THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 1939.
Hong Kong Football Club Worthy Junior Winners Recover Well After Losing Two Early Games
FIRST DIVISION
M. R. ABBAS RECOVERS WELL AGAINST JIMMY HYDE
(By "8KIP")
Although last Saturday's First Division League games did not finish up quite in accordance with current form, there were no ma- jor upsets.
Civil Servants achieved a good per- formance in beating Kowloon Dock, at Hung Hom, whilst the Indians also did well to beat Kowloon Cricket Club. Club de Recreio overcame Kowloon Bowling Green Club, as anticipated, and it looks as if they cannot be rob- bed of their third consecutive cham- plonship.
Harry Strange's four, for whom Burling played an outstanding game as second man, had a fine tussle with John Brown's rink, finalists in next Sunday's Open Rink event. The scores were as low as B all after 13 heads and Strange just managed to scrape home by a couple.
HALL ONLY WINNER
Only J. Hall's rink won for the Kowloon Bowling Green Club at King's Park but not until the last three ends. Willie Macfarlane, with 10 down to a weakened team, was
(By "SKIP")
CONGRATULATIONS TO Hong Kong Football Club on winning promotion to the First Division! They have play- ed a very consistent game for some weeks past and recover- ed brilliantly from a poor start in which they lost two out of their first four games, subsequently losing only one more and tieing one.
Talkoo, who become runners-up may consider themselves a trifle un-
SO NEAR AND fortunate in that they have a far bet-
YET SO FAR
("by "BKIP")
The Congratulations of all local bowlers go to H. A. Alves and
·F. V. V. Ribeiro, the Open Pairs winnare, and to U. M. Omar for annexing the Singles Champion- ship of the Colany for the fourth time.
The former game was a trifle dis- appointing from a spectator's point of
ter aggregate of shots up and further- more beat the ultimate winners by a record score at Taikoo and subsequ ently tied their recent return game at the Valley, Norman Bebbington, has proved to be 'the mainstay of the team and finished up with 72 shots to his credit, whilst Arnold Brookesbank sec ured only one skip's point less. Jake Selby was their third skip, the same triple having functioned throughout the season. ·
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Kowloon Tong did remarkably well to "tle Craigengower even at Water- loo Road, Tony Basto with a margin
Owing to the exigencies of the poli- tical situation, the game between Crai- gengower and Club de Recreio "B" was postponed, but the former team Carlos Silva but neither he nor Ted❘ view for a really classic 'match was of two shots being the only winner!
Thompson could be blamed.
made up a little leeway when they beat the Indians on Monday.
In the game at Soskunpoo, Frank Goodwin had a useful win against A. K. Minu but it was not nearly enough to carry the day as he has done two or three occasions this season.
PECULIAR GAME
was
M. R. Abbas and Jimmy Hyde had a peculiar game as the latter leading by 13-8, at the 11th head when the home skip got a count of seven and then added a further 10 shots to his opponent's three, to win by nine.
Dallah on the other hand always had the edge on Fincher for whom Willie Hyde was unable to turn out. Taylor, who has been doing well in the second team, was quite useful I hear and proved more than equal to A. K. Suffiad as lead.
At Hunghom, Fred Jones and Glen Cooper figured in a remørkable game which the former won by 20 shots after being 8-0 down in two heads and] 18-13 down after nine heads. He then scored 25 shots on the remaining dozen ends!
Jack Hollidge got away to flying start against Johnny Kempton, who recovered from a deficit of over a dozen to lose eventually by seven. Bill Houston was in good trim against Dai Davies, although it, took him few heads to settle down..
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Dick Alves had to make last-min- ute change in his rink as Joe Luz was called away. A new bowler in A. P. Pereira substituted and made a brave show against such an experienced bowler as Bob Duncan. The home team were a dozen to the good against Adam Holland.
THIRD DIVISION
C.C.C. TAKE
NO CHANCES
(By "BKIP")
Craigengower took no chances in their game against the Electricians, K. M. Omar coming down from the. first team, who were resting, to skip one of the rinks. He won by seven shots whilst the other two rinks were also up.
Club de Recreio continued in win- ning vein at the expense of Yacht Club, all rinks being up to produce a margin of over 30 shots. Kowloon Bowling Green Club had their revenge against the Prison Officers' Club, P. J. Hamilton securing most of the 20 shots by which the home team won.
expected: T. E. Robson and -Dick
Taikoo prepared themselves for a Alves were about level in drawing to slip on the part of the Hong Kong the Jack although I thought that the Football Club by swamping Civil Ser→→ Portuguese player was the more con-vants but their big effort was of no sistent and usually had slightly the avail. Johny Purvis and Jimmy Chal better of the position.
mers figured in the biggest scoring There was no comparison between game I remember, a total of 60 shots Chico Ribeiro and Hughle Nish: the being recorded of which the visitor latter had a really bad day and could secured 34. 'do nothing right, whereas the No fewer than five fives were re- Portuguese player was in truly marcorded in this game, whilst at vellous form and did not deliver a bad perlod Chalmers chalked up five threes wood..
in succession.
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Draw, drive, pound-on, blocker or a back one all came alike to him..
BETTER GAME
The Singles proved to be a 'much better game for the spectators, Omar, after leading by eight shots to two, fell right away and his opponent ran up to 20 whilst he added only a couple.
Then came a transformation; Omar,
one
with the best position at the back, de cided, more or less in desperation to drive as his opponent was lying game, A great shot produced two for the Indian and he never looked back.
Dallah cracked badly and made two. or three mistakes when he had the chance to run to game. He was most Junfortunate.
FOOTWORK
once
By BEST BALL
Bobby Jones
remarked that a golfer with large feet and hands was well equipped to make good at the game. Large feet afford the golfer a better grip on the turf and a subsequent better balance, while hands of propor~ tionate size cover such an 'area of the club shaft that better control i likely. This is only a general- isation however. There are enough exceptions to fill a good sized sand trap. All of which must be com- forting news to those of us whose brogans are on the small side. If one can imitate the foot work of Bobby Jones above there is no need to worry. Just observing these illustrations wit give an Idea of why Jones' stroke was so smooth and accurate. There is no
positions and apparently only a
uninterrupted flow - of
GRAPHIC GOLF
BOBBY JONES" FOOTWORK POR
TOP OF BACKSWING.
DRIVE
TOP OF IRON
SHOT
FINISH
DRIVE
FINISH
IRON
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power from right to left in the downstroke. Monday,The same Fundamental:
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