SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931.
GOSSIP IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
LINDRUM STORY
MAORI WOMAN BREAKS ENDURANCE
SWIMMING RECORD.
"AN OXFORD MAN"
Here is a true story Billiards. of Walter Lindrum, the imperturbable billards, wizard, While compiling of his four figure breaks against Tom Newinan he said to Toni who was taking a nap:
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Katerina Maori Swimming. Nehua, a
woman who enters swimming competitions in order to obtain money with which to buy the food for her family, broke world's endurance swimming re- "Mr. Newman, you cannot be very curd by five minutes. She remain- murteh interested in my billiardsed in the water at the Balmoral when you can go to sleep. Mind Baths, Sydney, for 72hr. 9min., and
don't snore
at the conclusion was able to leave and wake the rentleman sitting next to you." the water unaided.
you
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A heavyweight boxer, Boxing. bigger even than the giant Carnera, has Theen introduced to the publie by Jeff Dickson, the famous American promoter, at his week end show at the Salle Wagram. Paris.
Mr.
The new fistic Goliath is a Swiss --Fred Moniana-and at 21st. 5lb. and 61. Din. he is about 2015.. heavier than the Italian. and half an inch taller.
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One of the most re-
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Racing. markable riding fente ever recorded was that of the late Mr. Richard Rouse, father of Mr. H. C. Rouse, of Bir- agan, N.S.W. At a country amateur meeting with ten events on the programme, Mr. Rouse rode nine winners and could have "scooped the pool" but sportingly declined the mount
another horse which had a walk over.
Mr. Ronse was a great horseman. with wonderful hands, an essential characteristics of all really good riders. In his younger days he was dubbed "the Fred. Archer of Australia." The present owner of Biraganbil. Mr. H. C. Rouse, also a good horseman, was ambitious to follow in the family tradition, but weight rather cramped his style.
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When the Princes Rowing. landed at Montevideo
the first
ac person tually to address the Prince of Wales on Uruguayan soil was a little messenger boy. who inter- cepted him as he came up the land- ing steps and handed him a tele- gram announcing that Cambridge had won the Boat Race.
The Prince, an Oxford
man. smiled as he read the message, and then went on to meet the welcom- ing party, headed by the Urguayan Foreign Minister.
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Shall gate receipta be Rugby. sacrificed to the spirit of the game? This is the question which confronts the French Rugby reform party in Its efforts to meet the wishes of the
four home unions,
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Mrs. Nehun finished second to Miss Mercedes Gleitze in the cent endurance swim at the Manly open-air baths in Sydney, and re ceived £100 as her share of the prize. Miss Gleitze on being told that Mrs. Nehus had entered in order to provide food for her four children, including a baby nine weeks old, gave her £100 of the 300 which she won.
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Joan Buretra, the lawn Tennis, tennis player. Was recently a plaintiff in a Paris. se in the Civil Court in when he sued al publisher for 250,000 Tranes damagok for having inserted, without his permission, advertisements with a monograph written by the player. The Courl will give judgment later.
Boratra has contemplated taking this action for a considerable dime a protection of his amateur status.
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The largest sailing: Yachting, yacht built this year |
was recently launch- This
ed in Portsmouth Harbour. vessel is Sonia 11, owned by Miss Carstairs, who is well known as an expert at the helm of racing motor- boats.
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Sonin II..
three-masted auxiliary schooner of 450 tons, is a very beautiful model of a deep- sen sailing yacht, capable of great speed under canvas in a strong breeze. She Is 120ft. on the water- line and 106ft. over-all length. Sho has a breadth of 27ft. 4in, and her draught is 15ft. Gin. She is rigged with what is now known AS the "stay sail schooner rig."
THE CHINA MAIL.
PROBABLE ELEVENS
FOR TO-DAY.
FOOTBALL.
Division 1.
KÖRDERERS . KOWLOON, Borderers-Johnson: Mullane, Wil- fine; Morgan. Eynon, Underwood; Pallister, Harris, Davies, ́ Channing and Duncan.
Kowloont-Angus; Martin, Dawman: Hedley, McKelvie, Capling Pil Dominy, Gillot, Grimwood and lanson. Reserves: Sinipson, Eastman, Gil- bris and Williams,
POLICE ». NAVY,
Police: Mellardy; Wyme, Perkins; Thorpe, Brittain, Shepherd; Cornwall, Wheeler. Oram, Seatt and Brown. Reserves: alinty and Bentley.
CRICKET.
EASIER
GOLF
by
H.STUART HOBSON
WHAT GOLF COSTS
THE BEGINNER.
MEANS AND TEMPERAMENT.
"What is the truth about the enst | of playing golf?"
* This question reaches me from a young man who is eager to take up the game it who. as he explains. does not wish to launch into some- thing that is going to prove to be beyond his means to keep up with.
How Can I Answer?
League
UNIVERSITY v. R.A.-University Ground at 2 p.m. University:-D. J. N. Anderson (captain) A. Baker, L. T. Ride, D. K. Sang, F. A. Redmond, A. B. Salieman, A. M. Rodrigues, A. T. Nonbhoy, A. Chan Fook, K. P. Gan, and F. make it cost. Zinmera.
HOCKEY.
VIM.CA. II. v. "CHEERO" NAVAL & MILITARY YMCA.—King's Purk at 3 p.m.
Golf is not the most inexpensive of games, but it can, within certain limits, be said to cost what you
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You can buy three or four golf clubs for the price of a good lawn- tennis racket, and these clubs will serve you indefinitely. "Bobby" Jones uses fourteen clubs, but many good players use only suven-driver, brassie, spoon, strong iron, mashic, piblick, and putter. The beginner's bag should hold ncarer seven thun fourteen clubs.
Here again the question of in- dívidual taste comes in.
geven,
Mest golfers who carry The only firmly fixed item is the eight or nine clubs have probably golf club subscription. Subscrip- bought two dozen or more in their tions vary widely, even with two time. They have slowly assembled a collection of clubs that suit them, clubs standing side by side. Then there will probably be an entrance or with which they feel comfort- fee and an occasional subscriptionable. There is no real necessity to VILCA, IL-G. C. Moss; A. Tate, } for the staff or for the professional do this, however, although collect- L. W. Tippler L. Macey, F. Allen,
Once these are paid, the golfering golf clubs is a fascinating * A. Bates (captain); J. J. Ferguson, W. H. Smith, H. Praght, P. Parker spends according to his means and pastime. and H. Muller.
his temperament,
Hervevin W. J. Brawn.
Our Sports Diary.
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LOCAL.
1.
AT HOME — To-dny --- Indian Recreation Club at Snokunpoo. CRICKET-To-day-League University v. RA. at Pokfulam at 2 p..
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FOOTBALL – Te-day -- First Division Borderers
Kow- Toon: Police v. Navy.
HOCKEY-To-day-Caer Clark V. 1.6.5. vi C Recreio K.B.S.P.P.A. ground; Y.M.C.A. II. 2. "Cheera" Naval and Military YMCA.
LAWN BOWLS-May 2-Open- ing of League Senzon.
May Entries elas. for Open Singles Championship.
HOME.
.FOOTBALL - To-day-English Cup Final, Wembley; Holland v. Gormy at Amsterdam.
GOLF-To-day and To-morrow --Professional Tourmament, Tor- quay.
Monday--Army Championship, Sandwich.
RACING Wednesday -- Two Thousand Guiness.
RUGBY FOOTBALL-To-day- Seven-a-side Finals at Twicken- kum.
To-morrow-France v, Germany
at Paria,
GOLF.
new style of rig can This
bo worked with a comparatively small crew, because a large area of sail is sub-divided into a number of small sails. Every sail except the outer jib works on a jackstay on the masts. The square sail yard la the only spar to hoist. The three stay-sails are all self-working on The Secretary of the Royal booms, so that the jib sheets are Hong Kong Golf Club supplies the only ropes the crew handle in tacking.
STARTING TIMES FOR TO-MORROW.
Practises Alone.
There is the kid who goes out quietly in the morning or the even. ing, or at the quietest time of play, and practises alone with a couple of clubs and a f. old balls that he has bought as repaints-bails that are made to last until they are lost. At the other end of the scale we have the m who belongs to several clubs, and whose pleasure it is to invite three friends from one club to join him at another-a party that involves meals, caddies, cards, and probably entertainment in the
avening.
Between the two
there are the greater number of players who en- joy their actual golf in the best conditions but do not enter lavishly into the social round.
One fact must be kept in mind when comparing golf with other games-golf is not the diversion of an hour or two; it is usually a full day at least, with eighteen holea in the morning and eighteen in the afternoon, und that day leaves lit- tle urge to do much in the evening except enjoy a quiet rest,"
To make the most of matches the devote himself to a golfer must certain private practice, especially during the first year or two.
Golf, in fact, is an all absorbing activity; it will occupy much of the spare time of the enthusiast, and many of his holidaye.
That is why it is almost impos- sible to answer a question about the cest of golf..
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Cost of Balls.
That much-debated question, the cost of golf balls, must be faced. and on the
Even this depends on the player nature of the course over which he plays. One course I know has a pond that is responsible for much of the trade of the pro- fessional's shop; another course hardly ever traps a ball irretriev
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ably. There are some golfers who use a new ball for every round and who, when compelled to put down a hall to replace one lost, never put ball. down anything but a 'There are others who regard this display of wealth. as ostentatious and who are proud to steer a ball several times round the without cutting it up.
course
Expenses for Beginner. Many of the expenses of golf prese hardest on the beginner.
He must pay entrance fee as well as subscription, and he must es- semble a bag of clubs. He will be very badly advised if he attempts to begin to play without a course of lessons from the professional, and he is likely to lose more balls, or to cut more in half, than the more experienced player. The cus- tomary madest stakes for which matches are played will more often come out of his pocket than go into it.
These facts need not discourage the youthful enthusiast, however, for golf is most easily learned in first two or youth, and once the three years are over expenses set- The cost of golfing equipment istle down to a steady sum that la probably exaggerated in the mind determined by the golfer's own of the novice,
tastes. (China Mail Copyright.)
have to the following list of starting TOO MUCH HORSE-
Sonia II, was built by Messrs. Camper and Niaholson, and her engines are Gardner Diesel, which or ten
The four home unions demand should drive her at nine
times for Fanling to-morrow:-
0.20 a.m. J. K. MacFarlan, A. H.
Ferguson.
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V. R. Gordon, A. H. Penn.
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D. L. Prophet, A. Sommerfelt.
A Press Association New Golf. York message says that
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the abolition of the French cham-knots, pionship as one of the conditions
of the continuance of Rugby re- lations with France after the end of the present senson.
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Walter Hagen, four times 9.36 winner of the British open cham-. pionship, may stage another "come- back" at Carnoustie, where this year's event will be decided in
R. H. Grimith, E. B. Gammell.
RACING.
EXTRAVAGANCE.”
The Australian Auditor-General's report, tabled in the House of Re-
O. Eager, W. A. Butter-presentatives, estimates that a mil- fleld.
lion adult wage-earners do not pay E. P. Fletcher. F. C. Federal income-tax. Young.
He draws
9.40
9.44
P. S. Grant, J. E. Richardson.
The French championship is the bnit which brings thousands of spectators to French Rugby grounds, and their money fills the coffers of the clubs to overflowing. June. Many of the matches are mere "I have been up to the peak, and 9.48 travesties of Rugby, and provide a I may go up again," Hagen said. spectacle of almost terrifying in-, "I've got all the glory that any tensity. Thus the money behind man needs, and I'm allowing a host the championship le making a of friendships to grow. I love my | 10.00 mockery of Rugby in France.
Fred Laverton, of Skating. Aberdeen, completed at a Hebden Bridge (Yorka) skating rink a new world roller-skating endurance record of 68hr. 10min.
It is estimated that he covered over 700 miles. He shaved, wash ed, and took meals while skating and smoked over 400 cigarettes.
friends and the fun I have with them."
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10.04" "What was the most money you ever had at one time?" Hagen 10.08", was asked.
"I know that one year I made 10.12 £22,000 in golf. In the same year
I lost £20,000 in a golf factory and 10,16 in Rochester baseball. I had a lot 10.20 of fun winning and losing. 10.24 didn't starve to death. So why worry?"
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attention to
H.K.
UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL.
Officers Elected at Annual Meeting.
The following officera were elected at the annual meeting of the Hong Kong University Foot- publie ball Club at the University extravagance in Australia, giving Union:- as instances the fact that Aus-
Dr. R. H. Kotewall, LL.D., was trallans possess G50,000 motor re-elected President of the Club vehicles, representing money to the value of £200,000,000.
Another extravagance is horse L. R. Vallance, H. S. Vracing, he says, painting out that Mossop.
643 meetings were held last year in Victoria alone.
R. R. Davies, J. Forbag
F. A. Redmond, D. J.
Gilmore.
C. Mycock, J. S. Dykes,
W. C. Shields, A. D. Humphreys.
Comdr. Priestley. E. D. Matthews.
J. B. Lanyon, J. R. Collis.
A. I. Cox, A. Webster.
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D. G. Bruce, D. Forbes. 10.40
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J. A. R. Selby, D. S.
Robb.
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R. Ritchie, A. Leach,
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J. M. Walker, I. W. Shewan.
J. H. Raikes, S. J. H. Fox.
A. C. I. Bowker, W.. Wright,
for 1931, and Dr. N. P. Karanjia,
Dr. Tan Tiong-lam, Dr. B. K. Jap. Messre. S. P. Loh, S. L. Wong, T. K. Tan, G. S. Scully, and Prof. W. Fald were elected Vice-Presi- dents. Mr. S. L. Wong (last year's captain) was elected Chairman: Mr. Y. K. Ng, captain; Mr. C. K. Tan, vice-captain; Mr. P. P. Kho, hon. secretary; and Mr. Y. B. Lau, assistant hon. secretary.
The following were elected mera. bers of the Committee: Messrs.
A. B. Purves, K. 3.E. L. Harrison,, C. M. Lee, D. Robertson.
Oppenheim and K. S. Ng.
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1931
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