May 19, 1980 | Volume 52, Issue 21

In November there may be an initiative on the Oregon ballot to ban the aerial spraying of certain herbicides on state and privately owned forest lands. Residents of southern Oregon's Applegate...

FREEDOM

•Mickey Rivers, Texas outfielder, explaining why he opposes an early-season players' strike: "There are more games in the second half than the first."

In a brilliant East-West showdown the Sixers and the Lakers split the first four games of the NBA finals

When Los Angeles opened its series with Philadelphia, the Lakers' head coach was not introduced to the crowd, did not sit on the bench and, in fact, said he wouldn't watch the game on TV. Jack...

Ground-effect cars driven by Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser, who grasped their black magic, filled the front row for Indy

Also known as the White Sox of Comiskey Park in Chicago, they're a ragtag outfit that's living the high life in the American League West

IS SHE THE GENUINE ARTICLE? The Preakness, which will include tough new opposition in Codex and Colonel Moran, will show if the fabulous filly, Kentucky Derby winner Genuine Risk, is a real Triple...

The Writing Is on the Wall, John Underwood's special report on academics and athletics, which begins on page 36, is the result of exclusive research covering schools and colleges all over the...

Seattle Pitcher Rick Honeycutt has an unbeaten record and unbeatable image

AL WEST

OTTO VELEZ: Toronto's designated hitter equaled a league record with four home runs (and 10 RBIs) during a doubleheader sweep of Cleveland and finished the week with five homers, 13 RBIs and an...

Everyone knows that Roger Bannister is credited with having run the first sub-four-minute mile. Yet stories persist that the feat was actually, if unofficially, accomplished before Bannister did...

4—Evelyn Floret20, 21—Manny Millan22, 23—Rich Clarkson24—Peter Read Miller25—George Tiedemann26—Heinz Kluetmeier27—Heinz Kluetmeier (left), Thomas Rampy28—George Tiedemann29—Peter Read Miller...

PRO BASKETBALL—With a 105-102 home-court victory, Philadelphia tied its best-of-seven NBA championship series with Los Angeles at two victories apiece (page 20).

GAIL SCRIBERLEONARDTOWN, MD.Gail, a senior at Leonardtown High, established a girls' state indoor high-jump record of 5'6" at the state championships in Towson. A 5'11" center, she also led her...

OUR PLANETSir:Jerry Kirshenbaum has outdone himself! His "state of the earth" article (Whither the Earth? May 5) was one of the best pieces to appear in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED in the 13 years that...