May 01, 1961 | Volume 14, Issue 17

George Harris, 215-pound Air Force staff sergeant, won his fourth National AAU heavyweight judo title and third over-all grand championship in San Jose, Calif. Harris, a fourth-degreeblackbelt,...

All times are E.S.T. unless otherwise noted

When the four top bridge teams of the world met in Buenos Aires, the strain was awful—but solid, oldtime tactics ultimately brought victory for the once-extravagant Italian players

North-South vulnerable South dealer

East-West vulnerable South dealer

Both sides vulnerable West dealer

Several hours before the horses reach the post next Saturday a balding old millionaire with a crinkled face and the build of a muscular gnome will walk stiff-legged into the jockeys' sweat room at...

All eyes were on Hector Lopez, but hapless Hector's eyes were on the sun. Having fought a losing battle with the glare for possession of a long fly ball at Yankee Stadium, the New York left...

Five pages of color photographs by Mark Kauffman show a traditional sport in an unorthodox setting—an English-style fox hunt on the desert near Palm Springs, Calif.

In 1953 a group of racing enthusiasts in East Africa, wishing to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, set out on an extended motor rally through the bush, and called their race the...

A New York firm called Gemsco has recently discovered, to its surprise, that it is using almost as much gold bullion thread to make blazer crests as it used to make officers' braid during World...

Pedigrees mean nothing to Su Mac Lad, who beat the world's best in the United Nations Trot

Caught in the traditional animosity between St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Twins are open to box office trouble

After a sorry century of campus status seeking, Brown achieves recognition at last

Derby weekend in Louisville is much more than horses, roses and My Old Kentucky Home. It is a three-day festival of eating, drinking and merrymaking. The drinking, of course, is bourbon. And the...

The new Mazatlán ocean race is a tough sailing test that ends in a delightful vacation spot

The Pender-Basilio fight made money, but for the beaten Carmen it was a tough buck

England's Fred Norris took third in the Boston Marathon, but he won a victor's applause for sportsmanship

In a four-game split between the and there were 87 hits, including 16 home runs, off 18 pitchers. Seven players were hurt, among them the Dodgers' Duke Snider (broken elbow), Charlie Neal...

ARCHERY—BILL PARTIN of Lexington, Ohio, scored 1,666 of a possible 1,728 to win the men's freestyle at the Ben Pearson Open Tournament in Fort Wayne, Ind. ALLEN FROATS of Midland, Pa. won the...

9—drawing by Francis Golden10—Gerry Cranham, Bill Weber—Corpus Christi Caller Times, Manchete, Jimmy Banks18-19—Phil Bath23-25—Phil Bath26-27—Frank Hurley-New York Daily News28—A.P., U.P.I.29—Phil...

SHANNON'S PANTSSirs:Kudos to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and Barbara Heilman for the excellent and penetrating article on Shannon Brown and St. Stephen's (Farewell to Shannon Brown, April 3). Yes, there is...

At home on the range

AWAY THEY GO

? What is a standardbred horse?

Meet Bill Brennan, a village smith who contradicts the notion that his is a dying art