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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
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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.
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