MISS P. BERG LIMITS MEN'S EDGE IN GOLF
If any one ever invents that the men, having stronger a gadget guaranteed to wrists, hit firmer chip shots than the girls. Most of the women get girls a bit more dis-"nick" the shorter ones. tance off the tee, then America's top-flight wo- men golfers will be able to compete on even terms with the male stars.
Results About Same
"But most of the girls 'flick' them pretty well,” she said, ““and the results are about the same as the men get, despite the difference At least, that's the conviction in the method of making the shot.' of Miss Patty Berg, red-haired, (Patty 'flicked' one into the cup freckled professional from Min- from eighty yards for an eagle neapolis, "recent winner of the deuce at Cincinnati when she beat Western open golf championship. Miss Betty Jamieson of San An- Patty, who doesn't ask odds from toic, Texas, in the semi-finals of any one on the golf course, had the women's. Western open.) her say while acting as referee "I don't
better say that our in the final match of the first wo-women golfers could do much good men's inter-collegiate golf cham-in a men's tournament," Miss Berg plonship.
said, "but give any of our leading players a way to get that ball out
first shot, and
some you'll see close matches between the men and the women,"
RETRIEVING abandoned balls advanced as one reason why many find himsel with bat aber auth Rates Short Holes Even there even with the men on the
from the rough gorse thickets it harder to hit cleanly than a bounding inter-Company cricket
tennis ball, or a scudding cricket ball. Sookunpoo yesterday, making 20 and other gulfing graveyards used alive with spin, writes the "Christian out of 74 for 22nd Coy., and then to be the caddies' perquisite, writes Science Monitor,"
wickets for 20 L V. Manning.
Davis Cup player Adrian Quist going on to take K
In aruns to help dismiss 40th Fortress showed freak match for patriotic funds, that Coy. for 59, and give his side a 15 he could clout a golf ball better with a runs victory. tennis racket than with the orthodox
But such venerable caddies as there are have other things to do in their spare hours these days, and as the balls are now badly needed to make up stock I know one professional who goes a-hunt- ing for them-with a tractor!
The name is Alfred Padgham, and he tells me it is proving quite a helpful new revenue.
The Lakes course. on
designed for that purpose. tools
nk
though he is a fair golfer (par handi- cap 101.
On the tees and along the fairways. Quist tossed the ball up and smote li with something between a service and
On A forehand drive
the greens he used
His opponent, New a pulter His richest prospecting is. of South Wales рго champion, Billy course, in the tiger country, where Bulger, played with a full set of clubs, the grass is longer these days of With a strong wind side-on at the 8th cut staffs than normally.
R
100 PER WEEK
"IT is surprising what hauls we get," said Alfred. "I have sent off about a hundred to be recon- ditioned this week. They back looking like new and sold at about half price."
1440 yards), Quist reached the green in
Dead
Into
the
two catgut strokes. wind, he put his tee serve on the 14th green (182 yards). Down-wind at
the 18th 1473 yards) his second shot finished close to the Quist cannot get that distance with golf clubs.
green.
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come STRUNG THEM OUT
aft:
baits
The re-covering of golf was a healthy business before the war, but not to anything like the
extent it is now.
on
a
15 girl caddy. Miss Nancy Burleigh, 15
carried Ave rackets, which proved ¡ to be a sufficient allowance for wear
and tear on the strings.
£
Under the conditions of the match, lics didn't The new ball quota was fixed bunkers, rough, and bad
particularly unfavourable mean think to Quist, because he period in the winter before last picked his ball up for each stroke; but
he was rarely off the line. when snow prevented play on Bolger was surprised to find that a most courses for nearly six weeks. golf ball could be hit so far and accur tely with a racket. He had thought that the racket would have to be strung with fencing-wire to send the ball 200 yards.
game
So the rationing makes things particularly hard on professionals who haven't got deep rough or magnetic ponds.
I wonder whether the pond at Wanstead is as costly as it used to be.
At one time over 2 thousand balls a year found this watery grave-not_all of them mine.
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ALMOST IDENTICAL
IT'S funny how the golfing paths of Craig Wood and Denny Shute have run together.
Eight years ago they tied for the British Open and Shute won in a play-off.
Two years ago they tied again in the U.S. Open, along with Byron Nelson. Shute lost out in the Arst play-off and Nelson won the sec- ond extra-hole affair.
And this year Wood won the U.S. Open and, Shute was second. A few errant shots in the closing holes and Wood would have tied
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The weakest part of Quist's was not his racket play, but when he discarded that stringed instrument and changed to his putter. Bolger, who won 7 and 6, thought that the change from racket to putter affected Quist's touch on the greens,
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WOMEN'S SECTION
MEETING
of 1
The Autumn Meeting Wornen's Section of Royal Hong Kong Golf Club held its Autumn Meeting at Deep Water Bay yes- terday and $630 was collected fer the British War Organisation Fund.
Mrs. Prophet won the Tomb- stone competition, finishing up on the 17th green, Mrs. Gerondal won the Hidden Spot tourney.
the
by
Golf was played throughout the the afternoon there day and in was bridge and mahjong in - with Shute for the third time in a Clubhouse,
major championship. RACKET v CLUB
THE
“HE tantalising stillness of a golf ball, as it sits on its tee-peg. leaving everything to the player, has been
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Prizes were presented Messrs. Lane. Crawford, Ltd., Geo. Falconer and Company, the Cara- van, Madame Lebon, John D. Hutchison and Company, Dunlop Rubber Company, Mrs. Butlin and. members of the Committee,"
Easier Golf
FAILURE TO PIVOT
By Best Ball While some golfers hesitate >to make a full body turn for fear of mishitting, it is often this very failure to pivot suf- ficiently that causes difficul ties. By observing the position of the clubhead at the top of the swing, it is often possible to determine a slicing fault. For instance, too restricted a body pivot in the back- swing will result in the club.... head pointing to the left of the direction of play instead of parallel to it, the orthodox method.
The result of such a post- tion is that on the clubhead's descent, it will come down in an arc outside the line of play and cut across the ball to the inside, This, outside-in' impact is a common cause of slicing,
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Most Important Golf Hand.--
CORRECT CLUBHEAD PARALLEL
TO LINE.
PLAY
INCORRECT
INSUFFICIENT BODY TURN CLUBHEAD
POINTED TO LEFT:
OF LINE- CAUSE OF SLICE
17.19
Sergt. Shipp took 7 wickets for 24 runs for the losers, for whom Spr. Tropp was top-scorer with 15 runs.
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AMATEUR A.A.
MEETING
A meeting will be held in the West Lounge, Europearr Y.M.C.A.. at 8.45 pm, on Tuesday, Septem- ber 30. when officers of the pro-
posed Hong Kong Amateur Ath- letic Association, to be later af- fillated with the English A.A.A., will be elected.
Col
All Clubs, Universities, leges and the Services will be cir- cularised and invited to send delegate to the meeting.
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TO-DAY'S BASKETBALL
is
a
"Oft the tee, men have a decided ed advantage," she said. "but the girls can give them a pretty fair tussle the rest of the way.
On
RESUMPTION OF
DAVIS CUP? -
holes short enough for us to get home with a wood and an iron, we are just as good as the men. They may get close enough to use a long one, but that doesn't bother our better women players.
Sir Norman Brookes, Président "Close to the green, and on the
of the Australian Lawn Tennis surface, putting
the girls
Association predicts a resumption make any shot as well as the men of Davis Cup tennis next and as a rule the feminine put-Sir Norman based his prediction ing touch is better."
can
The petite professional admitted
APOSTOLI ON THE
year.
upon Russia's entry into the war. which he said "assures us of comparatively early victory.
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TO-DAY'S TENNIS
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COMEBACK TRAIL
The postponed Third Division Freddle Apostoli. former mid- dieweight boxing champion, was Lawn Tennis League games be- come-tween Chinese Recreation Club a step further along the back trail on September 16 and (2) and Kowloon Indian Tennis Joe Spangler, his overweight wel-Club and Army and Craigengower terweight opponent, was
a Cricket Club will be played this Norfolk hospital suffering from a afternoon. broken jaw.
in
Apostoli knocked out Spangler in 2 minutes. 40 seconds. of
pro-fifth round of a scheduled
Open round fight.
Following
to-day's gramme of matches in the Basket-ball League. V.R.C. v Trojans
Chinese Y.M.C.A. Yu Leang
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the
10-
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C. Richards was severely cautioned. by Nottingham stewards and fined £25. Apostoli drove his for not presenting himself to be weigh». opponent through the ropes with led-in on Old Folk after he had been a volley of rights and lefts that placed third by the judge in the Mid- broke his jaw.
land Plate.
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