September 1, 1975 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
JOHN McPHEE IS A QUITE UNFRENZIED FAN OF TURTLE EGGS AND ROD LAVER
By Roy Blount Jr.
PCBs
POISONED FISH, TROUBLED WATERS
Toxic chemical compounds called PCBs are being discharged into rivers and lakes, contaminating food fish, which are contaminating us
When you're hot, you're hot, Bruce Furniss had a score to settle with himself and in the process broke two of the four individual world records that fell at the AAU meet last week in Kansas City
SITUATION WANTED: INSTANT STATUS
Second year event, for touring pros only, offers big money in exchange for major-tournament consideration
Wheeling
Remember skateboards? They are back, and better this time around
The Kid
At 16, Tony DeSpirito won a record 390 races, at 39 he was dead. In between he had a lot of Caddys, a lot of ladies and a lot of bad luck
By Frank Deford
Wigwag Man
By Herman Weiskopf
Baseball
By Herman Weiskopf
Pro Football
Hanging up his typewriter after 26 years in and around the NFL, the author recollects the best game, the best plays and the best players
By Tex Maule
Crew
Led by a cricket of a coach, the U.S. eights defend their title
By Dan Levin
Horse Racing
Hopeful end to a socko Spa season
Attendance, betting—and truant horses—were all up at Saratoga
Oldfield
"When God invented man," says Brian Oldfield, "He wanted him to look like me." However it came about, he's some piece of work. World-record holder in the shotput and sometime dabbler in "sado numbers" he's cleaning up his act for the "full-scale betterment of Brian Oldfield."
Yesterday
BOYS' SPORTS BOOKS PORTRAYED AN IDEALIZED WORLD OF MANY VIRTUES
By Mark Sufrin
For The Record
A roundup of the week Aug. 18-24
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer