THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1939
GOLF HINTS
PITCHING TO THE PIN
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Playing a high lofted shot or tomatically follow from standing closer of the blow and still keep control of Many modern greens are so large a lower one with back-spin is one to the ball with the feet closer together. the swing?
that a chip shot becomes almost a pitch of the prettiest and, at the same
shot, but this is just what a chip shot time, one of the best scoring shots The great thing is to keep the ballWell, as we do not need so much ought not to be.
nearer the right foot at the-address, so pivot, being close to our ball, the turn of the game writes Percy Boomer. as to make sure of hitting it on the is done entirely from the knees, both
"Pitching to the pin used to be down swing.
in the backward and forward swings, is that it runs two-thirds of the way The great beauty of the delicate chip an art in i self, and it still seems
and there is no need for any inward as freely as if it had been played with that to a lot of us to-day.
travel of these members, just a to-and- a putter, when, as a matter of fact, fro action like a piston. ♪
you have played it with a No, 4, or some other more or less straight-faced
To any mind the most difficult shot in When, in the old days, we had golf is the short high pitch, over
bunker, say from 20 to 30 yards. To to play a high pitch to a fast, un- play this shot requires both a profound watered green, with a club “ill knowledge of the game and the will adapted for the purpose,” we had power to use this knowledge. to devise a way of our own to play the shot.
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If we then allow our arms and iron. shoulders to turn back together and forward together, so as not to break The ball should be played from in the triangle made by the arms and front of the right foot, with the feet In all shots where a full-blooded chest, we will have-found the great con- together, and the body slightly turned swing can be made the clubhead is kept trolling factor of the shot..
towards the hole. The shot that was invented for this in its path by centrifugal force, but the purpose was the pitch "with cat," the swing becomes more difficult when this Our wrists should be bent well back Take the clubhead back inside the club being brought across the ball force has to be curbed and controlled at the top of the back-swing, and held line of flight with the hands shut and "from the outside in," which imparted in order to cut down the length of the not too loose.
with 'little pivot. In bringing the club a certain amount of slice but made the shot
forward do not start the movement ball pull quickly up on the green.
Then we can swing our club firmly with the hands. Try to start the swing Yet the swing for the short pitch through the ball and on and around our by loosening the wrist at the top of the With modern clubs and watered contains all the properties that go to left leg, if we have the moral courage back-swing and pulling forward with greens pitching has lost much of its make up the longer shots. The difficul- not to LOOK UP.
the arms and the body. difficulty and charm, as it has now be- ty of control is the chief reason why come only a question of how far the the modern golfer has eliminated the ball will finish from the hole, not of half shot, but though_modern
The clubhead should come on to the clubs
ball and on past the ball with the left being able to stick on the green.
have simplified most of our game, no
The value of a good chip shot lies in arm and club all in a straight line. club has been invented that can play the fact that it rolls three shots into Plenty of turn around the left leg and a the short controlled pitch for us.
two that is, provided you can put your retention of the straight arm will make chip close enough to the tin to be able the ball run smoothly and easily. to hole out with your next,
"Golfing."
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The modern short pitch to the pin does not differ from any other shot with an iron club except what will au-
BOWLS TEAMS FOR SATURDAY
The following lawn bowls teams have been selected.
FIRST DIVISION C.C.C.
J. W. Leonard, K. M. Omar, A. E. Coates and B. W. Bradbury (skip).
W. J. Penny, L. C. R. Souza, J. S. Landolt and U. M. Omar (skip).
A. A. Razack, W. Ward, A. M. Omar
and R. Basa (skip).
P.R.C.
F. Channing, H. Brown, W. Mair and J. S. Fender (skip).
W. McLeod, C. Dowman, J. Shepherd and A. E. Carey (skip),
W. S. Dall, J. Forrest, G. Perkins and J. Orem (skip).
K.C.C.
V. C. Labrum, J. W. M. Brown, H. Nish and F. Goodwin (skip).
T. A. Madar, W. Hyde, J. Fraser and
E. C. Fincher (skip).
Geo. Lee, W. Mulcahy, J. Hyde and E. Kern (skip).
SECOND DIVISION
C.C.C.
J. H. Xavier, A. J. Coelho, T. Locke and H. W. Randall (skip).
W. McNeill, L. Gaddi, E. Zimmern and C. S. Rosselet (skip).
N. Leonard, D. A. Rozario, Dr. N. P. Karanjia and W. K. Way (skip).
P.R.C.
J. W. Macdonald, F. J. Kelly, S. J. Johnson and G. C. Moss (skip).
R. Ellis, J. Headridge, G. S. Alexan- der and W. MacHardy (skip).
W. Glendinning, N. B. Fraser, J. R. McWalter and J. Riddell (skip).
H.K.F.C. (Home)
J. S. Howell, J. H. Gelling, W. Gill and J. A. R. Selby (Skip).
R. P. Shaw, C. B. Robertson, W. J. Reid and A. Brooksbank (Skip).
E. L. Strange, G. E. Stephens, L. Lammert and N. Bebbington (Skip).
`THIRD DIVISION C.C.C. E. McNay, E. Kerrison, W. Phelps and G. S. Lådd (skip).
G. R. Payne, F. Petersen, Dr, C. W. Lam and John Pau (skip),
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S. R. Solina, F. X. Delgado, A. B. Hamson and A. E. S. Alves (skip),
P.O.C.
S.
E. S. Franks, G. V. McGrath, Hodge and T. Gooding (skip).
V. H. Freeman, J., W. Hudson, G. Foster and T. Pile (skip)...
C. Gowland, J. W. Fitzgerald, J. McCutcheon, and A. Jillott (skip).
H.K.E.R.C.
V. Sorby, W. E. Macfarlane, S. Dea- con and W. H, B. Muskett (skin),
R. C. Butler, R. A. Owens, A. F Papl and L. de Rome (skin),
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How are we to cut down the power
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The Chip Shot
WEAKENED YORKSHIRE'S SPLENDID FEAT
LONDON, JUNE 26.-DERBYSHIRE, CHAMPION COUNTY IN 1936, WERE PUT OUT FOR 20 RUNS BY YORKSHIRE AT SHEFFIELD.
THE BOWLER WHO PLAYED THE BIGGEST PART IN THEIR DRAMATIC DISMISSAL, WHICH CAME AFTER YORK- SHIRE HAD THEMSELVES BEEN ROUTED FOR 83, WAS AN "UNKNOWN" CRICKETER NAMED J. SMURTHWAITE.
Smurthwaite, who took five wickets | YORKSHIRE First Innings team because they were weakened by Mitchell, c Rhodes, b Pope (G.) for seven runs, came into the Yorkshire Sutcliffe, c Worthington, b Pope (A.) 9
the calls of the Test match. son Smurthwaite was chosen to play Leyland, b Pope (G.)
Last sea- Barber, e Elliott, b Pope (A.) against Leicestershire at Leicester, but he neither batted nor bowled, so that Saturday's performance was actually his first for Yorkshire in championship
matches.
A native of North Ormsby, Smurth- waite is 28 years of age. He is a me- dium-paced swing bowler who has done well in Minor Counties' cricket.
On Saturday, with the conditions all in his favour-the pitch was soft on top and hard underneath-Smurthwaite bowled fast medium in-swingers with such deadly effect that he got his wic- kets in four overs, two of them maidens. Smailes dismissed four batsmen at a cost of 11 runs, the other being run out, and in all this extraordinary Der- byshire innings, lasting forty minutes, was brought to an end in 67 deliveries. since they were dismissed for 17 by This was Derbyshire's lowest total
Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1888.
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N. W. D. Yardley, c Gladwin, G. A. Wilson, b Pope (A.)
Pope (A.). A. B. Sellers, c Elliott, b Pope (G.) Smailes, c Pope (A.), b Pope (G.) Smurthwaite, bPope (G.) Robinson, b Pope (G.) Fiddling, not out
Extras
Total
Second Innings Sutcliffe, not out Mitchell, not out
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Total for no.wicket DERBYSHIRE-First Innings Smith, b Smurthwaite. Alderman, c Fiddling, b Smailes Townsend Worthington, run out..
Smailes
(L.), c. Robinson, b Smurthwaite : Rain and the wot wicket held up the Pope (G.), e Robinson, b Smailes start until half-past two, and the sen- Rhodes, c Robinson, b Smurthwaite sations were not, long delayed. The T. D. Hounsfield, e Sutcliffe, b champions lost the first half of their side for 32 runs, and with the brothers Pope (A.), b Smurthwaite Pope bowling unchanged the innings Gladwin, c Smailes, b Smurthwaite was polished off in less than two and a Elliott, not out |half hours for What was Yorkshire's Mitchell, c. Leyland, b Smailes.
lowest total since Gloucestershire dis-
Extras missed them for 56 at Bristol in 1936. The best stand of the day was one of 30. for the sixth wicket between two amateurs, Brian Sellers, the Yorkshire captain, and Norman Yardley. George Pope did most damage, taking six wic Pope kets for just over seven runs apiece, Pope (G.) while his brother Alfred claimed four. for 37.
H. Gittins (skip);
Reserve:-H. Y. Hsu,
H.KER.C...
V. Sorby, W. Macfarlane, S. Deacon and W. H. B. Muskett (skip). -
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BOWLING" ANALYSIS Yorkshire First Innings
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A.D. NOURSE, FOOTBALLER
A. D. Nourse, the famous South- African. Test cricketer, played at left half for Natal in their match against the English F.A. touring
team at Durban recently.
INDOOR BOWLING
Thrilling Tussle
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for the first time last week, had a
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The Champs, who were beaten
2 at the Hong Kong Bowling Alleys 82 yesterday.
It was the most exciting and clos- 6 est game ever played in the Alleys, 6 for after the end of the fourth game the Champs were actually 99 points
13 down, but they took advantage of the Tulsa team breaking down in the fifth game to win by 24 points..
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THE CHAMPS
0 Dick Venezia 162 157 142 179 189-829 0 Doc Molthen 154 192 143 143 185 817
Gene Fag-
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132 157 167 162 151 769 · 6 Chas Miller 184 170 0 Ernie Hear-
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U.8.S. TULSA ··
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20 W. Michals 141 211 190 177 161 880 E.-Spenko 215 158 176, 125151 825 Pete Peter- O. M. R. W. son..
137 161 164 182 143 787 18 4
Al Shreier 190 135 156 171: 119 771 37 17.8 2 44 6 Derbyshire-First Innings
8263 Smailes A
4.3.0. 11. Smutthwaite
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5 BOWLS MATCHES POSTPONED
You can bet all the shine on your nose that I won't follow in the foot steps of other negro champions; the fellows who won titles and then finish
R. C. Butler, R. A. Owens, A. F. Pauled up in flea bag hotels and rooming and L. de Romo (skip),
J. F. Barron, A. G. Gardner, G. TJ. Barron, A. G. Gardner, G. T. Padgett and G. G. S. Thomson (skip). | Padgett and G. G. S. Thomson (skip).
Reserve:--W. E. Bakör.”
Kowloon Tong C. Mose, H. Castro, J, LA
and A Snary (skip).
W. J. Howard. A. E. Castroj. Kew and A. H. Basto (skin).
H.K.F.G.. (Away)
«LC. G* Sölli», J. I. Barnes, H. G. Wal- hand Jington and V. Walker. (Skip).
*** Anglow, C. "F". "Needham, Baton and H. H, Pegg (Skip). EVE Cadey G.-8. Graver
J. Tang, T. E. Lin, J. N. Wong and and J. Russell (Skip).
Ral
Rowell
The first round match In the Lawn Bowls singles championship between J. F. V. Ribeiro and A. M. Omar, which was scheduled - to houses were chumps. I'm no chump. take place on Monday at the Kow I'm no wise guy, either, but I know loon B. G. .C., has been postponed. the value of having a few thousands of Uncle Sam's lozenges in your
game will now take place on kick, Gans, Walcott. "Dixles Kid," and the ename green on Tuesday. Siki nover learned that. But little
utual arrangement, the Open. Hen, knows that a dollar is a dollar Singles match between J. G. Meyer and a guy's best friend, and, béljove and L. G. Silva will be played at the me, I'm going to stick to my friends. KC G Monday July 17th instead of -Henry Armstrong.
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uly 21st