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S ports T he C lackamas P rint «11 CCC baseballers sweep SWOCC LEFT: Ben Corser (21) spits fire as he delivers a pitch during Tuesday’s home game against Mt. Hood. RIGHT: Ty Combs smacks a foul ball. Results for the Mt. Hood game were not available at press time. Rain post poned April 20 home game against Linn- Benton CC and has been rescheduled for Thursday. The Cougar baseballers finished the week by sweeping their doubleheader against Southwestern Oregon CC on April 24. The Cougars won game one 5-4 and game two 3-1. In game two, outfielder Chris Kosmas went 4-4. The Cougars are now 7-7 in league and 11-14 overall. P hotos B y J eff S orensen »o'lf: a good walk spoiled by chasing flying white balls Frank Jordan T he C lackamas P rint n interesting conversation rred in The Print offices last : and I thought that I would the opportunity to put all of umors to rest. The topic of ersation was whether or not is a sport. One of my med colleagues tried to say golfi is not a sport. I beg to r Ah him (him being Joel tor, put from now on he shall in Kmeless). olf is one of those games is so much fun to play, yet is rustfating. There arc those play golf and there are those play at golf. There is a huge rencc. My golf game is such I can go through at least a a dozen balls per round e if There is water involved here on the course). But for : who» persevere, golf can be i rewarding. For those on the professional level, golf is definitely rewarding. But to earn a paycheck on the pro level, one has to perform week in and week out. Unlike other pro fessional sports, where a person signs a contract for their services so if they are hurt or otherwise indisposed they still get paid, golfers have to be good or they end up working at Scars pushing Lady Kcnmores. Golf has been described as a good walk spoiled. I couldn’t agree more. Yet, I find myself enjoying more of the overall nature of that walk. Namely, the trees and the sand and the woods and so on. I admire those who do play the game for a living and wishing I were good enough to pull in those fat checks. Alas, I probably will never get there, so I will continue to enjoy?!? my little forays around the course. Other .sports to consider: ulti mate frisbee, bowling, poker, table yo, yo! Letters to the sports editor are appreciated. However, make sure include your NAME and CONTACT INFORMATION. E-mail letters to eze|@hotmail.com or drop them off at RR 135. I Submissions become the property of The Clackamas Print and are subject to editing on grounds of length, clarity, content and grammar. tennis, foosball and the like. Are these games really sports? What is the purpose of ultimate frisbee? You run around a field throwing a ‘GOLF ICON’ TIGER WOODS frisbee back arid forth, apparently trying to end Up scoring some kind of goal at either end of the field. I will stick- to frisbee golf, thank you very much. Bowling has been called a blue- collar. sport, where people can smoke and drink and still be very good. It is too bad that bowling is so boring to watch, or the guys and gals that bowl professionally would be making golf-like money. The only worse sport to watch on television than bowling is hockey, but that is another column. Poker has been around for eons, and only recently has poker hit the big time on television. Poker is a strategy game, with a lit tle bit of luck involved, but with all of the televised events taking place nowadays, it seems to have taken its place among the realm that we call sport. Why -else would they call it the World Series of Poker? Table tennis (or ping-pong, as most of us know it) is a great game; it’s even an Olympic sport (brought to you by the organiza tion that gave us synchronized swimming). I have played ping- pong for years; it took up a lot. of my free time while stationed in the Army. It’s a lot more exciting to watch than bowling, especially when those guys at the world-class level hit the ball back and forth at 100 miles-per-hour, while standing at least 15 feet behind the table. Just don’t get in the way of that lit tle plastic ball moving at a high rate of speed. I actually heard of a guy who got his nose broken after getting smacked by one of those 1.5 ounce balls. To sum up, Joel, golf is a sport, pure and simple. There is nothing like chasing that little white ball as it heads for its home, while getting some much needed exercise. I just wish more cours es let its patrons play beer golf once in a while. I would most definitely be there. [Coupon: [ [ Buy 1 whole | ■sandwich and' i get 1 of equal I [ or lesser [ value free Expires June 30,2004 Danielson Shopping Center * 3 g M my mt 1 1520 Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 (503) 557-9949 CALL AHEAD FOR QUICK PICK-UP!!
