labelle@hplabsc.UUCP (WB6YZZ) (09/29/83)
Just thinking- remember when 30 year old Billy Jean King beat 50 year
old Bobby Riggs in tennis? All this net.nonsense of women doing equal work
for equal pay (full equal syndrome) got me to thinking (bet you didn't think
I could). Why can't/don't woman compete on an equal basis with men in the
sports in which the physical differences play NO part!?
1) Chess- fully a brain "sport"; where's the women?
2) Golf- dosen't take lots of strength
3) Bowling- I know, this is a skill sport not a muscle event.
Any ideas?
GEORGEsteven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer) (10/03/83)
> Just thinking- remember when 30 year old Billy Jean King beat 50 year >old Bobby Riggs in tennis? All this net.nonsense of women doing equal work >for equal pay (full equal syndrome) got me to thinking (bet you didn't think >I could). Why can't/don't woman compete on an equal basis with men in the >sports in which the physical differences play NO part!? > > 1) Chess- fully a brain "sport"; where's the women? > > 2) Golf- dosen't take lots of strength > > 3) Bowling- I know, this is a skill sport not a muscle event. > > Any ideas? > > GEORGE > ------------------ Yes. 1) Chess is not entirely a brain-sport. Difficult as it is to believe, most chess masters loose their physical stamina by the time they are about 40, and thus drop out of the top level of play. [Where is Bobby Fischer??]. Wracking your brains is very exausting, which is obvious if you have ever taken a long, hard, test. 2) Golf needs enough strength, so that women are put at a disadvantage, especially when driving (down the green). 3) Bowling also needs strength. In general, the faster and heavier the ball, the more strikes are thrown. Women participate in all the above sports. In golf & bowling there are seprate leagues. In chess, (I believe), there is only one. Steven Maurer
stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck) (10/04/83)
Actually, according to all the bowling magazines I read as a league secretary
and league president (I was one or the other for three or four consecutive
years), strikes are not based on power, they are based on moderation of power
mixed with accuracy (and a little luck).
If a ball is rolled with too much power, the lead pins are blown over the
back pins, instead of into them. Most of the professional bowlers roll at
far below the maximum speed they could roll a ball. You get too many splits
from throwing too hard.
The idea in bowling is to generate pin-action. This means rolling the ball
slow enough to bounce the pins around, but fast enough to give them some
momentum.
Don Stanwyck ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck