April 12, 1976 Table Of Contents
As I Did It
DARTER'S FLING AT THE U.S. OPEN ENDS WITH AN ARROW TO HIS MARROW
By Mark Donovan
Booktalk
A COLLECTION OF OLD LARDNER PIECES PUTS A NEW LUSTER ON HIS REPUTATION
Movietalk
TATUM O'NEAL DELIVERS A KNUCKLEBALL IN A KNUCKLEHEADED LITTLE LEAGUE EPIC
Footloose
AH, THE LITERARY LIFE! SIP BEER, PLUG YOUR BOOK—AND GET PAID FOR IT
By Roy Blount Jr.
Women's Golf
LAST WEEK THEY HELD THE MASTERS
The women's equivalent, that is. But at the splashy Colgate they put the winner in the kitchen doing TV ads instead of in a green coat
By Dan Jenkins
Baseball '76
Though players and owners do not concur on much these days, they seem to be coming to an agreement that the fan is the man—and the woman—of the hour
By Ron Fimrite
By Jim Kaplan
By Mark Mulvoy
By Ron Fimrite
Only 5'7", Joe Morgan is baseball's most complete player. He harasses pitchers, hits, steals, scores and fields, all with an air of arrogance
By Mark Mulvoy
Jackie Jensen was the ultimate hero, an all-sports star who married a storybook girl. But the Golden Boy's world and marriage collapsed, and his shining baseball career ended in torment brought on by a dread of air travel. Today Jensen is a college coach and a changed man.
By Ron Fimrite
Baseball '67
By Ron Reid
By Jim Kaplan
TV/Radio
Hockey
That was Boston's experience in the final weeks of a long season
By J. D. Reed
Skiing
French exile Henry Duvillard is now excelling on the U.S. pro circuit
By William Oscar Johnson
Gymnastics
A host of elfin European teen-age girls, led by 86-pound Nadia Comaneci, are revolutionizing the sport with backward doubles and double twists
For The Record
A roundup of the week March 29-April 4
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert W. Creamer
A 3-year-old with intimations of greatness took another big stride toward the Roses in the Florida Derby
Based on performances at the AAU indoor championships, America's women swimmers better pick up on the beat set by Shirley Babashoff if they hope to catch the East Germans at Montreal
Three teams, two playoff spots—and the Suns, SuperSonics and Lakers had to spend the last days of the season battling to see who got left out
By Joe Jares
While Warren Gamaliel Harding fans shuddered, the nation's best platform tennis players set up their stage at hallowed Forest Hills
By Douglas S. Looney