THE CHINA MAÏL, SEPTEMBER 5, 1939. BOYS” GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
K.G. Thom's Big Win In David And Goliath Match Another Hole In One At Carnoustie Course CONTINENTAL
CHALLENGE ELIMINATED
35 against Hope, of Glencorse, this LEAGUE BOWLS afternoon, for two convincing wins.
The Glencorse, hope for the title, J. Stewart, who was runner-up two years ago, won, through however, by beat- ing James Bruen's protege, W. S. M'Mullan, and Oliver Wynn, the Scot- tish captain, also passed into the fourth |- round, though he did not have to turn
CRAIGENGOWER WIN
EASILY
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First The postponed match in the Division of the Lawn Bowls League. CARNOUSTIE, AUGUST 24.—With the third round out his full parade golf.
Club matches now completed in the Boys' Championship on the
Dóig, the Monifieth discovery, who between Craigengower Cricket was a new Scottish "cap" on Mon- and Indian Recreation Club, was play- famous course here, which has bred golfers who have pion-day, had a good win against the Eng-ed off yesterday on the Craigengower eered the game in all parts of the globe, we are still enter-lish representative Barlow, the Eton- green when the home team scored an ing the names of the favourite challengers in the winning Doig was out in 36 and five up, and he to 46.
ian, who was definitely outplayed. easy win over the Indians by 88 shots never relented by a moment, but did C.C.C.
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But the youngsters were, naturally, I himself, and as they trekked together more concerned with the job on hand round the course they looked like a here-in other words, with the hit than trinity hound by an eternal friendship Hitler-though some of the younger of the "Beau Geste" order. ones, who have yet to learn the 100 per cent, value of concentration, could not help lifting their heads to have a look at the aeroplanes that zoomed overhead in the clear summer sky.
It need hardly be added that in the main these players the next three holes in 4 4.4. Joe Carr, W. Hong Sling belong to the older and bigger element in the event, which the Irish boy, was hard pushed by K. M. Omar
Turner, of Cornwall,, after bombard-J. S. Landolt progressed to-day in a sunny calm, into which every nowing his opponent at the first four holes U. M. Omar and again, however, there came bits of London news about with 4 3 3 4 for a lead of four holes, (Skip)
WON AT 24th HOLE
J. W. Leonard the European crisis.
have to send out
At one time it looked as if we might L. C. R. Souza 1. C. L. Black, the Aberdeen boy, and B. W. Bradbury
a search part for A, E. Coates
Harry Smith, of Banchory. They just .(Skip) disappeared from the scene, and it A. A. Razack was discovered that they were fight-W. Ward After the little fellow had been, out-ing it out to the twenty-fourth hole. A. M. Omar driven by metaphorical miles by Thom They hit stroke for stroke all through R. Basa at hole after hole the match reached the extra holes until Smith hooked out (Skip) the short eighth. "Now," whispered of bounds at the long sixth, when they M'Arthur's caddie, "here's a hole you teed up there for the second time Totals can win." And he was obviously anxi-in their marathan duel.`
The pleasant little international situation in the championship brought out one interesting feature. Franz Gautier, the German boy champion,
CONTRAST IN POWER
1.R.C.
J. Hoosen
S. M. Rumjahn.
25 (Skip)
A. R. Minu
A. K. Minu
17
A. M. Rumjahn
A. M. Wahab
D. M. Khan
A. R. Dallha 36 (Skip)
14
Y, A. Razack
A. Bakar M. Y. Adal M. R. Abbas
24 (Skip)
85
15
919
48
ous that he should win it, not that it There was another hole in one to-dropped in when it was removed. But made any difference had he done so. day, again the eighth, dong this time this hole in one seems no help. Like who was knocked out yesterday, The hole was halved with Thom hold-by St. Claire, of Lenzie. The ball, from the previous performer, St. Claire lost caddied for J. K. Findlater, of Thorn-ing a lead of six, and the ninth hole, the tee, leant against the flagstick, and his match.
hill, with whom he has struck up a close boarding-house friendship, and, though the Scot, thus assisted, won his first match, he was afterwards well beaten by J. B. Fisher, of Barrow Grammar School.
DUTCH ENTRANT OUT Leaving the international aspect of the championship, I should note that
where the English boy became seven up, may be selected as an illustration of the contrast in power between the two.
Thom hit an iron from the ninth tee so far that he was able to reach the green in 2 with a No. 7 while M'Arthur, after two wooden club strokes, was home with an Iron. This could never last Continental left have been the little fellow's day, but the Dutch boy,
Paul I am sure that his day will den Dries, was
beat-Thom, besides conceding hin a gener- en to-day, after a walk-over in the cus putt here and there, also present- second round, by Charles Lawrie, the
ed his game little opponent with a Fettesian. Lawrie, who had a bye in "gift" when the match was over. the first round, and carried too many
the
in,
van
golfing guns for the lad from Holland, was out in 33, and won far out in the
country,
more
Kenneth Thom, the big Essex boy, one of the giants among these juveniles, figured in two specially in- teresting matches, the first against one of the midget nippers - Wallace M'Arthur, a Carnoustie boy, and the other against R. C. Grapes, of Bushey Hall, who must be about the longest driver in the country for his age.
#8LAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS” If the draw had been designed to point the contrasts the event produces it could have done nothing spectacular than bring Thom and M'Arthur together, This match belongs to the "slaughter of the innocents" category. The English boy is a scratch golfer in the Thorpe Hall Club, Essex, and M'Arthur, who is only twelve, was, I think, the tiniest challenger in the field. A little over four feet tall be looked when he spoke up to his opponent, a perfect Gulliver of a youth by comparişori as if he might be put- ting the familiar small-boy request for "cigarette photies."
I need hardly say that it was a terribly one-sidet! affair from the start but a large crowd of holidaymakers went round, fascinated with the auto- matic and knowledgeable swing of the little fellow who, If he could not com- pete in length, had nothing to learn about keeping the ball straight,
come.
As the crowd came off the course
"NEWS-CHRONICLE” TOURNEY
MAGNIFICENT RECORD ROUND
BY ALFRED PADGHAM
LONDON, AUGUST 18. A magnificent record round of 65 on the East Brighton course yesterday enabled Alfred there was a cheer, and spectators who Padgham to deliver a strong challenge to S. L. King in the gathered round completely blotted out "News-Chronicle” £1,000 Professional Golf Tournament and the representative of what I may call prevent the Sevenoaks assistant from having practically a the kindergarten section whom every-winning advantage at the half-way stage. body wanted to see.
Thom had an opponent more like his King, who had a second round of drifting in of Padgham's brilliant own mettle in the afternoon in R. C. 67-beating the record, of 68 which start. The ex-champion had accom- Grapes, who had first defeated Mark he and three other players achieved plished the first five holes in fifteen Seymour's son Donald by one hole, on Wednesday-held an advantage of strokes, and when he reached the tum after losing the first two holes. Thom six shots over the rest of the field in 32 and started back with a two it had the better of this surprisingly long until Padgham, followed by a large was realised that the fight was on. hitter, who hits the ball, I think, rather and excited crowd, completed his Padgham holed from four yards for further than the Essex player, who is tremendous score, which is one of the a. three at the twelfth, and from a himself no. light smiter.
lowest ever made in a first-class yard got a "birdie" 3 at the thirteenth. But Grapes reminded us of how tournament in Great Britain.
He might easily have dropped more profitless is long driving that knows The record in this respect, curious-than one stroke over the last three not the fairway. The first time hely enough, is held by King, who had hofes but after taking three putts played a second from the beaten track a card of 63 in the Brighton Tourna- from the edge of the sixteenth green was the seventh hole. The length of ment on the same. course. two years he holed-from five yards for his 4 at this hole is 376 yards, and he was so ago. The course has since been al-the seventeenth, following an over- far from the tee that a niblick was the club for his next stroke. In the duel of youthful Jehus, Thom had reached the sixth green, a hole of 521 yards, with a drive and Iron.
tered.
strong second shot, and got his 4 at the home hole. His card read;→→→
the
Instead of King being streets ahead, he was only a nominal stroke in front
Out-3 3 4.2 3 5 4 4 4-32.. of one of Britain's best players, who
In-2 4-3 3 4 4 4 4 4-32-84 was trying not, only to -score his ́se-. Fifty-one players who had scores of MEETS DUDDINGSTON BOY cond tournament victory of the sea-149 or better qualified for the final 38 Grapes, who is accompanied by the son, but also to make quite certain of holes. One player who was on the Bushey Hall professional, Tom Birrell, his place in the Ryder Cup team. The 149 mark was Richard Burton, formerly of Kinghorn, was two down selectors, who watched Padgham, Open champion, who had to get down with five to play. He won the fifteenth, could have been left in no doubt as to la putt of four yards on the last green but, just when he might have carried his courage, for his round was a long in order to prevent himself from be- on the fight, he Hooked himself out of story of great recovery shots and ing eliminated. the Championship from the sixteenth inspired putting. tee, Thom, who has been a Champion-
Padgham had 26 putts and on ship tip from the start, now meets J. twelve occasions he was down with King (Knole Park). Buglass, the Duddingston boy, who, his first putt. had an excellent victory this. afternoon by 6 and 4.0
his
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QUALIFIERS
A. H. Padgham
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M. Faulkner (una one)
Park) SPLENDID POSITIONA
R.A. Whitcombe King with a total of 135 for 36 holes, W. J. Cox (Wimbledon Tom Fernie, the Lytham and St. and two rounds to be played to-day. Anne's professional's son, was beaten was in a splendid position. All
P-Alliks (Ferndown) in a tight match, in which he made the first round rivals-C. Grabham, CA ET.
C. Grabham - (Llandrindod), fatal mistake of being down for the Whitcombe, and George Johnson, who w first time at the eighteenth hole, but had been level with him at 68, falled R. F. Law, the Spalding professional's one after the other, and with three son, won this afternoon for the third quarters of the field in, King had tot time, without having to play the thir- remarkable lead of six strokes
teenth hole. Law was out in 36 against i his nearest pursuer.. than Currie Macbeth in the morning, and in By this time,
M'Arthur, who is the son of a focal shoemaker, has indeed a swing that might well be the envy of hordes of older golfers, and to look at him you can readily understand why he imme- diately caught the eye of some of the well-known professionals who were here for the Open Championship eight years ago wher
small friend and a
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