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October 7, 1985 Table Of Contents

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THIS SURGEON'S SKILL IS EVIDENT IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF HANDIWORK...

By Jeremiah Tax

Tennessee-Auburn

The Vols Had A Ball

Tony Robinson's four touchdown passes and Tennessee's tough defense left Bo Jackson and favored Auburn in ruins

By Rick Reilly

A New Wave Of California Dreamin'

Brad Gerlach surfed past the world champion, Australia's Tom Carroll, and won the Stubbies Pro in Oceanside

By Dan Levin

Theismann

Everybody's Picking On Poor Joe

Joe Theismann's troubles mounted in a 45-10 loss to the Chicago Bears

By E.M. Swift

Blue Jays

Winning In A Jaywalk

A first-class organization built by a man called Wolley Segap is why Toronto's unsung Blue Jays have dominated the AL East

By Hank Hersch

Spinks

A Champ With Strange Ideas

Michael Spinks beat Larry Holmes thanks to a training regimen that took the light out of heavyweight

By Pat Putnam

TV/Radio

Hey, Joe turn out the lights

With Namath on hand, the party's over for 'Monday Night Football'

By William Taaffe

Pro Football

Shuffled down in Buffalo

Top NFL draft choice Bruce Smith doesn't fit the Bills—so far, anyway

By Douglas S. Looney

EXTRA POINTS

By Jill Lieber

Baseball

Just no getting around him

Dodger catcher Mike Scioscia does a bang-up job on defense and offense

By Bruce Anderson

INSIDE PITCH Statistics through Sept. 29

By Henry Hecht

College Football

Amazing feats with his feet

Indiana's Pete Stoyanovich kicks goals in both football and soccer

By Demmie Stathoplos

THE WEEK

By Hank Hersch

Mauch

'A MAN HAS TO CARE'

So says the Angels' Gene Mauch, who after almost 24 years as a major league manager is still chasing his first pennant

By Ron Fimrite

First Person

AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL. LOSING GAMES ISN'T EVERYTHING, IT'S THE ONLY THING

By Todd Taylor

For The Record

A roundup of the week Sept. 23-29

Compiled by Ivan Maisel

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 Sullivan