THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 28, 1939.
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Views Of Famous Golfers Bernard Darwin On "Watching" Golf
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Frank Goodwin 16-15, while J. Hyde lost for the first time in three games when U. M. Omar beat him 33-14.
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KB.G.C. were taken by surprise by
C.S.C.C., for whom J. Hollidge secured his third successive win, at the expense of A. J. Hall, while Adam Holland won for the fifth time in a row when he beat H. E. Strange 17-15: F. J. Jones, holding the whip hand over W. Macfarlane, was held to a tie as the result of a four by K.B.G.C. at the last end. This defeat was the second in succession for K.B.G.C.
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RECREIO "A" had little difficulty in
beating their "B", but it was by only 10 shots as against 37 in the first encounter and Carlos Silva received his second check this season, a one at the last end enabling J. J. Basto to secure a tie at 16-all. Silya had pre- viously dropped only one point-a tie with J. Deakin. In their first meet- ing Silva beat Basto by 4 shots. H. A. Alves secured his third successive win when he beat F. X. Soares by 15 shots in a game that produced 57 shots!
KOWLOON
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TONG avenged their earlier defeat at the hands of K.B.G.C., but H. Gittins could not stop F. Creesman registering his third suc- cessive win. Craigengower won on all three rinks against Civil Service, whom they played for the first time, W. K. Way beating W. R. Hillyer by 4 shots to record his second successive win, a- feat achieved by C. S. Rosselet at the expense of A. B. Allan. H. W. Randall's win over J. M. Purvis broke a run of three defeats.
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HARRY COOPER'S
ARMS TRAVEL
CLOSE
TO BODY
NITS BALL STRAIGHT AHEAD
DOWNSWING
6.25
By BEST BALL In the years immediately pre- ceding the sensational play which has featured Ralph Guldahl's golf lately, Harry Cooper led the pro golf field by a considerable mar- gin. Maybe he lost his only chance to win the National Open title in 1927, when Tommy Ar- mour defeated him in the play- off but even so he was won his share of titles and purses since. that date.
for is
Consistency is the word Cooper and while his stroke not one that will drive the ball as far as the Thomsons and Sneads, he is seldom off the fairway. The reason for this is a grooved stroke, tempered in countless competi- tions and practice sessions, which brings the clubhead onto the ball in much the self same fashion each time. The stroke itself ad- heres closely to correct funda- mentals and in the very simplic- ity of its arc lies its virtue. By keeping the stroke from swinging outside the line of flight he is able to bring the clubhead onto the ball straight along the line of flight. Even if there is a slight error in judgment or execution this low travelling clubhead tra- jectory will minimize the fault so that the mistake will not be too costly.
Wednesday-When Youth Had It's Day.
HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB made amends for their earlier defeat against H. K. Electric, but H. H. Pegg could not break his run of four defeats, J. K. Sloan, skipping for the first time in weeks, winning 18-17 as the result of a four at the last end? G. G. S. Thompson met with his first reverse in four games when he bow- ed to V. Walker by 11 shots. K.B.G.C. secured their full quota of points from K.B.G.C., but their leading skip, H. L. BOXING Lockhart, was beaten by A. W. Brown by one shot. This was Lockhart's second successive defeat after eight wins in a row, and it represented Brown's second successive win. J. S. Dinnen lost for the third time running, B. E. Maughan winning by 4 shots, and it was left to P. J. A. Hamilton to give K.B.G.C. the points with
BENNY LYNCH'S LICENCE
phun
MAY BE RENEWED
Will Benny Lynch, the 33-16 win over G. E. Costello. It was former World's Flyweight Champion, return to the
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his third win in a row and Costello's third successive defeat. K.C.C. beat
K.F.C. by 48 shots to record the "dou-ring? ble" they won the first game by 51
The matter was raised last night in shots! In the first encounter Tommy Glasgow at a meeting of the Scottish Carr beat Peter Morgan 18-16 and on Council of the British Boxing Board Saturday he won again, by 23-18, to of Control, when Mr. George Dingley, record his third straight win. J. M.
the promoter, requested that Lynch be Jack was successful for the third time
medically examined with a view to, running when he beat V. Petherick having a boxer's licence granted him. by 27 shots—this was Petherick's fourth defeat in a row-and W. W.
Hirst trounced J. T. Smalley, who sustained his sixth successive defeat. This was K.C.C.'s third straight win and K.F.C.'s fifth defeat in a row.
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THE following skips have reached
the century in shots up:
C. G. Silva (Recreiò “A”)
110
H. A. Alves (Recreio "A"),r,103
J. C. Chalmers (Taikoo)... O. P. Remedios (Recrelo).......
129 .109
In the course of a statement, Mr. Dingley declared tht Lynch was now fit again to box, and that he was at present in Aberdeen. The Counčil agreed to hold a meeting on Monday of next week to review the situation, and in the interval a medical exam ination of the out by doctors appointed by the Council.
boxer will be carried
Lynch is expected in Glasgow on Sunday, and the examination will take place on Monday.
Tolley's Historic Victory
BELATEDLY I HAVE RECEIVED a copy of “Around Golf" (Arthur Barker, 15s.), writes Henry Longhurst, a series of contributions from persons whose names are well known in the game, edited by J. S. F. Morrison. Yet it could hardly have arrived at a more suitable moment, for it is obviously good fare for holiday reading.
The book is non-technical and non-controversial. It does not tell us what to do with the little finger of the left hand at the moment of impact, nor does it discuss the pros and cons of the abolition of the stymie.
First contributor is Bernard Darwin The fallacy of "cow-shots" or on "Watching Golf,” and in his open- "golf-shots" (as they are called) is ing paragraph he strikes a chord that shown up by the fact that almost all I at least can appreciate. "I have golfing cricketers are remarkable for never yet seen a golfing reporter run," their straight hitting when batting he writes, "I do not expect to and I much straighter at cricket than at hope I never may." His
of wish will golf. Chapman quotes the cases probably be fulfilled. He also has my F. S. Jackson, Bradman, Hobbs and sympathy when he writes
the Hammond. "Is it possible," he asks, professional watcher “develops a re- "that these would have been better gretable belief that all spectators are batsmen if they had never played liars, so often has he been misinform- [golf?" ed by persons incapable of deception who have seen every stroke of the match."
that
The golf reporter must, by the very nature of the game, rely upon others for much of his information. He can- not be in two places at once, much less half a dozen. While with the best will in the world he trudges round the links with A. who holes the first nine holes in 38 and offers no material for his descriptive powers, B. whom he had no grounds for watching, goes off his head and completes the course for the first and possibly last time in his
life in 66.
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A writer whose presence in this book I noticed with pleasurable sur- prise is Ben Travers. The title of his subject. "Big Golf," I noted with even greater surprise--until I had read enough to realise that he was proposing to describe his own Big Match, the final of the Malacca Cham- pionship in the Straits Settlements in 1907. This is done with Travers touch, and should on no ac-
count be missed.
the
true
In a more serious vein Cyril Tolley and Lady Heathcoat-Amery recall the
at the street
more dramatic moments of their dis- tinguished careers. To those who, BITTER EXPERIENCE
like myself, do not recall the cham- How did he do it? There is nearly | plonship of 1920, it is of interest to always to be found the spectator, bub-read how Tolley only entered on the bling over the enthusiastic Informa-day on which the entries closed, tion, who "saw every stroke of the through a chance meeting with Roger match." But bitter experience tells Wethered in
Oxford. the golfing scribe that every word of They decided to go up to Muirsleld to- this man's story must be checked be-gether. fore it is committed to print. He saw with his own eyes the putt the man holed on the 12th. It was every inch | Tolley records, "I had attracted an of 10 yards. The player himself, in- enormous amount of publicity, due terviewed afterwards, places the putt primarily to the distance I could in.
SOUNDLY. BEATEN
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at 15 feet. Another eye-witness says those days hit a golf ball. From the "about 3 yards."
tee everything was fairly simple, but All shortish putts missed åre "not from thence the rest was rather amat- more than 2 feet." Yet ask the nar-eurish and crude." In the spring of rator to indicate the distance actually 1920 he went on the Society tour in on the ground and he will be aston-Lancashire, and at Hoylake was sound- ished that by his own evidence the 2ly beaten by Mr. Charles Dick, whose feet have stretched miraculously to 6. putting touch was traditional. After- Add furthermore that the luckless cul-wards Mr. Dick
gave him a steel prit was putting on a fast green with bladed putter of his own manufac- a strong following wind- and a sharp ture and a short course of instruction left-hand borrow, and you have his in how to use it. offence in its true light.
Having played cricket throughout Golfers and fishermen are bracket- the summer, Tolley arrived at Muir- ed together in their penchant for field detesting the idea of playing golf amiable dishonesty. A putt missed is at all. "I was decidedly stiff in a yard; the same putt holed is 6
joints, hadn't even swung a club for feet. Yet
there are golfers whose a considerable time, and had no con- transparent honesty is a boon to the fidence in benting everybody." He reporter. In this respect I must pay putted his way through to the final, tribute to my old friend Harry Bent- and it seemed only proper when the ley. If Harry says he played well putter holed from 15 ft. (I had always but was unlucky, I accept it without been led to believe that this historic a second opinion-which is more than putt was "right across the green")' on one can say of a good many cham-the 37th hole to beat the American, pionship golfers!
Robert Gardner. "They tell me," says
my
The reporting of golf, however, is Tolley, "that after the final stroke I not one long struggle against inac-waved my putter in the air, but it bliss. "Plant me on my eyrie on the as the thought that countless hundreds curacy. It has moments of enviable was not so much the joy of winning
Maiden top of the
at Sandwich," who ran across the green to con- writes Bernard Darwin, on a fine gratulate me might destroy my beau- sunny day with a light breeze, dry|tiful club.” grass to lie upon and the white cliffs
In conclusion, perhaps I may quote shining beyond Pegwell Bay, I ask from my own contribution to this nothing better of fate."
volume-a comparison of British and GOLFING-CRICKETERS 1: American golf. "The Americans in Another contributor is A. P. F. my humble opinion"-this was writ- Chapman, who discusses that hardy terr in February, 1938-"possess nat- problem, "is a man likely to become ural advantages that make it almost golf?" I am happy to a worse cricketer because he plays certain that their amateur players will see that he always beat the British. If they thinks it makes no difference what should ever come to los—and I see soever. "Does a man play a slow no reason why they should ever do so bowler too firm-footedly because of in my lifetime. 2. I am happy to his stance at golf?"
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