading to all concerned. A detailed account of charges leveled against Long Beach State and an intimation that the problem at this university is the problem elsewhere in college sport
By Ray Kennedy
People
Baseball
Gaylord Perry has 10 consecutive wins and, he insists, a dry sinker
By Pat Jordan
By Jim Kaplan
Racquetball
The game plan is to avoid getting waffle-faced
Don't be embarrassed, there are a lot of people who have never heard of racquetball. Here it is in all its glory at the world championships
Boxing
Figuring that the best defense is to be offensive, the publisher pans everybody in his own eccentric crusade to protect the fight game
By Dan Levin
Reggie
'EVERYONE IS HELPLESS AND IN AWE'
That, says Reggie Jackson, is the impression that suffuses him after one of his majestic drives, and it is becoming commonplace as the Oakland slugger races on to a higher stardom, unfettered in life as he is at the plate
By Roy Blount Jr.
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 3-9
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Andrew Crichton