September 3, 1979 Table Of Contents
Yesterday
WHEN AMOS RUSIE WAS ON THE MOUND CATCHERS DIDN'T GET THE LEAD OUT
By Al Rainovic
Booktalk
BEFORE THE SUMMER IS OVER, TAKE A TRIP TO GRACEVILLE TO SEE THE OILERS
Viewpoint
SIZING UP WAYS TO ENLIVEN THE NFL: HOW ABOUT SOME GIANT-PYGMY BALL?
Cincinnati
SAY HI TO THE LITTLE RED MACHINE
Pete's gone, Tony's gone and Joe's not as joltin', but Cincinnati is pressing for first place in the National League West
By E.M. Swift
Pro Football '79
Don't be shocked when the 21st century arrives and the NFL teams in Super Bowl XXXIV have women quarterbacks launching 135-yard touchdown passes with their power-assisted arms.
By Frank Deford
Everything you always wanted to know about pro football...BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
By Ron Reid
By Joe Marshall
By Ron Reid
By Joe Marshall
By Ron Reid
TV/Radio
Baseball
Another hit sound in Music City U.S.A.
Conway Twitty's minor league team is humming at the gate and in the field
By Frank Deford
By Jim Kaplan
Horse Racing
Disdaining retirement, though he is 18 years old, Golden Arrow trains in the surf and still performs on the turf
Fishing
Charles Brooks figures the best way to catch a trout is to see things through a trout's eyes, which is why you can find him underwater, breathing through a hose
Campbell
Motivated by the preachings of a noble mama and propelled by his mighty legs, Earl Campbell has left plank-shack poverty far behind. But the man who was the NFL rushing leader as a rookie never forgets to look back
By Bruce Newman
On The Scene
NEITHER SNOW NOR RAIN NOR GLOOM OF NIGHT WOULD STAY THIS CHESS PLAYER
By Jim Kaplan
Reminiscence
A CHANCE MEETING WITH A FUTURE CHAMP ECLIPSED A FAN'S FIRST FIGHT
By Lowell Cohn
For The Record
A roundup of the week Aug. 20-26
Compiled by Roger Jackson
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Myra Gelband