PADGHAM'S HUGE DRIVING
Wins Croydon Alliance With W. Macauley
D.F. ASHTON'S PROMISE
(By GEORGE GREENWOOD)
London, December 16. By a margin of two strokes Padgham and W. Macauley, of Sundridge Park, won the Croy- don and District Alliance ama- teur and professional 27 - holes foursome medal tournament at Their Shirley Park yesterday..
net score was 1093⁄4, second place being taken by a Roehampton couple, A. G. Matthews and A. J. Lewis, with 111.
In deplorable weather condi
SWEENY INELIGIBLE: FOR WALKER CUP
Decision By R. & A.
London, December 17. Robert Sweeny, American holder of the British Amateur Golf Cham- pionship, who is applying for naturalisation as a British subject, will not be eligible to play against the United States in next year's Walker Cup match at St. Andrews.
Mr. Henry Gullen, secretary of the Royal and Ancient Club, stated yesterday that the Selection Com- mittee had decided that only those players eligible on December 15, would be considered for the team.
tions. sleet and rain fell al EMPIRE RUGBY
ternately throughout the day
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 14, 1988.
THE FOOTBALL POOL SWINDLERS
FORTUNES MADE FROM POSTMARK FRAUDS
"LOOSE ENVELOPE" DEVICE
London, December 16. SO enormous have the inducements offered by football pool proprietors recently become that some of the best brains in the criminal community are now being turned to the evolution of methods for defrauding pool concerns.
Nearly all the tricks employed involve the use of a pre-dated postmark. The usual method of obtaining this is for the swindler to send a letter to himself the day before the football results appear with the address written lightly in pencil. By rubbing out this address with indiarubber a blank envelope with the previous day's postmark is produced.
From the point of view of the swindler the difficulty now is to the office of the pools promoter without the fraudulent postmark being discovered.
the winning partnership played CONFERENCE FOR introduce his envelope containing the correct match results into heroic golf. The outstanding fea SOUTH AFRICA
ture was Padgham's huge driv- ing, some of his shots on ground which did not flatter the player covering almost incredible dîs- tances. With a little help from the wind he drove the green from tee,
length.
11th
Important Change
In Rugby Law
Sydney, December 2. Further information about the a slightly forward Empire Rugby Conference that a shot of 315 yards
in
In the matter of second shots Ma-New South Wales
cauley had little to do, but he per- formed whatever part he had to play in noble fashion. For a 9 handicap man he certainly pulled his weight
VIGOROUS HITTER
A system of overcoming this difficulty has been evolved by un- scrupulous persons living in re- mote country districts where there is no postal delivery on Saturday afternoons.
cover, and
is to be held in South Africa The swindler places his postmark stamp. But when the mail-bag is next season is being sought by ed envelope in a larger envelope, the shaken up in transit, the inner en-
ends-of which have been slit up with velope falls out of its Mr. J. W. Breckenridge suga razor. The second envelope is arrives at the pool promoter's office, gested that New South Wales also addressed to the pool promoters bearing, of course, the predated should have the conference con-
postmark. sider the abolition of chits, which are issued to players' on overseas tours. The alternative would be to issue cash.
NEW RULING
INSERTED IN MAIL
A visit is then paid to the local
DESTROYED BY SORTER Should the inner envelope fall to Postmaster, who is busy sorting the day's mail, and the swindler infall from its cover, the whole eviden- quires if any letters have come in ce is destroyed by the sorter at the for him during the day. While the pool offices, who, of course, notices postmaster turns his back to look that the postmark on the cover is too
A big, powerful man, Macauley is a vigorous hitter; but he also proved to be a capable second-shot player. For instance, at the first hole, follow- An important change in Rugby through the mail, the fraudulent en late. ing a tremendous drive by his part-law has been made by the Interna-try, in its cover, is slipped into the ner, Macauley put a No. 4 iron shot tional Rugby Board. It relates to pile of letters waiting to be date reasonably close, and Padgham did the tackle. The new law reads: the rest.
a
A-3 was a most encouraging start, but the advantage gained was promptly lost by the taking of wholly unnecessary 5 at the next hole. Padgham was the chief cul-} prit.
"A tackle occurs when the holder of the ball in the field of play is held by one or more players of the opposing team so that while he is so held the ball comes into contact with the ground, or there is a mo- ment when he cannot pass or play the ball."
stamped.
The "loose-cover" of the therefore takes the genuine
I understand that so successfully has this type of fraud been worked that several operation" have acquir- entryed considerable fortunes at the date- pense of pool promoters.
CAMBRIDGE BLUE
STOCKPORT
In the rule the words "the ball Misjudging a niblick pitch, the
comes into contact with the ground” shot finished in a hollow at the back means that a lot of the difficulty the
London, December 18.-R. of the green. A couple of shots
referees experienced in deciding Lees, the Cambridge University might have been saved on the out-whether the ball could or could not centre-forward, yesterday signed ward half, which was reached in 35.
momentarily be “passed or played." amateur forms for Stockport Coun- has been avoided. -The new rule ty, who have been in a dilemma all makes it clear-cut-"if the ball comes the season over the centre-forward into contact with the ground."
position.
GREAT §POON SHOT
Things did not run quite so smoothly on the homeward journey. Macauley's drive at the 10th-was not one of his best, and though Padgham hit a great spoon shot from the rough; he just failed to reach the green.
Tremelling-as
FOR
coach to Black
pool.
Beresford had been at Deepdale three years, and Vernon, who play
the ed mainly with the reserves, former Bury centre-forward.
If, as is likely, he turns out for Stockport's League team, he will be bushed an iron shot into a bunker.
one of a select few 'Varsity Blues Macauley's recovery Was "on` the who have played in first-class foot- bold side and the end was a 6.
ball since the war.
Others include A. H. Fabian SCRATCH AGGREGATE – 115
W a gross (Fulham and Derby County), The partnership had Perhaps it was fortunate the
and Queen's Macauley's tee shot at the short score of 77 for the first round, and,Charlton (Brentford
Whewell 14th hit the pin, otherwise the ball taking 38 for the subsequent nine Park Rangers), might conceivably have Inished in holes, their scratch aggregate was (Blackburn Rovers) and H. M. Gar-
(Clapton Orient). the next parish As it was, the 115. This was not the best scratch|land-Wells
Preston North End have also ball glanced off the pin and found score, as two young players. H. E
almost unplayable position Osborne, assistant at Addington; made a capture. They signed Low- against the roots of a tree.
and DF. Ashton, the backmarkers rie, the Swansea Town inside-right, at plus 1, had a total of 111.
who was 18 yesterday. He la a As a golfer Ashton is in the nas former Welsh schoolboy Interna- discussion regarding the final elim- ture of a discovery. Aged 19 and tional, and had attracted the atten-inating, hout between Harry, Mizler
an
CLASSIC SPOON SHOT
BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT
BOXING TITLE London, December 20.
After:
the side a member of the Royal and Ancient tion of several First Division clubs, and Dave Crowley for the British V
In the circumstances, were lucky to escape with a 4: classical effort of the round
tree at the 16th. ·
The Club, he only took up golf seriously including wa” four years ago, although he has tox
boy.
aquadgham's spoon shot.hooked rounded with the game since he wa
Emoloving the appropriate stance Now on the scratch mark, -right foot brought back and us Ing a slightly flatter swing, the ball swerved round the
Only
could havŠ
shot.
round
ama one major error of t
18th
promises to develop class golfer. Using able three-quarter swin
imp
best score of the
In
Arsenal and Derby lightweight championship, the ste
wards of the British Boxing Board. of Control decided that promoter boxers and their managers be given transferred to up to and including January 7 to
that arrange for the contest.
fou
eque for the
In the event of the Board, not re celving notification by that date that a promoter has obtained sign- etibe ed contracts, particulars will be is- team to sued to all promoters, asking for ent to Li-purse offers and stating's closing. verpool, and Frank O'Donnell andidate,
of last seRBON EZCup Fir leave Preston. Fagan