October 29, 1979 Table Of Contents
Sideline
TIRED OF THE SAME OLD ROUTINE? TRY THE 'NEW GAMES' APPROACH TO PLAY
By Jim Kaplan
Marathon
A great, jostling horde of 11,553 started the New York Marathon, but, for the fourth straight year, Bill Rodgers was all by himself at the finish
Arizona State
The heat was on at Arizona State when Coach Frank Kush was canned, baring big-time college football's seamy side
By Ron Reid
Redskins-Eagles
DID ANYONE CATCH THEIR NUMBERS?
Washington's sack-happy 'Skins decked Ron Jaworski seven times and swiped two passes in their rout of the Eagles
Pincay
Having won an agonizing fight with weight, top jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. is having a record-shattering year
By William Nack
Eagle
At a small Wisconsin lake, a fisherman and a bald eagle waited patiently for Big Jumbo, the giant, native brown trout, to strike. It did
By E. M. Swift
College Football
Johnny Majors' Tennessee Vols jumped out to a big lead over No. 1-ranked Alabama, and, although they lost, happy days will soon be here again in Knoxville
By Douglas S. Looney
Baseball
Down 3-1 in the World Series, fired-up Pittsburgh burned Baltimore in seven
By Ron Fimrite
Boxing
John Tate, who was created wholly by God, battered Gerrie Coetzee and his vaunted "bionic" right hand in Pretoria to win the vacant WBA heavyweight championship
By Pat Putnam
Pro Basketball
The Kermit Washington-led defense has paved the Blazers' way to a fast start
By John Papanek
The Road
Canada's Dempster Highway, which wends its sinuous way from Dawson City in the Yukon across the tundra to Inuvik above the Arctic Circle, has creased a new wrinkle into the face of the North
By Robert F. Jones
Reminiscence
FOOTBALL PARLAY CARDS PAVED THE ROAD TO RICHES—OR (GULP!) TO TIBET
By Milt Hopwood
For The Record
A roundup of the week Oct. 15-21
Compiled by Kathleen Andria
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Edited by Gay Flood
Departments
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum