October 24, 1983 | Volume 59, Issue 18

2, 3—Heinz Kluetmeier (left), Jerry Cooke17, 18—Illustrations by Sam Q. Weissman20, 21—Ronald C. Modra22, 23—John Iacono (left), Jerry Wachter (center), George Tiedemann24, 25—Heinz Kluetmeier...

JOHN FLYNNDOVER, N.H.Flynn, a senior at UNH, set a world record of 23.77 seconds in the fast catch at the New England Boomerang Corroboree in Amherst, Mass. The fast catch involves five...

BASEBALL—The BALTIMORE ORIOLES defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 in Game 5 to win the World Series four games to one (page 20).

BEST EVER?Sir:In Douglas S. Looney's article (Staking a Claim to Best Ever, Oct. 10), he describes the 1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers as the greatest college football team of all time and suggests that...

DOING ZIP AT OKLAHOMAIt turns out that before taking a powder altogether last week, Oklahoma Running Back Marcus Dupree had done "Zip, nothing" in the classroom this year, as the Sooners' academic...

2)—The spot in the Penn State end zone where Alabama's Preston Gothard caught a pass from Walter Lewis in the waning seconds on Oct. 8, 1983 that officials disallowed in the belief that Gothard...

•Dan Dierdorf, St. Louis Cardinals offensive lineman, announcing that he intends to retire at the end of this season: "Ninety-five percent of me is very sad that I'm retiring. But my knees are...

Rick Dempsey, awash with celebratory champagne in the Oriole clubhouse, was talking on the phone to the President of the United States. After a few proper "yes sirs," the World Series' Most...

An open letter to the Earl of Baltimore, upon the completion of his first World Series announcing assignment:

Under the command of Jack Nicklaus, a dozen American golfers narrowly defeated a team of Europeans for the '83 Ryder Cup

Senior Writer William Oscar (Bill) Johnson and Photographer Jerry Cooke, the talented combination that produced the Yugoslavian travel story that begins on page 86, have been traveling the world...

'Heart Like a Wheel' depicts the life of dragster Shirley Muldowney

Devil's Bag galloped on toward 1983 honors—but so did Slew O' Gold

Upstart East Carolina ran its record to 5-1 in a 24-11 win over Temple

OFFENSE: In a 52-28 win over Lehigh, New Hampshire Tailback Andre Garron ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns, caught TD passes of 27 and 63 yards and returned a kickoff for yet another score.

Joe Ferguson's precision passing has Buffalo at unexpected heights

About a mile down from the summit of Pikes Peak, near the water tank airlifted in by the Army to save the lives of the runners, Robert Fletcher fell among the rocks. While bounding down the trail...

Giorgio Belladonna's error let the U.S. beat Italy for the world title

East and West vulnerable South dealer