Publish date:: Oct 5, 1981

October 5, 1981 Table Of Contents

Author:: SI Staff

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USC capitalized on the rushing of Marcus Allen and fast and loose ball handling by Oklahoma to pull out a last-minute victory

By Douglas S. Looney

ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW

The field Was fast, the crowd immense, but did the inaugural Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City prove to be more than a curiosity? The milers certainly think so

By Craig Neff

Two Cities

RETELLING THE TALE OF TWO CITIES

It was the best of times for Montreal, which won six of seven games last week, and the worst of times for St. Louis, which lost four of seven

By Jim Kaplan

Lester Hayes

VIOLENT AND ELOQUENT

Oakland's Lester Hayes excels at the bump-and-run and now he has beaten a speech problem by taking it head on

By Paul Zimmerman

WHITE HOT WORLD OF SPEED

LAND OF ILLUSIONS

By Bob Ottum

Baseball

All he can win is respect

Angels Manager Gene Mauch hasn't had a championship in his 22 seasons

By Ron Fimrite

THE WEEK (Sept. 21-27)

By Herm Weiskopf

College Football

In the Merriwell mold

Rich Diana, a real do-everything Yalie, is one of the country's leading runners and a premed student with a 3.5 average

By John Papanek

THE WEEK

By Anthony Cotton

Soccer

O where are thy Sting?

Well, Chicago just happens to be sitting pretty atop the NASL, thank you, having rudely dethroned the Cosmos 1-0 after a shootout at Toronto's Soccer Bowl

By Clive Gammon