USGA clamps golf ball speed with new testing device
The USGA unveils a $44,000 computerized tester to limit ball velocity and cap carry to about 260 yards, warning that freedom to push 300–350 yards would obsolete courses and reduce finesse. Nine ball brands failed the new maximum velocity test in recent weeks.
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Charles Chamberlain
Associated Press
Chicago
United States Golf Association
Joe Dey
USGA
Illinois Tool Works
Dey
New York
Saluki track set for dual meets leading to championships
Southern Illinois University track and field faces a string of dual and triangular meets after five weeks focused on major relays. They meet Kansas at Lawrence then Illinois at Champaign, with a home triangular May 11 against Western Kentucky and Lincoln, and a May 21 Murray, Kentucky dual to end the stretch. Standouts include Chuck Benson Ross MacKenzie and John Vernon, with Vernon setting an SIU record.
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Salukis
Kansas
Lawrence
Champaign
University of Illinois
Southern
Western Kentucky
Lincoln
Murray
Lew Hartzog
SIU
Chuck Benson
Ross MacKenzie
John Vernon
Benson
Vernon
Harris survey shows four spectator fan types dominate sports
Louis Harris analyzes how attendance and TV followings diverge for horse and car racing versus football and baseball. He identifies four fan types: core repeat attendees, heavy bettors, TV-dominant viewers, and broad casual followers totaling about 76 million people.
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Louis Harris
United States
Harris
Cadet Shryock Receives Expert Rifle Medal at MMA
Cadet William Shryock of Carbondale earned an expert rifle medal after firing 111 to qualify during a Missouri Military Academy battalion review in Mexico. Medal presented by Capt. Thomas B Wiles of MMA. Shryock is son of Burnett H Shryock Sr. 2010 Wood River Dr. Carbondale. Bogged Down Ohio State pitcher Dick Boggs dropped two decisions to SIU’s Joe Lutz over two seasons.
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William Shryock
Caribondale
R.O.T.C
Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
M.M.A
Thomas B .Wiles
Burnett H. Shryock
Wood River Drive
Carbondale
Ohio State
Dick Boggs
Joe Lutz
SIU
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