October 16, 1978 | Volume 49, Issue 16

Not many fishermen will ever hear of Aquatic Pollutants and Biologic Effects, with Emphasis on Neoplasia, much less pay $52 for a copy, but this 604-page paperback, consisting of papers presented...

At precisely 1:15 p.m. last Father's Day in Seattle, the strains of our national anthem echoed loudly in the Kingdome as 6,174 adults and children rose to their feet, holding over their hearts...

BOXING—Olympic heavyweight champion TEOFILO STEVENSON stopped Jimmy Clark of Coatesville, Pa. with 23 seconds left in the third round to lead the Cuban national team to an 8-3 triumph over the...

6—Evelyn Floret—Black Star24, 25—(clockwise from top left) Tony Triolo, Peter Read Miller (2), Heinz Kluetmeier, Manny Millan, Heinz Kluetmeier27—Peter Read Miller29—Manny Millan30, 31—James Drake...

MARK THURMONDHOUSTONA Texas A&M senior, Thurmond was named Most Valuable Pitcher at the World Amateur Baseball Championships, in Italy, in which the U.S. finished second to Cuba. The...

WATCHING THE POLLSSir:I commend Walter Bingham on his recent article Going to the Polls, Weakly (Sept. 18). By now, everything that was said about the polls has come to pass.

EYE-OPENER

•Eddie Lewis of the 49ers, discussing his position: "Playing cornerback is like being on an island; people can see you but they can't help you."

In a pair of four-game series, the Dodgers fried the Phillies (above) to successfully defend their National League title, while the Yankees scrambled the Royals to win their third consecutive pennant.

Garry Maddox proceeded solemnly among the multitudes that had come to rejoice in his humiliation, opening a narrow path through them as he trotted almost leisurely in from centerfield. It was as...

Kansas City Manager Whitey Herzog was sitting in the visitors' dugout at Yankee Stadium early last Saturday evening when the scoreboard showed that Los Angeles had again defeated Philadelphia in...

Supposedly in the midst of a rebuilding year, the Redskins are undefeated and uninhibited under Coach Jack Pardee

Bill Walton is a man without a team; Rick Barry and Marvin Webster jumped clubs and the Bullets jumped divisions; now three refs will keep everyone jumping

IT'S BECOMING A TRADITION AGAIN. Dodgers vs. Yankees, the standard Subway Series pairing 25 years ago, is in the second year of a stirring '70s revival as the Bronx Bombers and L.A. Bums collide...

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, a Frenchman is rumored to have muttered. Could it have been Arnold (Rouge) Auerbach on observing the opening-night lineups in the all-new, no-clue...

The world champion Washington Bullets won't have the Central Division to kick around anymore, which should make life more agreeable this season in Cleveland and San Antonio, and especially so in...

This is the division in which Denver always runs off with the title, Chicago and Milwaukee surprise everyone by being either terrific or awful, Indiana stages a telethon to stay alive and Kansas...

What better person to assemble our annual pro basketball preview, which begins on page 42, than a 5'8" former forward and guard for Pennsylvania's Wyoming Seminary who was taught to dribble by...

Judging by the looks of the Pacific Division, the ship has capsized and the survivors are struggling to reach shore. This year the division that has given us an NBA playoff finalist in six of the...

It is no longer a media secret that last season's ratings for National Basketball Association games on CBS kept rolling around the old rim and falling off. The network went into the season hoping...

A bare foot and a bowling technique help Jim Miller pin down Ole Miss' rivals

OFFENSE: Mike Ford hit on 36 of 57 passes for 341 yards and one touchdown, sneaked a yard for each of SMU's last three touchdowns, passed for a two-point conversion and then ran for another to...

On its way to the final round of the Davis Cup, the U.S. lost twice to Borg in Göteborg, but won the match, 3-2

With Olympic heavyweight champion Teofilo Stevenson stopping Jimmy Clark, the Cuban national team walloped the U.S. 8-3 at Madison Square Garden

To the surprise of no one, the U.S.S.R. team won the world championships in Gettysburg, helped by David Rigert, who has been overshadowed by the great Vasily Alexeyev