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October 17, 1955 Table Of Contents

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Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: Is golf an athletic contest?

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

Johnny comes marching home, Air Force tradition takes off, Horse of a button-down collar, Death in the dusk, Subway alumni in Crystal Ballroom, Thumbs down on Greasy Thumb

Spectacle

PRINCETON SATURDAY

The blazered bandsmen of Old Nassau symbolize 80-odd years of tradition on a field where football is more than a game

A Dream Of Glory

1958: WILD BLUE DREAM OF GLORY

The big games were in towns like Ann Arbor and Baltimore—where Army lost to Michigan and Navy routed Pitt—but barely noted, on a dusty field in Denver, a bunch of junior birdmen proudly bearing the name Air Force Falcons played a game which made football history

By James Murray

Game Of The Week

Michigan Breaks Army Jinx

Having lost to the Cadets in all five of their previous games, Michigan took drastic revenge 26-2, moving a step closer to the Rose Bowl and knocking unbeaten Army out of First Ten. Halfback Terry Barr (No. 41 left and below) was bright new Michigan star

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

TENNIS WITHOUT TRABERT

The world's best amateur has turned pro and U. S. tennis is on the spot. Here our Davis Cup captain looks at the future and comments on some good prospects

By William F. Talbert

ASIAN SPORTS AND GAMES 1

GO FLY A KITE

When a Bangkok girl gives her boy friend this advice, she may be trying to build him up—not let him down

Eastern Football

FOOTBALL IN THE EAST

Yale's former coach differs with Yale's president (see page 19) on the care and training of Ivy, but he concedes that there is still plenty of hot competition among his old friends in Yankeeland

By Herman Hickman

Hickman's Hunches

HICKMAN'S HUNCHES for Games of Saturday, Oct. 15

By Herman Hickman

Tip From The Top

Especially useful for the middle-handicap golfer

By Ed Furgol

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Compiled by Ed Zern

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Yesterday/When Brooklyn Won The Series

When Brooklyn Won

It was only last week the Dodgers finally beat the Yanks and won the Series. But in Brooklyn that grand day is already a part of history

By Robert Creamer

Coming Events

COMING EVENTS October 14 through October 23

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