THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 7, 1940
Interesting Highlights On NEW STARS
Career Of Joe Beckett
Recently Arrested EASTERN GALA
As A Fascist
The Eastern Swimming Asso- ciation will hold their third swim- ming Gala of the season at North Point, commencing at 7 pm. to-] day. Following is the pro-
JOE BECKETT, one-time heavyweight chamgramme: pion of Great Britain, has been arrested and intern- ed as a Fascist, wrote Milton Bronner recently.
Men's 150 metres Medley"Relay. Middle Training Class-200 me- tres Breast-stroke.
100 metres Free-style. (Open to]
Members 50 metres Free-style.. Children's 50 metres Free-style. Members' 200 metres Free-
Gypsy Joe Beckett saved the money he was paid Chi Hang School only)... for being the most accomplished ring tumbler of them all. He had a guaranteed income for life. For a time he ran an inn in his native Southampton. Not so long ago he retired from business, and lived in a villa in his home town.
Police charge he joined the Following the conflict, he pro- British Union of Sir Oswald gressed far enough to be matched Mosley, would-be Fascist Fuehrer with Bombardier Wells, and won,| of Britain.
Feb. 27, 1919. In the some year, He threw his weight about he bent Frank Goddard and peo- town, telling what great men Adolfjple began to tout him as the logi- Hitler and Mosley were.
man to challenge Georges, People were afraid to tackle Carpentier. him, remembering he had once been a champion.
But the cops were not afraid. Beckett was- born in
cal
style.
Men's 50 metres Free-style. Ladies' 200 metres Breast-
stroke.
Men's 50 metres Breast-stroke. Water Polo.
U.S. AMATEUR GOLFERS TO MEET IN NEBRASKA
All sassiety. London, headed by the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, was there when Beckett South- tackled 'Carpentier in London, Championship of the United States
Dec. 4, 1919.
The National Amateur Golf ampton 46 years ago, and in that great seaport learned a good deal
in 1941 will be held at the Omahaj more about the rules of the ring for their man was a cinch.
Loyal Britons believed victory Field Club, Omaha, Nebraska, it than about the rules of grammar and arithmetic.
Beckett Spent First War,
In The Air Force
bunch a
A Bowling Pin For
Carpentier
was recently announced by the United States. Golf Association. Dates will be decided later.
This year's championship will be played over the Winged "Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, Long Carpentier, hero of the French Island, N. Y. from. September Beckett became what is known' Air Force, WBS good-looking, 9 to 14.-Reuter. in England as a fairbooth fighter, slender, as shifty as a dancing| The custom at country fairs is for master, but did not appear to formance in a round, Oct. 1, 1923, some impresario to take aro-ind have the weight with which to more than two years after: the with him
of young put steam behind his swift fists. Orchid Man had been knocked huskies willing to take on any
Beckett, with his features cut out by Jack Dempsey. yokels anxious to show what as out of stone, his brownish skin,! Georges Carpentier, who in re- they can do to "them city fellers." strength and awkward but solid cent years has run a heavily pat- Graduating from that class in crouch, seemed most formidable. Ironised bar in Paris, is still throw- 1914, Beckett had several success-
But only two blows were struck.jing punches. ful fights with professionals be-
Carpentier hit Beckett and Joe Beckett made the mistake fore entering the Royal Air Force Beckett hit the floor.
of throwing cheers for Adolf Hitler as a worker in the ground staff Carpentier repeated the per- and Sir Oswald Mosley. in the first World War.
BOWLS TEAMS
t.... The following teams have been selected for to-day's Lawn Bowls..League Matches:-
RECREIO
First Division (Recreio "A" V P.R.C., away)-F. X. Soares, H. A. Alves, J.} E. Noronha and R. F. Luz (skip); L.I F. Xavier. C. M. Silva, F. V. Ribeiro and F. X. Silva (skip); J. A. Luz, C.) E. Marques,, J. F. Ribeiro and C. G. Silva (skip).
First Division (Recreio “B” v 1.R.C., away) J. A. -Remedios," C. A. Lopes,
PRACTICE AT PUTTING, VALUABLE
TIPS BY WELSH PRO
A. M. Rodrigues and B, Basto (skip);} THERE WAS A time in the early days of my Remedios and J. J. Basto (skip): C. Career when my putting was more than bad, says
A. P. Pereira, C. H. Basto. J. C.
C. Roza-Pereira (skip).
F. Vas, A. F.. Noronha, E. Sousa and Dai Rees-it was, in my opinion, the worst in pro-
Second Division (v C.C.C., home)
In the course of a year I went to
M. F. Pinna, L. A, Osmund, J. R.
X. Monteiro, H. R. Pinna, F.:A, Xavier
fessional golf.
Soares and O. P. Remedios (skin); many professional tournaments, not to play; but and P. ́A, Yvanovich · {(skip}: J. Amerely to study the methods of players on the Osmund, F. H. Carvalho, C. C. Pereira greens. I watched leading amateurs, too, and spent a lot of time experimenting with the many methods -W. McLeod, W. J. D. Cameron, A. E. I observed.
and C. M. S. Alves (skip).
P.R.C.
First Division (v Recreio "A", home)
∙Carey and E. G. "Post (skip); T. R.
(skip). Reserve:-C. Pope.
Hunter, W. B. Barris, J. MacDonald as I realise now, my putting was ever becoming an expert holer- Well, as you can imagine, and, Just when I was despairing of and G. Perkins (skip); -F. Nolan, J. McSmith. J. Aitken and J. Shepherd about thirty putters and dodging confidence. He has always been not improved one iota by trying out I took my father into my Second Division (v H.K.C.C., home)-from one style to another. Look- an expert at getting the small J. Harrop. D. Fitches, J. Riddell and ing back on that terrible year, I ball into the large hole, and he F. C. Channing (skip); G. Davies, Gam convinced that only hours of passed on to me a tip which he Willerton, W. L. Clark and H. Brown practice on the (skip): W. E. Howell, C. Willcox, J. Rwithin reasonable reach. of being from his professional
green kept me had, when he was an assistant, McWalter and A. Soutar (skip). Rea putter of average skill,
employer. My father's suggestion was that I My experience of tournament use a much smaller hole for First Division (v K.D.R.C., away)-play had shown me quite clearly practice than the regulation one M. E. Purvis, L. A. Collyer, W. J. Bur that I must not only be cortain of 4 inches diameter. ling and F. J. Jones (skip): C. of getting down in two putts on Walker, D. Hollidge, J. F. McGowan every green, but that I must putt|| B. Allan, J. W. Deakin and M. N. well enough to give myself a Rakusen (skip)...
serves:-H. Tillman, J. MacKenzle.
C.S.C.C.
and J. Hollidge (skip); J. Gellatly, A.
Hole Looks Huge
chance of holing the first one. I tried out the idea and, after a Second Division (v K.F.C., home)~More than that, I must school tremendous amount of practice, P. D. Crawley, H. F. Harper, Cmyself and regulate my style so derived benefit from ft. By Strange and E, W. C. Simmonds, that the ability to average less practising this way, I uncon- (skip); J. R. Carr, S. Morris, Steven and S. Eccleshall (skip): A. Fremain with me season after sea-land. you can imagine how large Athan two strokes per green would sciously became more accurate, Shepherd. E. W. Collodge, E. Kirmon and W. R. Hillyer (skip).
K.F.C.
Second Division (v. C.S.C.C., away)~~~
son.
Own System
the hole looked when I played in matches and tournaments,
Obviously I could not use the J. Gibson, A. Eastman, R., Hall and P,
small hole method of practising Younghusband (skip); W. Groves, R One result of my experiments when away from home (some Hughes, V. Atienza and W. Simpson with putters and styles was that, greenkeepers are (skip): C. Plic. C. Dowman, V. Chit-more or less unconsciously, but I secured the same effect by so particular!) Third Division (v. H.K.C.C., away) which has kept me on the straight practice, instead of aiming at a
evolved a system of my
own trying to hit another bah during C. Fuller, C. Woodcock, S. Wang and B. Evans (skip); G. Froat, D. Thomson, and narrow putting path for the hole. This is my usual method Y. Abbas and J. Smalley (skip); G. past few seasons. If I were asked of putting the finishing touches Cross, G. Ogden, J. Henson and to analyse my style I would say to my game immediately before Smith (skip):
that ease of address is its out-going out to play in a competi standing feature. My feet are in tion.
tenden and W. Field (sklp).
ANA, H.K,E.A.C,
Third Division (v. C.C.C. Away) the positions they would occupy
W. H. B. Muskett, A. G. Gardner, Jin standing-at-case' but with the ed by now that my improvement. Perhaps my readers have realis-' F. Lunny, and A. F. Paul; (Skip); A. P. Tarbuck. II. S. McKay, S. Deacon weight slightly more on the left in putting was due mainly to as and J. K. Sloan (Skip): W. Stoker, R. foot than on the right. My right siduous practice. This is in fact C. Butler, G. T. Padgett and G. G. S. elbow rests on the hip and my the moral of my tale--that there loft elbow is kept well out, point-is no short cut to excellence in SUTAIKOO, R.C.
Thompson (Skip),
APPEAR ON U.S. TENNIS
GRAPHIC GOLF FIRMAMENT
LAWSON LITTLE SAYS11 "PLAYERS ATTITUDE. -TOWARD BALL SHOULD
BE SMOOTH-GENTLE:
"REGARD
BABL AS FRAGILE. UNTIL HIT."
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CALM ATTITUDE AID By BEST BALL By a golfer's attitude to- ward the ball you shall know him. That in short is the gist of Lawson Little's method of determining a player's game even before he makes a stroke. Little's reason is self evident. The golfer who handles the ball carefully, regarding it as something fragile shows, by his preparations for the shot, that he is calm and unruf- fled, in a good frame of mind for low scoring. Usually such a player takes an easy stance at address, his body relaxed for the task at hand.
The player on the other hand who moves hurriedly, in quick, abrupt movements, handles the ball carelessly is hardly in a disposition con- ducive to a good game. His nervousness over-his lack of skill is reflected in his ac- tions. Try handling the ball carefully next time you tee it up and see if this procedure .doesn't make for a calmer
temperament,
Next Article: Down.
Thumbs
Recent tournaments in the United
States have revealed Archie Henderson as the most promising of the lesser-known players. He has had a victorious march through many tournaments, winning in a style that marks hini down as á certain Davis Cup play- er when international competition is resumed.
In the Virginia Hot Springs tournament Henderson beat the British Davis' Cup player, Charles E. "Hare, 6-1 4-6 6-0 6-3 in the final, playing well in every de- partment of the game. Hare went up to the net continually, both be- cause he was not the cqual of Henderson at the base-line game and also to keep the American from taking the net position him- self, but his tactics were unavail- ing.
Further Success
Henderson followed this suc- cess up by winning the Tennessee Valley invitation tournament. "In the semi-final he beat the Ameri- can and Wimbledon champion Robert L. Riggs, 1-6 7-5 6-4-6-2. Clearly he is a player to watch. -Reuter.
ARMY TENNIS
In a Second Division Army Tennis League match. played at Soakunpoo {yesterday, Royal Army Ordnance Corps beat 24th Battery, Royal Artillery, by six gets to three,
Peters and Harding' (R:A.0.0.). beat Denton, and Hannon beat Warder and Pidgeon ... beat Wright and Thompson
Pitt and Bendell (R.A.O.C.). beat Denton and Hannon loat to Warder and Pidgeon beat "Wright and Thompson
Hunter and Jack (R.A.0.C.). lost to Denton and Hannon lost to Warder and Pidgeon beat Wright and Thompson
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Second Division (VRT.G.C./ing towards the hole.the short game unless you hap~] Home):Millon, Grine, Watson and In this position I am able to pen to be born with a silver put- Keown (Skip): Main, MeArthur, Bo prevent the hands from moving tertin your mouth,, For the great vaird and Munro (Skip); Melrose, too freely, and the swing of the majority of golfers the only way THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD Chunningham, Stainton, and Chalmore, clubhead is, kept on the line of is constant, perhaps woundsome, (Skip).
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