October 23, 1978 | Volume 49, Issue 17

"He kept a kind of low profile—not the kind of guy you would ever figure to be President of the United States. He was very nice and pleasant. Nothing struck me as dynamic or outstanding. He was no...

BASKETBALL—YUGOSLAVIA won the world amateur title, beating the defending champion U.S.S.R. 82-81 in the final game. The U.S. finished fifth.

20-22—James Drake23—Heinz Kluetmeier, James Drake (inset)24, 25—Heinz Kluetmeier26—Manny Millan27—John Iacono28—Peter Read Miller29—Rich Clarkson, Manny Millan30—Peter Read Miller38—Art Shay...

GREGG SEARLESST. PAULGregg, a halfback, at 4'9" and 95 pounds the smallest member of the Lang-ford Park midget football team, gained 230 yards on 19 carries in a 26-0 win over North Dale...

ZEBRASSir:William O. Johnson says it all about horrendous officiating in the NFL (It's Open Season on the Zebras, Oct. 9). If the refs had the ability to admit it when they are wrong it would be a...

DAMBUSTERS

•Ron Bolton, Cleveland Browns defensive back, after a questionable call: "Officials are the only guys who can rob you and then get a police escort out of the stadium."

Third base may be the hot corner for some, but for Graig Nettles of the Yankees it is center stage. He does not merely play the position, he choreographs it, with high leaps, spinning grabs,...

Running away with it all is what Bill Rodgers has been doing with a remarkable string of 18 road-racing victories this year. Kenny Moore reports on Rodgers' attempt to win No. 19 by successfully...

Until some lucky scout locates a four-legged, six-armed, eight-eyed goaltender who swallows pucks on sight, the most cherished commodity in hockey is a Bobby Orr-style defenseman. Before Orr came...

Don't let the goaltender outfit mislead you. Staff Writer E. M. Swift hasn't stopped any pucks lately—and not too many when he played the game. Swift, whose report on the National Hockey League's...

One speaks of rookie "crops," perhaps because, to wily veterans, rookies are green and ripe for the plucking, like avocados. This is especially true of rookie defensemen, whom their goaltenders...

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The Birmingham Bulls, who seemed to be goners, are back, the Houston Aeros are goners, and consolidation with the NHL seems as unlikely as Gordie Howe's retirement. Still another merger fling—No....

Highly ranked USC, Michigan, Texas A&M and Pitt fizzled instead of fizzed

"The literature of angling," William Humphrey writes, "falls into two genres: the instructional and the devotional. The former is written by fishermen who write, the latter by writers who fish."...

SOUTH

OFFENSE: Ed Smith connected on 20 of 36 passes for 248 yards and two touchdowns and guided the Spartans to another 248 yards of rushing in Michigan State's shocking 24-15 road victory over...

Eddie Gregory was the No. 1 contender until he met up with inmate No. 57735

The book on the malevolent-looking Chinook, the largest salmon in the world, was to use weighted flies and lead-core lines, but the author, who's nothing if not a persistent cuss, was determined...

Showing doubting Easterners his mettle, Exceller beat Seattle Slew by a nose in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and established his credentials for Horse of the Year

Led by an Argentine-born striker named Angelo DiBernardo, hell-for-leather Indiana has made a shambles of collegiate soccer—and mystified many observers