Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, June 22, 1973 Page: 14 of 24
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SPORTS
Miller defines game
By JERRY REED
Mr. Webster defines golf as an outdoor game
played on a large course with a small hard ball and
a set of clubs the object being to hit the ball into
each of a series of' nine or eighteen holes in turn
using the fewest possible strokes. Evidently Johnny
Miller read Mr. Webster's definition before the final
round of the 73rd annual U.S. Open.
The 26-year-old graduate of Brigham Young used
the fewest strokes in his conquest of this year's tour
nament. Mr. Miller shot a record 63 to finish the con
test 8 under par.
With the championship went $35000 and Johnny
was more than pleased to open a new bank account
after his finish the day before. The pro from San
Francisco fired a 5 over par 76 in the third round of
competition.
TOO EARLY TO TELL
If you happen to catch the ABC coverage of the
classic tournament you may have thought that Arnold
Palmer was a shoe in for the victory. At the con
clusion of the third round it seemed as though the
network was promoting the Arnold Palmer Fan Club.
A perfect example of the pro-Arnie coverage was a
statement made by head broadcaster Chris Schenkel
"If Palmer wins he will be the oldest golfer to cap
ture the title." Other announcers followed this up
with similar plugs for the popular linksman. At the
time of the comments the team of braodcasters men
tioned only once that Julius Boros alias "Old Man
River" was 10 years Palmer's senior. It seemed as
though they were polishing the trophy for Palmer to
add to his collection.
You see Boros happened to be in the lead at the
time with old Arnie. Perhaps the announcers failed to
do their homework to overlook this fact. The first to
notice the difference in the age was commentator
Jim McKay "Who knows Boros is doing fine for 53-
year-old he's got a chance" noted the host of ABC's
Wide World Of Sports.
The twosome of Palmer and Boros members of the
"Rocky Chair Generation" who are nearing eligiblity
for Medi-Care were co-leaders after the third round
lead. These senior citizens were bunched up in a four
way tie with 34-year-old John Schlee and 26-year-old
Jerry Heard.
FINAL ROUND DIFFERENT
While the four leaders were having visions of sugar
plums dancing in their heads the night before the
final round of play young Mr. Miller was home
trying to relax after a terrible round of golf by
listening to the Morman Fishing Tackle Choir.
When he looked in the following morning's
publication the former "best dressed rookie of the
year" and star of the Sears shirt commercials must
of felt like Herbert Hoover. Miller was in a tie with
three other fellows at 216 and even he didn't expect
to start the day off on the right foot.
Miller would have been better off being a caddie
during the third day of play. Back in 1966 he almost
did that Miller was but an amateur but decided to
go against the big boys instead of carrying clubs he
finished eighth in the tournament.
Again the next day the crew at ABC continued sup
port of the Latrobe Pennsylvannia native (Palmer)
and failed to really mention any other golfers. While
the cameramen were following the cleat marks of Ar
nie and his Army which is a slight bit smaller than
Uncle Sam's Miller was speeding down the fairways
faster than the cars on the nearby Pennsylvannia
Turnpike.
HEY LOOK A NEW LEADER
Before long Miller had taken the lead from the
field and was standing on the 72nd hole about ready
to pick up his weekly allowance. By this time most
people considered Johnny the new winner everyone
except Mr. Miller himself. "If I win I still won't
believe it" Miller told McKay after his brilliant
finish.
Meanwhile back on the greens Mr. Golf as Palmer
was referred to by the television folk was slowly drif
ting away. Soon it was only up to one golfer John
Schlee and he soon failed to catch Miller either.
Miller couldn't find a word to define his perfor
mance during the final day. "I can't believe it I
came from so far back to win it." When old friend
Daniel comes out with a new edition of his best
seller I'm sure Mr. Miller will pick up a copy.
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Services announces another
weekend baseball trip to
Houston to see the Astros do
battle with the San Diego
Padres June 30th and July
1st.
Two games will be seen in
stead of the usual Saturday
night single game with the
second game on Sunday.
Cost of the trip will be $11
per person with ac
comodations at the Southwest
Travelodge.
The bus will depart Burba
Gym Sat. 9 a.m. and return
following Sunday's game.
The sign-up date is the 27th
of June. Sign up early to in
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By STEVE KERR
Scuba diving is a sport that
is somewhat esoteric (under
stood by only a chosen few).
It like any specialized sport
takes training and practice
before the individual becomes
proficient at it. This article is
not aimed at the individual
who enjoys himself enough to
taketh time and the training
to learn and practice the
sport of scuba diving but is
aimed at the individual who
does not care enough about
himself to learn safe scuba
diving.
This brings to mind an in
cident that happened at Lake
Travis sometime last sum
mer. Myself and several
others were at Winjly Point
on Lake Travis just soaking
some rays and watching the
pretty scenery. We noticed a
car pull up just on the other
side of te cove and two mid
dle aged Elvis types very
cooly got out of their car and
made their entrance on the
picture. Flexing all the right
muscles they opened the
trunk and pulled out their
scuba gear.
After a couple of cute
distractions we soon forgot
our suave muscle flexing
scuba divers. Our attention
was very quickly caught
again when we heard "put
that regulator in your mouth
and swim for shore."
Needless to say one was in
trouble and needed help. We
wasted no time to go to their
assistance. One of the divers
was very near going under
for the last time. When back
on shore we asked them what
happened and if they were
certified (scuba qualified).
Our answer was that one was
scuba qualified and he was
showing his "buddy" the
finer points of the sport. As
for what happened the non-
certified diver flooded his
regulator in which his buddy
didn't tell him how to correct
and panicked. With no
flotation device he was
having real problems and if
he hadn't had assistance his
future would have been very
shaky.
Would you sail around the
world with someone who
could not sail? Or swim
across Belton Lake with a
non-swimmer? If you would
n't do these then don't scuba
dive with a person who
doesn't understand the
techniques of diving.
Many of you are certified
and do understand the sport
but are having trouble finding
buddies who are certified.
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Scuba divers practice very essential
You are also finding it hard
to find good locations to dive
that has visibility farther
than an arm's length.
Faced with these problems
and the incentive for im
provement a group of divers
joined together. They called
themselves the Ft. Hood
Scuba Diving Club and their
purpose was to provide safe
group scuba diving in most of
the state's available water.
When we first started all
we knew was Lake Travis for
its clear waters. The Gulf
was foreign and no one knew
how to go about getting a
boat for those infamous oil
rigs. Scouting parties were
going out everywhere. Comal
River Jacobs Well the Rock
Quarry Stillhouse Reservoir
and the Gulf of Mexico.
It took a long time to
search and find the best
places and find enough people
to stick with it until they
were found and scouted so
that the diving would be safe
and enjoyable.
We took the time and we
stuck with it and if you think
that you want to get back
3
MERCURY
LINCOLN
FORT HOOD SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
into the sport that you are
one of the few to understand
then come and visit with us
at our next general meeting
on July 11 in the III Corps
Conference Room at 7 pm.
We will have Chuck Ham-
blin there as a guest lecturer.
Mr. Hamblin is a certified
NAUI and PADI Instructor of
Scuba and manages one of
the dive shops at Lake Travis
Scuba Point Travis Inc.
The club offers a discoun
ted price on a scuba course
taken at Texas Skindiving
Schools in Killeen at Lake
Travis and in-Austin.
So if you are a certified
diver and want to dive or
are just interested and would
like to know more then join
a Scuba Club and be around
others of your understanding.
Don't just settle for a buddy
require that he is certified
and healthy.
For more information on
the sport and what it has to
offer you contact Steve Kerr
at 685-6570. If I am not there
please leave a call back num
ber and or a message.
O E S a
Parks and Wildlife Com
missioner Pearce Johnson of
Austin sponsored a resolution
May 31 which put the com
mission on record as endor
sing the creation of either a
Big Thicket National Park or
National Biological Reserve.
The resolution came during
the commission's monthly
meeting in Austin.
The resolution further
declared that "we urge the
Race held
tomorrow
E E A
UNDERWATER TRICYCLE
RACE is here. Tomorrow is
the day for all certified
divers affiliated to the Armed
services at Ft. Hood to don
their scuba diving gear and
compete for prizes in an
exhibition of safe fun group
diving.
It will all take place at pool
1-behind the bank and Main
PX off ft. Hood Rd. Drinks
will be available free of
charge for those who wish to
moisten there palates while
watching the fun.
Registration will be from
10 a.m. to 12 noon at the
poolside. A meeting of the
peddlers will be held at 12
noon.
The pool will be closed to
swimming during the races.
They will start at 1 p.m. and
come to an end around 2:30
p.m.
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Resolution made for park
Congress to adopt the
necessary legislation to im
plement this park."
The commission approved
Johnson's resolution and
directed the Parks and
Wildlife Department to
cooperate with the National
Parks Service in all its ef
forts to establish such a park
and to explore areas where
the department can assist in
the development.
Department parks person
nel were instructed to report
back to the commission with
their findings and recommen
dations at some future date.
In other action taken by the
P&W Commission an in
vestigation and evaluation of
the African Nile perch was
authorized.
Growing to a mammoth 200
to 300 pounds in African
waters the Nile perch could
possibly be used as a
predator fish in some of the
state's 41 existing lakes
which are warmed by elec-
tropower plants.
The study will be jointly
conducted with the University
of Texas at Austin and will
be carried out in Africa
during the next 18 months.
A program to study genetic
and nutritional aspects of
spike bucks was also ap
proved by the commission.
Considerable controversy is
centered around whether the
spike buck is genetically or
nutritionally inferior to bucks
with forked antlers.
It has been maintained by
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In other action the com
mission:
—Deferred action on a
proposed policy for naming
state parks for additional
technical research.
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Friday June 22 1973
—Approved the initial
operating budgets of Jeffer
son County and Sabine State
Parks. The parks will be
opened to day use only.
However beach camping will
not be prohibited. Because of
the proximity of the parks
both will be operated as one
park in two units at this
time.
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