June 02, 1980 | Volume 52, Issue 23

THE JOYLESS GAMES

•Mike Marshall, Minnesota relief pitcher, who has been booed by the fans this season: "If they worked as hard at their jobs as I do at mine, this country wouldn't have the inflation problem it now...

Johnny Rutherford, driving a Chaparral nicknamed the Yellow Submarine, blew everyone out of the water as he won his third Indy 500

Elementary for Watson, you think. Well, Tom Watson maybe the best golfer around. He may have inherited the Jack Nicklaus mantle. But it hasn't been all that easy. For one thing, he has never won...

But no one beats brothers Bob (above) and Kris, who are clearly tops even when they are slaloming around the buoys on Kris' catfish farm

Last year my duties took me out to Belmont Park, where former Jockey Sammy Renick took time to show me around. He spoke of this later to Mrs. Allaire duPont, the owner of Kelso, and within a few...

"Well, Ken," we'll say to the interviewer someday, "I've worked 10 years on this backhand, and by God I think it'll beat Connors today." And Ken will say, "That's the way it is from courtside, and...

A "small miracle" kept the big-leaguers on the field and the fans in the stands

Among my cherished sports mementos is a bright photo of me running in last year's New York Marathon. I'd like to be able to say that I have my brother Steve to thank for it, but I can't. He does a...

AL WEST

GREG LUZINSKI: The Bull hit four homers and two doubles, batted .476, drove across seven runs and even stole a base for the Phillies. His total of 11 home runs put him in a three-way tie for the...

Ex-jockey Con Errico's conviction in a federal trial gives major impetus to the sport's wide-spreading scandal

"What you have to understand about Oswego," says Ted Watts, a resident of the village (pop. 2,390) of that name in southeastern Kansas, "is that it's a ghost town—only people live here." Yet,...

Gerry Cooney found a right to go with his strong left and beat Jimmy Young in Atlantic City, where he finally passed GO en route to a heavyweight title shot

4—Evelyn Floret16, 17—Thomas Rampy18—Heinz Kluetmeier19—Enrico Ferorelli20, 21—Tony Triolo22, 23—Tony Triolo (left), Paul Kennedy (2)24—Dan Baliotti25, 26—Walter Iooss Jr.47—courtesy...

GOLF—DAVID GRAHAM defeated Tom Watson by one stroke to win the $360,000 Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio. He shot an eight-under-par 280.

JEFF BARTONKOKOMO, IND.Jeff, a 6'2", 190-pound senior catcher for Haworth High, hit three home runs in as many swings in the Huskies' 12-0 season-opening win over Logansport. In Haworth's second...

THE SHAM AND THE SHAMESir:SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and John Underwood have given the sports-loving people of this country a true challenge for the decade of the '80s (Special Report: The Writing Is on...