July 1, 1974 Table Of Contents
Singular Hitters
Swinging for the gaps instead of the fences—and flirting with .400—Rod Carew leads a band of throwbacks who are splendidly defying the game's long-ball mania
By Ron Fimrite
HELLO THERE, MR. MALONE, WHAT'S NEW?
Meet mild-mannered claims adjuster Rick Wohlhuter who, rest assured, is the world's speediest half-miler
By Ron Reid
By Robert F. Jones
HARD SELL FOR SOME HARD KNOCKS
Jerry Quarry sold a lot of people the notion that he was a changed man, but Joe Frazier didn't buy it. The result: a familiar ending
By Mark Kram
People
Baseball
By Jim Kaplan
Golf
Eagling the final hole, Curtis Strange, a freshman at Wake Forest, won the NCAA championship for the Deacons and the individual title for himself
Rowing
The national title was settled at a new regatta where a boatload of rugged individualists from Harvard treated host Washington most discourteously
By Dan Levin
Horse Racing
The filly with the tennis name is the four-legged woman of the year
For The Record
A roundup of the week June 17-23
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Andrew Crichton