Word: puttering
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...lose but its chains. But to millions of Americans the chains the modern architect removes are still among the comforts of life: the overstuffed warmth of their living rooms; bedrooms big enough to serve as separate castles-and a refuge from the rest of the family; space to putter and store things in attics and cellars; walls that shut the outdoors out and make the inside cozy...
...well in tournament play, and he did not get to the finals without incident. In the fourth round Policeman Betger graciously conceded a 12-in. putt to his rival Lewis North of Denver (for a halve), gave the latter's ball a swipe with his putter. Cried North, citing the rule book: "You can't do that-I claim the hole." He got it, too, and Betger had to go 19 holes...
...final round, Betger squared off against a fellow San Franciscan, Ken Towns, 20, student at San Mateo Junior College and part-time handyman about Crystal Springs golf course. The policeman's tee shots, true all week, began to go awry and his putter couldn't have been colder if it had been on ice. Towns closed out the match on the 33rd hole...
Bradshaw finished the 72 holes in 283 strokes to tie South Africa's heavy-jowled Bobby Locke and force a playoff. Next day, Bradshaw took a 12-stroke trouncing from precision-putter Locke, who fired a 67 and 68 over the Royal St. George's course. Locke collected $1,200 for his victory. Harry Bradshaw could have used the money too, but then the story about the broken bottle would have lost its edge...
...State 26, Penn State 25. The day's outstanding individual performance: a 56-ft.-1½-in. heave of the shot by Yale's Jim Fuchs, who is also a pretty good halfback in season; Fuchs's toss broke the N.C.A.A. record of another footballer-shot putter, the late Al Blozis of Georgetown, by one inch...