October 24, 1977 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
MARY MARSHALL WAS STRIDES AHEAD OF THE TIMES WHEN SHE BEAT A MAN
By George Gipe
Shopwalk
IF SKATEBOARDING IS TOO TAME, STEP A MAST, HOIST A SAIL AND TAKE OFF
By Craig Buck
Booktalk
COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCANDALS ARE SMOTHERED BY A LOT OF MEGATHINK
World Series
THE GOOD GUYS AGAINST THE BAD GUYS
Amid antagonism in the clubhouse and anarchy in the Yankee Stadium bleachers, New York took a 3-1 World Series lead. Then a 10-4 win in Game 5 kept alive the happy Dodgers' hopes of having the last laugh
By Ron Fimrite
Rugby
SLIM PICKINGS AT THE CABBAGE PATCH
The embryonic U.S. national rugby team lost its first battle to the British at hallowed Twickenham, but the war has only just begun
By Clive Gammon
Running Scared
A GENTLE RADICAL WHO RUNS SCARED
Bill Rodgers, the American record holder in the marathon, races on and on, fearing his talent may desert him
By Kenny Moore
TV/Radio
College Football
And that's for sure. Recruiters stopped calling on I. M. Hipp when he was hurt in high school, so he borrowed his way to Nebraska and is hoppity-hipping to records
By Douglas S. Looney
By Herman Weiskopf
Soccer
The NASL champs flouted an unwritten rule and rattled everybody in college soccer by signing two undergraduates
By J. D. Reed
Pro Basketball
Happy but stepping warily, Detroit's Marvin Barnes gets out of the slammer
By John Papanek
Horse Racing
Deciding on the champions is a guessing game this year, and the Champagne Stakes only kept arguments bubbling as Calumet Farm's Alydar reaffirmed his class
Pro Football
The Falcons are not yet world-beaters, but there they are atop the NFC West
By Joe Marshall
Knees
THIS STRANGE AND PERILOUS JOINT
The knee, which bends, twists, floats, glides and sometimes wears out, is a marvelous mechanism—but not designed for the rigors of sport
By William Oscar Johnson
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 10-16
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited By Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert H. Boyle