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February 10, 1975 Table Of Contents

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Kick

BIDDING WITH A 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

College Basketball

Taking a bull by the nose

A shot to the schnozz has been the only way to slow Notre Dame's Adrian Dantley. Trimmed down and muscled up, he can smell a scoring title

By Larry Keith

THE WEEK

By Herman Weiskopf

Olympics

Snug, smug in the Tyrol

With a year to go to the Winter Games, Innsbruck has it in site

By William O. Johnson

Pro Basketball

Cagey loan to San Antone

All the moribund Dallas Chaparrals needed was a lend-lease move down to San Antonio, a new name, smart deals and live fans

By Pat Putnam

Hunting

Putting some fun back into the gun

Muzzle-loaders are returning to vogue with a big blue whoosh

By Robert F. Jones

Assault

FIRST YOU HAVE TO FIND K2

And then, finding it both remote and deadly, work unstintingly to perfect an assault. The author joins the U.S. team in practice on Rainier

By Robert F. Jones

For The Record

A roundup of the week Jan. 27-Feb. 2

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By John A. Meyers

SCORECARD

Edited by Andrew Crichton

CREDITS

FACES IN THE CROWD