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June 20, 1955 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: What is the basic appeal behind professional wrestling?

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

Le Mans, The unvanishing Indians, Shocking news from the cricket close, Track's beardless record-breakers, The state of Old Archie's heart

Spectacle

READY ALL? ROW!

Each year the third week in June produces both America's oldest rowing classic and the battle for national crew honors

COLLEGIANS, MAN YOUR OARS

In rowing's big week, Penn and Cornell are favorites in the transplanted Poughkeepsie Regatta at Syracuse; one day earlier Yale meets Harvard in the 90th renewal of their four-mile rowing classic at New London

By Lee Griggs

Garden Party

JIM NORRIS' GARDEN PARTY

The rugged man who rules boxing and dominates hockey has now taken command of the Madison Square Garden set, leading to the sudden en masse resignation of its board chairman and five other directors

By Martin Kane

Boxing

THE NIGHT THEIR BOY CARMEN WON

In a bloody and courageous battle a thwarted champion had his day

By Budd Schulberg

Preview: The U.S. Open

THE OLYMPIC GETS AN OVERHAUL

Golf's foremost architect tells how he landscaped a tough but outdated course into a battleground worthy of the champions of today and their modern weapons

By Robert Trent Jones

THE AGE OF HOGAN

By Herbert Warren Wind

HABERDASHING AT THE OPEN

Tip From The Top

For golfers of all degrees of skill and experience

By Ed Furgol

Motor Sports

THE FIRSTHAND STORY OF THE GRAND PRIX OF ENDURANCE AT LE MANS WHICH BROUGHT AUTO RACING'S GREATEST TRAGEDY

By John Bentley

FOR SPECTATORS: A GUILLOTINE, A MACHINE GUN

By Stanley Karnow

Horses: Big Weekend For Two Champions

THE MATCH RACES

NASHUA

By Whitney Tower

SWAPS

By James Murray

Color In The Dust

It flashes still the country over, despite television, Davy Crockett and Outer Space as kids knuckle down for marbles

By Reginald Wells

Tarpon

HIGH-JUMPING BABIES

Miniature tarpon are born hell raisers. Hook one and he's up in the air, under the boat, jumping in the bushes—fishing's great show-off

By James Shepley

Tennis

A PREVIEW AND A PROPHECY ABOUT THAT "DEDICATED FORTNIGHT" AT WIMBLEDON WHERE THE BEST OF THE BEST WILL MEET NEXT WEEK

By William F. Talbert

ARCHIE MOORE VS. AVOIRDUPOIS

Before stepping into the ring next Wednesday night to fight a rugged Bobo Olson, the world's light heavyweight champion must first win a battle to knock off nearly 22 pounds of fat

By William H. White

Yesterday

HARRIMAN AT YALE

At a low point in Yale rowing, a future statesman helped to coach the Elis to victory over Harvard

By William Lowe

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS June 17 through June 26

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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