August 11, 1986 Table Of Contents

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Go Downpitch and Buttonhook Smartly, Mate

From punkers to peers, all Albion was agog as the Bears met the Cowboys in London's jam-packed Wembley Stadium

By Rick Telander

HEARTS ON THE DIAMOND FOLKS IN APPLETON HAVE A MAJOR THING GOING WITH THE MINOR LEAGUE FOXES

By Steve Wulf

A PLACE TO PLAY

GROWING UP AT THE END OF THE EARTH FOR ONE SI WRITER IT TOOK YEARS OF URBAN LIVING AND A TRIP BACK TO THE FOX CITIES TO LEARN TO LOVE HER HOMETOWN

By Jill Lieber

Booktalk

IF BOWLING KITSCH IS UP YOUR ALLEY, THIS BOOK SHOULD STRIKE YOUR FANCY

By Bruce Anderson

Inside Baseball

FROM PINSTRIPES TO PALE HOSE

By Peter Gammons

NO TAKERS AT THRIFT SALE

By Peter Gammons

RYAN THROWS SOME HEAT

By Peter Gammons

A MESSAGE TO THE OWNERS

By Peter Gammons

BETWEEN THE LINES

By Peter Gammons

BALLPARK FIGURES

For The Record

FOR THE RECORD A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK JULY 28-AUG. 3

Compiled by Roger Jackson

FACES IN THE CROWD

19th Hole

19TH HOLE THE READERS TAKE OVER LEADOFF MEN

Edited by Gay Flood

HARD HITTERS

Edited by Gay Flood

LIFE-STYLES

Edited by Gay Flood

CADDIES' VIEWS

Edited by Gay Flood

TICKET SCALPING

Edited by Gay Flood

NITPICKERS

Edited by Gay Flood

Departments

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Donald J. Barr

MISS O'NEAL WEDS TENNIS PLAYER ON L.I.

EDITED BY Robert Sullivan

A SUBJECT FOR PROTEST

EDITED BY Robert Sullivan

A BARGAINING CHIP NO MORE

DUET FOR BATSMAN AND LEFTHANDER

EDITED BY Robert Sullivan

SQUARE-OFF IN LONDON

EDITED BY Robert Sullivan

THE THIRD-DOWN-AND-10 CLAUSE

EDITED BY Robert Sullivan

THEY SAID IT

EDITED BY Robert Sullivan

ONE LAST, MAD DASH THE ANGELS' DIVISION-LEADING SENIOR CITIZENS HEAD INTO THE STRETCH KNOWING THEY HAVE NO TIME TO LOSE

By Bob Kravitz

THE AWARD WAS ONLY TOKEN THE USFL PROVED PART OF ITS CASE AGAINST THE NFL ONLY TO SEE THE JURY THROW THE WINNERS FOR A LOSS

By Craig Neff

WAY OUT WHERE NO ONE CAN JOIN HER JACKIE JOYNER BRAVELY PUSHED HERSELF TO A SECOND WORLD HEPTATHLON RECORD AT THE U.S. OLYMPIC FESTIVAL IN HOUSTON

By Hank Hersch

HOORAY, APPLETON, U.S.A.! APPLETON, WIS., IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE TAKE THEIR GAMES SERIOUSLY -- BUT NOT TOO SERIOUSLY. THIS 33-PAGE LOOK AT SPORTING APPLETON PROVIDES A WINDOW ON THE WORLD OF SPORT IN TOWNS ALL OVER AMERICA

By Jack McCallum

AMATEURS IN EVERY WAY DURING APPLETON'S VERY OWN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, IT WAS THE WORST OF GOLF, BUT IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES

By DOUGLAS S. LOONEY

LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD EVEN BEFORE HE WAS AN NFL AND VIETNAM HERO, ROCKY BLEIER WAS THE APPLE OF APPLETON'S EYE

By Rick Telander