Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After enjoying skiing for 40 years, I was sad to read your story "Abominable Snow Suits" [Jan. 16] about slobs in poor physical shape who clutter ski slopes, with their skis out of control. They are almost ruining this wonderful sport by driving lift prices out of sight by suing ski areas...
...effort is a game one, and there is a certain originality about the fate that the film works out for Andy. Having failed as an actor in New York, he takes his special brand of egomania over to professional wrestling. The time is the early '50s. when the sport was a TV staple and a man with an arresting gimmick could become a star. Andy flops as a clean-cut hero and a rough-cut villain (in Nazi helmet and Hitler mustache), then finally reaches apotheosis as a Gorgeous George type - golden curls, campy cape, mincing manner...
...must play in the rabbit rounds to gain a position in the opening-round field, concedes that exempt players kept him out of only two tournaments last year. But Erskine adds: "Without the lifetime exemptions, they could never play in a tournament. They're playing a major league sport, but they're playing like minor leaguers. Their scores show...
...change wasn't meant to demean exempt players. They will get to play as long as they meet minimum standards. Granted they proved themselves in the past, but this is just like any other sport. If you go a year and don't make your minimum, something is wrong with your game...
...before a tournament--known loosely as "rabbits"--argue that the older players are depriving them of a livelihood by lessening the number of openings in the field. The young players, to whom the aging stars of the past can no longer hold a candle, argue that in no other sport are contemporary players expected to compete with faded champions...