April 22, 1974 | Volume 40, Issue 16

Sir:Your line articles on baseball 1974 (April 8) were well thought out. However, your choice of Pete Rose to fill your cover and symbolize the game this year was not quite as good. Who had the...

IN OUT OF THE COLD

•Clifford Roberts, chairman of the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club, asked what he would do if a streaker streaked at the Masters: "Why, naturally, we would take his badge away."

It blew up a gale of controversy around hockey's premier scorer, Esposito of Boston, as the Bruins tripped Toronto

But not for the Bulls of Chicago. After years of trying to get past the first round of the playoffs, they finally made it, led by a most unlikely hero who should have been wearing another team's...

Two strong teams in search of their first title, the New York Nets and the Kentucky Colonels, clash on the ABA's Eastern front and Peter Carry covers all the action.

Rebuilding the Brickyard is a game that any number can play and the result is a grander future back home in Indiana

Andy Granatelli drove there, crashed there—and doggedly sponsored 35 losing cars before getting his first winner there. He says, with reverence, "I just love the whole aroma of the place."

George Plimpton has played quarterback for the Detroit Lions and been bashed in the nose by old Archie Moore, but for some reason he was not pitching last week in Atlanta when Henry Aaron hit his...

You've heard of Hammerin' Hank, but Willie really wields one. The Pirates' big Willie Stargell has taken to using a sledgehammer as a weighted bat while waiting his turn to hit. Stargell again...

Kansas City had a problem in young Jim Wohlford, a fine hitter who could not field. Solution? He went back down to the minors and learned how

NL WEST

Foregoing traditional finesse in favor of the fast break and volume shooting, tiny Hobart is swamping opponents under a torrent of goals

Only 15, little Miss Decker has gained poise to match her status

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: It ended in bedlam: Buffalo's Bob McAdoo fouled Boston Guard Jo Jo White in the last second of the frenetic sixth playoff game with the score tied at 104. White hit both free...

5—Herb Scharfman17—Stephen Green-Armytage18, 19—Heinz Kluetmeier (2), Eric Schweikardt (2)20, 21—Stephen Green-Armytage22, 23—Tony Triolo24, 25—John Iacono44-46—Photographs by Henry...

Dan Palma, a senior at Sunnyslope High in Phoenix, placed first at 112 pounds in four wrestling tournaments, including the state championships. Palma was undefeated in four years of dual...