April 17, 1961 Table Of Contents
Harness Racing
The major races through June 28
Pigeonnaper
The haunted life of a pigeonnaper
A simple sportsman, he is forced to skulk in a shadow world, spied on by the police, pursued by savage humanitarians
By Bil Gilbert
Unforgettable Duel
A DUEL GOLFERS WILL NEVER FORGET
Through five days of brilliant competition the lead seesawed between Gary Player and Arnold Palmer. In the end, the little South African became the first foreigner ever to win the Masters
Yesterday
The oddest monument in Ireland is embedded in Kildare sod and honors a bare-knuckle champion
Healthy, relaxed and at last on good terms with the world, the Yanks' super center fielder may now be headed for his biggest year since 1956
By Tex Maule
San Francisco
AN ANGLER'S TREASURE BY THE GOLDEN GATE
From the broad, dark waters of the Russian River (below) to the bass reservoirs in the lowlands of Napa County, from the salmon trolling grounds off the Farallon Islands to the winding sloughs in the thousand miles of waterways in the Delta, the San Francisco area offers a fascinating, ever-changing challenge to the sport fisherman. On the following pages, Artist Thomas B. Allen captures in his paintings and Robert de Roos depicts in words the many moods and seasons of this unique city-state for anglers
Cards
Hockey
Montreal's once scintillant Canadiens, their glow dimmed, leave Chicago and Detroit to settle the Stanley Cup in a family fight
By Kenneth Rudeen
Paul Richards
Paul Richards can be cold as a prairie winter, tough as a Longhorn steer. But there is patience and understanding in this baseball genius who has made a pennant contender out of his fuzzy-faced Baltimore Orioles
By Roy Terrell
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Pat On The Back
Refresher course