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August 13, 1979 Table Of Contents

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Booktalk

WITH GRACE AND RUEFUL WIT A DETROIT FAN RECOUNTS A YEAR OF THE TIGERS

By Jonathan Yardley

Viewpoint

THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM SUIT, SAYS THIS FORMER WEARER, SIMPLY DIDN'T SUIT

By Myra Gelband

Footloose

IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE AT THE GAMES MUSEUM, BUT WHY YOU PLAY

By Jim Kaplan

Baltimore

AN ONGOING EPIC

If Homer had been interested in homers and like exploits, he would have found fit subjects for his hexameters in the Baltimore Orioles, Earl Weaver's unsung heroes who have the best record in the majors

By E. M. Swift

THIS GRAHAM SIMPLY REFUSED TO CRACK

Unfazed by a double bogey on the 72nd hole, David Graham sank three big putts in sudden death to beat Ben Crenshaw for the PGA title

By Dan Jenkins

L.A. Rams

L.A. GOES MARCHING BEHIND GEORGIA

Having inherited control of the Rams from her husband, Georgia Rosenbloom is ready to assume the role of general and straighten out the feuding top brass of Carroll's Army, which includes her stepson Steve

By Paul Zimmerman

25 Years

OH, WHAT AN ERA!

If Rip van Jockman, rising from a 25-year nap, found his way to the academic elms and audited a course in nuclear-age sports, he would get a culture shock of seismic proportions. In view of the triumphs and upheavals of that era, speculation as to what the next quarter-century has in store for sports can be as far out as the limits of one's imagination

By Ray Kennedy

1954-1979: DOWN GLORY ROAD

By Ron Fimrite

Baseball's Week

BASEBALL'S WEEK (July 29-Aug. 4)

By Kathleen Andria

For The Record

A roundup of the week July 30-Aug. 5

Compiled by Roger Jackson

FACES IN THE CROWD

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Kelso F. Sutton

SCORECARD

Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum

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