August 5, 1974 Table Of Contents
Strike
The NFL dispute moved into its fourth week at the Hall of Fame game, with players out picketing and owners out-tricking
By Ray Kennedy
Established NASL owners wanted to put the new team in Oakland or San Francisco, but Milan Mandaric thought it better to be the only frog in a medium-sized pond. Earthquake fans have proved him so right
By Tex Maule
The Boston Lobsters
GOING TO POT WITH THE LOBSTERS
Traveling a quarter of the way around the world in nine days, the Boston entry in WTT discovered that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be
People
By Ron Reid
Baseball
Pittsburgh ace Ken Brett talks toughly and carries a big stick
By Jim Kaplan
By Kent Hannon
Bridge
The old Aces as well as a lot of kings were toppled in the Spingold, which produced four young winners who may end up facing the Blues
Tennis
With TCR, tennis finally has a method to evaluate its players. Answers to an ingenious quiz indicate who will give you a competitive match
By Gwilym S. Brown
Swimming
Settling down to a dog-tired paddle
Twenty-four hours in a Quebec lake is a mighty long dip, but Indiana's Olympic champion John Kinsella and his female partner were positive they could win the big marathon—if only John would stop shivering
By Dan Levin
Run Deep
RUN NOISY, RUN DEEP AND GO TO WORK
Once dreaded as the most ferocious marine mammal, the killer whale is now performing exacting diving tasks for the Navy and is the chatty, endearing star of oceanariums
For The Record
A roundup of the week July 21-27
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By Jack Meyers
Edited by Sarah Pileggi