June 26, 1961 Table Of Contents
Thoroughbred Racing
Major stakes through July 4
Yesterday
An 86-year-old Frenchwoman named Marie Marvingt has spent a lifetime courting adventure
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS June 23 to June 29
U.S. Open
On the 18th hole of the final round of the 1961 Open, Gene Littler hit his second shot into a trap (opposite). But he coolly holed out in 5 to take the tournament by one stroke and redeem his early promise
Young Pitchers
THE YOUNG PITCHERS TAKE COMMAND
Close to the halfway mark in another typically tight National League pennant race, a group of strong-armed youngsters seems to control the balance of power
By Tex Maule
Food
An exotic soup that helps hold the waistline
Track & Field
For the first time in 40 years, the collegiate championships were held on the Atlantic seaboard. Seven records later, everyone—or almost everyone—conceded it wasn't such a bad idea after all
By Roy Terrell
Motor Sports
At Le Mans, America's Phil Hill won his second 24-hour race—the last for prototype cars
By John Lovesey
Rowing
Cornell was close, Navy was lost as the Golden Bears won their second straight IRA championship
By Huston Horn
Cards
Jacobs-Bieber
These are three of the things wrong with the world, according to Colonel Isidor Bieber, a member of horse racing's most intriguing partnership. While the colonel thinks his profound thoughts, the other partner, Trainer Hirsch Jacobs, goes on adding to racing's best winning record
For The Record
A roundup of the sports information of the week
Acknowledgments
Baseball's Week
By Maury Allen
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Pat On The Back
Where the girls are