August 14, 1972 Table Of Contents
Swimming Trials
Keena and Deena and the rest of the girls were never feena—er, finer—at the Olympic swimming trials, but Mark Spitz made the biggest splash
Second Baseman Joe Morgan, who steals bases and scores runs—and hits homers, too—could make Cincy a cinch to clinch the National League West—if the Reds find a way to win at home
Bobby
First, catch a Russian—and at long last Bobby Fischer apparently has, dominating Boris Spassky so completely that only a sharp reversal can keep the young American from becoming world champion
Some Home
'The day of indignity is past'
By Edwin Shrake
People
Baseball
By Roy Blount Jr.
By Mark Mulvoy
Golf
Gary Player held on to win the PGA championship at Oakland Hills, but that tough old course proved that its teeth are still fierce
By Dan Jenkins
Tennis
Olés for moon balls and a big serve
It took five matches, but the U.S. beat Spain in the Davis Cup semifinals behind an odd combination of soft lobs by Harold Solomon and the booming game of Stan Smith, who put it all together when it counted
Pro Football
Nay on the neighs, yea on the baas
Fed up with his Colts, Carroll Rosenbloom traded for the Rams
By Tex Maule
Wives
I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN
If you have the impression that being married to a professional athlete is glamorous, fun, ego-building, frustrating or plain for the birds, you're only half right. Eight wives—and one ex—tell it like it is, and was
For The Record
A roundup of the week Aug. 1-7
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By J. Richard Munro
Edited by Martin Kane