19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

He is 6 feet 6� moves well under the basket and the hammering he endured while a target for Iowa's opponents for three years makes it reasonable to assume that he can stand the pace of the pro game.

In my opinion, he will do more to help the Zephyrs—who last year, as the Packers, were possibly the shabbiest and dreariest team in pro basketball—than either Disch-inger or McGill.
ED MOFFITT
Moline, Ill.

BLACK SOX SCANDAL
Sirs:
This is an open letter to No. 85893 (Keep Your Eye on the Ball, Oct. 29):

You may have been the one who clouted me twice in one day in the gentle shadows of Babe Ruth, et al. at Yankee Stadium—getting my wallet and the contents of my car. I am not proud of this distinction, but at least I can be thankful for two things: the bag in the car contained dirty socks and shirts and the credit cards in my wallet were out of date. Now that you are on the lam, happy hunting, but don't try me. I learned my lesson.
THEODORE G. LAW
Allendale, N.J.

SIEG HEIL!
Sirs:
Re derogatory letters on Chinese Bandits, coolie hats, rabble-rousers, etc. (19TH HOLE, Oct. 29):

1) They win games.
2) Nothing beats victory.
3) Q.E.D.
J. ALEXANDER HOTTELL III
West Point, N.Y.

MANN'S PHILOSOPHY
Sirs:
I have just finished Allan Seager's article, The Joys of Sport at Oxford (Oct. 29). I got particular enjoyment out of Mr. Seager's meeting with his college swimming coach, Matt Mann (Teach Your Child to Swim, June 27 et seq., 1960), after his return to Ann Arbor. As SPORTS ILLUSTRATED reported (Aug. 20), Matt Mann died last August and, truly, his philosophy was that athletics should "be fun." You might also be interested in knowing that Michigan has just officially dedicated its varsity pool as the Matt Mann Pool.
JOHN DUMONT
Captain, University of Michigan Swim Team
Ann Arbor, Mich.

REPEAT PERFORMANCE
Sirs:
Since the beginning of the 1962 baseball season, I have enjoyed reading BASEBALL'S WEEK. Your writer did an outstanding job of boiling down eccentricities, great moments and excitement for rabid fans, casual fans and armchair experts.

Last week I was looking through some older issues and came across Herman Weiskopf's first article (April 23), which had a very interesting, yet minor detail about the San Francisco Giants: " Willie Mays hit the first pitch thrown to him this season for a home run, repeated the next day. San Francisco sportswriters noted that the last time Mays hit a homer on opening day was in 1954, when the Giants won the pennant." The implied prediction came true when Willie Mays caught a short fly ball for the third out in the bottom of the ninth in Chavez Ravine 164 games later to give the Giants another pennant.
ROBERT M. SLOAN
Alamo, Calif.

RED-HOT SKINS
Sirs:
Well! The Washington Redskins got three whole pages from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED {New Kick for the Redskins, Oct. 15)! True, they've deserved very little in the way of recognition since 1957, but the generally lean years since 1946 are all forgotten now as the Skins seem to have attained the prominence they deserve this season. You stated in a previous issue that the possibility of a .500 season was not remote. How about revising your estimate to the extent of saying that Washington has a real contender for the Eastern Conference title?
W. HOLLIS LEITH
Martinsburg, W. Va.