May 1, 1978 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
DO A TACO HUT AND LAUNDRY MONEY COMPENSATE FOR A BATTERED BODY?
Gary Player
When Gary Player won his third straight tournament, it was a triumph for strict dieting and firm purpose. Also a new putting stroke
DOWN GOES BIG BILL, UP GO THE SONICS
With Bill Walton hurting—and then out of it entirely—Portland fell dangerously behind in its NBA playoff battle against Seattle
KEEPING SUPER SABRE UNDER RAPS
Buffalo's Gilbert Perreault is used to being rocked and rolled, but his Stanley Cup encounters with Philadelphia turned up new obstacles and intensified his rivalry with Rick MacLeish, whose assignment was to cool him
Mikey And Me
The overlooked holder of the indoor and outdoor pole vaulting records is doing a slow burn because humans like Mike Tully are getting all the acclaim
By A. M. F. Pacer III
Rags And Riches
RAGS SAYS HIS SYSTEM FIGURES TO BRING RICHES
What's a nice Harvard boy doing in a cramped Greenwich Village office with all that info on the horses?
Times Square Gym
NEW HOPE ON THE STREET OF DREAMS
It's too early to call it a big success, but the Times Square Gym sure beats anything else playing on 42nd Street
By Bruce Newman
Baseball
In '77 the Dodgers had the National League West wrapped up by mid-May. But by winning two of three last week in L.A., the Reds showed they plan no '78 el foldo
By Larry Keith
By Herman Weiskopf
Horse Racing
For tall odds on a small horse in the Kentucky Derby, try Esops Foibles
Boxing
Add this new Page to the Ali book
He won the AAU title with a borrowed style, and now Greg says he, too, is the greatest
By Douglas S. Looney
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 17-23
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
By John A. Meyers