Publish date:: Feb 10, 1975

February 10, 1975 Table Of Contents

Author:: SI Staff

Kick

Shock waves went out after an Italian pair was caught playing footsie at the world bridge championships. When only a reprimand followed, the American team seethed, but the old Blues won again

By Walter Bingham

BAYI RUNS BY HIS OWN RULES

Which say get in front and stay there. That he did in his indoor mite debut

By Ron Reid

WAIFS WHO DARE TO DARKEN DOORS

The Los Angeles Kings, mostly men cast out by other teams, have risen up in the Norris Division to confound their rejectors

By Mark Mulvoy

Vegas Jackpot

A TWO-ARMED BANDIT HITS THE JACKPOT

In a ballyhooed big-money match in Las Vegas that actually lived up to its billing, young Jimmy Connors blackjacked Rod Laver

By Joe Jares

Walt Frazier

AND STILL A CLASSIC OF COOL

In his eighth pro season the pressure is on the Knicks' Walt Frazier as never before. But he remains basketball's best guard, and while his life-style is less gaudy, the thermometer is steady

By Jerry Kirshenbaum

Into The Skies

OUT OF THE SURF AND INTO THE SKIES

After taming the waves with board and boat, Hobie Alter has come ashore with a new toy, a radio-controlled sailplane

By Philip Singerman

Hit The Road

Wintertime Is High Time to Hit the Road Again

If Richard Petty comes rolling out, can spring be far behind? That's Petty below—five-time champion, the winningest stock car racer ever—and the vivid bursts of action here and on the next page comprise a salute to the new season from Photographer Richard Meek, who shot these scenes, then tuned them up through a special process that he keeps as secret as what makes the cars and crews so fast.

By Robert F. Jones