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Shepherd's Absence Will Be Felt
GREATLY ATTACK WILL DEPEND
ON MAURICE ALLOM
(By E. W. Stanton.)
CARNERA
ARRIVES FOR
TITLE BOUT
there is Sharkey and Cornera met once before, the latter losing decisively. In 15 rounds.
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1933.
EASIER
GOLF
by
H.STUART HOBSON
GOLF AS I SEE IT.
Recovering From A Bad Lie,
· PLAY OFF THE RIGHT FOOT..
in, it is
To Meet Jack Sharkey On June 29.
`ITALIAN'S SECOND ASSAY.
New York, May 11 Primo Carnera, giant ⠀⠀ Italian heavyweight, arrived here to-day when courses are dry, the ball sits, Closing the club face, particularly to prepare for his title bout with up and naks to be hit. But when they in bunker play, drives the ball for
are not, it has an unpleasant habit of ward with a fất trajectory, depriving TUVE countles stood above the the urgency of finding new blood, Jack Sharkey of Boston, scheduled burying itself into the ground, sitting the shot of the oft hit the clas FIVE
down so close to the earths that in- should impart to it naturally...that is rest in the County Champlon- Shepherd would still be at the Oval for June 29,-
stead of inviting one to hit it, it seems to say, the club is changed from ship in 1932. And the fifth of physical limitations had not so The huge Italian announced he to be defying the player to do any lofted iron into strayed from
will immediately, begin his training, ther these conditions, it is only important to notice the When playing the lof these was Surrey. It is arguable, sadly affected his fielding.
Ave posl of course, that a county holding As for the younger school, there the position of Surrey, as regards are several half-way to being deso he can be in excellent trim natural for the average player to betions of the hands and r club head, ・・
when he climbs through, the ropes come perturbed, as he feels that he is as with these clubs the hands must For them wealth and playing resources,finitely established,
jcalled upon for an extra effort to move be slightly more in front of the club the ball, and to produce an effective head thin in the case of the straight. rightfully belongs to the top of 1983 probably will be the crucial to face the champion.
The boat will be over
16-shot.
jer-faced Irons or the woods. the table, and up to a point this is season, Squires and Barling, con-
To an extent the golfer is right in true.. Nevertheless, it is undoubt-sidering their natural ability, have round route and will be staged assumption. But if he makes his} 1. have been der the Madison Square Garden fort more of a mental one than a Jedly disadvantageous, from the been disappointing.
physical one, he will be better off. Tu point of view of championship as-both develop almost from boyhood, management.
move the ball from a close lie uruallý pirations, for them to play at the and I am, certain that
tends to make the player dig for the ball, the result being a large divot and Oval The Leyton wicket is al-more good cricket there than the
loss of
In spite of the energy he most unfairly easy-Holmes and average innings played by either in
The bout was held in 1981, be- has expended.
The reason is that the ball a to Sutclife shquid confirm this-Old a county match would suggest. Trafford is near perfection, and Whitfield is a young player of fore the Boston Gob annexed the It is far easier to recover from a be struck a downward blow, thus in
bad lie by concentrating on easy parling back spin to stop the ball Southampton has been the cause potentialities, and it is in his beavyweight title.
winging than it is by relying on hit when it lands, and you cannot impart The Italian Man Mountain has ting, and by allowing the club head back spin without hitting down. of most of Kennedy's grey hairs, favour that he is a truly excellent
As the irons become more straighte But, day in and day out, none of fielder. Wilson, perhaps, has not improved considerably since then, to do the work rather than the play-
so do the hands become more he will giveThe player should slacken rather in a line with the club head, as back-
faced, these probably is quite so merci-been as lucky as he might have and it is expected
for Sharkey plenty of trouble when than tighten the muscles, and try to spin is not to such an extent a feas les to the wretched bowler as the been. He, again, looks good
many more runs than he makes. 3. they meet in June for the second play through the ball, fixing firmly in ture of the fall fron shot as it is of Oval.
the mind the need for accurate strik-the stroke played with the fofted Most English wickets, excellent. A. Block, a grand hilter, and the time.
Ling:.
When faced with a close lle, the though they may be at the begin-Cambridge players, A. Ratcliffe and
In putting, the position of the natural tendency is to hit down on hands is all important. ning of a match, have worn auf-A. W. G. Hadingham, may be ax
the ball as hard as possible, and while For accurate hitting, the hands ciently to give an intelligent spin pected to play a certain amount,
such a method may be successful with should be dead in line with the putter bowler some little assistance by so that whatever the future may
Bobby Jones, we lesser mortals must head. If they come too much fu realise the third day. The normal Oval hold in store, Surrey, with the Mas
not pro-and will slide away to the side of the wicket, on the contrary, retains its ter still to lead the way and the Many sports writers and ring out of gear, any throw of the ball every putt will be pulled. hole, and if they are too much be- pristine quality to, the end of a English captain, Rock of Gibral-afde fans who witnessed the brawl duce harmonious results,
Play the alet with the safest club hind, the ball will not be hit at the time-limitless Test Match: It star, at number five, need not worry thought his win was not clean-cut you can find, and keep your mind en- bottom of the
which will tend to worth sacrificing a few yards in hit the ball with a "topped" effect, length to find safety at the end of which, while making it run in a pos the shot, so it will not do any harm sibly satisfactory, manner, will take to use a club wit more left than away any degree of accuracy.—(China would have been used had the lie been Mail Copyright.)
indeed difficult for a decision to be about their batting in 1933. reached in a three-day match at
the Oval.
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Sharkey won the champion- *ship from Max Schmeling of Germany last June, with a big question mark behind his vie tory.
**
front
The Bostonian has not appeared well Tossed on the stroke. It is on the up swing of the club, but
TWELVE ACUTE CORNERS.
Isle Of Man Motor
Trials.
A good one. Let the stance be so teken that the ball is played more off the right foot than usual, in orderi that the ball be struck more of aj downward blow.
A few w ago I wrote about the fert ofronoring from bunkers, and) ilt use in general of the alblick and
jany ring battle since then-Unit- The Bowlers. Much depends, so far as the bowed Fress. The personnel of the teams for ing is concerned, upon M. J. C.. 1933 a much as it was, the only Allom. If he plays fairly regular important absentee being She-ly.and is in form, Surrey may be pherd, whose departure, following able to win enough matches to put that of Ducat a year previously, them in the running for the cham although to be regretted in itself, plonship, If Allom does not play is at least an indication that the much the attack may be a trifle committee are alive to the necca-thing eity of finding some really good. In any case, the low bowler, young batsmen. Hobbs, at best. left or right arm as much in REGULATIONS FOR JULY RACES has only
a year or two to run: demand as ever. Parker, though Sandham will be 43 in July, It is he was, a disappointing cricketer
London, April 18. obviously tactics to try out as in the vital match against York The Royal Automobile Club has much new talent as possible under shire last August, is a bowler now issued the regulations for twe that loft is meant for a definite pur- cover, as it were, of the old illua-blessed with a good physique, and races which are to be held in pose, so why players should complete- ly frustrate the function of osch, by partnership, the best Oval judges, I gather, Douglas, Isle of Man, in July. The using it with shut face, trious first-wicket But we shall probably sigh for the hope for a great deal from him. Ffirst of these races is styled the know. best Shepherd, the aggressive, R. Brown, whatever his limitations Mannin Beg and will be run off on Keep the club face open on the hard-driving, crisp-cutting Shep-on Australian concrete, is definite Wednesday, July 12th. The second back swing, and see that it is ofte to the full extent of its natural liej ferd, before the season is over. ly a dangerous player in England, the Mannin Moar, wil be run off when it comes into contact with the
The Crucial Season.
and P. G. H. Fender only grows two days later.
ball.
A batsman of moods, Shepherd mare cunning with the year, The first of these races is limit was so good on his day that he may Finally, Surrey have in Brooks oned to unsupercharged cars up to be said to have missed greatness of the three or four best wicket 1,500 cc., and the second includes only by a fraction. And, for all keepers in England,
Nottinghamshire Village School
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BESFORD BREAKS WORLD SWIMMING RECORD
+
Birkenhead, England
mashie nibilek. It has struck mo 414,For 400 Metres Backstroke very forcibly since then that many handicap players, hinder their chances of recovery with there clubs because they shut the faces of them. These two clubs have more loft on the face than any other clubs in the bag, and
I do not
The world's record for 400 metres backstroke swimming bas been broken by J. C. F. Besford,.. subject to official confirmation. The time for the attempt made at the new pool here, was 5 minutes, 41-4/5, seconds, an improvement of a fifth of a second on the previous better best and 5-1/5 seconds than the, European record.-A550- ciated Press.
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supercharged cars irrespective of engine copacity and unsupercharg- ed cars of over 1,500 e.c. engine| capacity. Both races are for open)(?
Rugby Club Celebrate Jubilee
cars in racing trim. All must belHe Old Merchant Taylors, point, and their line was seldom fitted with four-wheel brakes andį Tfounded is the 1802-8. season crossed. A comparative period of chch must carry a mechanic be celebrated their jubilee this year. depression followed, but in 1900-1 MONG the meadows of Not- Mr. Leslie Aske, the headmaster, sides the driver.
In many ways O.M.T.s have for they were again supreme, having ä lage school with a record that chal-} "Our record is comparable with miles in length and begins and amongst the Old Boys, clubs of the draws, and 4 lost, scoring 266- lenges any public schol in the any of the great schools. We are ends on the Douglas Promenade. Metropolis; they are the only Old points to 74. In 1901-2 they were The nursery of Notts chicket. You The greater part of the course Boy side to play both the Univer-almost equally successful, and can
never tell, after all, when runs through the streets of Deu-sities, and their card generally is then from 1911 to 1914. Since the youngster may turn out to be an glas and includes 12 acute corners always one of the strongest in War a level standard of play has other Larwood.
There will be mass starts with London. This is due to the won- been maintained, chiefly noticeable. the cars in lines across the roads derful spirit of espril-corps start for brilliant victories. In the pro- and the fastest cars in the fronted by the founder of the club, L. vinces from time to time.
A tinglashto tow litile vil himself food cricketer, and The course selected is about five years held a unique position record of 17 matches won, 8
land..
- Children come to it over the fields from the scattered cottages of miners, and it has produced no fewer than five all-England cric keters, as well as others who have played for, their country.
To Kirkby Woodhouse Boys' School came when ther were [young:
Hardstaff, and “
Ban Staples,
line. The course will be closed to
the general public between 10:30 a.m. and noon on July 6th, 7th and 10th to allow practice. The num- ber of starters in esch' race | Is Hmited to 30, and if the entries exceed that number the tenst
Amongst the most famous mem- bers of the club may be mentioned. two Presidente of the Bugby Union, the late Ernest Prescot and Mark F. Waters, his successor af Treasurer to the Union. Interna- Larwood, now the most talked about cricketer in the world,
tional include J. E. Raphael, N "I play with the boys and Vace, returning with other Test started cricket some time skilled drivers and the least sult H. Gunnery, and car
C. Fletcher, W.-L. Cheesman, R Ow Cove Smith, and E R. F. McLanes match players from Australia, now, although, the football season
Whysell, who died two years ago has not ended: They are a triable cars will be eliminated, through the generations,
nan, of England; J. G." Will of Those eliminated may standby us by the present President, LB. Scotland; and C. T. O'Callaghan, after a great cricket career,
mendously keen to emulate the
Hays, and the Secretary, D.O'N. of Indland. The latter established fests of Larwood and Voce In Aus reserves if they so desire. tralia on this tour that I think Four prizes, £200, £150, £100 and Rodson.
club record which will probably £50, will be awarded in each race When the club was "Zounded, a last for many years by: scoring they would like the cricket season
and the M. G. Trophy, given by the number of famous OM. fifty tries in one season. Australia, has had good reason to last twelve months in the year.
M. G. Car Company, will be pro-amongst them the English Inter- to know, every one of them. Pro-To-day we still hayo, boys wineated to the winner of the Man-nationals, H, H. and A. S. Taylor, bably in the near future Australia famous, names among us—Lar will meet Arthur Staples and young woods, Voces and Staples and in Moar race. There will be cer- the late Bir Montague Sherman,
ga tain other prizes, The entry, fes and many others were playing for HONG Harstad, who are both former they all play cricket,
cet in each race is 15.10, which in Blackheath, Blohmond, an other pupils of the school. *
"Very few elementary schoold cludes 26 third party, insurance. clubs, but they promptly joined On the rather bumpy football have a field to play in as we haya pengguna A adder with Gunnery in making? pitch behind the school Uley all We are also tremendously fortunate
club success. This success was Learned the first secrets of cricket in being on friendly terms with the to watch a county match apt and never, has been due to MA TAU WEI BOAD, KOWLOON
To-day Ifarold Laywood's house Notts County Cricket Clubs on the hill looks down on the pitch, have shown their apprecia Held befag invited to walk down all the players we have helped the hill and tell these boys a few produce by sending us last things about Test
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