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From: shenry@cs.rice.edu (Sam Henry)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics,rec.bicycles
Subject: Re: All that fat
Keywords: Speaking of fat
Date: 17 Aug 1992 15:16:06 GMT
Organization: Rice University, Houston

>>Les Earnest is caloric:
>>> The clinician expressed horror at my diet of ice
>>> cream, high-fat milk, and other colesterol-filled goodies

>In article <1992Aug13.154221.10299@overload.lbl.gov>
chris@carnival.lbl.gov (Chris Moll) regales us:

>>...
>>A friend eats a REALLY low-fat diet (those muffins he makes are totally 
>>inedible - my girlfriend called them "meadow muffins") but his cholesterol
>>is higher than mine.                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In article <BsznuJ.GvI@cs.dal.ca> dewolfe@ug.cs.dal.ca (Anarchy for
Peace) observes scientifically:
>I don't know about the rest of the world, but in Nova Scotia meadow
>muffins [elsewhere in the world] are commonly referred to
"cow-patties" :) 

>Colin DeWolfe
>dewolfe@ug.cs.dal.ca

You got it.
Or pasture frisbees.
-- 
sam henry <shenry@rice.edu>
Wanna ride?
From: billw@regal.cisco.com (William )
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: Gymnastics: Instant Replay for Judging
Date: 15 Aug 92 07:40:48 GMT
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	<1992Aug13.172728.26204@ms.uky.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: cisco Systems, Inc.
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    What would happen if the scoring were broken down into categories?

	    Balance Beam - 10-point maximum
	    Mount - 1 point
	    Dismount - 1 point
	    Artistic Expression - 2 points
	    Difficulty - 2 points
	    Execution - 4 points

    Why wouldn't something like this work?

Uh, it \IS/ like that:

	~3.8 points difficulty
	~1.2 points risk, originality, and virtuosity
	 5.0 poits execution

There are certain required elements (like a handstand on floor for men) -
I'm not exactly sure where the points come off if you leave it out.

Mounts and dismounts are just tricks like the rest of the routine.

BillW
From: choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am a terminator.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: Whatizit? Coca Cola is it!
Date: 13 Aug 92 23:39:17 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Didn't someone name himself or his child or whatever "Cokeisit" and got
sued?

Henry Choy
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
From: cobarruvias@asd2.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: Boxing Quiz:  Answers
Organization: NASA/JSC
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:04:06 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.121400.13420@news.Hawaii.Edu>
tokuda@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Lee Tokuda) writes:

>
>7)   Name the first person to beat Roberto Duran and the last
>     person to do so (they are two different people).
>
>     Wilferdo Benitez was the first and Pat Lawler was the last.
>
>
Wait a minute. on 11/17/72 Roberto lost his first fight against Esteban De
Jesus by a decision. It was reported that while soaking in a hot tub after the
fight, Duran pounded the tile and swore he would never lose again. He kept his
word until Sugar Run Away Leonard won the second Duran/Leonard fight. He also
broke his hand when he hit the tile.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.misc
From: vittallo@ssd.comm.mot.com (John Vittallo)
Subject: USA results
Organization: Motorola
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:15:19 GMT

LENNOX LEWIS KO 4 MIKE DIXON

LENNOX LEWIS will fight RAZOR RUDDCK
October 31 in England 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.misc
From: ktliu@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Kuang-Ting Liu)
Subject: Professional Table Tennis Coach Available--Gold Medalist of 1987 Olympic Sports Festival
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: cmh
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 07:16:06 GMT

        The following is for my friend. Please do not reply by e-mail.
============================================================================
        Professional table tennis coach is available.

        -- Gold medalist in 1987 Olympic Sports Festival
        -- Currently No. 1 in Ohio and top 30 in the United States
        -- Over 10 years coaching experience
        -- Vice President of the Beatty Table Tennis Club

        Coaching fee is negotiable.

        If interested, please contact:

                Robert Lee Powell
                4860 Medfield Way
                Columbus, OH 43228
                (614) 853-1405
Newsgroups: rec.sport.misc
From: etxjdry@caddie.ericsson.se (John Dryselius TG/HB)
Subject: Poll: more votes please
Reply-To: etxjdry@caddie.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Telecom
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:25:37 GMT


Hi,

I have received quite a lot of answers on my poll now. The problem is that most of them are from USA, Canada, Australia, England, Finland and India. I would like to have more votes from specially Africa (only one so far - from South Africa), South America (only two), more from Asia and Europe (and Scandinavia - only the Finns have responded yet).


The rules:
Reply to this post with the five team sports you think are largest in your home country/ the country you live in and also note what country.

 With large I mean you should consider the sports that got most coverage in media and not with the most performer. You should also consider the national league coverage rather than national team.

With team sport I mean a sport that is performed on an arena of some kind with two teams. I don't consider the kind of sports there you can have teams meeting the others teams on an individual basis, for example as in table tennis.

I will leave up to your own judgement on sports I don't know about. Included in this post a list of sports I consider being suitable - but your free to include other sports.

Since people in the same country will have different opinions on which sports are the largest in their country I will make an average list for all countries. 

Hopefully this will give some kind of indication on which sports are the most world spread and end all the flaming discussions on this issue.

Deadline will be 30/8, replies after that won't be considered. please also don't include too long comments.

Here's my list for Sweden:

1. Football (soccer)
2. Ice Hockey
3. Bandy
4. team Handball
5. Basketball

(I don't consider volleyball since the national league coverage is very small though the natioanl team received much more coverage than the basketball national team lately. Of course other Swedes probably have anothet opinion.
Bandy is a sport that is very popular in Sweden, Finland and Russia. Shortly it can be described as a combination of Field Hockey and football played on ice.)

List of suitable sports:
Football (also rugby, american, australian, gaelic etc.)
Hockey (Ice, Field, Roller)
Polo (water, Horse)
Handball
Volleyball
Bandy (also indoor)
Baseball, Softball, Cricket, Boboll
Basketball
Freesby
Lacrosse
Underwater rugby

This  is all I can think of now. Must be more so don't mind if your soport isn't included.


John Dryselius

Reply to: etxjdry@caddie.ericsson.se



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From: bagneltw@newton.ccs.tuns.ca (Trevor W Bagnell)
Subject: baseball
Organization: Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 12:41:10 GMT



wow!!!!!!

Newsgroups: rec.sport.misc
From: vittallo@ssd.comm.mot.com (John Vittallo)
Subject: ESPN boxing
Organization: Motorola
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:04:18 GMT

Carl "the truth" Williams vs. Ossie Ocasio

Carl Williams just lost, why don't we see the guy that
beat him???
From: sr2h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sunil Saha Roy)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.misc
Subject: ATHLETICS: 60 m
Date: 22 Aug 92 04:53:02 GMT
Organization: Doctoral student, Metallurgy and Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


Hi ,

Is there an official 60 m race in the world and what are the records. 
Somebody mentioned that the records are much better than 100 m,  if you
compare the time per meter.  I would also like to know if there are
other races less than 100 m dash.

Thanx in advance

Sunil
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante)
Subject: Putter grips
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 04:17:15 GMT

In the last month, I changed my putter grip to the extra-large sized "Tiger
Shark" pistol/flat-top grip. This really made a remarkable improvement in my
putting - even my friends started to notice. And that's when they started to
throw the rule book at me saying the grip is illegal. Well, I show them the
butt end of the grip which says "conforms to USGA rules". What is the ruling
here ? Is this legal or not ? I asked the guy who sold me the grip and he said
"why, are you joining the tour ?" Stupid answer.

Anyway, this grip has eliminated my uncontrollable left wrist from jerking
outside of the line of putt during the backswing/take-away. The stabilizing
action helps me keep the putter head more in line with the ball during the
stroke - resulting in a straighter roll. Would recommend this to anyone with
a weak left wrist. I admit it's the only gimmicky thing in my bag - but it
works for me !
From: 20lim@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Microsoft : Golf for Windows!
Date: 14 Aug 92 09:06:48 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

Hey, did you guys know that there's a new golf game that runs in windows?
It's made by Microsoft, in a joint "venture" with ACCESS creator of LINKS
and Links386Pro. I can't wait for it.
From: gnicoll@cs.strath.ac.uk (Gavin F Nicoll SS91)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Sand iron discolourisation
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:36:48 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.

Having recently bought, well nearly a year old, a set of Maxfli
DP30's I have noticed that on the sand iron face and sole there is
the developement of either rust or discolour. This strange event is
common with only the sand iron, the rest of the clubs are perfect.

Maybe its just my imagination, but I feel as if I'm losing a
considerable amount of spin now. It seems to me that the grooves are
wearing down very quickly.

My local Pro puts it down to sand erosion, but doesn't think that it would
lessen the spin from the club, infact, he said it would improve the
backspin, but I beg to differ. 

Can anyone else figure out the connection and has anyone else had
this happen to their sand iron. Or if there is anyone who works
for Dunlop and reading this article any chance of a new sand iron ;-)

-- 
**********************************************************
*  Gavin Nicoll                *   Advertising space is  *
*  gnicoll@cs.strath.ac.uk     *   currently available   *
**********************************************************
From: mdiamond@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Mark P. Diamond)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Re: Hilton Head recommendations
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:47:16 GMT
Reply-To: mdiamond@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Mark P. Diamond)
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation
Originator: daemon@sword.eng.pyramid.com

In article <1992Aug19.152439.7782@Warren.MENTORG.COM> tomc@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Churylo) writes:
>
>Also, more golf related. When playing my local muni courese, most of
>the sand traps tend to be hard (especially due to the increases
>rain in the NorthEast this summer). Anyway, I'm able to hit out
>of real sand traps with some luck (I can actually follow the advice in
>golf magazines and shows), however, I don't have much luck out these
>hard sand traps. So, what is the net advice????
>

First, and you probably already know this, you are not allowed to
use your club, hands or any other appendages to determine the condition 
of the sand -- except your feet.  I like to walk around a bit before I
determine the condition.  If it's really hard, I often use a pitching wedge 
instead of a sand wedge.  Because of the flange, a sand wedge has a tendency
to bounce in really hard sand, producing a skulled shot.  A pitching wedge 
digs more into the hard sand.  To prevent from digging too deep, I hit an inch
behind the ball instead of the customary two inches with a sand wedge.

Mark <> 
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From: chun perng cheah <ccheah@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Golf in Malaysia...
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 00:28:11 GMT

In rec.sport.golf you write:

>In article <1992Aug15.051426.5516@ulowell.ulowell.edu> ohoda@cs.ulowell.edu (Omar Hoda) writes:
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>	I was wondering if any of you had played golf in Malaysia.  I am
>>flying out next Tuesday and was wondering if you guys could suggest a course
>>or two.  I know this is a long shot so any input would be appreciated.
>>
>>	Thanks

As an avid golfer, and being from Malaysia, I can tell exactly where the 
best courses are:

	For your first outing, you will want to stop at the most prestigious
club in the country, the Royal Selangor Golf Club, in the heart of KL. It is
a private club, but you can go there if you are willing to pay the steep green
fees.
	If you are still in the KL area, try Subang National Golf Club, one
of the best courses in the whole country! You will definitely enjoy it. However
do NOT play at Saujana; the course was designed by a mad man or a sadist or 
both! Another course of note in the KL area, the KRTU, which is owned by the
air force. It is a really nice course out there.
	If you are going south towards Singapore, and are stopping in Johor,
play at the Royal Johor Country Club, and the Desaru Holiday Resort. The 
former is of exceptional quality; if I recall correctly, the Australian PGA
was thinking of including it amongst its overseas tour stops! The latter was
designed by Arnold Palmer.
	If you go north, and visit famous Penang, and Perak, then play at
Bukit Jambul in the former. It is also a great course. In Perak, you might
want to try the Royal Perak Golf Course, which would be a great course if
they would take care of the greens.
	All in all, golf has really taken off in Malaysia. There are a number
of very good courses. I hope that you enjoy yourself!

CP Cheah
From: glenn@intermec.com (Glenn Wildfong)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Re: Golf in the Olympics
Date: 14 Aug 92 23:47:38 GMT
Reply-To: glenn@intermec.com (Glenn Wildfong)
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Intermec Corporation, Everett WA

In article <fragante.713550980@unixg.ubc.ca> fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante) writes:
>In <1992Aug11.072317.114@inet.d48.lilly.com> rz64938@mystic.d50.lilly.com (David W. Crumbacher) writes:
>
>>If tennis is an Olympic sport, why not golf?  I say YES!  I think there would
>>be great competition from all corners of the world.
>
.
.

>
>Sometimes, I really wonder if the Olympics does award the *best* athlete in
>the world. With a rare appearance of every 4 years, with the moment of truth
>occurring just once - it might just determine who is the luckiest player in
>the world. FOr example, look what happened to Sergei Bubka and Steffi Graf.
>
>Opinions ?!


I _tend_ to agree, but not completely.  If an Olympic golf event were match-
play, and perhaps double-elimination rather than single, the best golfers in
the world would _tend_ to rise to the top.  (Is _tend_ always spelled with
two underscores? :-) )  The same is true in all the Majors ... The best _tend_
to win.  (Fred Couples, Nick Faldo, Tom Kite), although there are exceptions
(John Daly).  Remember, the best in the world is not only the one who has been
playing the best for the last year, but also the one who has the best four
days in a row.

Glenn "I-can-hit-a-3-iron-well-over-100-yards" Wildfong
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: ST403468@brownvm.brown.edu (Jack Tseng)
Subject: Taylor Made driver for sale (repost)
Organization: Brown University
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:09:33 GMT

Hello.  I had posted this club for sale a few weeks ago.  I had a few responses
but they all fell through.  So, here it is again

Taylor Made original Pittsburgh Persimmon 9.5 degree tour driver recently
reshafted with a 45" stiff (XS300) Dynamic Gold Plus shaft.  It also has a new
Victory half-cord grip.

$ 50 + S/H OBO

Send replies to ST403468@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU

Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante)
Subject: Miscellaneous trivia
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:31:49 GMT

Game-time !

With the onset of wedge systems, what do the following initials on wedges
mean (i.e. - PW = pitching wedge, SW = sand wedge)

LW (seen on many brands)
FW (seen on Square Two's)
AW (seen on Callaway S2H2)
E  (seen on Hogan's)

Now this is a serious one - what are the corresponding flex ratings to the
number system adopted by the Hogan Apex shafts (i.e. - what does "4" stand
for) ?
From: olof@tfd.chalmers.se (olof daunius)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Re: SONY World Rankings
Date: 19 Aug 92 11:34:06 GMT
Reply-To: olof@tfd.chalmers.se (olof daunius)

In article <1992Aug19.092601.14677@ugle.unit.no>, oil@idt.unit.no (Odd
Ivar Lindland) writes:

# Furthermore, strangely enough Anders Forsbrand is not among the top 25 
# (pr. 2. August). He has played very consistent all year and is number 2
# on the Volvo order of merit. What is his position and way hasn't the 
# ranking system put him in better position?
 
After the PGA (ninth place) he is ranked 44.
The tournaments he has won, has propably not had the best field of competitors.
But surely he ranks among the 25 _best_ players in the world.

 
# Odd Ivar Lindland
# PhD-student
# University of Trondheim
# NORWAY

Olof Daunius: olof@tfd.chalmers.se
Dept. of Thermo and Fluid Dynamics
Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
tel. +46 31 72 37 90
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Friday, 21 Aug 1992 22:21:45 EDT
From: John D. L. McBride <MCBRIDE@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: N.J./PA golf recommendations

A friend and I would like to meet somewhere in middle-north New Jersey
or eastern Pennsylvania for a few rounds during an upcoming weekend.
I'm a student and he just graduated, so money is a big factor for both
of us.  I'd like any recommendations for courses in those areas that
are decent, but inexpensive (the more you can tell me about the courses
and the area in which they are located, the better).

Please e-mail responses, since I don't always get a chance to check
posted messages before they get purged.

Many thanks for any input...

--J.

John D. L. McBride
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: jean-k@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com (Jean Kalich)
Subject: du Maurier Classic Updates
Organization: Lockheed Santa Cruz, CA.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 19:08:24 GMT

Could someone keep us informed as to what's happening with the LPGA du 
Maurier Classic? 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: oze@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (david.orzechowicz)
Subject: Re: Chipping
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:52:38 GMT

In article <10138@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> gnicoll@cs.strath.ac.uk (Gavin F Nicoll SS91) writes:
>One thing that troubles me is this new found use for pitching with
>more than one club, ie ranging from 5-irons to SW. I don't know
>about anyone else, but it would seem obvious to me that by
>constantly chipping/pitching with the same club, you would start to
>get a real feel for the shorts. You would know where to land the
>ball, how much roll and spin you'd get off the shot.
>

Well, guess I'll jump in with my two cents!  I once took a lesson
from a pro in chipping and pitching, and here's the chipping method he 
taught:

Play the ball off of the back foot.  Pull your front foot
back about 6 inches, with 90% of yourweight on that foot.  Move your
hands ahead of the ball (effectively delofting the club), and putt!

When you practice (and this is essential) work on getting a consistent
distance with one club (say a pitching wedge); then increase or decrease 
your choice of club, based on the distance to the pin.  The most 
important aspect of this method is that you keep THE SAME SWING, no
matter what the distance.  That's the beauty of this method; it's 
about a 1 foot arc back, and a 1 foot arc through.  It becomes so 
automatic that I'd rather be a couple of feet off of the green and
chip from 30 feet than be on and putt 28!  Easiest 5 strokes I've
ever shaved from my score!

Dave Orzechowicz
From: dank@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Daniel Kruczek)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: >Chipping
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:33:28 GMT
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas

In one of the last chipping posts, a pro gave the advice that whaen near the    green, use a 7 iron and open the face.  From further away use an 8 and don't 
open it as much.  Here's my question: With the difference in loft between an
8 and a 7, wouldn't opening the 7 and closing the 8 basically create the same
club.  Maybe I'm completly wrong on this one but it makes sense to me.  Who
knows? He's the pro.  Incidentally, I normally use my 7 iron when chipping over 
a flat area that has possible roll, and my PW when it's necessary to get it in
the air, over a mound, sand trap, and so on.  Any ideas on this?

Thanx,

Dank
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: tam@wucs1.wustl.edu (Todd A Mirly)
Subject: Re: SONY World Rankings
Summary: SONY ranking period
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:39:31 GMT

I believe the SONY rankings are over a five year period.  This may explain why
some currently hot golfers don't crack the top ten.  It takes more than one
year of consistent play

Todd Mirly
Washington University, St. Louis
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Champions
From: ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Hogan Apex shafts (was Re: Miscellaneous trivia)
Date: 18 Aug 92 13:57:46 GMT
	<1992Aug18.131321.19853@brtph560.bnr.ca>
Reply-To: ilh@lcs.mit.edu
Organization: MIT/LCS Spoken Language Systems
In-reply-to: gturk@bnr.ca's message of 18 Aug 92 13:13:21 GMT

4 is stiff
3 is regular
--
Lee Hetherington
From: us267384@mmm.serc.3m.com (Steven M. Anastasi)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: The TopFlite Tour 90 ball
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:40:36 GMT
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US

I have experimented with quite a few balls.  I've used the three piece
balls, two piece balls, surlyn, balata, etc.  I like the Tour Edition
Top Flite ball because I do think I get much better spin out of
it (better than the regular TopFlite line) and it does not hit like
a rock and I seem to get good distance as well.

Traditionally, TopFlites are considered econo balls but the Tour
Editions are suppose to be on par with the better balls.  I 
pay just as much for them as I would other premium balls.

Does anybody else play these.  If so, have you tried the 100 compression
version?


-- 
Steve Anastasi	
smanastasi@mmm.com
St. Paul, Minnesota
From: sheldon@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Roger Sheldon - AISS)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Why is face of a wood curved, but irons are flat?
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:06:02 GMT
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center

An iron blade is flat, but the face of any wood is curved.  Why?

(I started wondering this because I can hit my irons pretty good, but I tend
to slice my woods.)

Thanks,

Roger
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