July 28, 1958 Table Of Contents
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The Red Sox had four .300 hitters and a six-game winning streak...and then
The first-ever track meet between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. is an odd moment in history
By Tex Maule
Spectacle
An Immense Acceptance of Destiny
Mile-high mountain trails provide a margin between defeat and victory during the 24-day Tour de France, the world's most famous bicycle race
Events & Discoveries
Wonderful World Of Sport
Costa Brava
Almost unknown to Americans, Spain's own Riviera offers the good life for a song
Baseball
The Pirates' Frank Thomas was an unspectacular ballplayer until the Dodgers and Giants moved west. Their friendly new parks helped make him the league's top slugger
By Roy Terrell
Boxing
Former Champion Gene Fullmer starts a national comeback against Szuzina
By Martin Kane
Horse Racing
Parlaying a $600 risk into a $4 million breeding bonanza, Rex Ellsworth may make California the Kentucky of tomorrow
Bridge
This lawyer could afford a king
Tip From The Top
Acknowledgments
Sport In Art
Swordfish
He is a fish of magnificent proportions, awesome power and mysterious ways. His contempt for man is legendary, and the angler knows him as the most challenging of game fish
By Thomas H. Lineaweaver
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'I'd like to win something big'