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19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
September 26, 1955
QUESTION AND ANSWER SIRS: IN YOLK SEPT. 19 ISSUE JIMMY JEMAIL ASKED WHICH CHAMPION WOULD WIN IN A FREE-FOR-ALL, BOXER ROCKY MARCIANO OR WRESTLER LOU THESZ. THIS QUESTION CAN DEFINITELY BE ANSWERED BY HAVING MARCIANO AND THESZ MEET. I PROPOSE TO PROMOTE SUCH A MATCH AT THE COLISEUM IN HOUSTON WHERE I HAVE PROMOTED WRESTLING FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS. I WILL PAY ALL EXPENSES INCURRED IN SUCH PROMOTION AND WILL PERSONALLY POST A PURSE OF $25,000 FOR THE WINNER OF THE MATCH. IN ADDITION ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE GATE WILL BE DONATED TO THE BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS CANCER FUND. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED LOU THESZ AND HE IS NOT ONLY AGREEABLE BUT ANXIOUS FOR THE CHANCE TO HAVE THIS QUESTION ANSWERED. IF THE MATCH CANNOT BE MADE UNTIL AFTER SEPT. 20 THESZ WILL MEET THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION WHOEVER HE MAY BE. MORRIS P. SIGEL GULF ATHLETIC CLUB HOUSTON, TEXAS
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September 26, 1955

19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

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Sirs:
Thesz will win and maybe then wrestling will be taken a little more seriously, as it deserves to be.
JAMES M. DOYLE
Charleston, S.C.

Sirs:
Marciano is in for quite a surprise but, after all, he asked for it.
C. T. CRANE
Buffalo, N.Y.

Sirs:
It would be Rocky's easiest victory.
EDGAR DAWSON
Des Moines, Iowa

Sirs:
If it happens, I want to see it. And I can name you the winner right now, without waiting for the outcome of the match. The winner will be Lou Thesz.
DOROTHY MEADE
Indianapolis

? SI, made co-promoter by Challenger Marciano, hopes to be at ringside for this odd combo.—ED.

IN BATTLE JOINED
Sirs:
I am delighted to see another MATCHWIT SI, Sept. 12). My young son and younger daughter have very little in common at this stage and little to share in their different ways of life. MATCHWIT they both enjoyed so much and I am so glad that you decided to go on with this wonderful puzzle.
MARION GRIFTLER
Asheville, N.C.

REVIVAL
Sirs:
At last! Having mourned the MATCHWIT as dead I sure am glad that you decided to revive the two-headed monster. "More, more," says the Jenkins family.
P. ANN JENKINS
New York

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WIVES
Sirs:
As my husband will morosely testify, for these past months' life, the wonderful world of sport and SI all lost their flavor because of the inexplicable and malicious absence of my very own ewe-lamb : the MATCHWIT. What a pleasant surprise, especially as it was totally unexpected, to find in the Sept. 12 issue another challenge to my keen mind and hubby's plodding, overmatched gray cells! I hope I have many more MATCHWITS to look forward to.
PHYLLIS KIRKLAND
Baltimore

? SI, proud of its invention of the MATCHWIT, will continue to match its readers' wits with it from time to time. Those who are eager for battle will be pleased to know that Simon and Schuster published a brand-new collection of 30 MATCHWITS on Sept. 30 (see below).—ED.

THE VIEW FROM NEW HAVEN
Sirs:
It's very sweet of Herman Hickman to pick Army as one of the 11 top teams (SI, Sept. 12) but what I fail to grasp is how anyone can compare Army's opposition with the opposition faced by teams such as Michigan. If Army played a few less breathers, like Columbia or Syracuse, I fail to see how they could rank that high.

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