THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1940
Golf The Next Game To PUI YING
Be Played At Night
"CERTAIN TO COME BUT AT LEAST THREE YEARS AWAY"
WHY NOT NIGHT golf? The question arose at. the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball in Toledo re- cently, when it was reported that a nine-hole course is being operated for nocturnal play in South Africa, writes Jerry Brondfield.
Players, tournament officials and manufactur- ers express enthusiasm, but the consensus is the cost would be too high.
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"Night golf is certain to come, But whatever the answer, but it's at least three years away,' jare willing to say night golf is im- says Fred Corcoran, tournament possible, or even improbable. manager of the Professional Golf- The American public is noted ers' Association. "But don't forget] for taking to things with a rush night baseball was nothing more once something catches on. than an idea at the start.
Thousands of golfers And themselves tied up during the day, "Night golf would be much cooler, too. The biggest golfing| months are July and August, when the sun bakes everything during the day."
Demaret. Casts
Negative Vote.
Jimmy Demaret, Masters' and Western Open champion, speaks with some experience, night golf having been tried to some extent in Houston, where, the winter phenomenon holds forth.
Demaret is not enthused.
SECURE THE TITLE
By “Sportshawk”
CHAMPIONS The Championship of
SING TAO BEAT THROUGH
:
ALL-PENANG
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
The touring. Sing Too football team met with another suc- cess on Tuesday, when they beat All-Penang 3-0. Kwok Ying-kee scored two goals. The other one, from penalty, was netted by Lai Shiu-wing. (Copyright by "Sing Tao Jih Pao.")
LITTLE STANDS FOR EVERYTHING FINE IN GOLFING WORLD
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WILLIAM LAWSON Little, Jr.'s niche in the history of golf was assured even had he never woIT are attracted by lights," he points the National Open championship, writes Harry out. "They eat you alive,
"Bugs, including...... mosquitoes,
"A round can't be started until Grayson from Toledo, about 8.30 o'clock or later, and it takes' so lung to play one players are kept up too late,"
A
the
"B" Division of Colony Chinese Basket- ball League went to Pui
A. M. and U. M. Omar, 1937 Ying College following champions, entered the fourth- rompin the pairs bowls cham their decisive victory in pionship at Kowloon Football the play-off with St. Club yesterday when they beat Paul's College, the strong- C. E. Marques and B. Basto 27-8: The last two heads was not play-jest challengers in this Division, last night at Kong Chinese Y.M.C.A. before a capacity crowd.
led because of the rain.
At Taikoo A. W. Grimmitt and
F. J. Jones beat J. McCutcheon Hong
jand C. Gowland 25-17.
At Recreio Simmonds and Good- win beat Levett and Duncan 26-15.
day!--
BOWLS TEAMS
The champions won by 41 points. to 37, after leading by. the odd point in 39 at the end of the first half.
The victory, though decisive,. was a narrow one..and was only The following League lawn bowls decided in the last three minutes, teams have been selected. for Satur when Mak Hau-yuen, playing at left-wing for the champions, by scoring two splendid goals, gave First Division (v İ.C.C., away) :—A. Brooksbank, B. I. Bickford, D. W. Phi-his side the lead, while Yau Hong- lips and H. G. Wallington (skip): Ashui, at guard for the same side, Watson, C. Needham, L. Lammert and added a further good goal to re- against K. 9. Robertson (skip); A. B. Didsbury, gister a 41-point score
H:K.F.C.
A. W. Hodges, W. Gill and G. Duncan St. Paul's College's 35 just before
the final bell. (skip).
Third Division (v P.O:C., away):-F. St. Paul's Boys drew first blood, P.. Anslow, F. Filppance. B. A. Mansell but were caught soon after by
and G. S. Graver (skip): H.. Hr Bed-!
dow, C, G. Sollls, E. L. Strange and the champions, who maintained G. E. Stephens (skip); A. G. Gratton, their steady form thereafter and S. H. Strange, R. R. Wood and J.Scored consistently, though close- Watson (skip).
ly pressed by the eventual run- ners-up. Score at end of the first period was 17-16;
I.R.C.
First Division (V Club de Recreto [“Ė”, away):-D. M. Khan, K; M, Rum- Jahn, A. M. Rumjahn and M. R. Abbas (skip); J.. Hoosen, A. K. Suflad, A. R. Minu and A. K. Minu (skip); A. H. Ramjahn, S: Yusuf, M. Y; Adal and
AR. Dallah (skip).
Increase Lead
home-AS. Suntad, M. Haasan, A were again level.
H. Madar and A. M. Wahah (skip); J.
The champions increased their lead to 25 points against 20 or the Third Division (v Kowloon F.C., resumption but, at 35, the scores
However, Mak Hau-yuen, with M A. Rumjahn, M. P. Madar, A. Ga powerful shot, took the scores to Suffad and A. Bakar...(skip): M. B. Hassan, S. A. R. Bux,. U. A. Rúmjahn 37-35, and the sante player added and 9. M. Rumjahr.(skip).
a further clean shot to increase. the lead to 39-35, while Yau- H.K.E.R.G. Neither Robert Tyre Jones nor pictured as a giant. As a matter any other in the 400 years of golf of fact he stands no more than 5 Third Division (v H.K.C.C.; home):-Hong-shui netted the last goal just That's the complaint of baseball equalled the 31 consecutive vicfcet. 10 and weighed 179 pounds 4. C. Gardner, R. A. Owens, H S. before the final bell to decide the players, by the way. They are toties, at match play which Law when he sank his final puft in McKay and A. F. Paul (skip); A. P. issue.
For the champions, Mak Hau- thrown off in their meals and son Little. required in 1934-5 to repelling Gene Sarazen in the Tarbuck, V., Sorby, S., Deacon, and J. K Sloan (skip); W. Stoker, R. C. sleep.
become the first man to win both play-off at Cleveland's Canterbury Butler, G. T. Padgett and G. G. Siyuen played a brilliant all- Corcoran, stresses the boom in the British and American Ama-the other aftertioon..
Thomson (skip). Reserve:C. E. Ga-round game in the attack, in Little wears a 15% collar and fogan,
which he was fully supported: by night driving ranges, however, teur titles in successtve. seasons.
K.S.G.C. and asserts the bug problem, isn't]
But once he set his mind on it, has rather small hands He ob-|-
Wong Sheung-ying and Tang, It was inevitable that Little would tains. his tremendous power from First Division (v. Cralgengower Shiu-hee, while Yau Hong-shui so noticeable.
the thrust of his exceptionally Away)-R. P. Phillips H. White, Lheld his own very well in defence Ranges are doing a big business, bag the National.Open..
Guy and A. J. Hall. (Skip): G. W. Depart from distributing well. and Corcoran insists that's one There never was a more worthy broad shoulders.
con, C. Wallis, J. C. Gli and J. G. In addition to his football Meyer (Skip); W. L. Walker, H. C. The runners-up were best indication night golf is on the way, or classier champion, or one with
and physique, Little has a cool and Spong, A. Hyde-Lay. and A. M. Hol- served by Lui Kim-fung "More than 5,000 turned out at a finer background. a night range in New Orleans to Little stands for everything golf methodical brain, and is as game land (Skip).
Wong Yau-man in the attack and Second Division; (v - -Kowloon CC-Chan Haw-hee and Lee Ming-in- He also gives the as they come see Sam, Snead and Jimmy Thom- stands for.
Lawson Little, who was 30 Home)-E. F. Pope. V. C. Dixon, the defence. son in a slugging match," says the professionals a social touch...
A. Cheesman and R. Duncan (Skip); P. G. A. director.
He was offered $6,000 a year years old June 23, is vastly more. Sykes, E. Levett, D. W. Waterton and all expenses to remain
an than a one-tournament champion and H. Lockhart (Skip); A. Morton, E. amateur and sell a line that would He's done it before."
A. Atkins, A. Bower and H. E. Drew. not affect his status.
He'll do it again.
(Skip).
Experiment. With Lighting Systems.
"I couldn't have looked an amateur in the eye had I accepted Engineers are experimenting in the position," asserts the son of an effort to bring down the cost the retired army surgeon, who is of installing lighting,systems on here for the Inverness Invitational courses. to a workable figure.
Four-Ball.
The experiment has been triedj
Little also grew tired of beating].
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at pitch-and-putt layouts in Kan-amateurs. It no longer was fun. sas City, Wilmette, Ill., and other So he went all the way places, but usually ends in finan-cast his lot with the money cial disaster.
players...
There are only four hours of darkness at most unless® players want to go into a midnight tour-| nament, and many golfers have to be accommodated to make lighted courses pay.
swer..
TO-DAY'S BOWLS
"THE GREATEST PLAY
I'VE EVER SEEN..
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(This is another of a series of short descriptions of "The Greatest Play I've Ever Secu," as appearing in the Shanghai “China Press/")
By H. B. GALLOP (Manager, Shanghai Amateurs)
AS TOLD TO HAL P. MILLS
PUI YING COLLEGE
Foul No. of Gopis. Goals Fouls
2
3
1
3
0
Mak Hau-yuen Wong, Sheung-ying Lak Sze-hang Tang Shlu-hée. Yau Hong-shul Luk Sze-hung Chan: Yuk-kwan Total Points
ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE
0
2
4
0
Chan Haw-kuen Lut Kim-fung Wong You-man Yuem Shul-fai Chan. Häw-h00. Lee Ming
Total Points
Taikoo Beaten
NONNNO
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Golf Galleries Have Wrong Impression
Because of a rule requiring a But night golf would be more member to have served at clubs than a novelty. It would be affor five years, Little is the first
In their postponed match in the contribution to comfort.and con-professional wearing the National
same Division of the League, Nam venierice.
Open_crown to be ineligible for Electrical companies are ex-the P.G.A. Championship. In-
Turn back the clock to the year next one.... A whack, a crack and Sheung Club defeated a team from perimenting with portable light-fluential people went..to bat for 11924:
the ball'sailed high and fast in the Taikoo Docks Recreation Club for. ing systems on rollers which could him, but the P.G.A. did not even Fix this scene in your mind:. direction of the overflow crowd in Chinese by 69 points to 38 after› be wheeled to wherever they were reply to his application for mem-Race Course on a cloudless, warm run.
The baseball diamond at the right field., Labeled a sure home leading at the interval by 29-20. All the players in this contest needed. This might be, the an-bership.
But the fans reckoned without registered their points through. The result is he will broadcast Sunday afternoon. Arrayed on the matches at Hershey, Pa., Aug. one side,, a crack college. team Bristow, right field gardener for field goals, with the exception of. 26-Sept. 1. He will make no from the Land of the Rising Sun, the Amateurs. With the crack of three foul goals, which is rather. effort to have the association, the University of Kelo nine; the bat against ball Bristow head-an unusual feature of basketball waive its rule, which it should do on the other, the Shanghai Ama-ed for the overflow crowd. So did play for the good of itself and its own teurs of that year, with the one-the fast-moving ball.
To the amazement of the as- tournament, The P.G.A. should be time great Long Jawn Scott as the
sembled thousands, Bristow he happy to welcome.., a man like mound mainstay Lawson Little to its ranks.
More than 6,000 excited fans, sitated not but dashed... headlonguon Put Galleries always have had the early 5,000 of them cheering into the crowd-disappearing from yun put kose.
Japanese cheering for their the view of grandstand fans.. | Kwan Yuk-yau.. wrong slant on Little, who was countrymen... One of the largest There was almost dead silence Chul Yuen-Cheung considered high hat during his crowds in the local history ofthen a mighty uproar the chơi Họ
The handsome baseball.... A. F. Paul and J. K. Sloan v R. amateur days.
smiling.Bristow emerged from the
He A close game... Very close, crowd, ball in hand. P. Phillips and J. E. Henson; L. J.Stanford graduate is in reality a Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro v vspléndid mixer extremely well Seventh inning, Score tied at 3-made one of the most difficult and
liked by intimates.' Chittendent and W. V. Field.
all. Two away and two Nip-daring, cutolies 1 dvér have scen. Wong YK-man At K.B.G.C.
Although a striking Ogure in ponese runners, on the bases: In the next inning the Amateurs Leo Kalyul action, Little hasn't been exactly wild-eyed, excited, Japanese fans scored two runs and won the Yau Kam-fai popular on courses because he in-pleading, clamoring for a hit. game, eventually winning the young an sists on playing the ball, instead of Tense local fans fervently hoping series, 4 out of seven. the gallery.
that Scott, hurling that day, would Concentrates Eight......
tighten up and whiff the batter.
Ball one. Ball two. Ball three. The home. town fans groaned. Hours At A Stretch
Mike Dalek w Goodbye to the old ball game: But Walter Hagen says Little is the was it?
The following' is to-day's Lawn Bowls Open Pairs Championship programme:
At. K.D.R.C....
H. A. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeiro v. J.- Fraser and E. C Fincher,
TO-DAY'S TENNIS
Division
:
The following a to-day's "D" first golfer he ever saw who could Long Jawn whipped a beautiful Then another, The League tennis pro-concentrato eight hours at a strike over.
Med local fans perked up. Hoping stratch.
Because, of his screeching drives hoping.
gramme-
B.C.A.A. K.I.T.C.
C.R.C. “A!! Filipino Club
of 300 yards and more, Little is Down the groove whistled the
had
NAM SHEUNG, CLUB'
Foul No. of
Goala. Goals Fouls 0
Total Points
TAIKOO CLUB
.
Young Kwan.yau Ng Yau-kuen.
Total Points-
OPONOD
Gala Postponed
OONCOOR
[H.P.M.'a note: Herble Gallop is a well-known young business man who for years has been identi- fled in an official capacity with] baseball-his first love, He has given much to the game and for The swimming gala which was a number of years has been to have been hold by the Chung. manager of the home team. A Sing Benevolent Society at Ken- popular, clean-cut lover. of nedy Town last night was post- sports, particularly baseball and poned owing to rain. It will be boxing 1
held on August 15.