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September 16, 1985 Table Of Contents

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Booktalk

'GOOD ENOUGH TO DREAM' IS A DREAM COME TRUE, DESPITE ONE MINOR FLAW

By Jeremiah Tax

Footloose

NASCAR TOURS GIVE FANS A CHANCE TO HOBNOB WITH RACING'S BIG WHEELS

By William Barnhardt

Sideline

IT'S NEVER OVER TILL IT'S OVER AND ON THIS OCCASION, NOT OVER EVEN THEN

By Giles Tippette

Rose

Cutting A Hit Record

With this swing, Pete Rose got hit No. 2 of the day and No. 4,191 of his career to join Ty Cobb on top of the alltime chart

By Craig Neff

NFL

Hey, Eric Dickerson, Can You Top This?

With their star still a holdout, the Rams turned to an old local hero, Charles White, and he powered them past the Broncos

By Paul Zimmerman

U.S. Open

They Held The Open In Czech

Ivan Lendl and Hana Mandlikova got their acts together and won championships at the U.S. Open

By Frank Deford

Southern Cal

...And Then They Had To Play

Illinois was talking and acting big until Southern Cal came to town with its mean defense, huge offensive line and cool QB

By Rick Reilly

Maxi Boats

Nothing's Mini About Maxis

Eighty-foot racing boats are the in thing for the fabulously wealthy, who, like J.P. Morgan, don't have to ask the price

By Sarah Ballard

Pro Football

Hanging around with the big boys

A number of talented USFL players have made the major leap onto NFL rosters

By Rick Telander

EXTRA POINTS

By Jill Lieber

Baseball

A full week of Royal treatment

A cast led by Bret and Brett has Kansas City first in the AL West

By Jim Kaplan

INSIDE PITCH Statistics through Sept. 8

By Henry Hecht

College Football

Did anyone get the number of that car?

A bunch of high-riding teams were run over in season-opening upsets

By Bob Kravitz

THE WEEK

By Bruce Anderson

First Person

IN SMALL-TIME FOOTBALL, THE MAN IN THE BOOTH RUNS A THREE-RING CIRCUS

By Larry Chabot

For The Record

A roundup of the week Sept. 2-8

Compiled by Cathrine Wolf

FACES IN THE CROWD

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Robert L. Miller

SCORECARD

Edited by Robert W. Creamer