SPORTS
Scene and Heard
Arnold Palmer afforded an insight to his winning ways on the golf course
when he recommended to others that they ''hit hard" when putting* Palmer
contends it is bettor to aim for the cup, hit the ball hard, and take the
chance of going by the hole, rather than stroking too lightly, stopping
short of the hole, and never knowing whether the ball might have gone in
or not! Arnie, the second highest money winner on the tour this season,
made the putting suggestion along with others on a series of golf instruc
tions aired by Armed Forces Radio Service in cooperation with Sports Cham
pions, Inc*•*..Dick McGeorgc and Henry McLemore, now wrapped up in stock
car racing promotions, renewed an old acquaintance at Daytona Speedway
covering the Speed Week events* McGeorgc and McLemore were combat corres
pondents covering the invasion of Luzon and the Battle of Manila in WWII*
Both agreed the slam-bang action of the 250 and 500 mile races was pretty
tame compared to the "good old days"*»•••Incidentally, Capt* Mel Bailey,
assigned to SAC, produced a program of interviews with sports car racing
drivers.while on leave from the Directorate of Information, Offutt, AFB,
Neb*..*.Alf Letourner set a record of over 1QC mph on a bicycle in 1941.
Alfie rode behind a midget racing car which had a special wind-shield fit
ted to it. While not interested in so much speed, the U. S. Olympic Com
mittee is interested in gaining participants for the 1964 Cycling Squad*
Interesting booklets concerning cycling and other Olympic sports can be
obtained without charge from the U. S. Olympic Committee, 57 Park Avenue,
New York*.***A 17-man Army boxing team started out to defend its Inter
Service Boxing Championship at Fort Myer, Va, with the finals scheduled for
March 6-0.
C02-$500,000
Stories of jet-propelled gas cylinders are becoming commonplace, but this
one did so much damage in the course of its highly predictable final few
seconds that it deserves mention. The CO2 cylinder, with safety cap re
moved, was being moved across a hanger floor. It fell, the valve broke off,
and the cylinder took off through several airplane wings, broke off sprink
ler heads and started a flood, destroyed an assortment of equipment, went
through a concrete block wall, and finally came to rest outside. Damage was
more than a half million dollars. Fortunately, no one was injured.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I believe that heroes have responsibilities* And boys who are athletes
-heroes in their towns and their schools and their gangs-—carry with
them these debts.u
Paul Dietzel, footbal coach at the U. S. Military
Academy, West Point, N, Y.