19th Hole: The Readers Take Over

Sir:
I feel obligated to point out that you failed to mention the most popular version of the game, Ultimate Frisbee, which is played at nearly 40 major colleges (mostly in the East) and is growing at an unbelievable rate. Ultimate Frisbee is a field sport played by two teams of seven men and /or women. It combines aspects of hockey, soccer and football. A goal is scored by completing a pass into the offensive end zone, a player cannot run with the Frisbee and turnovers occur whenever there is an incomplete pass.
IRV KALB
Captain
Rutgers Frisbee Team
New Brunswick, N.J.

Sir:
I have never in my life been so insulted by one article. The word sport has been abused. I play football, baseball and basketball in high school. My buddies and I work hard from August till June playing real sports. We thought we were accomplishing something. But when we are put in the same category as Frisbee players, I get nauseated.

People who can't succeed in real sports have to resort to the easiest, least physically draining joke they can find and try to pass it off as a sport. If Frisbee throwing is going to be considered a sport, then why not include skimming stones across a lake? Or make banana peeling a sport? Thank you for insulting my intelligence.
PAT O'MALLEY
Pittsburgh