April 4, 1977 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
AN OLD-STYLE SMITHY GETS ALL FIRED UP MAKING COSTLY DAMASCUS BLADES
By Bruce Newman
NCAA
Coaching his final game after 13 years at Marquette, Al McGuire was given a royal sendoff—a victory over North Carolina and with it the NCAA championship
EXTRA! CHRISSIE LOSES FIRST SET!
Despite an uncharacteristic start in the title match, the golden girl of tennis reemphasized her overwhelming supremacy by overcoming Sue Barker of Devonshire and taking home the Virginia Slims Silver Ginny for the fourth time
By Joe Jares
BOTTOM WAS ON TOP IN VERY FAST COMPANY
USC's Joe Bottom broke two venerable swimming records at the NCAA championships as his share of a spree in which marks were set in every event
Bound For Glory
BOUND FOR GLORY AND A WREATH OF ROSES
With a mighty swoosh, the Derby favorite, Seattle Slew, pulled far away from his foes in the Flamingo and put himself in the exalted class of Secretariat
The Masters
NONE OF THEM WILL WIN THE MASTERS
The young and unheralded have made off with the lion's share of prizes on the winter tour but now they face the subtlety and mystery of Augusta
By Dan Jenkins
Kanter
BOXING FITS THIS OLD BOY LIKE A GLOVE
Brussels-bred, Harrow-schooled and Paris-garbed, George Kanter is the U.S. fight game's hot line to Europe—a man of charm who has seen the sport prosper, wither and bloom again
By Dan Levin
Golf
Blue skies may mean brown links
Northern California's extended drought could produce one big unplayable lie
College Hockey
The joint jumped when fanatical, beanied Badger-niks replaced funereal Red Wing followers in the Detroit Olympia—and Wisconsin won two thrillers in overtime
Pro Basketball
The Bulls are making a late charge to the playoffs and Chicago's in an uproar
By John Papanek
Danny Kaye
As a mime, Danny Kaye has been a man of a million faces. In real life, he has excelled as a symphony conductor, golfer, pilot, chef and medicine man. Now he owns a baseball team
By Ron Fimrite
As I Saw It
AS THE CARDS' BAT BOY FOR A DAY, AUTHOR GOT A BROKEN BAT AND HEART
For The Record
A roundup of the week March 21-27
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer