(988!
INDIAN SOCCER SIDE DOWN UNDER'
T. DOBSON'S RECORD 65 AT FORFAR
£1,250 GOLF TOURNEY
(By AIR MAIL)
Glasgow, September 1.
His figures were:—
Out-4 4 4:3 43 4:4 333.
In-3 8 4 3 3 5 3 4 4:32
Play Bare-Footed And Prefer Dry Grounds
Hungary Eager To Make Tour
(By A. J. BOYD)
Sydney, August 18.
By the Orient Liner, Otranto, the Indian soccer team, which will tour Australia, arrived at Fremantle on Tuesday. Three players remained in Calcutta to play in a final and will arrive two weeks later. The tourists were all well.
James Lawson, the Forfar pro- fessional, led the morning field with a fine 69, but in the afternoon was Except for a heavy shower of inclined to wander off the line, and rain, ideal conditions prevailed at ran up a number of 5s in a round Forfar yesterday, where the Scot-of 77, which put him out of the tish professionals took part in the running. Mark Seymour and H. B. qualifying stages of the "News of Watt, Royal Burgess, seemed set to the World" £1250 tournament. lower the record when, in their Tom Dobson, East Renfrew, led afternoon rounds, they both reach- the field with cards of 70 and 65. ed the turn in 32. On the homeward His record-breaking card in the journey, however, Black shots re- afternoon lowered the professional sulted in trouble and dropped record by three strokes. He might strokes, and neither managed to have been a couple of strokes bet-qualify. ber but for dropping a stroke at the A. Thorburn, Peebles, in his first delight, as they played bare-foot- they will be tipped by many people fifteenth, where his second was off round, played his second at the the line. and again at the home sixth to the wrong green, and ran green, where his putt for a 3 sat on up a 6. The incident undoubtedly the lip.
upset him, and affected his play.
MANAGER
ON FABRI
FOLIOH
They left Perth, after a motor tour of the city, by the Trans- Australian railway for Adelaide, and next Saturday they are due to make their debut against South Australia, at Hindmarsh Oval.
In a chat the players said they Their showing in Adelaide will were glad they didn't arrive ear-have a most important bearing on lier. Dry grounds were their the tour. If they "win in a walk”
ed.
to extend the cream in the Eastern "When we strike wet patches we States, Let's hope the weather is shall wear boots," they said. "But fine and the ground firm. they are a hindrance to our play."
HIR
"HAVE AN H.B. AND THEN TRY"
as
On a wet pitch and under wintry conditions the Indians will be much at home as a Jew in Berlin.
IMPORTANT MATCHES
The following Tuesday the tourists meet Victoria, at Melbourne Cricket Ground. They are due to arrive in Sydney the... following morning.
Their headquarters in Sydney will be the New Oriental Hotel, King's Cross, where, the Indian hockey team was quartered last
season,
..
The A.S.F.A. have made a happy choice, in my opinion. I lived there for years.
The hotel is within easy reach of the Show Ground, and if manager Gupta and his team desire a little night life, it's literally, "laid on", in the vicinity,
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First game in Sydney is listed for Saturday week at the Show: Ground where all the important matches in „Sydney... will: he played.........
THE SHOW GROUND Provided the playing area is pro- perly prepared the Indians should have no complaints about the Show Ground, but it was a long way from being perfect when the English pro- fessional team played there 14 years. ago. Secretary Tom Hastie, should see that the heavy roller works overtime on the pitch, and that it is properly marked out.
Thousands of people who see fool- ball matches staged under the beat possible conditions by other codes are likely to turn up at the Indian matches, and it is up to our offsiders to see that the paying public are not disappointed.
HUNGARIANS KÉEN TO COME
Nine out of 10 Soccer fans know that there is little between British® and Continental playing standards these days. Therefore, it was good to get an air mail yesterday from Mr. Fred Robertion, of Sydney, saying that the Hungarians are most anxious
tour
Australia next
season.
"They are pros," writes. Mr. Robertson, "and very forceful players. - have sent the proposi- tion they made on to Syd. Storey. Since then they have writte
me in London and are
tative over
we could