19th HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
December 20, 1954
OLYMPIC TRAINING
Sirs:The article by Mr. Canham, track coach at the University of Michigan, entitled,
Russia Will Win the 1956 Olympics (SI, Oct. 25) was true in every detail and shocking in its conclusions. Something revolutionary in the training of our track and field athletes would have to be organized in order for us to be a contending nation in the next Olympic Games, to be held in Melbourne, Australia in 1956.
Now, Mr. Editor, I want to say that I do not resent being tagged as a descendant of a boat thief....
However, it is a little ironical to me, especially when I read... Roosevelt's tribute to my grandfather at the time of his death: "I think of Wilmot all of the time; I can see him riding a bucker, or paddling a canoe, or shooting an antelope, or doing the washing for his wife, or playing with the children. If ever there was a fine, noble fellow, he was one."
WILMOT S. DOW
State Senator
Waldoboro, Me.
YOU SHOULD KNOW: if you are going to take up girl watching
Sirs:
I see by your November 29th issue that my hobby (girl watching) has now been officially recognized as a sport.
To help you and your readers to get more pleasure out of this wonderful pastime, I am enclosing a copy of my Girl Watcher's Guide (Harper, $1.00), the only authoritative handbook on the subject ever published.
DON SAUERS
Tuckahoe, N.Y.
?See cuts for elementary rules and a few species to be found in this fascinating sport. For a field report on the startling new variety, the Compressed Poolpet, see p. 45.?ED.
