by Ray Sanchez 07.13.14
Like a flickering flame on a candle, there’s still a bit of hope for Santa Teresa Country Club.
No, no, there’s nothing going on with the golf course. However, there’s plenty of activity in the clubhouse. The bar is open from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, the Wednesday “Taco Night” which was so popular with members is still being held and breakfast and lunch are served from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays. It’s all open to the public.
Greg Collins is still running things and able to pay a couple of men to work the outside and a small staff to run things inside. Popular headwaiter Juan Gonzales is back and even has an assistant to help him serve.
Yes, the golf course, the tennis courts and the swimming pool are closed but as long as Collins can hold on, who knows what’s in the future?
TRIVIA QUESTION: You probably know that the Green Bay Packers won the first Super Bowl over the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, but do you know when and where it was held? Answer at end.
HAVE YOU been watching World Cup soccer games? Some folks may find it strange when announcers call an athletic event that ends in a 0-0 tie “exciting.” But it really can be. The fact that it’s hard to score makes each possession a special event.
I was surprised to see my wife, Helen, sitting by me watching teams play the other day. She seemed enthralled. “What do you like about the sport?” I asked with a smile. “The constant action,” she replied. No kidding. The players go at it in two 45 minutes halves without time outs
GOOD NEWS Department: The El Paso Golf Hall of Fame, which has been idle the last few years, is being revived. Nominations will be open to the public but they must be made through the Internet, which is a good idea because they’ll be in writing and easier to handle. The El Paso Golf Hall of Fame will accept resumes for induction for the 2014 class at EPGolfHOF@yahoo.com until Aug. 1. The induction banquet is scheduled for November at Coronado Country Club.
SOMETIMES you get lucky. Marilyn Cromeans, daughter of late UTEP legendary fan Kathleen Moore, let me have a look at one of her mother’s folders which contained oldtime newspaper and magazine clippings she had collected through the years.
Kathleen’s husband (and Marilyn’s father) was the late Ross Moore. He was head trainer of the Miners during their greatest basketball years. The clippings include several trainers who succeeded him as well as clippings of stories about coach Don Haskins, athletic director George McCarty, sports editor Bob Ingram, sportscaster John Phelan and much more, all bereaved but all legends in El Paso sports history. Oh, the wonderful memories.
REMINDER; I’ll be signing copies of my book, “The Good, the Bad and the Funny of El Paso Sports History, next Saturday, July 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble book store on the west side. Address: 705 Sunland Park Drive.
AND I JUST received the ballot for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Yes, El Paso’s Nolan Richardson is on the list of 20 nominees. And of course, he’ll get my vote as well as the votes of KVIA-TV general manager Kevin Lovell and former sportscaster Tom Ciaburri. We’re all voting members. But Richardson will need a lot more votes if he’s to be inducted. I hope the fact Richardson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year will be enough to push him over the top in Texas. It should.
ANSWER to trivia question: The first Super Bowl was held Jan. 15, 1967 in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum