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During the past week I
have had some connection
with two gents who used to
live in our town and are now
living in Golden, B.C.
One of the two I ran into in
town and the other I got news
from in the form of a copy of
the Golden Star.
The first was Lundy
Hamilton. Lundy had a
problem with one of his legs
which causes him to walk
with a special kind of a gait.
He doesn't seem to let it
hinder him in his approach
to athletic activities, either
indoors or out. A super golfer
and just as good a curler, he
has hunted and fished for
years, now he is going into
some minor prospecting
activities and you can be
sure if there is gold in them
thar hills around Golden,
Lundy will smell it out.
But it is an indoor sport
which has brought Lundy a
measure of fame. He is

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probably among the finest
pool artists that have ever
picked up a cue in the
province. I understand he
did indeed, at one time, hold
the snooker championship of
B.C. A trick artist without a
peer in our area, he has
shown us shots that you
wouldn't believe. He taught
me one of them which I can
still manage to complete.
He worked for the Ministry
of Highways when he was in
Rossland. He then moved to
Chilliwack and from there he
moved on to Golden, but I
believe he would very much
like to be back at his old
haunts in the Golden City.
He says: "You people are
really fortunate in your
sports facilities and the cost
is really something different. Having travelled
over much of Western
Canada in connection with
sports events, I have seen it
all and what you have here,

for what you pay, is out of
this world.''
The other member of the
Golden community of whom
I got word bas his picture in
cartoon form at the head of a
column of sports gossip on
Page 6 of the Star. Tommy
Stanton played a lot of
hockey for the Warriors a
few years back. I was
visiting his parents, Kenny
and Barb last Sunday and
got a copy of one of his latest
efforts. In it he quotes the
famous comedian Will
Rogers, then turns around
and applies some of his own
earthiness to some similar
quotes. I particularly liked
one where he says, "ll I were
a major league umpire it
would give me a great deal
of satisfaction to kick dirt on
the legs of Billy Martin."
Kenny Stanton, Tom's dad
and a well-known sports
figure around our town, is at
present recuperating from a

heart attack. It is our earnest hope he will soon be
back on his feet and enjoying
life once more.
Now to golf, down at the
clubhouse on Tuesday some
of the boys were telling us we
should cancel next week as
we are supposed to join the
Ladies' Club at Birchbank.
You fellers just got one week
ahead of yourselves, we
don't do that until Sept. 13 !
Anyway, we shall go ahead
with our regular day this
week and then cancel for the
13th, this will be followed by
our invitational to Christina
Lake on the 15th.
This : week's effort at the
upper course saw 39 golfers
out under pleasant skies and
thank the Lord, not as bad a
fly situation. The day's
festivities were masterminded by Jim Scott and Gil
Besso who did a hell of a job
of getting things done. We
were to have had "irons
only" but somewhere along

the line that idea was
scrapped. I know there are
those who don't think too
highly of the idea, anyway,
we used all of the clubs and
some people won balls for
their efforts.
In the low gross category
one of our foursome, Ken
Davies, won with a 45. Incidentally, Ken leaves next
week for a month's vacation
at his old stamping grounds
around Tredegar and Cadiff
in Wales. Tied for low net
honors were Ron Rinaldi and
Lou Crowe at 33.
Frank Blackwell won the
low hi~en hole, a four on
number 6 and Phil Bateman
had a nine on number 8 to
take high hidden hole. Reg
White sank a long one on
number 9, a 25-foot four-inch
gem. Next week we are
going to try to lure Peter
Brown and Carl Seefeldt to
take over the reins, hope we
succeed.
Till next week, then.

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