
April 16, 1979 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
HIGH ABOVE NIAGARA, A FUNAMBULIST COOKED A WELL-BALANCED BREAKFAST
By Martin
Booktalk
A FINE CHRONICLE OF BAY AREA TALES FROM THAT BAY VIVANT, RON FIMRITE
They're Out!
As the umps beat the pavement to get higher pay, the majors brought in the likes of forklift salesmen to make the calls
By E. M. Swift
In winning the Colgate-Dinah Shore, Sandra Post matched Nancy Lopez shot for shot for three days and then took command
THE EFFECT WAS TO GRIND THEM UP
Road-hugging "ground effect" cars were all the rage at the Long Beach Grand Prix, and while they may be considered black magic, it was Gilles Villeneuve's disappearing act in a bob-nosed Ferrari that astounded everyone
By Sam Moses
NBA Playoffs
IT'S WASHINGTON (CITY) VS. WASHINGTON (STATE), BY GEORGE
In a replay of last year's hard-fought NBA championship series, the Bullets and the SuperSonics should meet again in the final round, with the city breezing in five games this time
Denis Potvin
It has taken him six long and trying years, but Denis Potvin finally has rid himself of the ghosts of Bobby Orr and the Montreal Forum
By William Nack
Crushers
The Crushers, a Washington, D.C. weight-lifting team, have given a bunch of inner-city kids a sense of redeeming purpose
By Wilmer Ames
Baseball
Not enough pop to come out on top
Angel Frank Tanana's "comeback" was a mixture of fastballs and meatballs
By Ron Fimrite
By Jim Kaplan
Lacrosse
The no-faceoff rule has shortened the game but speeded up the controversy
By Joe Marshall
Rowing
It wasn't the Year of the Crab or the Snake or even, thank Heaven, the Frozen Momentum, but textless Harvard rowed fiercely to beat everybody at San Diego
By Dan Levin
Odds Couple
Keith Taft, a devout Baptist, and Ken Uston, a high-living ex-stockbroker, blackjacked Vegas casinos for a small fortune with the help of a computer
By Ray Hennedy
As I Did It
IN FRANCE A YOUNG AMERICAN CYCLIST ENCOUNTERS A WISE OLD CRAFTSMAN
For The Record
A roundup of the week April 2-8
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum