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AMAZING GOLF ERRORS.
Obstacles Removed from Green.
By BRIGALOW.
Soutar and Cates at Rose Bay (Sydney). However, the commit- tce uphold the objection and de- elded that the pinyer who had the object removed was penalised two strokes, and he lost the competi- tion by one stroke.
It all goes
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Rule 'Quite Clear.
SPORTS NEWS IN
BRIEF.
The following will represent the R.A.S.C. against the Royal Corps of Signals in the Mamak Hockey
this
Pte. Andrews; S/S. Marshall, L/C. Reynolds; Pte. Craggs, Lieut. Mayell, Sgt. McCulloch; Dvr. Cole, Sgt. Hurst. Pte. L/C Spain. O'Connor, Dvr. Brennan.
Reserve: L/C Cadman. Referees: A. E. P. Guest and Sgt. Ormerod.
A special correspondent of the Judging by discussions during
Observar (London) very properly or 80, the past week
writes
pointed out that the whole busi- Brigalow in the Sydney Referee,ness was irregular and that the Competition at Sookunpoo many golfers must have hazy erroneous decision of the commit-afternoon at 4 p.m.:- ideas of what constitutes a remov- tee had deprived the player of the
a certain trophy and able object on the putting greens.
money, The inexplicable error fallen into by D. G. Soutar in his match with Cates directs attention to this matter. Soutar (in his best days one of the ablest of Australian golfers) took the point that, be- cause of the position of his ball, Cates was not entitled to remove
"Any loose impediment may be a dead beetle from the green with lifted from the putting green, ir- out penalty. But he was wrong.respective, of the position of the
The match had reached a rather player's ball."
There is not much scope for the timo. interesting stage at
A. Easterbrook; T. and 3 to play. misinterpretation there, but not Soutar was 2 up and the younger man was doing, infrequently it is interpreted to
mean that a loose object can be Whitley, G. C. Burnett, D. Black, very well. He may or may not have had a chance of defeating removed only when the player is J. J. Ferguson; D. F. Kilby, putting. Yet there in no reference D. J. S. Crozier; J. E. Wilson, A. This opponent.
whatever to patting.
But objections raised in this way invariably have a bad effect on un opponent, whether they are wall grounded or not.
The rule is clear enough in all conscience.
The following will represent the Kowloon Rugby Club against the H.M.S. Hermes at King's Park to- day at 6 p.m.-
S. D.
The necessity for such a rule is Walters, Dr. J. E. H. Cogan, J. obvious. A putting green should Riddell, S. Macnider, L. W. Tipple, be free of removable obstacles. R. Witchell and A. N. Other.
or
or
other
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*
Brisbane, Yesterday.
.
The South African touring
From the point at which the ob. and no player should be reason- jection was taken to the finish jably expected to have to contend Cates did not play as well as he with them when approaching had heen playing, so it seems rea-putting. A dead, or a living, in-
handkerchief. sonable to infer that he
was sect, affected in an adverse way by the movable obstacles are entirely ex- cricket eleven drew with Queens- traneous matter o'n a putting land to-day. The home aide after unpleasant experience.
to much losing four wickets Committees go green.
for 78 runs trouble to age that players are pre-
Obligatory, on Him.
Under the impression that rule had been infringed, Soutar was quite within his right in call- As a matter 'ng attention to it.
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fast bowler, taking 4 wickets for
46 runs. The visitors scored 195
vided with a true surface on the were dismissed for 156, Brown The Kreens and it would be absurd, taking 4 wickets for 26 runs. and unfair to compel a competi- South Africans totalled 135 for the tor to play his shots with some loss of aix wickets, Gilbert, the of fact every competitor is under extraneous matter lying within an obligation to do so.. In a gellthe bounds of the green. conlest each player figures in the Every Golfer Should Know. role of an umpire and is censur-
The golfer who goes into a com- ablo if a rule has been violated and he has failed to raise an ob-petition without knowing the es- jection or report the matter to the Bential rules (and the scemingly authorities, who look to him to see least important of them that his opponent is observing the to be trified with) is placing him- rules which govern the game. Itself at a great disadvantage.
sense,
are not
on
in their first innings-Reuter.
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*
Owing to some misunderstand- Ing the Jat Regiment Hockey eleven 'failed to make an appear-
against the Y.M.C.A.
The following have been chosen to represent the Hong Kong Rugby Club "A" XV. against the South Wales Bordérera, at Happy Valley to-day at 5 p.m. sharp:-
A golf teacher (either in play-ance on the Marina ground yester is not a personal matter in anying or in the field of instruction) day afternoon for their encounter
Many years ago the present must exercise great influence writer was playing in a team in the minds and the habits of an inter-club match, His oppon-younger players, who naturally ent was a very gracious opponent assume that his knowledge of all and a good sport--and he held points of the game may be accept strong views on the question of led without question. In this way, stymies. At two holes he set bad hundreds of young players may
his ballssimilate erroneous ideas stymies and picked up He did not believe in "playing cerning the observation stymie" as "it was not sporting." which crop up every day on the It was pointed out that under the
Not enough attention la given rules he had no option, but he re- mained unmoved. In the end ho to the rules and the etiquette of was defeated 1 up-and that de golf by learners. No one should L. G. Robertson, A. M. Torrible; a competition unless he E. F. Buttress, W. O'Neill, R. feat lost his team the match. If engage
the has a fair working knowledge of Stilllard, F. G. Nigel, F. R. Burch, his opponent had played alymie the result would have been these.
the other way.
A friendly feeling of good sportsmanship is all very well, but It must not be permitted to inter- fere with the working of the rules.
Of course before a player raises an objection he should be fairly And this is sure of his ground.
in itself a point which tends to emphasise the importance of pos Bensing a fair working knowledge of the rules of golf. Often play- lers do not raise objections when they should for the simple reason that they are not sure jown knowledge.
of their
A Stray Handkerchief. An objection similar to 'that taken by D. G. Soutar was recent- ly raised in England. A competi- tor was in the act of playing an approach shot from 100 yards away when he noticed something white on the green. He Instruct- ed his cadilie to go forward and remove the object. It turned out to be a handkerchief which a play- er ahead had dropped on the green. The caddie removed it as Instructed.
Then the opponent took excop- tion to the removal of the hand- korchief because it was outside the 20 yards limit. He held that the point should be settled by the committee: Why the 20 yards limit should have been dragged into the matter was not clear, any moro than it was in the case of
links.
ConTM
of rules
Our Sports Diary.
LOCAL.
HOCKEY-To-day-Hong Kong Hockey Club . Jat Regiment on the Marina ground at 5 pm.
Friday Hong Kong Hockey Club "A". Y.M.C.A. at King's Park at 5p.m
RUGBY FOOTBALL-To-day- row-Kowloon R.F.C. v. H.N.S. Hermes at King's Park at 5 p.m. Kong Rugby Club "A" v. South Wales Borderers at Happy Valley at 6 p.m.
BOXING - Saturday - Hong Kong Boxing Association Tourna ment at the Theatre Royal
CRICKET Saturday-Division: Hong Kong C.C. v. Indian R.C.; Division. II-Kowloon C.C. VRE. & R.C.S. (L.); Indian R.C. v. Hong Kong C.C.; Royal Navy v. Queen's College.
FOOTBALL-Saturday-Bonior Shield-Borderers v. Kowloon; Argyll v. Navy; Police v, St. Joseph's; Recreio v. Club; Junior Shield--Polico v. Argylls; Recreio: v. RA.F.; Division IL University v. Navy: R.A.0.C, v. Borderers.
GOLF Saturday-St. Andrew's Society v. Bt. George's Boclety at Farling,
RACING L Saturday Twelfth Extra. Have Meeting at Happy
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E. F. Fincher v. A. C. Sinton.
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R. W. Sapsed v. J. J. Ferguson.
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G. J. Angus v. J. J. King.
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A. A.. Dand v. A. Tate.
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W. J. Woolley v. G; D. Keld.
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H. S. Jones v. J. Litton.
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