19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

Sir:
Thanks for the recognition of MAC basketball and especially Bowling Green . Your description of Montgomery was especially amusing and long-awaited.
WARD COFFMAN
Bowling Green, Ohio

SEA POWER
Sir:
As a regular reader of your magazine, I was very much impressed with Carleton Mitchell 's article Float Like a Butterfly (March 10). It presents an exciting picture of ocean racing, which too few of us are able to experience.
ROBERT D. WHITFORD
Ada, Ohio

Sir:
Regarding Carleton Mitchell 's article on the Southern Ocean Racing Conference , both Stinger and Inflation were built in the last six months by our company. Both boats were designed by Doug Peterson . It has been a while since the same yard and the same designer have designed and built the first-and second-place finishers. This is quite an accomplishment.
WILLIAM R. MUNSTER
Representative
Eichenlaub Yachts, Inc.
San Diego

AWESOME AUSSIES
Sir:
Thank you for two good articles on the Australians and World Cup tennis. Arthur Ashe (A Shout for Those Aussies, March 10) showed that he is a gentleman and that he has a great affection for the Aussies. They returned the favor in Hartford by beating Arthur twice in cup play (Another Aussie Blowout, March 17).

Having run in Trinity College -Amherst cross-country meets many years ago, I think Hartford must have been blas�. I don't recall the fans trembling with excitement as Joe Jares suggests. After all these years it is nice to know that we were appreciated.
BOB ELRICK
Trinity '42
Wethersfield, Conn.

Sir:
The Arthur Ashe article gave us an insight into the beautiful Aussie tennis fanaticism that has raised the level of world tennis for so many years.
GENE A. GERBER, D.D.S.
Annapolis , Md.

PRODUCTS OF MOUNT VERNON
Sir:
Some weeks ago you had a SCORECARD item ("Their Town," Jan. 20) about three college basketball players who played on the same 1971 East Chicago , Ind. high school team. Four players on the 1971 Mount Vernon (N.Y.) High School team started for major college teams that all went to postseason tournaments in 1974. One of them, Gus Williams of USC , has been named one of the 10 best U.S. players. Rudy Hackett of Syracuse will certainly be a high draft choice and Earl Tatum, a junior at Marquette , has played a major role in the Warriors' success. The fourth Mount Vernon starter, Mike Young, has been a steady performer for Manhattan College .

In the annals of high school basketball there have been several exceptional teams that have had two players who went on to highly acclaimed college careers. But rarely have four players from the same high school team ever starred as collegians.
MAL GISSEN
Richland Center, Wis.

BEWARE THE COLD (CONT.)
Sir:
I hope that the pertinent article on hypothermia (Growing Weak by Degrees, March 10) drew the attention of many outdoor life devotees. A word of caution, however, regarding the suggested treatment of external rewarming in hot water. In the physiological adjustment to a cold environment the circulatory changes include constriction of blood vessels near the body surface to preserve core body heat vital to heart function at the progressive expense of the skin and the extremities. If the victim of hypothermia is submerged in hot water, the skin capillaries quickly reopen, allowing blood to flow back to the cooled outer parts of the body. The immediate result is a substantial loss of heat from the blood pool to the tissues. Upon return to the heart the blood, if cooled to a critical point, may trigger fibrillation and sudden death. This potential danger can be averted by a very gradual external warmup starting with water of below-normal body temperature, preferably under competent medical supervision.
JAN DAHLIN, M.D.
Stockholm

Sir:
I was fascinated by the article as I was in a disaster where the water temperature was the same as it was at the sinking of the Greek liner Lakonia, 65�. The article gave very good advice: if you have to go into the water, keep your clothes on.