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May 15, 1978 Table Of Contents

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A NEW GUIDE CHARTS A WATERY WAY FOR EXPLORERS WITH FIN AND SNORKEL

By Rick Telander

The Derby

REAFFIRMATION AT THE DOWNS

Reasserting his dominance over Calumet's Alydar, Affirmed held off the surging colt in the stretch to give young Steve Cauthen a triumphant return to his old Kentucky home

By William Leggett

DAYS OF WHITE WINE AND ROSES

By Clive Gammon

ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

The Sixers were folding in the playoffs again. This time the Bullets were wrecking their hopes

By John Papanek

3,000

Past 3,000 and Still Counting

With a solid single, Pete Rose became baseball's 13th 3,000-hit man. Now he is off in pursuit of Musial and Aaron

By Ron Fimrite

Mark Roth

WHAT ROTH'S WRATH WROUGHT

Shrieking and stomping, clobbering pillows and sunbeams, Mark Roth has become the best bowler in the world

By Herman Weiskopf

Baseball

A dandy not unlike Sandy

Likening USC's young Bill Bordley to Koufax might seem a bit much, if he were not a lefty with a 24-1 record

By Larry Keith

THE WEEK (April 30-May 6)

By Herman Weiskopf

Hockey

Never rile an O'Reilly

Philadelphia figured the way to lick Boston was by baiting the Bruins' fighting Irishman, but the Flyers got beaten to the punch in their Stanley Cup series

By Mark Mulvoy

Pro Football

It was the same old song and dance

A ballroom was the site of the NFL draft, in which the rich got richer

By Joe Marshall

Swimming

A new day has dawned

When an injury kept Dawn Musselman from competing in the 1932 Olympics, she lost her taste for swimming, but 46 years later she is setting records again

By Dan Levin

Billiards

Chalking up another

Raymond Ceulemans believes he can make every shot, which he just about did in winning his 15th world championship

By Mike DelNagro

For The Record

A roundup of the week May 1-7

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By John A. Meyers

SCORECARD

Edited by Robert H. Boyle

CREDITS

FACES IN THE CROWD