WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1929.
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ONE MATCH IN NORTHERN LEAGUE
“ROCHDALE STILL UNBEATEN
London, Yesterday. An important match in the North. ern Section of the Third Divlj sion was pinged to-day at Rochdide when the local team beat Darling- tom by the substantial margin of four goals to one.--Router.
Previously be agton had phys ed, live games, of of which they had extractel eight points, whilst Roclvinte had plays a pattern fog three wins and a draw.
Today's victory for Rochdale plares them second on the table te Poort Vals who have, however, played one Ame more and baro lost ne match.
GOLF
ADAMSON CUP PLAY FOR SEPTEMBER
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The Ruga fong Kong Golf Club's Adarason Cup play for September resulted:-
SV. R., Flyer
Qualifies.
161-24-77
There were tight entries
BENKER PRACTICES TO BE AVOIDED
ILLEGAL PRACTICES
in decking that the player incur red
no penalty, St. Andrews im- pelfed that the player neither im- proved the lie of the ball nor form- ed any idea of the nature or con sistency of the sand.
Similarly, St. Andrews has de- cided that no penalty attaches to a player dropping his bag of clubs in a bunker when about to play a shot cut of the haza.d, "provided that the action of the player does not in any way assist him in making the stroke."
There was another bunker in- cident in the Scottish champion- ship, the circumstances of which are not unusual in everyday golf. A player bses his ball in a banker. and, having. with the assistance of others, conducted an unsuccess fut search takes three paces in the direction of the next teeing-ground.
at the same time remarking to his ig the percent Scottish Amateur opponent, "Well, I.suppose that's "Championship several incidents gone," meaning the ball. At this ecurred affecting procedure and precise moment som cone shouts, golfing law which are of interest "Here you are, sir," the ball having to all golfers, especially those on been found buried in the sand. holiday, win will be playing in open The question arises:
"Can the competitions and tournaments, and player then play the ball, the five will be prestined to have a proper minutes allowed for search not bay- acquaintance with the valos. says ing expired? ja writer in the "Observer.” Un The list of Undefeated teams is furtunately, the presumption is not as follows.--
Last season Rochdale, at home, defeated Badington by 5-
Undefeated Teums
Derby County --First Division. Oldham-Scond Division. Hull-Second Division.
Stoke -Second Division. Plymouth-Third Division (South). Plymouth Third Division (South). Stockport -Third Division (North). Rochdale -Tárd Division (North). Rangers Scottish Division.
Division III. (North)
A. Pts.
P. W. D. L. F.
Port Vale
6 5 0 1 17
5
Bochdal Stockpart
5 10 11
3
5320 15
Darlington
Trantere
Accrington Sheids
Carlisle
York
Rotherbam
incoin. Boneaster Southport Farrow
Wan
Halifax Wrexham
Hartlepools
Nelson
Chesterfiel
61 0 2 20 13
- 2 1 12
N. Brighton 1.
0
a sound one, for it is a notorious and a regrettable fact that, gener- ally speaking, golfara have but a very limited acquaintance with, and often only a hazy conception of, the rules under which the game must be played. if it is not to be reduced to a mere farce..
I often tremble to thing of the! number of competitions which cre
Mast certainly and emphatically "No." There are gestures and phrases common to the game which are as universally understood as the signs given by the motorist. When a golfer luras his back on the spot where a ball is lost, and heads for the next tee, there can only be one possible interpretation-he has abandoned the ball-and the hole. The point cannot be too strongly stressed that once a recognised given, or an im-
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WINNER DISQUALIFIED IN ISLE OF MAN
won and lost by illegal practices, gesture has been Cioals.
met pecause of any deliberate mis-plied word spoken, there can be no conduct, but because of the lament-going back; the step is irrevocable. able ignorance of players. The day i have come across players who, Is coming when one of the big in similar circumstances, have not American clubs will, before proceed only insisted on continuing play ing to the election of new mem- with the found ball, but have re-
London, Sept. 11. hers, require candidates to pass an, garded it as an act unsportsman-
In tie: Jani T.T. over the famous Gexamination in golfing etiquette, whip on the
Isle of Man course W. H. T. Meagre part of a opponent Jaw, and procedure. When
who offers objection. Rather is the Rex Ame) finished first, covering sees, as I did, in the Scottish cham- boot on
226 miles in 3 hrs. 28 mins: 3 secs, the other leg. There is pionship, a player leap into a bunker the case from the Yelverton Club, this breaking his own record which he an average speed of 65.30 miles an hour, where his ball is lying, pick up a where A and B played their second set up last year by 12 mins. 38 secs. handful of sand, in which he rubs shots on to a certain green. A's his hands in order to remove the ball was found
Meagreen, however, was unfortunate on the green, but in that he was disqualified for re- moisture, and then proceed to play B, being unable to find his ball, gave ceiving assistance after a breakdown. the shot as if nothing had happen it up as lost and walked to the next It is understood that he is appealing. ed, it makes me wonder what he
The couple following
First place was awarded to E. N, Lea (Velocette) whose time was 3 b. 28 will do next.
WATER POLO
TWO MATCHES DRAWN IN LEAGUE
iee.
Found
B's ball in the hole, ag he had holed cut in two strokes. Who won the hole, A or B St. Andrews de- cided that A won the hole becouse Plast his ball and abandoned the hole.
Amusing Situation
mins. 15 secs, an average of 65.21 miles an hear."Singapore Free Press."
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UNITED STATES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
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EAST AFRICA
new
IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS IN SWAMP LANDS
The completion of the bridge over the Pungwe River in Portuguese
East Africa has brought considerable relief to Rhodesia, who is now assured of a safe trade outlet and can rely on the certainty of being able to transport her produce to various markets with the minimum of de lay and expense.
The railway line from Beira on the coast into Rhodesia
crosses the River Pungwe some 35 miles from Beira and also traverses the the notorions Pungwe Flats, a treacherous exparise of swamp extending 03 both sides of the approximately 14 miles. For a long time the Beira and Mashonaland Railway suffered severe loss each year owing to washaways due to the heavy foods in this area. In 1926, a station
river
Division of Opinion The picking up of a handful of sand a yard or so behind the bail has led to an interesting discussion, in which opinion appears equally divided, as to what penalty, if any, the player has incurred. On the one hand, it is urged that the player The recaling of a shot has led Two matches in the Water Pole loses the hole, because by the act to a rather unusual set of circum- League were drawn last night of diving his hands into the sand hostances being submitted to St. thus leaving the V.R.C. "A" team has an opportunity and the Kowlon "A" still bracket-consistency of it.
of testing the Andrews by the New Zealand Golf
on the line received 43 inches of Association. In a mixed foursomes
rain in 9 days, and a devastating ed together in first position.
In support of this view the case In the first match the Navy and of the North-West Club is cited.
bogey competition the lady, whose
flood isolated Rhodesia From her shot it was drove from outside the the K.O.S.B. "B" played a goal In this instance A and B are part-
natural outlet and really brought limits of the teeing-ground. The
matters to a head. Setting out from the foot of the
As a result less draw.
ners in a foursome, and their ball drive being recalled, the next drive Sestos Cliff on the European side. The second match brought the lies in
the Pungwe Protection Works A bunker.
It is A's turn was played by the man, the Council they defied a stiff north wind and K.O.S.B. "A" and
were commenced, by which, at a the Chinese to play, but before doing so B makes of the "B" together. Each side scored a practice swing
New Zealand Association the treacherous cross tide. Using cost of £300,000, the permanent to show how, in deciding that the side had thus play-a steady over-arm crawl, they reach- three goals.
his opinion, the ball should be played two shots, quoting Stroke Rule ed the Asiatic shore, and climbed up In doing so B strikes the sand 7, which says that a competitor the sandy beach below the barren
League Positions
tending teams are:
ed.
History was made by American university girls on July 18. in swimming the Hellespont, saya the "New York Herald's Paris edition.
less than an hour and a half after starting on their venture.
in the bunker about three yards who drives outside the limits of the rock which towers above the strait. The latest positions of the con- from where the ball is lying, but tee shall count the stroke, but must does not in any way interfere with drive another ball within the limits, F A. Pts. the ball, or its lie
as their authority.
Goals.
V.R.C. "A" Kowloor "A" 8 Chinese "B"
I W. D. L.
|] 28 ង 7 0 1 27 20
K.O.S.B.
Navy
8 3 0 5 17 20
of
way over a distance of 14 miles was raised until the track lay at
a level of three feet above that
of the highest known flood. trusted with the suply and erec
Dorman, Long & Co. were
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tion of eight viaducts across the Flats and a 5-span bridge across viaducts were crented alongside the Pungwe River itself. The the existing line and diverted to them wailst the bridge
The first girl to reach the other 2.14
In giving their de lion St. This was a bad decision. St. side, Miss Eleanor Studley, 14 Andrews say: "The object of the Andrews points out that when a Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Smith 21 words The club shall not wach the stroke competition is played under College, took only eighty minutes V.R.C. "B" * 5 0 3 20 15 16 ground' in Rule 25 is, in: r alla, to
foursome conditions, Rule 3, which for the crossing, Miss Lucy Hau- "A" 3 1 4 12 15
3 3 1 19 20 prevent a player from testing the provides that partners in a four-cock, of Charlottesville, Virginia, itself
#consistency об the soil. B'a some shall crive off alternately from and Vassar College, was the next
the teeing grounds, overrides to reach the shore,
The third was Stroke Rule 7. "The stroke which Miss Eugenie Patterson, of the lady played," adds St. Andrews, Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Smith "was not a stroke in the stipulated College. round, and did not bring her ball The strait varies in breadth from into play. She should, therefore, one to four miles. have replayed her stroke from with- In the limits of the teeing ground."
Somersets Kowloon "B": Chinese "A" K.O.S.B.
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6
7 21
"B" ¡
0 2 6 3 25
TENNIS
STRAITS CHINESE DEFEATS RUMJAHN
3 practice stroke might have convey
ed this information to his partner A. The Rules of Golf Committee therefore considers that in equity A and E should lose the hoe."
Though in some doubt. personally I am inclined to think that the North-West cake does not apply in the present circumstances. In the onc case the player uses a club and In a hard fought match in the in the other the player picks up a semi-final of the C.A.A. tennis handful of sand, an act which ean at the North Point scarcely be construed into "testing Stadium yesterday afternoon, S. A. the consistency of the soil," or "im- Rumjahn, a former champion of proving the lie of the ball," which, the Colony, was defeated by Lim I thik, is the main factor in deter- Bong-so (Straits Chinese), by mining the isce involved. 8-10: 6-1, 6-2, 6-0,
tournament
MISS SANDISON
TENNIS FROPHETS PREDICT ARIGHT
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with great two 24 in. joista with cross-brac- their natural wealth can be sent difficulties owing to the prevalence ing. The longest of these viaducts to market. of malaria and blackwater fever, but in spite of all obstacles, the The Amateur Athletic Associatica | works were completed to time and has awarded the Harvey Manorial Cup the test train passed over the for the finest athletic feat of the year to bridge and viaducts during the Cyril Ellis. The Jackson Cup has been last week of February, 1920. awarded jointly to E. Payne and |J. A. T. Haslon. "Singapore
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commenced in July and finished Beira and Mashonaland Railway follow:-
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London, Sept. 11. the ball is lying. He elects to
in December, 1928. A. D. Humphreys and R. K. play the shot with one club, where writing in the "Daily Telegraph"
Three river with the South African Railways, a The Racing Board of Control intende Wimbledon Mr. A. Wallis Myers
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The player, changing his who predicted an International re-to inaugurata a double event pool on building of the Dessouk Bridge, track.
The Board is also expected shortly employed by the company for the operates over 12,500 route miles of Davis (rec. 15/1).
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