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April 4, 1955 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: How do you feel about the controversy between skin-divers and conventional fishermen? (Asked in the Dominican Republic)

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

WARRIORS HEAD NORTH, MINORITY VIEW ON THE GRAND NATIONAL, ALTITUDE BALLISTICS, CARD TABLE TALK, WORDS FOR THE BIRDS, NEW BOYS

Spectacle

GOLF MASTERPIECE

The Masters tournament at Augusta marks the coming of spring and is an annual flowering of golf at its best

Preview

THE MASTERS

An idyllic golfing test revered by a generation of the game's best players is once again ready to test their skills. Here is a report on the celebrated tournament at Augusta—its perils, its pleasures

By Herbert Warren Wind

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

A Rascal In Fur

Trouble-making raccoons are raiding peaceful citizens again, tipping garbage pails and short-circuiting communities with their high jinks on power lines

By John O'Reilly

Motor Sports

THE CHRYSLER 300

A husky and handsome machine gets the jump on the industry by combining the highest power rating with the performance of a true sporting automobile

By John Bentley

Flying

'AUTOMATIC ROUGH'

It crops up in your engine, says SI's Sunday Pilot, when you realize there's no place to land. Happily, it also affects Viking-minded wives

By Bill Mauldin

Sporting Look

HOT TIMES IN KNITTED SHIRTS

The knitted sport shirt—launched on the Riviera in 1923 by the Prince of Wales—will be everywhere under the sun this year, shrinkproofed, stretchproofed, ablaze with stripes

Column Of The Week

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION

In St. Pete, Eddie Stanky tells Furman Bisher (right): "I've got no problems—just concerns"

By Furman Bisher

Boxing

THE BENGAL BOUTS

On the campus, boxing is still a sport

By Budd Schulberg

Boating

TRIAL BY WATER

The sleek Century Coronado is handsome—and does, too

By Robert N. Bavier Jr.

Horses

HIS NAME IS MUD

At Gulfstream, Nashua answered a telephoned question

By Whitney Tower

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

GRACE IN A DIVE

Competitive diving is among the most beautiful of all sports to watch, yet one of the most difficult to master. It takes years of intense training to reach the top and more to stay there

By Lee Griggs

On To Australia!

ON TO AUSTRALIA!

The 1955 Pan-American Games were a full-dress Olympic preview

By David Richardson

Tip From The Top

For golfers of all degrees of skill, especially middle-handicap golfers

By Mike Turnesa

Yesterday

DISASTER AT TURIN

The 1949 Turin soccer team was the pride of Italy, its death a national tragedy

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS April 1 through April 10

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Departments

A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips