BENTLEYRT LOSES ENGLISH GOLF TITLE
Beaten At 20th By J. J. F. Pennink
GEN. CRITCHLEY'S BAD LUCK
(By GEORGE GREENWOOD)
Saunton, April 30.
The name of Harry Bentley; of Hesketh, Southport, the holder of the title, does not appear among the eight survivors in the English Amateur Championship, which was continued on the Old Course here to-day. He was beaten in an excit- ing match, which went to the 20th hole, by Frank Pennink, of Royal Ashdown Forest, captain of Oxford three years ago.
Among the eight players who re- main is Geoffrey Illingworth, former Cambridge captain, who beat another favourite in Charles Stowe, who, until a few years ago, worked as a miner at the Earl of Dudley's collieries in Staffordshire. Other prominent survivors are A. G. Skinner, the Devon champion and a strong local tip, Arnold Bent- ley, brother of the defeated cham- pion; and Leonard Crawley, Walker Cup player and a former holder of the title. -But the most interesting personality is F. Smith, a scratch golfer of the Berrrow Artisans Club.
TO BE CONGRATULATED
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Aged
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and self-taught he works in the bar of a Burnham hotel. Making his first appearance in the championship, he is warmly to be congratulated on getting go far. In the quarter-finals he meets Kenneth Frazier, of Harborne, who has held the Warwickshire cham- pionship for the past two years.
The defeat of Bentley was the big surprise of the afternoon's play, though, to those who know the sterl- ing qualities as a golfer of Pannink, the result was not altogether unex- pected. During and since his var- sity days Pennink has been steadi- ly improving until he has now be rome a player whom none can take lightly.
STARTLING PUTTS
In fairness to the defeated cham- pion it should be said that he was a little unlucky to lose, as his op- ponent holed several startling putts of prodigious" length. The for- tunes of the match' turned at the 14th: where Bentley was 2 up, and seemed likely to be 3 up, as he was only a yard from the pin while his
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opponent was on the far side of the LUTON RE SIGN
green. Pennink holed his 'putt and'
Bentley missed.
Instead of being 3 up, as he fond-
THEIR
ly believed, he was only 1 up a LEAGUE TEAM
different story altogether, Pennink also won the 16th; where he holed: another good pult to quare," The fun was now fast and furious.
A REAL SNORTER
CRACK LEADER RETAINED
WEST HAM MAKE CAPTURE
The 16th was halved in 4 and the short 17th in 2, where:- Pennink holed:from-30 vardasia real snorter. —and Bentley from eight yards! A
London, April 29. hurried+half-in 5 was called at the 18th, where both putts hovered on Luton Town have re-signed their the brink of the hole. The 19th was crack centre forward, Joe Payne, halved in 8, and at the 20th Perfor next season, together with all nink ran down another good putt the other members of their League
team, for the match.
are
Payne, the retained men ANOTHER
1, King, Mackey, Finlayson,
Nelson, Hancock, Dawes, Stephen- SOCCER LAW
son, Parris, Hogg, Stevens, Hall, Childs and Cox.
Kingham, Hubbard, Martin and Hosier are given free transfers.
WEST HAM'S CAPTURE
West Ham United yesterday sign N. G. Corbett, a young Scotsman, who has captained the Scottish junior eleven three times. He is right half and a brother of D. Cor bett, now playing in the same posi
West Ham. tion for
N. GA Corbett, who is eighteen, weighs 11st, 101b.
ALTERATION
At the meeting of the Interna tional Board, in
in June, the E. A. will propose that no free kick be given for an infringement⇒ ofshaws, which deals with the dropping the ball by the referee after porary suspension of play. As the law standa, players must not play the ball until it has touched the ground. A free-kick is the penalty. The F.A. propose that the should again drop the ball.