September 25, 1978 Table Of Contents
Booktalk
'OH, GIVE ME THAT OLD SOFT SHOE!' RINGS THE CRY FROM COAST TO COAST
By Julie Lamb
The Fight
Circling around a confused Leon Spinks, old master Ali jabbed a bit, grabbed a bit and won the world title all over again in their Battle of New Orleans
By Pat Putnam
By Bruce Newman
In the showdown at Belmont between Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slew answered his critics with a wire-to-wire victory over Affirmed
Dear Billy
The Yankee players continued to amaze even themselves as their record surge carried them past the Red Sox and into first place
By Larry Keith
Penn State
The Lions have never been selected No. 1. Not once. They mean to change that, as Ohio State just found out
Baseball
John Stearns of the Mets is plenty rugged behind the plate, but he is even tougher on the base paths, where he has set a National League "record," stealing 24 times
By Jim Kaplan
Tennis
After four lean years on Latin clay, the American Davis Cuppers won in Chile
By Frank Deford
College Football
For him, it's better to receive
But Joe Senser gives, too, thrilling the West Chester fans with his catches
By Kent Hannon
By Herman Weiskopf
Pro Football
Off to their best start of the '70s and dreaming of a return to their glory days, the rebuilding New York Jets were rudely shot down by Seattle Quarterback Jim Zorn
By Joe Marshall
Equestrian Events
Jumping to a thrilling conclusion
With royalty on the sidelines, Canada took the team gold away from the U.S. last week in the first World Eventing Championships held outside of Europe
For The Record
A roundup of the week Sept. 11-17
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Robert H. Boyle