Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 5, 1994 TAG: 9404060087
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
"I'm not in a fight for my life," said Azinger, who has lymphoma, a form of cancer, in his right shoulder blade. "I've got a seven-month vacation."
Azinger, 34, told the Augusta Chronicle that his shoulder doesn't hurt for the first time since May. He has a full range of motion, but he will not play in this week's Masters,a tournament he's played every year since 1987.
Azinger won $1.4 million and three tournaments last year, including his first major, the Pga at Inverness in Toledo, Ohio. He hasn't played since November's Skins Game.
In Chula Vista, Calif., Thomas Hamilton, an All-America halfback in 1926 and one of the U.S. Naval Academy's all-time football greats, died Sunday of pneumonia. He was 88. Hamilton was later the football coach at Navy and the school's athletic director in 1948-49.
He was inducted into the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame in 1956. For 16 years, he served in the executive board of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
In Plantation, Fla., "Pappa" John Venturello, recognized by the American Bowling Congress as the world's oldest living bowler, died at 105 after 90 years of participating in the sport. Venturello bowled in five leagues until his failing eyesight forced him to quit last year. He died Thursday in Plantation, four days short of his 106th birthday.
by CNB