September 13, 1954 Table Of Contents
Jimmy Jemail's Hot Box
The Question: Should a baseball player or manager argue with the umpire?
By Jimmy Jemail
Pat On The Back
Herewith a salute from the editors to men and women of all ages who have fairly earned the good opinion of the world of sport, regardless of whether they have yet earned tallest headlines.
Table of Contents
Teams that bloom in the spring often wither by fall. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S expert completed his investigation only last week. Here is his up-to-the-minute report on college football
Soundtrack
SNIFFLES AT FOREST HILLS THE TIME TED ATKINSON QUIT...TED WILLIAMS AT 36
Spectacle
Time is running out fast as the Yankees strain to catch the Indians and the Dodgers stumble behind the Giants
The Wonderful World Of Sport
Fishing
There's a submarine feud abrewing between skin divers and anglers
By Philip Wylie
You Should Know
YOU SHOULD KNOW: if you want to take up spear-fishing
By The Know-It-All
Sporting Look
Carola Mandel is best-dressed woman on the firing line
Although the racing season is not officially over, it is possible to determine 1954's National and International champions, to evaluate the lessons of the year and to foresee the challenges of 1955
By John Bentley
Racing stock outboards is like stock-car racing, with a notable difference—the driver of a "flying pancake" must be able to swim
Under 21
He's from a top-notch trapshooting family. Here's what it's like to be a boy among men in the Grand American Handicap Tournament
By Duane Decker
The Big Fight: The Men And Their Muscles
These drawings by Paul Peck reveal the structure of the two men who fight for the heavyweight championship next week but as Budd Schulberg points out mind may triumph over muscles
Column Of The Week
As the Baltimore Orioles, the former St. Louis Browns are the same old cellar-dwellers. Sports Editor J. Roy Stockton, who knew them in good times and bad, examines their history and the sad lesson of a ball club bled white.
Horse Racing
Racing on grass in the U.S. gets a boost from Elizabeth Regina
Boating
The indomitable Mrs. Mertz is the best woman sailor in American waters
Golf
In the Curtis Cup the ladies politely played some very good golf
Coming Events
COMING EVENTS September 10 through 16
Fisherman's Calendar
A digest of last-minute reports from fishermen and other unreliable sources
Compiled by Ed Zern
Health
YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL
Yesterday
Over 8,000 people watched America and Ireland vie for the world's rifle championship in a day-long match, unsettled until the final shot
Bowling
Joe the man still keeps Joe the bowler out of the Hall of Fame
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
Last Laugh
Departments
By H.H.S. Phillips Jr.
A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS