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June 27, 1955 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Race tracks in France are experimenting with women jockeys. Would you bet on a girl jockey?

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

As Maine fishes, so fishes Ike, A word to the wise guys, Most likely to succeed, A bath in Onondaga, The one-hoss Buick, Uplift in USSR

Spectacle

BIG KLU AND BATS

1955 looks like the Year of the Slugger in the National League as the Dodgers shoot for an all-time homer record

Snider

DUKE OR WILLIE? A VOTE FOR SNIDER

Brooklyn's most artful Dodger is hitting better than Mays and many baseball men consider him at least Willie's equal as an outfielder

The U.S. Open

JACK THE GIANT KILLER

Jack Fleck, a young municipal course pro from Iowa, conquered two great institutions, the U.S. Open and Ben Hogan, for a great golfing victory

By Herbert Warren Wind

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Outboards

FOUR MILLION KICKERS

That's how many outboard motors Americans are using today; and here's how this versatile engine has come to be used for everything from fishing to family cruising

By Ezra Bowen

Conversation Piece:

SUBJECT: BLAISE D'ANTONI

A New Orleans businessman turned promoter comes to New York to see a fight and meet some big shots—Frank Costello, Jim Norris and Frank Carbo

By Robert H. Boyle

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Compiled by Ed Zern

Tip From The Top

For all players but chiefly weekend golfers

By John Battini

Keep In The Pink

FOOT AND LEG MASSAGE

Baseball

NO LONGER A TEAM TO BE IGNORED, THE WHITE SOX LOOM LARGE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE WITH SPEED, DEFENSE AND SOME GREAT PITCHING

By Roy Terrell

Motor Sports

HOW CAN DISASTERS LIKE LE MANS BE PREVENTED? FROM PARIS COMES ONE ANSWER: BRING ROAD RACING BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSES

By John Bentley

Anniversary

ANNIVERSARY

Amalfi Drive

THE AMALFI DRIVE

Plastered against the seaside wall of a southern Italian mountainside are four of the world's most romantic retreats

By Horace Sutton

Sporting Look

SPORTING LOOK

Yesterday

PITCH FOR GLORY

A rookie 33 years ago pitched the majors' last perfect game

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS June 24 through July 3

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

SEXTET OF SWIMMING SHEAS

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS