September 4, 1961 Table Of Contents
Cover
Major tournaments through October 12
Senators
Seventh place is seventh heaven in Washington, where Senators' fans never had it so good
By Gerald Astor
Pennant Race
Zany garb and heavy hitting broke the Dodgers' losing streak, then the first-place Reds came back to start them on another
TATERS KEEPS THE TIGERS UP THERE
Yankee beater Frank Lary leads Detroit into New York as the Tigers again challenge for the league lead
Anne Quast Decker won the Women's Amateur Championship by staying ahead all the way
Solvent Vikings
No team in professional sport ever got off to a more auspicious start than the Minnesota Vikings, who will play their first football game this month with 27,000 season tickets already sold
By Tex Maule
Strokes And Style
By William F. Talbert
Double Play
OUTS AND INS OF THE DOUBLE PLAY
With their split-second timing, complicated tactics and tricks that amount to outright fraud, fine infielders display rare finesse at baseball's best maneuver
By Herman Weiskopf
Horse Racing
A lot of fine young Thoroughbreds
Jaipur, Sir Gaylord and Ridan are only three of the top young colts expected to make this fall's 2-year-old races among the best ever
Fishing
'If you can't break the record, break the rod'
So said Duke Kahanamoku after a long, losing battle in the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament
Automobiles
That's the VW-1500, a fancier, faster car from Volkswagen that reflects German prosperity
By Kenneth Rudeen
C. V. Whitney
SONNY WHITNEY: A SUCCESS IN SPITE OF HIS MONEY
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, born to wealth and position, has applied an extraordinary competitive sense to a wide variety of activities—from polo and horse racing to mining and movie making. Here is the story of a rich boy who made good
Baseball's Week
By Maury Allen
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
The unsinkables