June 07, 1971 | Volume 34, Issue 23

AUTO RACING—AL UNSER survived an accident-marred Indianapolis 500, driving his Johnny Lightning Special to victory for the second straight year at a record average speed of 157.735 mph (page 26)....

4—Sheedy & Long26, 27—James Drake, Arthur Shay (3), Heinz Kluetmeier (2)28—Eric Schweikardt, James Drake, Tony Triolo30, 31—Gerry Cranham33—Jerry Cabluck34—Leviton-Atlanta35—Frank Lotz...

Nanci Kaiser, 18, of Center Point (Texas) High, won all four events she entered at the state girls' meet in Austin: 80-yard hurdles (10.4), 440 (58.0), 60-yard dash (6.9) and long jump (19'1")....

TALKING BACKSirs:Frank Deford's commentary concerning Chris Schenkel (TV TALK, May 24) was long overdue. Not only does Schenkel lack the necessary knowledge to analyze the game properly, but he is...

STRANGE BET-MATES

•John P. Cowan, newly appointed secretary and deputy commissioner of the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission, after being informed that he cannot associate with undesirable characters: "There...

It was the most calamitous Indy 500 in years—and a heartbreaking one for precocious invaders—but Al Unser in a fleet, fit 'Johnny Lightning Special' steered deftly past crashing, spinning, burning...

Final jewel in racing's Triple Crown is the Belmont, in which a select field will test Canonero II, the Cinderella horse from Venezuela who won the Derby and the Preakness.

Some gifted newcomers who didn't fear the Americans gave Great Britain its second Walker Cup in 50 years

Big Lew chose a honeymoon over the pro All-Star Game, so his NBA teammates had much more of a battle on their hands than anticipated, but they skinned by those upstarts from that other league

Alfred Wright, an editor and writer for this magazine since 1955 (and for Time Inc. since 1939), died unexpectedly last week at his home in Sagaponack, N.Y. His death hurt us all. Al was a good...

So Robert Redford hadn't been on a tennis court for nine months and was a little rusty, and a little sore, having separated a shoulder climbing down a tree for his latest film (Mountain Man—the...

The once celebrated machine was limping along on some very sick cylinders. Still, there was a strange optimism around the club

NL EAST

They came, they toured and they made borscht of most U.S. rivals

Since 1850, when men dismounted to run it on foot, the steeplechase has had a bizarre history. Jeromee Liebenberg follows the tradition

When Herbert Hoover established his Rapidan retreat, one of the benefits he foresaw, along with the fishing and the relaxation, was escape from the intrusions of the capital press