October 9, 1961 Table Of Contents
Thoroughbred Racing
Stakes through November 11
Maris
Roger Maris hit the home run that tied Babe Ruth's record on a curve ball thrown by Jack Fisher of the Orioles. It was a high drive so close to the right-field foul pole that Maris didn't run. "If it was fair," he said later, "I had plenty of time. If it was foul, I'd save my strength." So Maris, Catcher Gus Triandos and Umpire Bill Kinnamon all stood still and watched as the ball hit the third deck, fair by three feet. About No. 61 (next page) there was no uncertainty
THE BEST RACE HORSE IN THE WORLD
Kelso laid claim to that honor with the speed and wide margin of his victory in the Woodward Stakes (below). He should have a chance to prove it soon in the International at Laurel, against Europe's best
Notre Dame-Oklahoma
The luck was all against the Irish, but a pair of fleet backs and a rough line had Notre Dame alumni—the real and the subway article—burbling about a new golden age
By Roy Terrell
Arms For Cincy
A crossword-puzzle addict, the son of a Chicago policeman, a noted author and a quiet Texan are among the Cincinnati pitchers who are challenging the Yankee power in the Series
Master Points
Thousands of U.S. bridge addicts are risking their lives and sanity for as little as .05 of a point
By Ray Cave
Torino
Food
A football soup with lots of beans
Football's Week
By Mervin Hyman
Boating
Britain gently lifts a pound of flesh
A catamaran from England avenged her country's defeat in the 1958 America's Cup by politely slaughtering the fastest sailboat in the U.S.
Baseball
New York won 109 games, Philadelphia lost 107. A look at what happened, and why it did, to the best and worst during 1961
By Herman Weiskopf
Amateur Sport
The AAU lost more ground last weekend when four new groups began to move toward self-rule
By Tex Maule
Chesapeake
There is a colonial charm about the quiet villages and sprawling farms that border the Chesapeake. On these pages a famous yachtsman describes the endless variety of cruising waters in the bay's upper reaches
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
'Or why race?'