THE PRESIDENCY: 18-Hole Cure

President Eisenhower opened the American League season last week with an easy, overhand toss (see NEWS IN PICTURES), then grabbed his shoulder with his left hand and made a grimace of pain. His bursitis was acting up. Washington Senators Manager Charley Dressen suggested a vibrator, but Ike had a treatment of his own: eight days of golf in Augusta. Curiously enough, his bursitis seems both to be improved by golf and to improve his game. Golf's controlled, smooth motions help the presidential shoulder, and the controlled, smooth motions made necessary by bursitis subdue...

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