August 31, 1964 Table Of Contents
Baseball
Three weeks ago the Yankees were leading the American League and, as Yogi Berra put it, the Orioles and White Sox would 'have to come and get us.' They did, but good, and pushed New York into third place. Now Baltimore and Chicago are going at it ferociously in their last clashes of the season
Hakone
THE SPECTACULAR PLAYGROUND IN TOKYO'S BACKYARD
Don Garlits
In an eerie world of smoke, noise and rocketing speed, Don Garlits has become the first man to break hot rodding's 200-mph barrier. His reward: renown, money—and haunting fear
By Mark Kram
WHEN A GOLF COURSE TURNS ON YOU
Tense Sailor
Skipper Bill Cox of the would-be cup defender 'American Eagle' is strung as tight as the standing rigging on his boat and, like its spars and stays, defies the wind with unobtrusive force
By Bob Ottum
People
Golf
A champion conquers a Kansas sea breeze
Unruffled Barbara McIntire, keeping her composure on a windy, strange and sand-strewn course, wins the Women's Amateur
Harness Racing
The Scot, the Lad and black-market blood
Speedy Scot and Su Mac Lad of America annihilated foreign opposition in the Roosevelt International amid reports of clandestine Yankee amours in French breeding barns, from which U.S. blood is by law excluded
By Pat Ryan
Horse Racing
Paul Mellon's handy colt triumphed over mud in Saratoga's historic Travers. If he keeps winning he may be 1964's 3-year-old champion
Bridge
Kid Galahad
THE PRIDE OF KID GALAHAD, INC.
Not only the pride but the kid himself, Jim Beattie is a stilt-tall boxer backed by a syndicate of enthusiastic amateurs. They hope to make him heavyweight champion
By Jack Olsen
Baseball's Week
By Peter Carry
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