May 1, 1961 Table Of Contents
Point Of Fact
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS April 28 to May 4
Championship Bridge
When the four top bridge teams of the world met in Buenos Aires, the strain was awful—but solid, oldtime tactics ultimately brought victory for the once-extravagant Italian players
Derby Preview
DERBY PREVIEW: YEAR OF THE LONG SHOT
A few lukewarm favorites and a barnful of ambitious nobodies will run in the 87th Kentucky Derby. Only the slightest edge can be given to an oddly matched pair of eccentric Californians
AN OLD MAN WITH TWO CHANCES TO WIN
By Ray Cave
The New Boss
Ralph Houk, manager of the Yankees, has the qualities required for running either a ball club or a political domain—a firm hand, a raffish sense of humor and tactical skill at converting enemies
By Tex Maule
Harness Racing
Pedigrees mean nothing to Su Mac Lad, who beat the world's best in the United Nations Trot
By Kenneth Rudeen
Baseball
Caught in the traditional animosity between St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Twins are open to box office trouble
Rowing
After a sorry century of campus status seeking, Brown achieves recognition at last
By Huston Horn
Food
Boating
Right course to the right town
The new Mazatlàn ocean race is a tough sailing test that ends in a delightful vacation spot
Boxing
The Pender-Basilio fight made money, but for the beaten Carmen it was a tough buck
Track
The hero of the Marathon didn't win it
England's Fred Norris took third in the Boston Marathon, but he won a victor's applause for sportsmanship
By Gwilym Brown
Baseball's Week
By Herman Weiskopf
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
At home on the range