October 01, 1984 | Volume 61, Issue 16

The salty perch above is the top (or, for all you lubbers, the first platform as one ascends the mainmast) of the U.S. Coast Guard square-rigger Eagle, and the lady in the middle is SI senior...

At 21st and Lehigh, in Philadelphia, there once was a glorious baseball field. They called it Shibe Park and, later, Connie Mack Stadium. Eventually it didn't have a name at all, becoming nothing...

1—Bill Eppridge2, 3—Richard Mackson13—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman16—Norman Arey18, 19—Andy Hayt20—Andy Hayt (top), John Storey21—Richard Mackson (top), Andy Hayt22—Andy Hayt23—Andy Hayt (top),...

BALLOONING—JOE KITTINGER, a retired Air Force officer from Orlando, Fla. completed the first solo transatlantic balloon flight with an 84-hour crossing from Caribou, Me. to Savona, Italy.

JOSEPH DeLOACHBAY CITY, TEXASJoseph, a senior at Bay City High, won three gold medals at the Junior Pan Am Championships in Nassau, Bahamas, the first runner ever to do so. He won the 100 meters...

BIG-TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALLSir:NCAA executive director Walter Byers apparently is having second thoughts about a situation he helped create (SCORECARD, Sept. 17). But we must bear in mind that...

THE COMEBACK PHENOMENON

•Whitey Herzog, St. Louis Cardinal manager, explaining why he prefers Mets pitching sensation Dwight Gooden over Phillie second baseman Juan Samuel, who's hitting .273, with 69 stolen bases, but...

John Henry relaxed all week, then burned away the Turf Classic field

The main problem with The Bear, the biography of coach Paul Bryant, is that it isn't a film. Yes, it is on film, we will grant that, but it's more a mural than a moving picture. There's no...

Undefeated Oklahoma State has plenty of ammo, particularly on defense

MIDWEST

OFFENSE: Ohio State tailback Keith Byars ran for 120 yards and two touchdowns, caught five passes—one for a TD—and threw a 35-yard scoring pass in the Buckeyes' 45-26 victory over Iowa.

Mark Langston, the American League's Dwight Gooden, is so good it's scary

Believe it or not, Dwight Gooden, the Mets' 19-year-old rookie phenomenon, isn't perfect. He can't hold runners on. When he lost 2-1 to the Phillies on Sept. 17 he struck out 16 without walking a...

GARY MATTHEWS: The Cubs' left-fielder hit a three-run double and two-run homer in Sunday's 8-1,4-2 sweep of St. Louis that ended a five-game losing streak and clinched a tie for the NL East.

California's Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his 17-season career last week. Here, in chronological order, are the ones he remembers most vividly:

Billy Johnson is shining for the Falcons at the age of 32 (or so)

When the Rams discovered that Vince Ferragamo, who broke the fifth metacarpal bone in his right hand two weeks ago, would be out at least until late October, they called around the league to find...

"People think I'm a sissy," says Lieut. Phil McConkey, a 27-year-old former Navy helicopter pilot who's the Giants' free-agent rookie kick and punt returner and occasional wide receiver. "Whoever...

OFFENSE: Minnesota kicker Jan Stenerud, 40 years old and an 18-year NFL veteran, made good on five of five field goals—of 35, 32, 37, 34 and 19 yards—as the Vikings edged out Detroit 29-28.

Without Howard Cosell, Monday is just one more night with a football game