THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 8, 1941
GRAPHIC GOLE A PROMISING
PUTTINS
ON A SLOPING
GREEN
นน
STROKE, BALL
SO THAT IT WILL PASS
A BIT ABOVE MOLE
Slope Of Green
BY BEST BALL
1.30
The ank and file of gullers. and even those players who Store in the hiph seventies and low eighties. generally Piy more attention (11 the ehane et putting than fo ace tuaily training the putting cyn By this
latter phrase is meant Brit
important factors as estruating the speed of the green, and the slope of the putting terrain Galters will experiment long and panstak - ingly on their putting stroke yet neglect learning the solta- tion to problems. which con-
front them on every green.
On a simpang green for ex- ample such as that illustrated above, the player should make an effort to have the ball pass a bit above the hole. There is always the possibility that it may roll into the upper side of the cup. A stroke, which dués not allow sufficiently for this angle, may guide the ball below the cup, dicouragingly travelling further and further below as it progresses.
Next Article:-Cleasing The Hitting Action.
ARMY HOCKEY
TEAM
BASEBALL PITCHER
Some years ago, a pitcher by the name of Walter Johnson was making baseball history in the American League. There is 11) question but what he was one of the greatest pitchers ever and his brilliant work will long be remem- bered by those who saw tum per- Jorm.
WEEK-END
SOCCER
Now it looks very much as if another pitcher by the name of Johnson would write his name large in baseball This time it is Ebel Johnson, a young man from Seattle, Wash., and a graduate of for the week-end: St Mary's College, who is on the meter of the Boston Red Sox.
PROGRAMME
Young Johnson is a left-hander, He was brought un last season from the Rocky Mount form chub at the Red Sox and turned in the the rect of winning six gain whne losing only two. This year t ts predicted that he will do even better and that beiore he hangs up his plove for good he will have left cord that will stand high- in major-league patching history.
FIVE WORLD TRACK RECORDS
EASTERN AND SAINTS MAIN GAME TO-DAY
By "Referee"
THE BEST GAME in this afternoon's soccer pro- gramme should be at Caroline Hill where Eastern, still in running for the Championship, meet the low- ly placed St. Joseph's, but conquerors of Sing Tao in the Shield Competition.
Eastern are not looking forward
to this game with
any great degree CHRISTOPHER
of confidence. They have the fas- ter forward line but the Saints'
Following are the soccer fixtures defence is a heavy one and favour-
To-day
First Divisjon
Middlesex
V Police (Boundary Street 4.30 pm.) Kowloon
V Navy (Kowloon 4.30 p.m.) Eastern
V St. Joseph's (Caroline Hill 4.30 p.)
Second Division
Middlesex
* Ordnance Boundary Street 3. p.n.) South Chua
Navy
V
(Caroline Hill 3.00 p.m.) Service Corps V Kwong Wah
(St. Joseph's 4.30 p.m.) 30th It. A
Club (St. Joseph's 100 p.m.)
V
Third Division
Medicals
V
་་
International (Chatham Road 3.00 p.m.) 24th R.A.
7th R.A. (Chatham Road 4.30 p.m.)
"
Signals Fivel-footer Joe Gregory, ot (Military 3.00 p.m.) Rice. jan to his second indoor | 20th R.A. world record in eight days, win- ning the National A.A.A. 3-mile championship for the second sue- | cessive year in 13 minutes 31 seconds in Madison Square Garden recently Simultaneously he broke the retards for two and one-half males and two and forte-quartets makes in 1) 395 and 12.49, respec- Invejy
The old three-mile record was 13.50.6 made by Lauri Lehtinen. of Finland, a 1933.
Fellowing have been selected to f
Joseph P. McCluskey, of New represent the British Army again ti York, set at new record for the Hong Kong Hockey Club on Tues- |2-mile steeplechase when he fin- day, at King's Park, at 4 45 p.m. -ished in 9.35.4.
1.7/pl Dove (Signals). C
Neve
(Royal Scots), Bdr. Anderson (RA)
The distance medley relay was i Set Crowley Middlesex Regi 1. Sgt
won by the New York University ! Croston (RE). Set Waldron (Middle-
team of Fabian Francis, Jaredi sex Bext ). Cpl. Singleton (RE) P Sheehan (Middlesex Regt ). Ple Hitch-
Fangboner. Joseph Gares and Les- tuck (Royal Scots), L/Cpl Shaw (RE)
He MacMitchell. in 7:25.3 also a Captains and Sgt Homburg (RE) new world record. The old mark, Reserves:-Cpl Allsey (Royal Scots) made by a United. States team in and L/Sgt Taylor (RE).
England in 1936, was 7:35.8.
To-morrow
First Division South China Kwong Wal Carer I 4.30 p.m.) Royal Scuts } Club
(Seukumpoo 4.30 p.m.)
Second Division
" Sing Too Boundary Street 4.30 pm)
Police
!
Shed
Third Division
Air Force Boundary Street 3.00 p.m.)
H.K.F.C. ANNUAL
ed with the heavy ground con- ditions should be able to hold them.
Eastern are felding their best side but Saints will be without the services of Guy, who is still nur- sing an injuredi wrist and MacDonald, their centre forward, who has been indisposed for ગ while. St. Joseph's are not tak- ing a chance with these player- jand are kesping them for the
Shield semi-final.
BEST SINCE JOE DIMAGGIO
The Yankees have another Joe DiMaggio in Lloyd Christopher, who played with the Oakland Coasters in 1940 and is supposed to remain there another season.
It won't be long after his Yankee debut that Christopher, only 20, will have Yankee Sta dlum fans and those around the Santos is also a doubtful starter circuit talking about his skill. as he is on volunteer camp.
Christopher stands six feet, two Though Kowloon have
and a half and weighs 195 pounds weakened by the loss of Truscott and is described as being as fast as and Hutchinson they should give a streak and having a powerful Navy a good fight as they have | dem, several prunising youngsters wh have been promoted
been
A good game should be seen at Boundary street between Mid- dlesex and Police with the former vjaning.
To-morrow South China meet Kwong Wah in First Division in their home stretch for the senior title and it would be, indeed, a great surprise if Kwong Wah ab- tain even a point,
TO-DAY'S HOCKEY
Following wil represent Y.M.C.A. at hockey at King's Park to-day:
Fine Prospect
As a fielder, Christopher is one of the finest prospects seen,
He as a dead ringer for Bob Meusel He doesn't-throw.quite as force- fully as Long Bob did, but there's - not much difference, Bob, you re- member, had the best throwing arm in the American League.
Christopher is considered just as gopd a prospect as Joe DiMag- gly.
MUTUEL MACHINES ARE CREDITED WITH N. Y. PURSE GAIN
New York's use of pari-mutuel betting machines is credited with an increase in the amount of purse 1st XI v Nomads (4.15 p.m.): money distributed to winning Cleggett; Taylor, Yourieff; Croft, stables in 1940. The total jump- Coombe. Waldron; Spenchalybed from $2,168,000 in 1939 to Smith, Hitchcock, Morgan, Dunne. $2.689,785. The average daily distribution to winning stables was The Annual Dinner of Hong! 2nd XI v..R.A.M.C. (3 p.m.):$15,334, as compared with $12,147 Kong Football Club will be held Cleggett; Railton, Tomlinson; in 1939. Belmont Park set the at Hong Kong Hotel on Saturday, Smits, Gorman, Banks; Macey,pace for the state, as well as for March 29, at 7.30 p.m.
Olsen, Dormer, Ure, Mancey.
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