ENGLISH AMATEUR
FORTUNE-TELLING
BOY PRODIGIES AFFECTS DERBY
TAKE HONOURS IN GOLF CLASSIC
Hoylake, To-day,
Two boy prodigies cornered the limelight in the second round of the Amateur Golf Championship.
The 17 years old Kenneth Thom, of Thorpe Hall, beat S. E. Banks, the Hallamshire runner-up and last in the English year's runner-up
19- championship, 2 and 1, and year-old James Bruen, the Irish Champion, defeated Leonard Craw- ley, the Essex cricketer and Walker Cup player 4 and 2.
BETTING!
London, To-day..
At Epsom, superstitious people
are.
te backing Fox Cub in view of the fact that Old Moore's Almanack says that the race is likely to be won by a jockey wearing white and may possibly be ridden by the champion jockey.
Indeed fortune-telling is so po- |pular throughout the world that the recent cut in price may to due to this pro- some extent be phecy.
Owners and trainers at the Press Club luncheon yesterday gave plen- although none Charles Yates, the holder, de-ty of information feated D. Cameron, of Kirkintil- expressed supreme confidence. loch, 2 and 1.
Among the day's spectators was 78-year-old John Ball, eight times winner of the championship.
W. S. McLeod, the Scottish inter- national Walker Cup trialist, beat Cyril Tolley, twice holder, by one hole. Reuter.
were
However, Sir John Jarvis, owner of Admiral's Walk, said it was as easy as A.B.C. The result would be Admiral's Walk, Blue Peter and
Casanova.
Reuter.
Let me give Boon a word of warning. That left eye will not stand much more harsh treatment such as it has al- ready received and if I were Boon I should at least endeavour to cultivate some sort of defence in this direction. -Len Harvey.
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Hundreds of dress-shirted ringsid-
By my own card Danahar had only ers at the Boon-Danahar epic just a trifle sick at seeing two promis- to avert a knock-out, to hold on for in ing boys in a gory battle to the finish. another four and a half minutes, to Despite its incessant attack, non-stop, he champion. The relief, shown whirlwind methods, America is kinder Boon's corner when the referee signall- to its boxing youngsters. Boys in the ed the end of the fight was eloquent United States are brought out grad- of the anxiety as to the state of the ually carefully groomed, and their op-score-card that existed in the minds of ponents equally carefully chosen.-Ro- the champion's seconds.-A writer in
the Sunday Times. bert Milngavie.
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 24, 1939.
Aiding The Pivot
GRAPHIC GOLE
WATCH POSITION
OF FEET
FEET WIDE
APART CRAMPS MUSCLES-
SWING
STAND
So. THAT
BODY. TURNS EASILY, SMOOTHLY
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By BEST BALL Beginners at golf would do well to watch their foot placement and Feet action in the golf stroke. placed too widely apart, as in the entire insert above, cramp their swing. In fact it is next to im- possible to get a great deal of body stance for action from such a weight transference is curtailed At best there can to a minimum. only be a slight revolving of the upper section of the body and a Yet it is into distinct arm hit. this position many golfers go in an effort to knock the cover off the ball. They are so determined to give the ball a ride that they set their bodies so that it is prac- tically immovable.
The initiated golfer on the other hand realizes that complete body action is only possible when the feet are close enough together to
They Say--
Gibb is rapidly-or do I mean slow- ly?-becoming one of cricket's prize tortoises. Well, that is better than being a prize "rabbit."William Pol- lock.
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Celtic arc, I think, just coming back to the form which kept the Empire
in Scotland. Exhibition trophy
Willie Maley.
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I would rather coach a good amateur. side than any professionals. The Brit- ish amateur is the best natural foot- baller in the world. If I could have my pick of the country's amateurs, and have a free hand to train and coach them, I would guarantee to beat the best professional team in the game. of Derby --George Jobey, manager County.
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I would prefer to see an automa- tic exemption from the qualifying rounds of the Open Golf Champion- ship of all who have been champions of Great Britain or the United States during the past ten years. The point is not really worth arguing about- but I fancy every competitor in the championship on either side of the At- lantic would be pleased to see the re- igning champion excused from qualify- ing. Henry Longhurst,
a
allow weight transference and
ankle The left complete pivot. bending inward toward the right on the backstroke loosens up the whole left side and allows a wider are in the backstroke. This wider are means greater downswing mo- mentum when allied to muscular power of the back, shoulders and de- midsection as the clubhead scends.
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