June 12, 1961 Table Of Contents
Point Of Fact
A U.S. Open golf quiz to excite the memory and increase the knowledge of the fans and the armchair experts
By Gwilym Brown
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS June 9 to June 15
Tennis
Hardly, says net star Welby Van Horn, who starts raising champions at the age of 8 in Puerto Rico
Manuel Santana wins in France and becomes the first Spaniard ever to take a Big Four championship
By John Lovesey
Army-Navy
Army and Navy, those classic rivals, celebrate graduation time with fun and games at West Point and Annapolis, and both win approval from several thousand pretty guests
By Ray Cave
MEANWHILE, UP AT WEST POINT...
A NEW ERA OPENS AT INDY'S GOLDEN JUBILEE
The 50th anniversary '500' was a festival of American superlatives, but even in ninth place Britain's Cooper carried the flag of change
By Kenneth Rudeen
Red China Sports
BY THE NUMBERS RED CHINA GETS INTO SHAPE
Carry Back
CARRY BACK WAS WAY BACK AT BELMONT
The 65-to-1 shot, Sherluck, knocked off the favorite, ruined Jack Price's Triple Crown hopes and emptied the pockets of thousands
Open Preview
A REAL MONSTER OF A GOLF COURSE
That is what Ben Hogan called Oakland Hills, site of the 1961 U.S. Open, back in 1951. Its treacherous greens and fairways have changed little since then, and this year's players will have to scramble to break par
Le Mans
LE MANS! SPEED, BREAD AND WINE
In a blur of flashing color the victorious Ferrari of the 1960 Grand Prix of Endurance rushes past the camera of Marvin Newman, who here and in six fallowing pages reflects the special mood of France's famous race
Baseball
Good trades, a rookie pitcher and some odd target shooting help the Reds pull a surprise
By Tex Maule
Golf
At 49, Sam Snead, winner in the Canada Cup, may be playing the best golf of his life
By Gwilym S. Brown
Track
Tommy Sullivan and Bruce Kidd are high school students, but they humbled their elders at Compton
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
Tame whoopers