Subject: Re: Better Use
From: citycabn (citycabn@gateway.net)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 18:14:57 EST
-Cecilia wrote:
>ObSal: Basketball isn’t mentioned at all in Salinger, but I can remember
>several mentions of baseball (TCITR and TLM), shooting marbles (S:aI),
horse
>racing/betting activities (Young Girl in 1941 With no Waist at All),
bowling
>(An Ocean Full of Bowling Balls), streetball (S:aI), Hiking/Canoeing
>(Hapworth), bicycling (S:aI), and probably a thousand others that I’ve
>forgotten. What connection do sports seem to have to any of the Old Man’s
>religious ideals? Kinetic meditation? Why are they so important?
>
Would like to mention that, Holden, yes, Holden, played golf. Started at
the age of ten. (Just had to get this in since the undersigned worshipped
at that particular venue from the age of 12 to 17, long before he _ever_
heard of such a thing as Literature or even Reading Books Not Assigned in
School. (No, it wasn't a country club. It was a golf course at a military
base.))
Good questions by Cecilia. No answers here. Though we should remember JDS
is an American. Not sure if sports _so_ pervades the consciousness of
writers from countries other than the U.S. of A.
--Bruce, no longer a golfer
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