September 26, 1977 Table Of Contents
As I Did It
THIS HURLER'S CAREER ENDED WHEN HE LEFT HIS FASTBALL IN SAN FRANCISCO
By Larry Colton
Booktalk
THE BEST AND WORST OF BASEBALL BY A SPORTSWRITER WHO HAS SEEN IT ALL
Cowboys
After Dallas and Minnesota fumbled and bumbled for 60 minutes in the NFL's first big game, Roger Staubach took charge in overtime, leading the Cowboys to a 16-10 victory
By Dan Jenkins
By Joe Marshall
Hit Parade
Seven champions kept their crowns in a bang-up week, proving only that boxing's biggest problem may be a short supply of worthy contenders
By Pat Putnam
Cup Of Tea
When Ted Turner took his swift 12-meter to sea to defend the Mug, the world's oldest sporting trophy, he found beating the Aussies was a piece of cake
Dodger Fans
THEY'RE BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
With each immense roaring crowd, Los Angeles is drawing closer to three million in attendance, smashing its own major league mark
By Ron Fimrite
Bruce Jenner
Back to Bruce in a Moment. First This Commercial
Show an advertising man a dashing Olympic champion and he'll show you a man to be packaged, marketed and run up the flagpole. That's why Jenner's future is every bit as shiny as his decathlon gold medal
College Football
They had been arguing about their phantom rivalry for 42 years, but when Iowa and Iowa State finally met again on a gridiron only State came away feeling upset
By Ron Reid
Baseball
As the Red Sox hit futile flies and the Orioles got into a temper over a tarpaulin that cost them a game, the Yankees widened their American League East lead
By Herman Weiskopf
Swimming
She double-crossed the Channel
Canadian Cindy Nicholas, swimming the English Channel for the fourth and fifth times, has smashed the record for a two-way crossing by a whopping 10 hours
By Bruce Newman
Horse Racing
With his fourth victory in as many years in the Woodward Stakes, Forego was once more the toast of the turf, silencing those who claimed he was all washed up
The Great Gunther
He is Gunther Gebel-Williams, the star of the circus, a lion tamer who does not tame lions, a man so brave he put both his wives in the same act
By Gurry Kirkpatrick
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 12-18
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert H. Boyle