19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

Maybe when Utah (and most of the U.S. ) adjusts its sense of values and puts all facets of schooling in their proper perspective, then maybe we can cope with the problems confronting education.
NORMAN RIGGS
Sandy, Utah

BEHIND THE SMOKE, FORDS
Sirs:
That smoke screen at the Daytona 500 was about as opaque as my living-room window (Big Smoke Screen in Daytona, March 4). Don't you think the author could have found a less obvious pretense on which to sound off about the almighty Chevies?
RICHARD B. BULLOCK
Fitchburg , Mass.

Sirs:
It took a lot of words and paragraphs before you made mention that five 1963 Fords placed first, second, third, fourth and fifth in the Daytona 500. Maybe GM would now like to declare a new moratorium on stock-car racing.
JOHN F. HICKEY
Warrensburg, N.Y.

PROPER POOL
Sirs:
As a legitimate billiards champion I should like it made clear to your readers that the pool hustlers' convention in Johnson City , Ill., which you described and illustrated in the February 25 issue (Battle of the Hottest Sticks), should in no way be confused with the World Pocket Billiard Tournament, a true sports event, discontinued after 1955 partly because of the stigma forced on the sport by the hustlers.

Fortunately for pocket billiards, the sport is now enjoying a spectacular revival—in the proper surroundings that hustlers avoid. A new generation of fine players is being developed, some of whom will be seen later this year in a televised series of matches. And interest is at an all-time high in competition leading to the National Intercollegiate tournament May 2-4 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque .

I look forward to the resumption soon of true championship play when it will not happen that: "Shortly after midnight a couple of hustlers arrive...."
WILLIE MOSCONI
Haddon Heights, N.J.

THE NOSE SHOWS
Sirs:
Your picture of the photo finish at Santa Anita (Moving Toward a Day in May, March 4) clearly shows Bonjour winning by a toe over Candy Spots, or doesn't this part of a horse's anatomy count? After all, he runs with them, why can't he win with them?
N. W. SPRAW
Long Beach , Calif.

Sirs:
Isn't it true that any part of the horse's body that goes over the line counts as a victory for that horse?
RONALD RUBINSTEIN
Kerhonkson, N.Y.

?No. The Rules of Racing as adopted by The Jockey Club specifically states that the positions of horses in a photo finish shall be determined exclusively by their noses.—ED.

LONE STAR STATEMENT
Sirs:
We were impressed by your reporting "accuracy" in the March 4 issue. You claim in SCORECARD that Aggie football players were the "ringleaders" of the fight in Austin . You must have obtained your information from the University of Texas student newspaper, which is known to be unbiased toward Texas A & M. How else could you be so certain that the Aggies started the trouble?