October 07, 1985 | Volume 63, Issue 16

Reporter Hank Hersch, whose story on the Toronto Blue Jays appears on page 34, started his literary career a long time ago—in second grade, to be exact. Hersch, 27, remembers reading the class his...

UEBERROTH'S POWER PLAY

•Actress Jane Russell, who was once married to the late Los Angeles Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield, remembering what she told Marilyn Monroe before the latter married Joe DiMaggio: "Well, they're...

Brad Gerlach surfed past the world champion, Australia's Tom Carroll, and won the Stubbies Pro in Oceanside

Joe Theismann's troubles mounted in a 45-10 loss to the Chicago Bears

Michael Spinks beat Larry Holmes thanks to a training regimen that took the light out of heavyweight

With Namath on hand, the party's over for 'Monday Night Football'

Top NFL draft choice Bruce Smith doesn't fit the Bills—so far, anyway

In the past 20 months, A.J. Duhe, the Dolphins' former linebacker, has had five operations—three on his left knee and one on each shoulder. "I'll always remember the scene two off-seasons ago,"...

OFFENSE: Guards Petey Perot and Jim Rourke, who joined New Orleans last week, and center Joel Hilgenberg, in his first start, helped the Saints gain 175 yards rushing in a 20-17 upset of the 49ers.

An unlikely combination of vocations keeps Joe Wilder, M.D. a very busy man. He's an athlete, a painter and the chief of surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Now, he's also an author,...

Dodger catcher Mike Scioscia does a bang-up job on defense and offense

Their team may have died a painful death, but Don Mattingly and Rickey Henderson are shaking down some baseball history this season. Mattingly, with 140 RBIs, will be the first Yankee to lead the...

INSIDE PITCH hereby presents the Iron Glove Awards, given to those fielders deemed to be the worst at their positions in a confidential poll of players and coaches:

TOM BROWNING: The Reds' pitcher had two victories to become the first rookie to win 20 games since Bob Grim of the '54 Yankees and the first southpaw rookie since Harvey Haddix of the '53 Cards.

Indiana's Pete Stoyanovich kicks goals in both football and soccer

SOUTH

OFFENSE: Stanford junior quarterback John Paye completed 27 of 40 passes for 365 yards and three TDs with no interceptions, as the Cardinal nearly overcame a 24-3 deficit in a 38-34 loss to Texas.

Oh and 10. No wins, 10 losses. No ties. That was my high school football team's record last fall when I was a junior. Shocking? Not really. We were 0-10 the year before that and also the year...

BOXING—BARRY McGUIGAN defended his WBA featherweight title with an eighth-round TKO of previously undefeated Bernard Taylor in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

CARL KNOKESUN CITY CENTER, FLA.Knoke, an 85-year-old retired railroad worker, had two holes in one in the same round on the par-59 Executive Course at Kings Point golf club. Knoke aced the...

THE LOUIS LEGACYSir:Billy Conn (The Boxer And The Blonde. June 17) and Joe Louis (Black Hero In A White Land, Sept. 16 and Triumphs And Trials, Sept. 23) in the same year—great! For an old boxing...