March 20, 1972 | Volume 36, Issue 12

While racing flounders elsewhere, intense competition among the older horses at Santa Anita generates the track's most rewarding day in years

You're a good man, Rico Petrocelli, but you and the Red Sox would be even better if you could wrap your troubles in doubles. Barry McDermott reports from spring training.

"I could see the sweat droplets fly off Mike Quarry's body," began New York Post Sports-writer Sheila Moran's story, in suitably gee-whiz fashion, as she became the first woman to cover a boxing...

The likes of Avraham Melamed and Moshe Gertel (right) have made a West Virginia college a winner

Six-foot six-inch Dave Kingman of the San Francisco Giants is the sort of baseball player who calls to mind the kind of hyperbole that has been all too infrequent in spring training prose since...

THE GOOSE THAT KILLS

•Al McGuire, Marquette basketball coach, who has taken his team to a postseason tournament the last five years: "Sometimes I wish I would have a losing season just to see if I would be the same...

Young Wadkins arrived on the tour with a quirky swing and a load of confidence. Now some of the rival laughter has turned to tears

BASKETBALL—NBA: Boston's Atlantic Division lead over New York slipped slightly—to 4½ games—when the Celtics lost two and the Knicks won one of three. Cincinnati whacked the Celtics 125-114 to...

Cover—design: Don Moss; photographs: Rich Clarkson, Heinz Kluetmeier, James Drake, Sheedy & Long14—Eric Schweikardt16, 17—James Drake, Wil Blanche, Rich Clarkson, John Hanlon (2)18—Sheedy...

Thomas Boutsikaris, a senior at Bar-ringer High in Newark, N.J., won the state foil title after taking the city championship three of the past four years. Fencing in dual city league competition,...

FOR SPORT'S SAKESirs:Hallelujah! There is a light in the forest! Until now I was afraid I was the only person who still enjoyed sports for the fun of competition. Your SCORECARD item, "Win, Win,...