August 8, 1960 Table Of Contents
Cricket
A famous author and player explains what the game really means to all good Englishmen
By Alec Waugh
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS August 5 to August 11
Editorials
European Track
After a pre-Olympic tour, Tex Maule presents a firsthand report on the European trackmen who want—and may win—gold medals
By Tex Maule
The Money Away
THE DAY THEY GAVE THE MONEY AWAY
Horse racing's biggest spending spree turned into a bonanza for some surprising winners as bettors wagered $1 million at four of the country's tracks
Head Man
Pirate Leader Dick Groat is slight, slow, and he hits singles, but for winning games there's no quicker man in baseball
By Roy Terrell
Bull Hancock
Kentucky's Bull Hancock, the master of Claiborne Farm, has a knack for acquiring Thoroughbred racing's best stallions and then selling their offspring at a profit
Tennis
By William F. Talbert
Boating
With competing costs down, more able skippers tried for the honors of Olympic racing
By Mort Lund
Tip From The Top
By Walker Inman Jr.
Modern Pentathlon
Neither falling horses nor broken bones daunted an intrepid band of modern pentathletes in the Olympic tryouts
Cards
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
Baseball's Week
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: The readers take over
Pat On The Back
'My daddy always told me'
