April 24, 1978 | Volume 48, Issue 18

ETAOIN SHRDLUThe women's softball team for the News-Journal newspapers in Wilmington, Del. is known as the Ms. Prints.

•Roger Erickson, 21-year-old rookie pitcher with the Minnesota Twins, on life in the major leagues: "In the clubhouse they've got a candy rack, just like in the drugstore, and it's all for the...

The Roughnecks came to New Jersey a bit awed, but they gave the Cosmos a rugged battle and gave heart to the rest of the league

Putting a stranglehold on AAU wrestling championships is one of the good works John and Ben Peterson happily perform for the Lord

That's what the Bird's teammates chirp when his fastball is humming, but Mark Fidrych is not the only Tiger who has hit some high notes. Supposedly a team of the future, Detroit has been playing...

Squat, gray, peeling Tiger Stadium stands within a short walk of downtown Detroit, and in a city sprucing up its look—and outlook—with a futuristic Renaissance Center of cylindrical towers, the...

Mary is merry again at 19 now that the turmoil and pain that interrupted her career as a middle-distance runner have been resolved and relieved. Kenny Moore reports on Mary Decker's comeback,...

A report on the Kentucky Wildcats' tortuous trip to the NCAA basketball championships begins on page 78, and it is appropriate that it was Associate Editor Barry McDermott who undertook the...

These are cruel times for honest-to-goodness, sis-boom-bah cheerleaders. The word itself has fallen into such disrepute that anyone who is tagged as a cheerleader for any cause is dismissed as a...

If rookie Willie Wilson hits only .230, Kansas City thinks he'll steal 70 bases

NL EAST

BOB FORSCH: The 28-year-old righthander pitched the first no-hit game of the season and the first by a Cardinal since Bob Gibson in 1971. He allowed only two walks as he mowed down Philadelphia 5-0.

Catskill Flytier, subtitled "My life, times, and techniques," by Harry Darbee with Mac Francis (Lippincott, $8.95) is both an autobiography and a history of fly-fishing in the Catskill waters. It...

While fans celebrated Detroit's return to the Stanley Cup by tossing cephalopods and other goodies on the ice, the Red Wings beat Atlanta in the miniseries

In an attempt to speed up play, the PGA tour will clock Its members and hit laggards with fines and suspensions

An agreement made in midair was what it took to save Los Angeles' bid to host the 1984 Games and keep Lord Killanin of the IOC from reading the riot act

PRO BASKETBALL—The Milwaukee Bucks, who a year ago had the worst record in the NBA's Western Conference, advanced to the conference's semifinal playoffs after a 111-103, 94-90 sweep of the Phoenix...

4—W. J. Wells11—drawing by SQW26—George Waldman35-37—Warren Bolster38—Lane Stewart53—Curt Gunther-Camera 554—Rich Clarkson62—Tony Tomsic68—Peter Read Miller75—Michael Brennan78, 79—Rich...

TOM ROBBINSSOUTH PORTLAND, MAINETom, 18, won five of the six events at the Maine State Gymnastics Meet and took the all-around title for the second straight year. He scored a total of 44.10 points...

OPENING DAYSir:Caps off to Frank Deford for two superb pieces that captured the essence of baseball, A Time for All Us Children (March 27) and Spring Has Sprung (April 10). As with eating Cracker...