February 20, 1961 Table Of Contents
Pro Basketball
National Basketball Association games to the end of the season
Yesterday
The Bare-knuckle Legacy of Boxing
The early years of the prize ring were filled with mayhem, skulduggery and brutal fights
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS February 17 to February 23
The Gang
HAIL, HAIL, THE GANG'S ALL HERE
All five members will benefit from the Patterson-Johansson fight next month. Right now, however, they are so busy feuding with one another that they sometimes seem to forget about the big fight coming up
Son Of Saggy
A colt called Carry Back, with unknown and unromantically named parents, is the favorite for the year's biggest horse race
A EUROPEAN ARTIST DISCOVERS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GAME OF ALL...
Salt-Water Jockeys
In jackets inspired by the bright geometry of international yachting code flags, this yearns sailors can sport their own initials and be as easy to spot as a jockey in his silks. For more new color-struck boating clothes, turn the page
Tennis
Pro and amateur tennis met in New York last week, but each was on its own side of the street
Boxing
A fine win for dispirited Harold
A cautious but capable fighter with a mild name is now the light heavyweight champion of the entire world—except for Archie
Cards
Fishing
Long cold war at the edge of the sea
Stubborn anglers still fight against salt-water licenses, but if they win they may lose the chance to keep fishing
By Ed Zern
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
Basketball's Week
By Mervin Hyman
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Pat On The Back
A ball club out back