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August 31, 1981 Table Of Contents

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Art Talk

TAKE ME OUT TO THE ART GALLERY FOR A BASEBALL SHOW. HOLD THE PEANUTS

By Ronald N. Campbell

Sideline

IN THE 1962 SERIES FINALE THE GIANTS LOST TO THE YANKS 1-0, OR DID THEY?

By David Bush

Shopwalk

IF THE SPORTS CAR COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG, WHY NOT JUST BUY THE SEAT?

By Andy Meisler

Swiss Clockwork

SOME FINE SWISS CLOCKWORK

Zipping in Zurich, Renaldo Nehemiah became the first to break 13 seconds in the high hurdles, and Sebastian Coe surpassed the world mile record

By Kenny Moore

KNOCKED OVER BY A FEROCIOUS FEATHER

Wilfredo Gomez got an eye-opening, and closing, beating from top featherweight Salvador Sanchez

By Anthony Cotton

The Tigers

LET'S GIVE THE TIGERS A GREAT BIG HAND

Take a couple of gridiron greats, throw in the peerless Pine Bros., ladle on Hot Sauce—and you have a nine-game Detroit winning streak

By Steve Wulf

College Football 1981

WHAT YOU SEE, YOU GET

Which conference is best? When the computer gave up, it took a house call by Doc Rorschach to figure it out

By John Papanek

More Than Georgia's on His Mind

His roots are in the Deep South, but Herschel Walker sees the whole world as his stage

By Curry Kirkpatrick

THE TOP 20

By Mike DelNagro

SMALL COLLEGES

By Mike DeInagro

Baseball

The icing on his cake

Although he's the least known of L.A.'s stars Dusty Baker makes a lot of dough

By Ron Fimrite

THE WEEK (Aug. 17-23)

By Herm Weiskopf

The Frogs

WHEN THE FROGS WERE PRINCES

A Texas Christian alumnus recalls the golden days with Sammy Baugh, Dutch Meyer and a lot of other terrific folks

By Dan Jenkins

For The Record

A roundup of the week Aug. 17-23

Compiled by Alexander Wolff

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Philip G. Howlett

SCORECARD

Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum

CREDITS

FRESHMEN IN THE CROWD