July 25, 1955 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Is Phil Wrigley right in refusing to install lights at Wrigley Field for night baseball?

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

Blottings on the wet curve, A word or two about money, How it is with Hopman, The governor gets serious, Mountain tragedy, Chess a la Romanoff

Spectacle

POLO WITH A BLIMP

Arizona pushball, as played by teams of deputy sheriffs, uses fun-loving Quarter horses and offers lots of kicks

PUSHBALL IS NO PUSHOVER

Out in Arizona they're keeping alive the tradition of the Wild West with a game that's so new—and rough—there is only one rule: anything goes just so you don't hurt the horses

By Robert H. Boyle

"Bluebird's" Record Run

DON CAMPBELL'S JET WATERBIRD

An Englishman's revolutionary 'Bluebird' surpassed the world's water speed record last week

By Ezra Bowen

Compiled by Ed Zern

Motor Sports

IN THE AINTREE GRAND PRIX MERCEDES PROVES THAT IT HAS THE BEST RACING CAR AND THE BEST RACING TEAM IN THE WORLD

By John Bentley

Baseball

MILWAUKEE IS A REAL BASEBALL TOWN, AND THIS YEAR THE ALL-STAR WAS A REAL BASEBALL GAME. JUST ASK THE PLAYERS

By Robert Creamer

Australia Toes The Mark

AUSTRALIA TOES THE MARK

After a record number of false starts, the Olympic hosts are getting set for a record show

By Coles Phinizy

Tip From The Top

especially for players of athletic build

By Chick Harbert

Yesterday

MAN AGAINST BALL

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS July 22 through July 31

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

Pat On The Back

JILL KINMONT

Departments

MEMO FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Harry Phillips

A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS