October 4, 1982 Table Of Contents

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The big names were on top of things as California swept Kansas City to take command in the AL West

By Ron Fimrite

This Was The Week That Wasn't

No games and no progress—that was the news as the first Sunday of the NFL's strike passed with the players still calling time-out

By Paul Zimmerman

Penn State-Nebraska

O.K., Time To Fasten Those Seat Belts

Penn State, off and winging to new offensive heights, beat Nebraska in a thriller

By Jack McCallum

Whitey Herzog

The Big Cheese Of The Cardinals

Whitey (The White Rat) Herzog brought in new players to execute an old system and made St. Louis the best team in the National League East

By Steve Wulf

Melanie Smith

A Jump Ahead Of Everyone Else

Melanie Smith and her show jumper, Calypso, are world-beaters, even if no one in her native land seems to know it

By Demmie Stathoplos

College Football

One of few to hit 300

Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson joins the elite with his latest win

By Ralph Wiley

THE WEEK

By Alexander Wolff

Baseball

A hit every place he plays

Versatile Pedro Guerrero is producing numbing numbers for Los Angeles

By Jim Kaplan

THE WEEK (Sept. 20-26)

By Herm Weiskopf

TV/Radio

They weren't stricken by the strike

When the players walked, the NFL and television had ways of coping

By William Taaffe

Harness Racing

Another big-money Merger

An Eastern syndicate's pacer took control at Ohio's Little Brown Jug

By Barry McDermott

For The Record

A roundup of the week Sept. 20-26

Compiled by JANE E. BACHMAN

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

FACES IN THE CROWD

Reminiscence

Booktalk

The Angels