July 09, 1979 | Volume 51, Issue 2

But for the conqueror of middleweight champ Hugo Corro there is a dubious prize: a battle with the belligerent Marvin Hagler

Or so it seems, so astounding has been Houston's turnaround in the NASL race

Who will dance first at this year's Wimbledon ball, an honor traditionally bestowed upon the two winners? Will Borg or Connors partner Lloyd or Navratilova, or will some upstarts try to cut in on...

The Phils beat the Cubs in a donnybrook in May, whereupon they dropped dead

NL EAST

ROY SMALLEY: Erupting from a 2-for-20 slump, the Minnesota shortstop banged out 15 hits—eight for extra bases—in 27 at bats to lift his league-leading average to .373. He also scored nine runs and...

Calumet's Davona Dale coasted to her eighth straight win, giving her the old as well as the new Triple Crown for fillies

The best of a good bunch of girls won a chance at December's championships

BOWLING—MARSHALL HOLMAN beat Jeff Mattingly 205-195 in the final of the $70,000 Seattle Open for his third victory of the year.

12, 13—George Tiedemann14, 15—James Drake (top), George Tiedemann20—Walter Iooss Jr. (left), Tony Tomsic (center), Heinz Kluetmeier21, 22—Tony Tomsic32—Peter Read Miller (top), Robert...

ELIZABETH ONYAMBUNYANZA PROVINCE, KENYAElizabeth, 12, running barefoot, won the women's 1,500 at the Jomo Kenyatta Invitational in Nairobi, her first international meet, beating Kenya's best at...

Sir:Your coverage of sports-related movies and books has been excellent—until now. Frank Deford's pummeling of (MOVIES, June 25) proves once again that all good things must come to an end. Deford...

SLOPPY DRAFTSMANSHIP

•Sparky Anderson, the Detroit Tigers' new manager: "It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better...