June 8, 1964 Table Of Contents
Shopwalk
Cowboy gear is big this year from Saint-Tropez to Madison Avenue
Way Of Life
Where Wrestling Is a Way of Life
Winners of the annual Kirkpinar, the World Series of Turkish oil wrestling, are all national heroes
Indianapolis
THE MAGNIFICENT AND THE MACABRE
Doughty A.J. Foyt (below) won his second Indianapolis 500 on iron nerve and matchless skill after a fiery calamity that took the lives of two drivers; the ill luck was persistent, reducing the field to a brave few
By Bob Ottum
In 46 years eight horses have worn Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown (right). Northern Dancer will join the list if he captures this week's Belmont
IT'S THE WORLD'S FAVORITE SPORT: THE HORSE RACE
Barry Ryan
Prospering mightily, U.S. racing is also developing in ways that dismay many who have loved it best and longest. E. Barry Ryan, highly qualified and unusually frank, here tells our turf editor just why he is worried. A member of a distinguished American family, Ryan has devoted his life to racing, as breeder, owner and trainer. His Normandy Farm in Kentucky is one of the gems of the Bluegrass
It's A Business
IT'S NOT A SPORT IT'S A BUSINESS
Not all trainers take a pessimistic view of U.S. racing. Among those happily sharing in the game's bonanza is Brooklyn's Howard (Buddy) Jacobson, who last year led all trainers with 140 winners and who operates his public stable at Aqueduct like an assembly line. He simply and sincerely believes that IT'S NOT A SPORT IT'S A BUSINESS
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RACETRACK IN THE WORLD
People
Golf
A dream match produces a dream round
There were trees on wheels and lightning bolts and it took two days, but Ben Hogan—playing almost flawlessly—finally bested an old rival in head-to-head competition
Baseball
The Whiz Kids are still going strong
It is almost 15 years since Robin Roberts (top) and Curt Simmons did so much to win a pennant for the Phillies, but they are pitching superbly for different teams now
Lacrosse
Navy beat Army for another national title, but the real loser was the State of Maryland, which can no longer claim lacrosse as its own
By Frank Deford
Jockeys
They may be no bigger than children, but the tough little athletes who sweat off ounces in a steam box and then steer 1,000 pounds of cantankerous Thoroughbred down the stretch are not playing a kid's game
By Huston Horn
Baseball's Week
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
Departments
Events in the East through June 27