September 5, 1977 Table Of Contents
Cosmos
By beating tenacious Seattle in Soccer Bowl '77, the Cosmos not only won the NASL championship but they also made Pelé's cherished dream come true
By Clive Gammon
BOTTOM WAS UP TO TOPPING A MARK
The anticipated showdown between U.S. and East German women was upstaged when Joe Bottom smashed swimming's oldest record
Royal Occasion
IT TURNED INTO A ROYAL OCCASION
With four teams bunched tightly at the top, the American League West was in the midst of its hottest race ever. But as last week's games showed, the heat could be off Kansas City if the pretenders don't find a way to dethrone the defending champs
College Football 1977
Fewer Is Finer Except for Some Flaws
The mythical coach is back, and now he likes the new scholarship cutdown. What bothers him are the non-scholars
By Roy Blount Jr.
Come To Pass
Now that defenses have caught up with the wishbone, more and more college teams will be seeking victory through air power
Baseball
China's Little Leaguers did it again, but they weren't as awesome as usual
By Ron Reid
By Herman Weiskopf
Horse Racing
A fine way to affirm his worth
He had won on both coasts, but many questioned the chestnut's superiority. Then Affirmed took the celebrated Hopeful Stakes from a prince of a colt named Alydar and laid claim to the 2-year-old title
Golf
An unusually confident team of Britons once again failed to win the Walker Cup
Suited To A T
A Melding of Men All Suited to a T
Clark Shaughnessy was a dour theoretician, Frankie Albert an unrestrained quarterback and Stanford a team of losers, but combined they forever changed the game of football
By Ron Fimrite
For The Record
A roundup of the week Aug. 22-28
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert H. Boyle