June 13, 1977 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
MOTORIZED HANG GLIDERS ARE HERE, BUT THE HANG-UP IS IN THE ASSEMBLY
By Lowell Cohn
The Ball
THEY'RE KNOCKING THE STUFFING OUT OF IT
While the batters have a ball and pitchers are bawling, tests show that the new baseball is certainly no turtle
By Larry Keith
Even with a $2.8 million contract in hand, Franz Beckenbauer, the world's best soccer player—late of Munich's F.C. Bayern, the best team—had some trouble adjusting to New York and the Cosmos
By Clive Gammon
All For One
ALL FOR ONE SURE BEATS ONE FOR ALL
Dr. J was his usual outasight, but one man can't beat five, particularly when five men play like one, as Portland did to win the NBA title
U.S. Open Preview
TO THE RIGHT, TO THE LEFT, HOLD IT!
When the U.S. Golf Association hosts the Open, as it will next week in Tulsa, its officials are lords of all they survey, measuring out a heady dose of trouble by adjusting yardage, the rough on the course, and even the density of the trees
Luck Be A Lady
...and stick around a few more nights, the guys and dolls who own Seattle Slew will have themselves a Belmont Stakes victory and a Triple Crown
By Douglas S. Looney
EVERY OTHER COLT MET HIS MATCH
Baseball
To the cry of 'Let's go, An-ge-lo!' minor league ball is back in Jersey City
By Jim Kaplan
By Herman Weiskopf
Harness Racing
In the first serious confrontation for 3-year-old trotters, the favorite had alibis for his loss, and the winner's time established his credentials for the Hambletonian
By Douglas S. Looney
Softball
Slow pitch, the game in which a player is as likely to swat as not, has gone pro. Ex-major-leaguers get most of the bucks, but unknowns get most of the belts
By Kent Hannon
Rowing
Clem Cakes: breakfast of champions
Fueled by 'Clem' Chapman's pancakes, Cornell beat Penn for the Varsity Cup
By Dan Levin
Track & Field
It was a hell of a win for the Devils
Arizona State's doughty band of U.S. kids withstood the hordes of veteran foreigners and scraped and scrambled to their first NCAA title
By Joe Marshall
Turmoil
So says Chanler Chapman, 76. The slingshot and pinking cicadas with a .22 are about it, sportswise, but turmoilwise he upholds the honor of his family, an interesting feat
For The Record
A roundup of the week May 30-June 5
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Ron Reid