August 15, 1988 Table Of Contents
Books
TWO FOR THE TROUT CROWD: PRACTICALITY AND WIT
By Robert F. Jones
Tigers-Red Sox
With sharp pitching and an uncharacteristic hitting barrage, Detroit stopped the streaking Red Sox four games to one
By Steve Wulf
Gary Player Won his Second straight Senior Open, beating Bob Charles in a playoff
By Jaime Diaz
The 49ers
Joe Montana starred for San Francisco, which was bad news for Steve Young
By Ralph Wiley
Special Report
As this and the following articles reveal, China is fast becoming a world sports power, but at what cost to its people?
By Frank Deford
Sports—both traditional and, like women's bodybuilding, daringly new—are changing in China's cities
By E.M. Swift
This portfolio provides glimpses of some things old and some things very new in the burgeoning world of Chinese sports
Three noted Chinese sportsmen tell how their careers were derailed by the Cultural Revolution
Zhang Liyin (third from left) and her tiny mates may beam, but even for them spare-time sports school is no joke
By Rick Reilly
China's ancient passion for acrobatics has helped make its divers, like world champ Gao Min (left), No. 1
By Ron Fimrite
The author, back in China again after 15 years, finds the people have run from Mao toward a more hopeful future
By William Oscar Johnson
Gymnastics
Two high-flying new stars soared at the U.S. trials
By E.M. Swift
Inside
Spotlight
Todd Cray, 17, is a rookie with a lot of miles on him
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week Aug. 1-7
Compiled by Roger Jackson
Point After
A Chinese athlete's story was hidden by a language barrier
By Ron Fimrite
Departments
Edited by Sarah Ballard
An era ended Monday night at Wrigley Field as the lights went on for the first illuminated game in the Friendly Confines
By Ron Fimrite