Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California • Page 7

The BULLPEN With JOHN J. CONNOUY Highlights Of S.F. Sports, Boat Show Design Of Golf Links Outmoded; Par Figures Should Be Stiffened The golf clubs have changed; the golf balls are livelier; the pro tournament purses have skyrocketed; the social status has made a complete switch; more people are playing the All of which makes me wonder if the design of golf courses outmoded or whether present golf pars have kept pace with the changes in the sport. Par was established on distance up to calls for a par three; from 251 yards to 470 yards demands a par four and 471 yards and over, rates a five par. And that is the reason for blurping.

I believe that equipment, clubs, instruction, golf balls, better greens, better type grass, bigger and wider fairways and more traps, has improved the in but in all its swirling changes the United States Golf Assn. never once alters par. And why? THE FACT that par is consistently broken (50 times in two days at the recent Lucky tournament) does suggest the thought that perhaps par quite up to par these days. With most pros being long drivers, using heftier clubs, and livelier golf balls why someone suggest a SPECIAL PAH be adopted as a proper test for professionals. Why not make the so-called easy four par holes, par three; then change the easy par five holes to par four.

I believe that should be the trend for the golf of tomorrow. Milt Gabbs, associate executive secretary for the Northern California Golf and a resident of Ross, admits courses, during pro tournaments, make a few minor changes. He says they move the tees back 20 yards or so, change pin placements to make putting more difficult and even increase trap hazards. But there it ends, and par must stay as it is until the United States a yardage 250 yards CONNOLLY Golf Assn. takes a notion to make a change.

MY OLD golfing compatriot, Colonel Switzer of Point Reyes, a nifty performer when I was a sprout, recommends a special par for pro tourneys. the rough get rougher; add temporary bunkers so that sharp shooting and placing of shots (like at Cypress Point) is Colonel Switzer suggests. an easy par four a tough three par and an easy five par a lulu of a four par. Thinking about distance par distance has always depended upon what the average driver, or iron or mashie clubs, called for. The distance for each club changed, although the size of the ball and the size of the club And like myself, Colonel Switzer is trying to decide for sure whether par for every course be changed, if only to keep in step with so many other radical" changes the hoof and mouth disease has witnessed the oast many years.

RIGHT NOW I think of any other sport that has the perfect score and sticks by it than bowling. When you roll 300 perfect. In golf if you shoot par a nobody on account par is only a little bait on the hook to get the duffer to work harder to improve his score. If a golfer can continually beat the par for every course he plays why the par for the course made harder? Got any ideas on the subject? Tars Take On Alumni At Drake Gym Tonight College of Marin Tars, now in the thick of a hot fight for the Golden Valley Conference lead, will drop serious business for a little fun tonight when they meet a group of some of past basketball stars in the annual varsity-alumni game. Game time is 8 at Sir Francis Drake High School.

is running pretty high for the said Tar coach Cal been taking it pretty easy on us in the past but the alums talked to say in for it this year. alumni squad numbers eight so Riemcke hope four or five more will be ready to put on a uniform tonight. Members of the 1960-61 team who will play include Ron Blum (declared ineligible for the regular season this year after signing a professional baseball contract), Dale Aman, Mike Rawitser, and Mike Gaffney. From the 1958-59 squad are Larry Fulton, Claude Curley and Ken Gellati. The 1957-58 quintet is represented by Joe McGrath.

Each of the players was a member of a Golden Valley Conference championship team. Record of the annual game since Riemcke joined the coaching staff is 3-1 in favor of the varsity. NEW YORK RULING Technicality May Strip Moore Of His Last Title NEW YORK Archie Moore may be just days away from being stripped of the last shreds of the light-heavyweight championship he won nine years ago. Technically the old campaigner has a week in which to Seals' Final TV Showing Tonight Although the San Francisco Seals season continues to the end of March, the last televised ice hockey game for Bay Area home viewers will be the San Francisco Seals playing the Los Angeles Blades, tonight at 8 The game will be seen on KTVU, Channel 2, live-and-direct from the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Bud Foster and Jerry Doggett will be reporting the color and play-by-pl3y ac- PRO BASKETBALL lOCIATEI) PRESS NBA erday's Results lia 129.

New York 116 135. St. Louis 101 12, Detroit 96 3 Cincinnati 124 ABL i 108, Chicago 106 dsco 101. New York 98 1. City 87 sign for a title fight with either Harold Johnson or Doug Jones or face suspension by the New York State Athletic Commission.

But the commission, in extending the time limit yesterday, included a clause that the title would be declared vacant if Archie signed for any bout in another weight class before defending against Johnson or Jones. Los Angeles promoter George Parnassu and Moore Archie signed a month ago for a non-title heavyweight fight with Alejandro Lavorante of Argentina in Los Angeles March 30, apparently violating the New York's ruling. To further complicate matters, Moore said he wants to defend his light-heavy if he still has NBA middleweight champion Gene Fullmer before fighting Johnson or Jones. Gen. Melvin Krule witch, chairman of the New York commission which gave Moore the extension, had gone out of town for the weekend and was not available for comment on the Lavorante match.

Moore had no immediate comment on the clause prohibiting other fighti. INDOOR FLEET San Cow Palace was converted into an indoor World Fair for sports lovers yesterday with the opening of the 18th nual National Sports and Boat Show. Photographer Jim Kean was among the early visitors to capture this panoramic scene plus other features of interest to Marin legion of outdoors enthusiasts. The show will run for 11 days from 2 to 11 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m.

to 11 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. FRESH FISH Most popular attraction for children in the Cow Palace is the Iluck Finn Trout Fishing Pool.

Here members of the Lake Merced Rifle and Pistol Club show youngsters the fine art of angling. And, best of all, they get to keep the fish they catch. More than 1,000 youngsters fished yesterday in the opening day of the show. LOVELY VESSEL This 38-foot Sloop-Farallone Clipper is on display at the San Francisco Boat Show by Stephen's Marin of Stockton. On display are items, big and small, for hunting, fishing, boating and vacationing.

MARIN YOUNGSTERS A two-place flying is shown, to Lynda Wong, left Bruce Chin, foreground, and Gary Wong. Susie Wong is hidden extreme right in seat of skooter. Herman Saalfeld of the San Saalfeld Aircraft Co. The Wongs are children of William Wong, Independent-Journal dealer, who took his family to the San Francisco Boat Show last night. BIG DISPLAY Victor Lend, left foreground, of Trail- boats, manufactured in San Rafael hauled 18 boats to display at the San Francisco Boat Show.

Crafts are constructed of both metal and fiberglass, MARIN CRUISER F. P. Fromhagen, sales manager of Owens Marin Yacht Sales at Lowrie Yacht Harbor, San Pedro Road, San Rafael, explains some of the details of this Owens Cruiser to Doris Battee of Los Altos at the San Francisco Boat Show last night..