April 04, 1955 | Volume 2, Issue 14

The Masters tournament at Augusta marks the coming of spring and is an annual flowering of golf at its best

Each of the 18 holes of the Augusta National Golf Course bears the name of the predominant flower, shrub or tree that fringes its fairway or green area. Contrary to legend, none of the holes is a...

To qualify for an invitation to the Masters, a golfer must have gained one of several set distinctions. In terms of this year's events, the following players are eligible:

'INTO THE STRETCH...'Driving hard in the mud at Gulfstream Park, William Woodward Jr.'s willful Wunderkind Nashua (second from left in this photograph of the field of nine by Bill Kuenzel) moves...

Trouble-making raccoons are raiding peaceful citizens again, tipping garbage pails and short-circuiting communities with their high jinks on power lines

A husky and handsome machine gets the jump on the industry by combining the highest power rating with the performance of a true sporting automobile

Acceleration through gears(Low) 0—30 mph: 4.0 sees.(Low) 0—60 mph: 9.5 sees.(Low) 0—75 mph: 13.8 sees.(Drive to Low) 30—60 mph: 5.8 secs.Maximum speed obtained 115 mphMaximum speed (estimated @...

It crops up in your engine, says SI's Sunday Pilot, when you realize there's no place to land. Happily, it also affects Viking-minded wives

Twenty-four years ago this week Knute Rockne, en route to Los Angeles to make a motion picture, died in a tragic airplane crash near Bazaar, Kan. With his death football lost a witty wizard who as...

The knitted sport shirt—launched on the Riviera in 1923 by the Prince of Wales—will be everywhere under the sun this year, shrinkproofed, stretchproofed, ablaze with stripes

In St. Pete, Eddie Stanky tells Furman Bisher (right): "I've got no problems—just concerns"

On the campus, boxing is still a sport

The sleek Century Coronado is handsome—and does, too

At Gulfstream, Nashua answered a telephoned question

12-14—drawings by Ajay19—Peter Stackpole-LIFE, I.N.P.23—Dusty Rhoads24, 25—Bill Kuenzel-Miami Herald34—drawings by Jack Kunz40—Joe Clark45—Wide World48—Marion Johnson49—I.N.P.51—Bill...

Competitive diving is among the most beautiful of all sports to watch, yet one of the most difficult to master. It takes years of intense training to reach the top and more to stay there

JAMES H. BOYCE, Baton Rouge, La.Machine distributor"I admire skin-divers who brave the dangers of the ocean. But on the Mississippi, where the jewfish is tough to catch, the boys really have it...

Do the Olympic Games tend to promote international good will? (Asked at Vienna, Austria)

What makes a golfer "hit" with his body instead of his hands is lack of feel at the top of the backswing. "Feel," of course, is something you cannot teach. The best a teaching pro can do is to try...

The 1949 Turin soccer team was the pride of Italy, its death a national tragedy

[TV]TV [NETWORK RADIO]NETWORK RADIO: ALL TIMES ARE E.S.T. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE NOTED

Sirs:Yesterday (SI, Mar. 21) about the great days of the old Irish-American Athletic Club took me back to my boyhood when we lived within a few blocks of the clubhouse on 59th Street, and I was a...

A publisher is responsible for reporting to his "stockholders"—i.e., the readers—an occasional item on the business side of the ledger; and so recently I mentioned to you SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S...