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i king )f Golf By JOE UAPLEfl Eight local piasters went to Morganton or Wednesday alter nooA for a garte, and seeing ffie boy* in ffttMt brings to mihd an tttetestiag subject That of c0Tsu?i?oy. A iq point. Roger Thomas. Roger pHved at Taaglewood Tuesday and had one of his better rounds, a 76. At Morganton the very next day. seeing him play, one might think he bad never broken eighty. Then consider Estel Wagner, he 0et> caught in the same trap on occasions, shoot ing in the mid and high eighty's, yet he takes one club and shots 76. Austin Adams shoots 31 on the front niu? recently, playing very good, but on the back side, he doesn't break I had occas sion to score in the mid eighty's in our recent match with Wilkesboro, then the very next time .out, shoot 69 on a tougher ourse. This is a pro blem that all' golfers have to cOtrtetMf Wrtf. One day we are ready to play in the National Open then' without any reason whatsoever we plunge to the depths of frustration and play terribly. If someone could come up with the answer to this pro blem, he could make ? fortune. Ait we can do is speculate. It doesn't seem to be so much the ability of a person but rather something less tangible. That is mental attitude and even less tangible, the sense of fee 1. On some days a player can tee it up and know without any doubt whatsoever that he is going to play well and by the same token there are days where you know you will play bad. There is one course a player can follow that will decrease thii inconsistency without any douK and (hit is tonsUfU prac tice ltd regular pitying Re garAMb ?i the aalibee of goM t ? person plays, be he a ninety shooter or a Seventy shooter, regular play and practici will make him or her a more cotir sistantr player regardless of mental attitude or physical feeling. Another partial1 answer to this problem is to work harder at tfte game every time you play. When a players game is going well fte has a tendency to let Up so to speak and play loose, then when a tough day comet around he is not prepar ed to "bey dowt" and play hard. So wort hard ?( tile game evea when you are having ? good day, then when a bad day comet arotmd, you will be bet ter prepared and can salvage ? retpectable score out- of what would ordinarily be disaster. The psychology and Intan gibles of the game of golf are such that no player will ever ' become a true master at it. On ly those who are willing to work and sacrifice both mentally and physically will ever ap proach proficiency in a game that always hat and always will be frustrating to the vast ma jority of players. After all, if we were all masters, the game would lose much of the chal lenge and perhaps that it what makes it so great. URBAN EXPANSION By 1060, say experts in urban affairs, expanding communities of the Atlantic seaboard may be merged all the way from Bangor, Maine, to Miami. TODD & HIGGINS E3SO SERVICE J. W. WELBORN AND MIKE HAYBON /? Vv. Welborn, Raybon Are Star ASTC Wrestlers By DALE GADDY With a combined tot?l of 13 years of wrestling experience behind them, Appalachian State co-captains J. W. Welborn and Mike Raybon face the 1962-63 years with optimism and cau tion. "They're good boys," Coach Dutch Meyer said one after noon before the Christmas holi days. "Both of them were prac ticing way back early in the football season. And both of them helped me a great deal with the pre-season planning." Welborn is a third year stu dent at ASTC, returning this year after a four year hitch with the Army. "We have a good team this year," he said in his native Watauga accent, "We are somewhat hampered by injuries, but I think we can win all our matches." A 1956 graduate of Appala chian High School, where he wrestled for four years, Wei born first entered colege at the University of North Carolina where he wrestled for two sea sons. He added four more years of mat experience while in the Army and posted a 19-2 record last year while at Washington state's Ft. Lewis. A physical education major, Welborn is married to the for mer Miss Christa Brand] of Munich, Germany. Tt)e Wel borns have one child, a son who was born about three months ago. Welborn plans to teach and coach wrestling in Nor1' aro lina after graduation i*. i964. Raybon, a native of Newton, is a 1959 graduate of Brandys High School where he was ac tive as a football and baseball player, a member of the Key Club, and a member of the Monogram Club. His first wrest 1 1 n g experience came his freshman year at ASTC. At ASTC, in addition to wrestling, Raybon is president of the Wesley Foundation (Methodist), is a member of the Men's "A" Club and of the Collegiate Civics Club, and was named to this year's Who's Who Among Students in American i.? ?i^?py ho<ida^s Th? ? seasoa foe fanuly, fun, lively get-togethers. It s the season when everjioee thinks young. What a season Pepsi? light, fcraCinft ctMiMaatfng fSpst. Ami- wife all- fee ItolWays at hantf, 6e sure r a ke?^ plenty of Pepsi on hand-buy an extra carton. Say "Pepsi, please!" That s thinking young! 9 IMS, MN<-C*U Battled by PepsiCoI. BotUInf Co., Spraee Wne, N. C. fr?m PeMl-CoU ComiMBT. New Y*rk. M. T. Universities and Colleges. He has been active in intra mural basketball and baseball throughout his college career. As a wrestler he has seen ac tion in about 25 meets and has an overall record of 11 wins and 14 losses. "Virginia Mili tary Institute will be our rough est match this year," the short red head stated. "That should be the only match which will give us any sizable trouble." Raybon continued, "As a team, we will be better this year. We have six starting freshman, all of whom are good. The team has a lot of potential and could develop into one of Appalachian's finest in recent years." The physical education and social studies major sees ui* first year of wrestling at ASTC as his best season so far ? "not so much from the win-loss angle. It's just that I didn't ex pect to wrestle that soon." Like Welborn, Raybon hopes to coach a high school wrestling team in North Carolina. MILITARY BUDGET The military budget for the next fiscal year again is ex pected to emphasize conven tional weapons and organiza tion. Chances of a new division for the Army appear, at this time, to be slim. Speculation is that the over all military budget request for fiscal 1964 may show an in crease of $2,000,000,000 or more over the $48,200,000,000 for the current year. David N. Spainhonr Boone Insurance Agency, Inc. Professional Building Boone, N. C. ? AM 4-8732 Tour Independent Insurance Agent Serves Ton First Racketeers To Meet S. C. Team In Opening Round The bwfcetball team of Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege meets Ersktne College of Due Waat, South Carolina In th? opening round of the fifth annual Sptadale Tournament, held by the Spindale Rotary Club next Friday and Saturday, December 28 and 29 Other teams in the four team affair are Western Carolina and Camp bell College. ? Appalachian, on the basis of a 5-1 pre-holiday record, enters the tournament as one of the favorites although Western Car olina ia considered the team to beat on its record as defending champion of last year's classic. The Catamounts were recent winners of their own holiday tournament played in Cullow hee. The Mountaineers of Appala chian will be entering the tournament after a two year ab sence. The Apps won the first tournament, lost out defending their crown the second year, and did not participate during the last two events. Their re cord for four games in the Soindale Tournament played thus far is three wins and one loss. Leading the Apps of coach Bib Light into the event will be forwards Wayne Duncan and Jim Richardson. The two to gether sport a scoring punch of 33.1 points per game and 22 rebounds per contest. Duncan it th? (coring leader with ? 20.1 game average. Sparkplug o t the Appalachian scoring offense it gu*rd Jack Ljrtton, junior from Surcoina ville, Tennessee. The little play maker (5"?") owna a 12.3 scor ing average and ia considered a top guard on defense. Worthy of note ia the fact that the Mountaineers will not be starting a single senior in the tournament. There are only two seniors on the squad ? Lon nie Thomas and Larry Shrader ? and neither are on the start ing five. Tonrnament Starter* Wayne Duncan, 6-4 sopho more, Danville, Va. Jim Richardson, 8-3 junior, North Wilkesboro. Joe Hailey, 6-5 sophomore, Charlotte. Jack Lytton, 5-8 junior, Sur goinsville. Tenn. Doug Wall, 6-0 junior, Win ston-Salem. A 57-YEAR RECORD Jonesboro, Ark. ? W. B. Lang ford, 91, has attended Sunday school at a local church without mising a Sunday in 57 years. About 40 years ago he was carried to the First Baptist Church on a cot to keep his record perfect. Henra Fonda to appear in a French film. Younce Texaco Service E. King St. Boone, N. C. ON AIR POLLUTION As ? result of the recent deaths attributed to smog in London, President Kennedy hu called for national action against air pollution. He said such pollution "con tinues to jeopardize the econo mic vitality of our nation and the health of millions of oar citizens." FEBRUARY DRAFT The Pentagon hw ?n?ou*eed a February draft quota of 4,000 men and ?aid ?M wi? be ?> signed to th* Ar*y. It ii expected that higher calls will probably start in March. The February Mgure is the same as the one quoted for January. ? Music by The Ambassadors $5.00 Per Conple For Reservations Phone 264-2117 9:00 'tU RESTAURANT OPEN 'til 7:30 P. M. Dec. 22 thru 24 'til 9:00 P. M. DEC. 25 thru Jan. 1 We have just competed the resurfacing of our laues. Meet your friends at the Skyline Lanes for a holiday evening of Bowling enjoyment. in ..? I-.. ? i i i.i ? ...... in i
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