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DOWBIGGIN CUP.
Private Ferguson Wins Competition.
ILK.V.D.C. CONTEST.
Private Ferguson, who started from scratch, was the winner of the Dowbiggin Cup at the annual point-to-point competition of the Machine Gun Troop of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. The contest was brought off at Patts' meet, Fanling.
The first annual dinner in con- nection with the event was held Inter at the Hunters' Arms,
Sixteen Starters. Sixteen mounted Machine Gun Troopers lined up at the start of the point-to-point race and after being informed that they would be permitted to ride without tunies, they were allotted their handicap positions and were final- ly inspected by Major H. B. L. Dowblggin, after, which they were handed over to Lieutenant .D. Cave and Mr. A. J. P. Heard, who acted as judge and starter.
75 Seconda Start.
Lammert
Balfour
Singleton
Durian
Cochrane
Tarzali
45 Seconds Start. Braine-Hartnel!
Holcroft
Lee Grieve
Davidson
Marco Buley
Maskee
Zenzebil
Aristophanes
30 Seconds Start.
Kondraw
Smart Guy James Pl
Honeymoon Start.
Craigavad Strathlorne
Инстативе
McCartney
10 Seconds
Potts Beck
Dale Walker
Scratch.
Ferguson Front
Bay Bhun
Tarzan
Loch Etive Stout Felinh
The race was A very exciting affair, especially after the first round, when quite a number of the contestants were fighting 'fer the lead. Many spills occurred. but those who were lucky caught, their ponies, remounted and gen- erally managed to be in at the finish.
From the time Private Fergu son took up the running, he was never seriously challenged and aucceeded in winning easily by five lengths. The race resulted ዝ follows, the time being 12 minutes 46 seconds.
1. Private Ferguson
2. Private Beck
Loch Etive .Strathlorne
4. Private Macnamara ..James Pigg.
LAWN BOWLS.
Teams for League Games To-day.
f.
So far as can be learned the teams for to-day will be:
Division L
K.C.C.-H. Overy, F. Goodwin, J. C. Lyal, J. Gibson (skip).
H. Gittina, W. Webb, A. Hyde Lay. J. Fraser (skip)..
A. C. Burford, J. Howe, C. J. Tacchi, A. E. Silkstone (skip).
Reserve:-L. E. Lammert. C.S.C.C-Simmonds, Westlake; Holledge, Grimmitt (skip).
Bobble. Longbottom, Moss and Gregory (skip).
F. Jones, Alderman.
Dawick.
and Brawn (skip).
Reserves:-Massey and Strange. Taikoo R.C.-J. Chalmers, T. Polson... J. Russell, and W. Wotherspoon (skip).
T. Grimes, J. B. Chapman, G. McLeod, and N. Drummond (skip), J. Sloan (ten.). A. Stalker, J. Laing and R. Wallace (skip).
Division II.
Taikoo RC.-C. Summers, T. Stainton, W. Dell, R. K. Duncan (skip);
W. Cunningham, W. Brown, S. Amery, J. J. Whyte (skip)..
A RISKY BET.
COMEDY OF HOLING OUT.
Golfers will argue for ever about knotty poluts in the rules, and I
America Too Cocksure of heard recently of an amusing de
Winning Walker Cup.
bate concerning a question which curtainly has ta navel uspect, writes Harry Vardon.
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50 TO 1 BET AT LLOYDS. Let me slate the case. A player is just short of the putting-green, New York, Yesterday. on the far side of which is a fence- The people of Atlanta, the home marking out-of-bounds area. town of Bobbie Jones who is busy, The ground slopes towards the with the, Walker Cup com- hole, and the tops his chip shot, petitors on the
boat deck which shoots down the slope and of the Mauretania, driving 100 scoots over the green to go through
the fence.
Our Sports Diary
LOCAL
Tennis ---- May 10- Tennis League commences.Division "A" H.K.C.C. V. C.R.C.; S.C.A.A, V. IR.C.; M.B.K. y K.C.C. Division BCR.C. v. N.C.; H.K.C.K. v. C.S.C.C.; U.S. R. C.
H. K. U. T. C.; E.Y.M.C.A. v. J.R.C.; K.C.C. v. C.C.C.; Division "C"-C.S.C.C. v. H.K.C.C.; C.T.C. v. F.C.; K.C.C. v. C.R.C.; Club de Re erelo v. LR.C.; H.KU.T.C., v. K.L.T.C.
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tourna-
May 12--K:C.C. ment commences.
Sports-To-day-Hong Kong Area Military Athletic Sports, Army Athletic Ground, Soo- kumpoo.
To-day Sacred Hoart College Sports, Köwloon F.C. Ground.
To-day-St. Joseph's College Sports, Caroline Hill, noon.
Cricket-To-morrow-Volun teers v. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Navy ground, 11
a.m.
Cap.
Golf To-morrow - tain's Cup, Fanling.
Baseball-To-morrow- U.S.S. Helena v. South China, Caroline Hill,
Ride Shooting-To-morrow -Interport practice, Taikoo Range 2.50 p.m.
May 30 Distribution of Volunteer Prizes, Headquar- ters.
Racing May 17 -Extra Race Meeting...
Lawn Bowls To-day- League commences Division I.-K.D.R.C. v. 0.0.0.; K.C.C. v. K.B.G.C.; Police R.C. v. Club de Recreio; CS.C.C. v. Taikoo R.C.; Division II-Taikos. R.C. v. R.HK.Y.C.; C.C.C. v. K.C.C.; Club de Recrolo v: G.S.C.C.; K.B.G.C. v. H.K. Electric Co.
Muy 10-Entries for Open Singles Championship close..
Water Polo May 10-En- tries close for League, & p.m.
HOME
Rugby Football Today -Rugby League Cup Final, Wembley.
Golf-May Professional Southport.
6-9-British Championship
May 12-16-British; Ladies' Open Championship Formby. May 15 Walker Cup-Great Britain v. America, George's Golf Club.
St.
May 23-24-Englanit Scotland, St. Andrew's.
May 26-31Amateur Cham. pionship, St. Andrew's.
Racing-May 7-Two Thou- Band Guineas,; Newmarket. May 13-Chester Cap. May 17-Jubilee Handicap. Kempton Park.
Cricket-May 17-19-M.C.C. v. Australians, Lord's.
May 31-June 3-Test Trial Match, England v. The Rest, Lord's.
dozen golf balls into the Atlantic, have laid 50 to 1 with Lloyds on America winning the Cup.
He is now out of bounds so that under Rule 25 he has to drop a bell and "play his next stroke as nearly as possible at the spot from which the ball which is out of bounds was played."
The dropped bali rells down the slope and enters the hole. I know, It seems a ridiculous question to ask, but the point of the discussion is as to whether he has holed out by this act. A strong legal case: can be put forward to say that he has achieved such a Gilbertian triumph.
We have frst to consider Rule 8, which deals with the subject as to how a ball shall be dropped.
The only point in it that concerns us is the provision that if the ball, when dropped, rolls into a hazard, the player may re-drop it without penalty. It is a highly Important point. It indicates clearly that if the ball rolls into anything but a hazard its position must be accept-
ed.
The hole most certainly is not a hazard. If the ball had rolled in the opposite direction, forty or afty or as many yarda as you like down- 'n slope away from the hole, the player would have had to take it as he found it, unless by sheer good fortune he had bunkered him- self with his drop.
Consequently there is justinca- tion for contending that the player had no legal right to lift the hall out of the hole into which it had rolled from his handiwork and drop it again. Whatever may have been his desire not to benefit by it, he must needs take it as he finds it.
A Wrong Decialan.. We may remark further, in sup- port of our case, that it is high time to draw attention by this example to the widespread misconception which exista in connection with a very simple rule. During the Ama teur Championship at Sandwich last year, John Dawson, the young American who reached the semi- final, dropped a ball which rolled down an incline away from the hole. He asked the referee if he might drop it again, and was promptly informed that ke had the right to do so.
This was wrong, seeing that the ball had not rolled into a hazard. By the same token, I do not know of any condition under which he could have been made to re-drop it; if it had run into the hole.
The dropped ball takes the place of the one which has gone out of bounds, but there is nothing in the rules to say that I must be drop- ped not nearer to the hole than the original one.
Indeed, the only clause having reference to this point is, the con-. dition that the next stroke shall) be made "as nearly as possible at the spot from which the ball which is out of bounds was played" What happens in the dropping if left to chance, and if the ball rolls into the hole, who can legally de- mand that it, shall be dropped- again?
I know that the person who took advantage of such a circumstance might reasonably expect to be warned off all courses, but there is the law. 1 can imagine counsel for the other side proclaiming that dropping a ball is not a "stroke.” which is defined in the code as the forward movement of the club with the intention of striking the ball The Royal Hong Kong Golf The reply for the defence is (again Club notifies that the starting in acordance with law) that it is times
That does not a penalty stroke.
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A discovers that he has holed out
LAWN TENNIS.
at all. He thus loses the hole, an
with a stray ball dot in the match
A. L. Sullivan, dafented L Forster In straight sets. A keen game, was anticipated, as both finalists
the mistake was not discovered and H.K.C.C. Championship had overcome, strong opposition in
Intimated before his opponent had
played another stroke,
But B then also lost the holo
through
playing his opponent's
Final Tie.
sequently they both lost SULLIVAN BEATS FORSTEI
lost it first, I suppose eigiven the distinction
Playing in the final of the IK.C.C Championship yesterday
their advance to the final, but on yesterday's play Sullivan deserveéd- ly beat his steady opponent. This is the first time that he has won the Club Championskip...
Reauit: A. L. Sullivan defeated:
I Forster 6-3, 6-4, 6-1