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August 14, 1978 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE, JIMMY CANNON INFLUENCED SPORTSWRITING
PGA Championship
It was a long time coming and no one deserved it more than John Mahaffey, who put his troubles behind him and won the PGA Championship in sudden death
By Dan Jenkins
Before howling crowds in Candlestick Park, those two bitter rivals, the Giants and the Dodgers, split a rousing four-game series in a vain attempt to determine who was the best in the West
By Ron Fimrite
TAKING THE RIGHT TURN ON A COOK'S TOUR
While her rivals swerved off course or conked out, Betty Cook listened to her navigator and won the Erie race
AAU Swimming
DON'T STOP THE MUSIC, CHANGE IT
Disco sounds led to one world record at the AAUs and another was a shocker as several new faces kept U.S. swimming upbeat
Sore Arms
Like a lot of pitchers, Tommy John and Steve Busby have had their careers threatened by sore arms. Surgery helped cure John; Busby may not make it
By Ron Fimrite
Baseball
Bob Horner came off the Arizona State campus to play third base for Atlanta
By John Papanek
By Melissa Ludtke Lincoln
Horse Racing
They shook the rafters at Saratoga
After Alydar took the Whitney by 10 stunning lengths, the crowd at the old track rose to its feet, tumultuously applauding the runner-up who had won their affections
Harness Racing
With a whopping $560,000 purse, the Meadowlands doesn't need tradition
Brutality
As football injuries mount, lawsuits increase and insurance rates soar. The game is headed toward a crisis, one that is epitomized by the helmet, which is both a barbarous weapon and inadequate protection
Yesterday
BACK IN THE '40s, SURFERS FLED WHEN 20 BOARDS CROWDED MALIBU'S WAVES
For The Record
A roundup of the week July 31-August 6
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Bruce Newman
