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July 31, 1961 Table Of Contents

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The Record

ASSAULT ON THE RECORD

If either Mantle or Maris hits 61 home runs this season, will he break Ruth's record? Herewith a straight answer to a hot question

By Walter Bingham

Winners All The Way

VERY GOOD, VERY TIRED AND WINNERS ALL THE WAY

Only the logistics were bad as the U.S. continued its successful tour of Europe, making friends, overcoming fatigue and adding victories in Stuttgart and London to the big Moscow conquest

By Roy Terrell

Merrie Go Round

Down to the Sea

Free Facial at the Fence

Paradise Tennis

WHAT'S SO FUNNY WITH PANCHO?

A short-stemmed racket, for one thing. But it is only one aspect of the game tackled by Gonzales and his colleagues

By Rex Lardner

THE RACE AGAINST THE BALL

Boxing

Fast talk and a slow fight

A brash young Olympic champion gets his eighth straight professional victory, but shows little flair and less power

By Huston Horn

Horse Racing

Horse of the year—again

Turning on his astonishing power, Kelso ran away with the last race in the handicap series

By M. R. Werner

Cards

The case for apartness

By Charles Goren

Food

Drinks that sparkle on a summer afternoon

By Pamela Jeffrey

Baseball's Week

BASEBALL'S WEEK

By Herman Weiskopf

For The Record

A roundup of the sports information of the week

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

GRADY ERICKSON

Blast in the snow

Departments

SCORECARD

FACES IN THE CROWD