June 25, 1979 | Volume 50, Issue 26

HAT OFF!

•Doug Buffone, Chicago Bears linebacker, on Fran Tarkenton's retirement: "I haven't hit him yet, and now I never will."

The Marshall Plan is to save victories for Minnesota, and so far this season Relief Pitcher Mike Marshall, Ph.D., has been eminently successful. To Ron Fimrite he is no less intellectual than...

Rookie Manager Les Moss forged a winning record in Detroit, but the Tigers fired him in favor of Sparky Anderson

WILLIE MAYS AIKENS: Batting .413, the Angel first baseman knocked in 14 runs and, on two consecutive days, hit bases-loaded homers—the first grand slams in back-to-back games by an American...

No mistaking them anymore: the U.S. teams are the ones in the white hats

Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff has been a real pick-me-up for the Los Angeles Aztecs at the gate, where attendance has doubled, and afield, where scoring has tripled

Film sequels are invariably undertaken more for reasons of cupidity than art. The plots are forced because the only tale worth telling has already been told. But in the case of our charming friend...

There is nothing neutral about computers. Everything they do seems to be either wonderful or frightening. At their best, computers maximize efficiency, improve research, speed communication and...

The victory of Detroit's Ty Cobb over Cleveland's Shoeless Joe Jackson in the 1911 American League batting race is part of baseball lore. It is often cited as the perfect example of Cobb's...

BOWLING—Rookie MIKE AULBY, 19, defeated Earl Anthony 245-217 in the finals of the $100,000 PBA national championships in Las Vegas to become the youngest bowler ever to win a major title.

16, 17—Richard Mackson18—Rich Clarkson19—Peter Read Miller20—Tony Tomsic21—Heinz Kluetmeier22, 23—Steve Nickerson-UPI, James Drake (2)24, 25—Philippe Achache-Gamma-Liaison26—Peter...

TIM LEWISCLIFTON PARK, N.Y.Tim, a junior at Shenendehowa High, set national interscholastic records for the one-mile (6:35.2) and 1,600-meter (6:29.8) walks. The converted half-mile runner cut...

THE SEATTLE WALL—ET AL.Sir:Your June 11 cover photograph of high scorer Gus Williams driving for a layup was superb, as was the shot of "The Seattle Wall" (Jack Sikma, Lonnie Shelton and John...

My father and Walter Hagen didn't really look that much alike when you saw them side by side, but there was a certain resemblance. Because they were both beefy and wore their hair slicked down, a...