THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 24, 1939
Hong Kong Girls' Basketball Team Again Defeated
WAR TIME GOLF THRILLING FINISH TO
REMINISCENCES
JAMES Adams, who had everyday
life not been derailed by the war, -would have taken his first Atlantic trip as a Ryder Cup promotion will by the Ryder Cup date this month be training no doubt. "Some- where." Adams, who is 29 years old, has, I hear, joined a Scottish regiment, writes a Home correspon-
The .dent.
been possibility has mentioned of an exhibition match for war charity between him and Cotton on a Scottish course, Many other golfers not so well known as Adams are also already in uniform, or in some form of national service, and are keen to have a round when- ever that is possible. I met Edinburgh amateur in his uniformı the other day. Originally a Terri- torial he is now a unit in the all-in British Army, and has recently been deal of heavy engaged in a good pick-and-shovel work. Recently he had
leave and took a couple of
his rounds at
Never course.
૧ light-club addict at the best, he had the surprise of his life after his heavy manual army duty. "When I took my driver from my bag," he told me, “it felt like a fountain pen.”
A SALONICA CREATION
one
an
GAME IN MANILA
ON NOVEMBER 18 the Hong Kong Girls' Basketball team lost to the Manila All-Chinese girls' team by 10-9.
the skull of some deceased animal · The following is the report of the game by "The Manila and a French infantry helmet with
a hole in it. The Service players spoke of the Skull and the Helmet just as at home we speak of the Corner of the Dyke and the Road. The holes were without flags until a certain General came to play four- difficulty somes, and found some with
his
So approaches.
large stones were picked up from the countryside and painted white, and they did as substitutes for flags, be- ing placed at a certain distance be- hind the holes.
FLAG CONUNDRUM
That at anyrate, was a course on which the recurring puzzle about a ball lodging in the flag cloth could not arise. The point was put to me the other day, and it was not only a welcome variant from "What do you think Russia
do?" means to but one that was a lot easier to The ball-in-the-flag situa- answer. tion has been the subject of a deci- sion by the R. and A., but the terms of the official answer are not alto- gether clear. "A ball lifted from a flagstick," it runs, "should be drop- ped as near as possible to the place from which it was lifted." That is liable to more than one interpreta- tion, but the decision adds, Rules & and 11." The ruling was given in a case where a ball had wrapped itself in a flag and stayed there.
"Vide
Even foreign service cannot al- ways deter the golf enthusiast. Of- ficers of H.M. ships have, for exam- ple, played in queer places by the Persian Gulf, to quote a random instance, with sunk cigarette tins A ball in a flag can be regarded for holes. Naval golf, however, has,
as "lying on or touching" a flagstick, and in accordance with Rule 11, if we believe an old story, hazards that are not covered in the rules. must therefore be dropped without The story is of the two juniors who
penalty as near as possible to the had a half-day off from their ship
place where it lay, but_not_nearer the hole. If the dropped ball under to play a round on a course in the vicinity.
these When they got
be not ashore
circumstances is to they ran into a coalowner friend nearer the hole it must, it would
them down a
least who offered to take
appear, be dropped at
the
pit.
whole length of the flagstick from The novelty appealed to them,
the hole. When and the golf was set aside.
The argument sometimes again the juniors climbed aboard
used that the point is covered by Rule 32 is apparently disposed of with their clubs they were met by
by the fact that the Rules Commit- the captain, who genially greeted them with, "Been having a game of
tee in their decision make no refer- "No," golf?"
said
of
ence to Rule 32. the
"Resting against juniors, "we've just been down a the flagstick" in the sense of Rule
32 rather
on the coal
indicates a ball mine." The "impertinence"
which is leaning edge of the hole took quite a lot of explaining' away.
against the flagstick. The player in I was recently reminded that for-
this situation is allowed to remove eign service, even in the Great War,
the flagstick gently to permit the was not allowed to compel the keen
ball to drop into the hole, but could golfer to go without his game when
that rule be invoked to allow him I came across again Bernard Dar-
to unwrap
Rules the flag? The win's delightful description of the
Committee did not give the option. course he helped to make at Dudu- lar, in Salonica, where rest camps, officers' convalescent camps, and divisions and corps all had courses. The one at Dudular, which afterwards taken over by the Salon- ica Club, was an admirable ground, but lacked labour for its full-dress layout. There were 16 holes, and on the Arst day the Macedonians stole the flags out of them. The only so-called flags not taken were
was
Bulletin":
KOWLOON JUNIOR GOLF TITLE
Holding a one-point advantage for fully 41⁄2 minutes, the local All- Chinese girls' basketball selection nosed out the Hong Kong Stars, 10 to the Rizal 9, on Saturday night at
The following are the starting times Memorial Tennis Stadium. Another arranged for Sunday for the Junior big crowd, composed mostly of the Championship of the Kowloon Golf Manila Chinese community, witnessed | Club: the thrilling encounter.
2.00 p.m. J. Leitch & W. Kershaw
B. Basto & J. Cole
was
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H. Grose & R. A. C. Basto
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J. Sale & L. A. Gutierrez G. Moss & W. Davenport
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The defeat of the visiting Hong 2.04 Kong Stars was their second setback 2.08 in a week after registering five vic- | 2.12 tories in a row. Their first defeat | 2.16
at the hands of the
Anglo-2.20 Chinese Quintette, M.L.A.A. (Manila | 2.24 Ladies' Athletic Association) basket- 2.28 ball champions, by the score of 20-27. 2.32
Tight guarding predominated throughout the encounter last Satur- CLUB day in an effort to stave off the local All Chinese girls' smoothclicking offence, the visitors committed several fouls which later turned
out to be the deciding factor of the game.
TWO PENALTY SHOTS The local selection held the Hong
scoreless
first Kong girls
in the Lourdes Go, Anglo-Chinese quarter. guard, scored the only points in the first period, converting two penalty shots on a foul by Lao Sau Kwong and Diana Chen, captain of the Hong Kong five.
Titania Uy, outstanding centre of the Anglo-Chinese squad, stretched the score to four points, puncturing the hoop from long distance as hostilities commenced in the second quarter. It was a close and tight- guarding affair from then on and for almost five minutes neither side was able to garner a single point. In the closing minute of the period the
five went to
Hong Kong town, scoring Ave points. Chan Chia Chen sank two successive goals, one from long distance and the other from under the basket, knot- ting the count at 4-all With 30 seconds more to play before lemon time, Sun Yuk Ming was fouled by Alice Chen and she made good her penalty toss, putting the visitors out in front for the first time by the
STARTING TIMES FOR FANLING
P. S. Cassidy, M. Pollock. J. R. Way, L. M. Wylie.
A. Morse, D. J. Gilmore.
G: H. Cautherlay, W. B. Richard-
son.
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J. Farmer & F. J. Remedios A. Buttfield & F. Zimmern W. C. Hung & A. N. Other.
HOCKEY TEAMS The following teams have been chosen to represent Hong Kong Hoc- key Club in matches arranged for the coming week.
"A" XI (v. Police 2nd XI on Club Groünd on Monday, at 5 m.):-H, W. Brown; W. G. Schnabel, and J. W. Pennington; V. E. Stephen, H. J. D. Lowe and A. M. J. Wright; A. Morgan, K. A. Bldmead and I. P. Tam- (Capt.) W. Spencer, G. D. Woolgar, E. F.
worth.
1st XI (v. Police 1st XI on Club Ground on Wednesday, at 5 p.m.):-V. C. Bond and E. V. Reed; N. B. Whitley, W. A. Reed and Car. F. Corrie-Hill; S. Fowler, D. S. Carey. G. E. R. Divett, T. D. Whitley and R. A. Bates (Capt.).
RACE-OWNER BACK
Mr. L. Dunbar, the popular racing owner, arrived back from leave to- day.
score of 5-4, -
VISITORS BLANKED
The local quintette again blanked the Hong Kong girls in the third quarter · assuming the lead when Victoria Tan arched in one from the
Lourdes Go. side.
followed suit, scoring two markers from the penalty line, making the score 8-5 at the end of the quarter.
the local five the situation.
In the final period continued to dominate Alice Chen made the score 10-5 as the quarter opened. The Hong Kong there- girls, however, immediately after cut down their 'opponent's lead to one point. Diana Chen sank two field goals in succession, making the score 10-9. For fully 41⁄2 minutes thereafter, the local selection played for the ball, preventing the visitors from scoring until whistle time.
The line-ups follow:
All Chinese- 10 Hong Kong
Stars- .2 Lee Shen You
9
Alice Chen
0
C. Go
0
Chan Chai Chen 4
V. Tan
2 Lao Sau Kwong 0
H. Le Tan
0 Diana Chen
4
2 Suisun
0
0
Sun Yuk Ming 1
Mrs. Park, Mrs. McKellar.
W. N. A. Smalley, J. W. May hew.
F. A. Howard, J. Stenersen. Mrs. Overy, Mrs. Mackenzie.
Col. Smith, Mrs. Forbes.
Lieut. Carter, Lieut. Box. Miss Cuthbertson, Miss Black
burn.
T. Uy C. Ong K. Chen L. Go Annie Kho G. Yang
0 Tang Yuen Hoo 0
4 Ngan Sau Ying 0
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