March 08, 1971 | Volume 34, Issue 10

SO LONG, BIG SERVE

•Rod Gilbert, New York Rangers, on why he punched Philadelphia Flyer Bill Lesuk in a tense game: "He hit me on the head with his stick. And he didn't apologize."

The attention paid lately to cable television and the certainty that the video cassette is not too far in the future have obscured the rejuvenation of a familiar old form of the media—theater, or...

It is called the Cactus League, and the Indians, who train in Tucson, can wahoo to their hearts' delight among the giant saguaros that poke their fingers 60 feet into the dry Arizona sky. This is...

The prefix "eco" is much with us these days, beginning with ecology and moving on to such hyphenated pretensions as eco-chains, eco-systems, eco-worlds, eco-thought and even eco-journalism. But as...

Hofheinz Pavilion is hardly humble but, as Jacksonville found out, playing Houston on its own floor can be a humbling experience

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Binoculars are the sports fan's best friend, but in your eagerness to get something that brings you close to the action don't look for magnification alone when you buy a pair. Size, weight and...

Gil Brandt, chief scout for the Dallas Cowboys: "Right now I'm using a pair of Bushnell 7x35s. I've owned them for four years, which is a record for me because I usually wind up leaving my...

Hugo Castello coaches NYU, the best collegiate fencing team in the U.S. It is a distinction, he concedes, that invariably fails to impress

Jack Berryman, chief of the Government's Wildlife Services:

A look at the devastation produced by the official poisoning Establishment—the men of the Wildlife Services division of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—and the rationale behind it.

6—H. Lane Stewart20—Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, UPI21—Roy DeCarava23—James Drake (2), Walter Iooss Jr.24—Walter Iooss Jr.26, 27—Leviton-Atlanta28—Heinz Kleutmeier, Carl Iwasaki33—Heinz...

BASKETBALL—NBA: Milwaukee beat the San Francisco Warriors 118-107 to clinch a tie for its divisional title with 14 games remaining. Oscar Robertson, the new club assist-record holder paced the...

Tom Roy, of South Windsor (Conn.) High, scored 39 points to break the New England prep career record of 2,237 points while leading his team to an 88-50 victory over East Windsor. He has averaged...

MARCHING ORDERSSirs:It's too bad that Alfred Wright was tied up at the board meeting at Bermuda Dunes during the play of the Bob Hope Desert Classic (Thanks for the Memory, Feb. 22). He missed a...