April 17, 1978 | Volume 48, Issue 17

WAY OFF COURSE

•Lon Simmons, San Francisco Giants announcer, on receiving critical letters: "I don't mind hate mail, but when a letter comes to the station addressed 'Jerk, KSFO, San Francisco,' and I get it,...

Fifteen-year-old Tracy Caulkins set five U.S. records and along with the rest of the gang sent East Germany a message

It's radical, dad, young John Zinsser might have said to his father, writer William, as the two explored the wonderland of Florida skateboard parks after a winter of discontent on makeshift...

In the excerpt from his new book Running & Being, which begins on page 78, and in his other writings, marathoner-cardiologist George Sheehan bares his soul (usually stressing its connections...

Bulgier than ever, Mickey Lolich returned from retirement and won the opener for the Padres

AL WEST

There is much more to the tennis boom than tennis. A whole host of racket sports—in particular squash, racquetball and platform tennis—have been swept along by the tennis tide, and others may be...

Allen Jerkens may have a sleeper in unbeaten Sensitive Prince, the speed horse whose Derby-winning daddy also supposedly was unable to go the distance

Lefthander Marvin Hagler puts fighters into hospitals and managers into shock

Brazil undressed West Germany in what might have been a World Cup rehearsal

11—Drawing by SQW16, 17—Walter Iooss Jr. (2), John Iacono (center)18, 19—Tony Triolo20—Walter Iooss Jr. (top), Heinz Kluetmeier21—John Iacono24—Peter Read Miller25—James Drake26—Hank...

PRO BASKETBALL—Denver's David Thompson was really hot in Detroit on the last day of the season, tossing in 73 points to equal the third-best single-game performance in NBA history. Wilt...

STEVE GABLEALLENTOWN, PA.Gable, a 20-year-old furniture maker, set a national American Bowling Congress 10-game record of 2,399 pins in Reading, Pa. He has rolled a single-game high of 298 and has...

WINNERSSir:I commend your restraint in not writing a story headlined THE JINX SINX now that the feared SI whammy, which is supposed to make an instant loser of any team you celebrate, can...