Letters

WRONG FACES
I was pleased to see the item on my son, Steve Calandra, in FACES IN THE CROWD (Feb. 16). However, my son's picture appeared with the wrong write-up—one about Gary Johnson, the Morgan City (La.) high school basketball player and hurdler who became the first male to win the International Open Cheerleading Championship. My son is the one who, with a 56-3 record, including 23 pins over four years, became the first three-time Slate Belt Midget League wrestling champion, from St. Anthony's Youth Center here in Easton.
ANDY CALANDRA
Easton, Pa.

?Sorry about the mix-up.—ED.

EQUAL TIME
I just finished tearing my husband (of just six months) away from your annual swimsuit issue. Our marriage may survive past next February, but, just to make sure, kindly remove next year's bathing suit bonanza from his subscription.

Also, in fairness to the rest of the female sports fans in the world who put up with this every year, please run a picture of the enclosed poster of my favorite hockey team, the University of Illinois at Chicago Flames. They may not be wearing swimsuits, but at least they play a sport!
CARYN MARTEN
Lombard, Ill.

?See below.—ED.

OTHER PICTURES
I appreciated Sarah Ballard's article on the America's Cup (Master on a Mission) in your Feb. 9 issue. I also enjoyed the photography, particularly Robert Garvey's excellent shot capturing the intensity of the moment as Stars & Stripes crossed the bow of Kookaburra III in the third race of the finals.

This goes to show you that I buy SPORTS ILLUSTRATED for sports coverage, not the girls.
JERRY L. BROWN
Monon, Ind.

?Incidentally, the credit line for the opening photograph, showing a salt-sprayed Dennis Conner at the helm of Stars & Stripes, was inadvertently trimmed at the printing plant from the pages of some copies of the issue. The cameraman who provided us with that shot was Stars & Stripes mainsheet trimmer Jon Wright (in the foreground of the photograph below).—ED.