They Said It

? Gerald Micklem, former British Walker Cup player and one of Britain's leading golfing figures: "It is time something was done about the slow play of Americans. What they do in their own country is their own affair, but American tourists play the game all over the world now, and everywhere they go there are complaints of their keeping people waiting on the course. With so many people waiting to play the game, this could become a real menace."

?Mike Kilkenny, Detroit pitcher, on the difference between pitching in the minors and the majors: "If you make a mistake in Montgomery, it's a single. If you make a mistake in Toledo, it's a double. If you make a mistake in Baltimore, it's a home run."

?John Plumbley, Rice golf coach, on his team's erratic driving: "When the squirrels and birds see us on the tee they start scattering. We've set back the mating season in Texas 90 days."

? Jacques Cousteau, underwater explorer, on the current practice of using chemicals to sink surface-oil spills: "Imagine how clever of mankind, when he has a big slick of poison on top of the water, to add something to it that will make it sink slowly and kill everything in its path, all the way to the bottom."