October 10, 1977 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
IN WHICH TODAY'S MOST POPULAR BIRD WHISTLES SOME PRETTY FUNNY TUNES
AN ICONOCLASTIC GOLFER SHARES HIS FEELINGS ABOUT THE GAME HE LOVES
As I Did It
A SORE ARM AND CHIN MUSIC WERE FACETS OF A TRYING WHITE SOX TRYOUT
Ali
Muhammad Ali left them roaring with a marvelous last-round rally against game Earnie Shavers, but one day soon the champ will reach down and come up empty
By Pat Putnam
The legendary Brazilian retired again, this time before a crowd whose size was both a tribute to him and a part of his legacy
Aggie-Ny
IN THE SECOND HALF IT WAS PURE AGGIE-NY
Michigan led Texas A&M 7-3 after two quarters. Then the Wolverines scored five touchdowns, four as a result of turnovers and a blocked punt
By Joe Jares
Aspen
Not to mention the fearless Slats Cabbage, the Ruggerfesters and just about everybody. Aspen is where sporting folks have found the Mountain of Youth
By Sam Moses
Boundary Waters
PASSIONATE SUITORS FOR A WILD PARADISE
Minnesota is split, Congressmen from the same party are pushing opposing bills, tempers are erupting—over what is best for a matchless million acres
By William Oscar Johnson
Football
New York's Monsignor Farrell went all the way to Cincinnati for the experience of meeting the No. 1 high school team, and Moeller made it all too unforgettable
By Ron Reid
TV/Radio
THE IRON MAN KEEPS GOING STRONG
Baseball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
Nature
To satisfy the Japanese demand for raw tuna, a detective story writer has created a farm in Nova Scotia where 1,000-pound gamefish are fattened for slaughter
By Dan Levin
Motor Sports
At Watkins Glen, Niki Lauda regained his championship but bolted Ferrari
By Sam Moses
Pro Football
Spectacles make him spectacular
Focusing on his receivers, Bob Griese has Miami eyeing another Super Bowl
By Dan Jenkins
Horses
Trying to boost their sport into the big time, organizers of the American Jumping Derby offered a $73,000 purse and got Linda Blair to award the blue ribbon
By John Papanek
Steinbrenner
No, not Joltin' Joe but George Steinbrenner, who has put the Yanks back in trim from head to hose. It hasn't been clear sailing; he's been buffeted by his manager, his players and the feds
By Ron Fimrite
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 26-Oct. 2
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By John A. Meyers
Edited by Robert H. Boyle