
August 18, 1975 Table Of Contents
A Star
It takes a telescope to spot Jack Nicklaus, whose fourth PGA win and 16th major title put him light years above mere earthlings
By Dan Jenkins
MEANWHILE, MILLER'S TALE OF WOE
By Peter Finney
That's what Rod Laver called the tournament in North Conway, N.H., and with Jimmy Connors doing a star turn, it was smash summer theater
On The Line
Every time a player comes up, he risks a run-in with that specter of death, the beanball. Only one major league hitter has ever been killed, but fear and fractures have snuffed out numerous careers
By Mark Kram
Whirlpools
JUMPING INTO THE WONDERFUL WHIRL OF SPORTS
Whirlpool baths have come out of the training rooms and into more plush settings as the Good Life's new totem, thanks to the Jacuzzis
Baseball
Boston's ball of dust becomes a ball of fire
Little Denny Doyle, heretofore best known for being a dirty-uniform second baseman, hit in 22 straight games, tops in the majors this year
By Ron Fimrite
By Larry Keith
Pro Football
Don Shula intended to pass, but his Dolphins were a grind again
By Mark Mulvoy
Marathon
English fell runner Joss Naylor and 349 fellow masochists ran 13 miles to the summit of the famous peak, wheeled around and plunged back down
For The Record
A roundup of the week Aug. 4-10
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By Jack Meyers
Edited by Robert Creamer