September 15, 1975 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
HOW TO BLOW $1.1 MILLION, OR THE KEYSTONE COPS GO SAILING, SORT OF
By Ray Kennedy
Forest Hills
Olés rang out at Forest Hills for Manuel Orantes, a clever little Spaniard who brought Jimmy Connors to his knees and triumphed in the Open
By Joe Jares
The Mets
It was up, up and away for the Mets' wondrous fastballer but, except for a rookie who was flexing his wings, the rest of the Amazins seemed prone to await a miracle. As Pittsburgh pressed on, they needed one
By Ray Kennedy
Don King
'There Ain't No Others Like Me'
Up from the gutter and reaching for stars comes ex-convict Don King, cast in the flamboyant mold of P. T. Barnum and Tex Rickard
By Mark Kram
TV/Radio
Baseball
The rescue of Houston's ball club, sagging cornerstone of a diminishing empire, has been entrusted to Yankee emigrants Tal Smith and Bill Virdon
By Edwin Shrake
By Herman Weiskopf
Table Soccer
'A real first-class professional sport'
This is what one promoter calls Foozball, a corruption of the German word Fussball, which in some circles means a coin-operated game. Don't laugh. The national championships were played in Denver. For $113,000
By Pat Putnam
Pro Football
A Mad Stork stirs up his new nest
Al Davis doesn't mind if Linebacker Ted Hendricks scares his Raiders
By Ron Reid
College Football
The season began in high stride, with Tony Dorsett grinding out the yardage as Pitt beat Georgia, and Penn State struggling to nip Temple
By Larry Keith
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 1-7
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By Jack Meyers
Edited by Robert W. Creamer