February 28, 1972 | Volume 36, Issue 9

Their Majesties, canine and feline, held court in Madison Square Garden, where super dog and top cat were named this month in the Westminster and Empire shows, respectively.

And for 17 other reasons, a 7' ABA center jumped to the NBA, while the Nets induced Marquette's 6'11" junior center to sign

Words flew faster than greenbacks as the World Hockey Association, a group of rare birds with major league aspirations, drafted Orr, Hull, a state governor and everyone else owning a pair of skates

Striking it richer in Florida, golf's touring pros—and Dan Jenkins—zero in on Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic, which is going to suffer no lack of 1) money or 2) names.

The golfer is yet to be invented who wouldn't give up a year of Sunday morning starting times if he could just have back one shot, one disaster, to play again—this time the right way. Doubtless...

Ed Ratleff, scoring against Pacific, leads a strong Long Beach team that has been unfairly accused of every sin under basketball's sun

SOUTH

Weak from making weight, Mando Ramos still hooked hard enough to keep his lightweight title from Pedro Carrasco, a sometime matador

On the flats, the enigmatic mutton snapper becomes a fly-rod prize

BASKETBALL—ABA: Any semblance of races in the two divisions was shattered when East leader Kentucky, led by Dan Issel's shooting (average: 35 points) and rookie Artis Gilmore's rebounding (in one...

12, 13—Tony Triolo14—Pete Biro15—Eric Schweikardt18—John D. Hanlon, Walter Iooss Jr.22, 24—Sheedy & Long40—Fred Kaplan-Black Star44—Sheedy & Long58—UPI59—Culver Pictures60—Culver Pictures,...

Frank Alagia, a 5'9½" All-Long Island guard at St. Agnes Cathedral High in Rockville Centre, N.Y., totaled 78 points and 29 assists in back-to-back games in a recent tournament. He has led the...

Sirs:Thanks for Bill Wall's ideas and thoughts on methods of cleaning up collegiate basketball (, Feb. 14). The administration of any academic community that allows an athletic department to run...

JUMP BALL

•Jerry Kramer, former Green Bay Packer: "The TV football widow said to her husband, 'You love football more than me.' He said, 'Yes, but I love you more than basketball.' "