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August 11, 1975 Table Of Contents

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GRAPHITE, ANYONE? IT'S THE LAST WORD IN SNOB VALUE, THE $200 TENNIS RACKET

By Martha Smilgis

Booktalk

...OR YOU CAN BUY A $25 BIOGRAPHY AND LIFT IT OVERHEAD 150 TIMES A NIGHT

By Jay Cronley

Grand New Game

GRAND NEW GAME

Baseball is bigger than ever, with record crowds and plenty of pizzazz, including Nuns Days and giveaways

By Ron Fimrite

All-Star Game

TWINKLE, TWINKLE—AND PFFFT

The College All-Stars sparkled for three quarters, but then Steeler Joe Gilliam moved in to end their heavenly daze

By Mark Mulvoy

Hell On Wheels

HELL (AND HEAVEN) ON WHEELS

One champion got stoked on fiendish power at cycling's nationals, another was just angelic—until she began pedaling

By Barry McDermott

TV/Radio

MORE THAN A PRETTY FACE

By Melissa Ludtke

Baseball

Had by a Mad Hungarian

Hitters wonder what weird things go on beneath Al Hrabosky's hat

By Larry Keith

THE WEEK (July 27-Aug 2)

By Herman Weiskopf

Soccer

What a battle in Seattle

It was the Sounders against the Portland Timbers in the division race, but it was interstate warfare as well and, by George, Washington won

By Pat Putnam

For The Record

A roundup of the week July 28-Aug. 3

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Jack Meyers

SCORECARD

Edited by William Oscar Johnson

CREDITS

FACES IN THE CROWD