September 25, 1961 Table Of Contents
End Of AAU
Here is the first report of a secret revolution that seems certain to wreck the all-powerful Amateur Athletic Union. Coaches and athletes in two major sports are involved, among them 50 of the most distinguished U.S. track and field stars
By Tex Maule
For most of last week Roger Maris looked as if he needed help desperately in his assault on Ruth's record, but then in Detroit he regained his batting eye
Blond and awesome Mr. Nicklaus wins the National Amateur, as expected, while a band of fellow college boys unexpectedly overpowers one of the tournament's finest fields
Who Made Me
This claim is made by Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a bubbling young boxer whose nerve is colossal and whose modest aim is to knock the heavyweight crown off Floyd Patterson's head
By Huston Horn
A DOG'S FIRST DAY IN THE FIELD
Pro Football 1961 Preview
After a careful apprenticeship in the difficult art of changing signals at the line of scrimmage, a fresh wave of quarterbacks is moving in
By Tex Maule
Horse Racing
The jumpers must have some support
Unwanted by most tracks and spurned by many owners, a traditional sport is in trouble. Part V of a series on racing's problems
College Football
The weather was awful, but Pitt's Fred Cox played a whale of a game to begin the season
By Edwin Pope
By Mervin Hyman
Before The Mast
What can you say about the sea? Only that it is big, said Chekhov. But a landlubber who sailed in the Transpacific race found a lot to say—most of it bad
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
Deep love