August 21, 1972 | Volume 37, Issue 8

The deer and the antelope—and a gang of drag racers—were at play as oldtime cowboy-country New Mexico Joined a fast new crowd

Despite the absence of her chief rivals, Summer Guest took a big stride toward recognition as the best 3-year-old filly in the country with a decisive victory in the venerable Alabama Stakes

When Jurgensen was hurt, Billy Kilmer became the No. 1 Redskin quarterback. However, don't count Sonny out, he's counting calories

The Olympics are bigger—with 9,000 athletes from more than 120 nations—and presumably better this year, reports SI's Munich-bound crew. The U.S. track and field squad, says Pat Putnam, has more...

Up with the rising tide the bonefish come to the flats, sometimes silently in twos and threes—the biggest ones singly, hunting alone—at other times in large schools making faint, trembling wakes...

One is tempted to think of bonefish as among the wildest of creatures, if a sensory apparatus calculated to separate them continually from man's presence qualifies them as "wild." Yet when the...

As with a cat, there is more than one way to skin a story. It falls into a reporter's lap, or it may take years to cultivate. In the case of this week's feature on bonefish by Artist Stanley...

Democrats in Florida's Dade County are looking for a new executive director. One man whose name has been mentioned is Joe Robbie, owner of the Miami Dolphins. Whether he would consent is another...

Or it's plain murder if you're on the receiving end of Steve Carlton's pitches. He's gunning for 25 wins—with the Phillies. Imagine that!

AL WEST

By winning at Westchester, the mighty Nicklaus collected another $50,000, but for two other pros the rewards were relatively greater

Gene Riegle is a soft-spoken, perpetually smiling 44-year-old driver from Ohio who badly wanted to make the $92,000 Adios his first victory in a big-time harness event. But Riegle was no hungrier...

With the recent departures of Charles de Gaulle, J. Edgar Hoover and Don Vito Corleone, there are not many, as they say in the eulogy trade, "giants" left on this earth. Not many of that very...

AUTO RACING—EMERSON FITTIPALDI of Brazil started from the pole and drove his Lotus to victory in the Grand Prix of Austria, covering 198 miles at a speed of nearly 133 mph. Denis Hulme of New...

16-17—Tony Triolo18-19—Jerry Cooke20—Heinz Kluetmeier29—Eric Schweikardt56-57—Bob Meyer63—Popperfoto, AP64—Heinz Kluetmeier70—John Hanlon, Roy DeCarava87—Hal Owen Photo, William Stump

Peter Jacobi, 29, of Las Cruces, N. Mex., broke the New Mexico State University golf course record previously held by Lee Trevino and two others. In shooting a nine-under-par 63, Jacobi made nine...

DOLPHIN DUOSirs:I must comment on the great work John Underwood did in his article about the Miami running duo, Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick (The Blood and Thunder Boys, Aug. 7). It reveals how...

100% FOR MARVIN

•Abe Gibron, coach of the Chicago Bears, on how he communicates with Mirro Roder, a Czechoslovakian place-kicker who speaks no English: "When I holler, he runs. When I blow my whistle, he runs....