Author:
SI Staff

4 SCOREBOARD
13 EVENTS & DISCOVERIES
26 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT
57 FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR
68 COMING EVENTS
69 THE 19TH HOLE
72 PAT ON THE BACK

17 SPECTACLE: HALF-MILERS SOWELL AND COURTNEY
A duel at 880 yards IN COLOR by HY PESKIN, plus a report on an inconclusive Sowell-Courtney rematch last week

22 THE THREE GOVERNORS AND BOXING'S DIRTY BUSINESS
New York and Pennsylvania call boxing to the stand, and California shows arousing interest in the subject. A round-up by MARTIN KANE

30 THE INDIANAPOLIS "500": A PREVIEW
A look ahead by JOHN BENTLEY, a look back by WILBUR SHAW

34 THE NINE LIVES OF LEO DUROCHER
Part II: The years with the Gashouse Gang; friendship with Rickey; a sobering marriage; beginnings of trouble. By ROBERT SHAPLEN

48 THE WALKER CUP
The American victory at St. Andrews by HERBERT WARREN WIND

52 THE GUN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
New developments modernize an old favorite: the lever-action rifle. By PAUL R. WALKER with three pages of guns IN COLOR by SID LATHAM

THE DEPARTMENTS

6 Hotbox: JIMMY JEMAIL asks adventurers and explorers: What frightens you most?

37 Inside Baseball: PAUL RICHARDS discusses that controversial play, the hit-and-run

39 Baseball: ROBERT CREAMER reports on two young pitchers in the American League who may revive the legendary Big Duel

42 Boxing: BUDD SCHULBERG recapitulates the unhappy Marciano-Cockell affair

44 Horses: ALBION HUGHES presents a primer for the Preakness

45 Boating: ROBERT N. BAVIER JR. tests a steel-hulled fishing cruiser and finds she lives up to her name: Striker

47 Tip from the Top: JOHNNY REVOLTA with some advice on the explosion shot

51 Bowling: VICTOR KALMAN describes Buzz Fazio's moment of crisis at the ABC Masters

COVER: HERB SCORE

Photograph by Hy Peskin

Long, lean, red-faced Herbert Jude Score of the Cleveland Indians (see page 39), a 21-year-old left-handed pitcher in his first season in the major leagues, has been described as "so good you can't believe it." He won four of his first six games, pitched a three-hit shutout one time, struck out 16 batters another, is waging a spirited fight with Bob Turley of the Yankees for the major league strikeout leadership.

Acknowledgments on page 57

PHOTO

IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE

THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
A complete round-up in words and pictures of America's great Memorial Day automobile racing classic

WHALING IN THE OLD-TIME WAY
John Huston, director of the forthcoming film version of "Moby Dick", reports on the Madeira whalers

THE NINE LIVES OF LEO DUROCHER: PART III
Suspension and disgrace; West Coast exile; and an uphill battle to greatness. By Robert Shaplen

May 30, 1955