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May 30, 1955 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: What frightens you most? (Asked of adventurers and explorers)

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

Heavyweight perspectives, Williams vs. Snead Leadfoot Trophy, Schweinberger's vaccination, Muskellunge psychology, Model basin at work

Spectacle

DUEL AT 880 YARDS

Pitt's deceptive Arnie Sowell floats from obscurity to track fame in one uncanny moment of acceleration

ARNIE SOWELL 'RUNS SO SOFT'

And the young half-miler has such a big kick that his rival, Norwegian Audun Boysen, says: 'Take care of him—he is your next Olympic champion'

The Three Governors

THE THREE GOVERNORS AND BOXING'S DIRTY BUSINESS

Boxing news moved off the sports pages and on to the front pages in the nation's three biggest states last week—all because three governors had decided to do something to clean up boxing's dirty business.

By Martin Kane

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE SPIRIT AND MUSCLES OF AMATEURS

THE RODEOS GO TO COLLEGE

By Paul O'Neil

Baseball

TWO HOT YOUNG PITCHERS NAMED SCORE AND TURLEY ARE EVOKING MEMORIES OF LEGENDS THEY MAY RE-CREATE

By Robert Creamer

Boxing

MARCIANO'S BATTERING OF DON COCKELL WAS MORE—AND LESS—THAN A RING BATTLE. IT ALMOST RESTARTED THE REVOLUTION

By Budd Schulberg

Horses

PREAKNESS PRIMER: THE BEST OF RACES LOSE THEIR GLORY IF THE BEST HORSES AREN'T THERE, AND THIS YEAR NASHUA IS ALL ALONE

By Albion Hughes

Boating

WHEREIN SI'S BOATING EXPERT TAKES A RIDE IN A NEW FISHING CRUISER AND MAKES SOME DISCOVERIES ABOUT STEEL

By Robert N. Bavier Jr.

Tip From The Top

For golfers of all degrees of skill but especially for middle-handicap players

By Johnny Revolta

Golf

ST. ANDREWS' ROYAL & ANCIENT COURSE WAS NEW TO THE AMERICANS, THE WEATHER (RAIN) PRO-BRITISH, BUT THE U.S. TEAM ONCE MORE WON THE WALKER CUP

By Herbert Warren Wind

Anniversary

ANNIVERSARY

Bowling

IN THE ABC MASTERS, BUZZ FAZIO FACED A SUPREME TEST OF SKILL AND NERVES—AND WON HIS FIRST BIG SOLO TITLE

By Victor Kalman

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Compiled by Ed Zern

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS May 27 through June 5

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

PAT ON THE BACK

Departments

A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips