The Grown-up Golf Caddie Is Dying Out
By HENRY LONGHURST
London-
All over the country the grown-up golf caddie is dying out, partly perhups from nafurat causes, largely because people no longer have either the wherewithal to pay him £1 a day or the nerve to ask him to do it for Icky His departure robs the game of both colour and convenience.
No one who has ever had a caddie relishes carrying his own clubs, even in a tube-like little canvas container rescued from the attic. Nor are these ridiculous, if utilitarian, perambulators, a true substitute. Yet the answer is, and to me always has been, plain. It is-boys. What better job for a boy the blessing of the Mayor of at week-ends and in the holi-Malden he hopes at Oratto al days than carrying golf clubs tract a dozen boys or so from
elder: for his
เก betters?, the local schools and Fresh air and exercise instead clubs. of fun fairs and films; grown up company: curious conversa- tion and even curiouser lan- Huge; all this and, say, five bob round.
youth
He is setting aside for them
1:1 a couple of rooms
what were to have been Henry Cot ton's quarters, at the club, and here they will have their own canteen and a ping-pong table, This used to be the pattern
and at home (except the live bob to say nothing of talks
a few J. Taylor started ut Od., possibly even leg 3d. the if they lost a ball) from a past champion. tlehard
Burton.
Mr Freedman's umbi- and it is still the pattern in the United States.
tion is to look after his junior Of their Jast
that thirty-odd open champlons all charges in such nway but Jones and Little started y average club golfer would ly eatlying Now they have deem it "good enough
a number of "caddiescholar-own son.".
ship, by which a bright boy
a course earn
muy university.
LOSING FACE
and
at
the
over
This does not happen here but it should. Perhaps it is because the modern boy is, Mr Harding has declared, "pineless
spoon-fed though I do not share that be lief. In America he certainly is not, and it has now come to it that boys will not go out unless they carry two bags, than earning double fees.
Furthermore each bag prob-
lessons
for his
to me
with
NO MORE ARGUMENTS Not only, it seems would his scheme A in the social trend of the day but It might also have the most desirable repercussions on golf in general.
Hesitating to load up a inore boy, people might once again they namely
carry as many clubs as
are equipped to use,
relied
about seven.
Others, who have over-long on grown-up caddies and blained them afterwards, decide for could once again
ably weights about a hundred-themselves which-club to take, weight and they still ask for while those of us who are now Two, I remember how a boy reduced at The short holes to a
tee-ed NY, almost de-ee- in Buffalo,
up No. 2, would no longer lose the time and face clined to carry the bag of 10*** Chick Evans, ù past
involved in arguments about Open Champion and founder of the Mr So-end-So, who recently first Cucklic scholarship in "got up easy with an eight. memery of his own caddie days, because it only had seven clubs in it. He felt he was
lesing face with the other boys, who each had a couple of cabin trunks.
Now, at last, someone is go- Ing to start something on these lines over here-Mr Lou Freed-
man, who 12 the presiding Renius at Coombe Hill. With
Allogether an admirable idea, and I cannot wait to see it in nction. Come along, there, boy! Hurry up!
AMERICAN TO
COMPETE IN
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1958.
FAREWELL APPEARANCE
70
Quentin Almao winning the Quadrangular 100 Yards Dash at Boundary Street on Sunday in 10,4 seconds, aheng of Kirk and Wong Man-wan.
Quentin, who was third in the 100 Metres at the last Colony Champion- ships to Stephen Xavier and Wong Man-wan and fifth in the 200 Motres, is leaving on Saturday for New Zealand where he is enrolled at Victoria University College at Wellington.
His 100 Yards in 10.1 seconds at King George V School in 1951 is stll_the fastest postwar mark for this distance, ahead of Xavier's 10.2 seconds at Boundary Street last year.
In the picture are — from left to right -- Crane, Norris, Almao, Perdue, Kirk (second) and Wong Man-wan (third).
The picture clearly demonstrates how much can happen in the last few yards. At this stage Almao is still about two to three yards from the tape with Crane ncarest to him and Kirk lying fifth. Kirk finished second and Crane fifth.—China Mail Photo.
The Odds On Arsenal's
Cup And League
✯ ✯ ✯ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★ ★
KEN SMITH'S Show Talk
NOW CLARK GABLE IS PLANNING TO RETIRE
London.
III am right, the break Ho didn't want to make it Now it's Clark Gable, will mean the end of one of "because it was,# 'lonn-out'
Like Bing Crosby, he's planning to retire.
It's not surprising: They've been with us a long) time. Take Clark
He's been a top-liner for 20 years.
the longest star-studio partner- ships in screen history. For It was on December 4, 1930, that Gable signed his first contract with MGM. It was for two years.
Clark is longing to retreat to his Californian reach and emerge only ocensionally "for a really adult film-for my own company."
Months ago, when he was in England to make Never
told me in Cornwall: “I Let Me Go in Cornwall, he aim to retire in 1936 anyway,
picture to Columbia, nrid I didn't fancy toan-outs. But I was lucky, I was forced into it. Look how it turned out.”
Look how it turned out For 20 years he has been "The King" at Metro. Now ho is ready to relinquish his MGM crown,
Who will take it up? My guess; Stewart Granger.
BUSY ELIZABETH Elizabeth Alim (who played
Clark opposite
in 1933 T
told me quietly: "Somehow and shall take things easy un- I don't think I shall ever til then. I should have enoughafen in White) has completed sign another contract."
mone to see me through my golf and my fishing On December 4 his pre- though tax does take a lot." sont contract with MGM His carnings are around the comes up for renewal. My £1,000-a-week mark every bet is he'll not take it up.
AL 32. full of fame und I can't give you MGM's view riches, Gable is not very dif-
the
ü
д
negro mam-
er flm come-back role with
In Trevor Howard
Graham Greene's The Heart of the Mfat- ter. Now she starts with Jack Hawkins in a newspaper story, Each Day We Die,
PS. (to the film COMI- pany): Change the title.
HEALTHY SHOT
of the impending break. They ferent from 21-year-old won't talk. They didn't even Billy Gable
whe considered have a Press reception when himself fortunate to make ten Clark arrived in London to im dollars
British Lion, who are making wock as a scentes for "Mogambo"
amy or a crying child in a crib Each Day We Die, have a six- Elstree,
lined one-night-picture programme,
up Clark isn't talking either. He on stage, with
that should give British filme stand repertory company. silpped into London and got
a healthy shot in the arm. The down to costume
I WAS LUCKY Aittings and
other Ave: script conferences. At the air-
Among his unimpressionablo 1. Carol Reed in in Berlin port na he stood, a book under film colleagues he is known as necking locations for
Man in his arm.
in briefcase
Mason, hla "The King," but he never for the Street with James hand, looking like a
not always Claire Bloom and Hildegarde typical gets that he hus city business man going home, been a star. He likes to retell Neff. he smoothed his greying hair the story
2. Tony Kimmins starts tha of It Happened One
Alco and sald: "I want to have aj Night-the film which won him week on Paradise; with quiet time. I don't want people an Oscar and established him Guinness, Yvonne de Carlo and
not yet, as the most popular actor in Celia Johnson,
the world.
to know I'm here - anyway."
“Double" Are Cramped The Plight Of The
Says ARCHIE QUICK
Arsenal, drawn at home again for the Sixth Round, were quoted at the latest Victorin Club call-over at two to one against favourites for the Cup, and were at one hundred to six for the Cup and League “double.”
Both odds are cramped. In the Cup quarter-finals there are still eight "run- ners," and five of them are First Division sides. As for the League, Arsenal still have seventeen matches to play in ten weeks.
since World
Well-Publicised
★ CONSIDER (just for ad. Lee, which helps keep many
encourage
3. Aubrey Baring starts next month on u commando picture zet in the Island of Ithodes, with an all-male cast headed by Dirk Bugarde and Denholm Elliott.
4. In April work begins on Siz Cane Back, by Somerset Maugham's nephew Robin, starring Jack Hawkins.
5. May will see David Lean at work the old stage "hit" Hobson's Choice.
LAUGHTON CRACK
Most fatuous remark of the week: from Charles Laughton, who, surprisingly. has been playing with Abbott and Cos- tello:
in portraying
moment) the plight of the cinemas open. (Mr Rank rates well-publicised in "keeping up his Ice-cream proft at £1,151,- a front."
000 a year.) The whole of American show Chocolate sales would fall to business is convinced that its make up for the expected loss leading London representative, on Ice-cream. Douglas Fairbanks, will get a Pily the showmen. Why, only Thus their total commitmen, i
seat in the Abboy for I would say that Arsenal have time of asking on no fewer than
the last summer they were being "I Lou Costello ever plays exclusive of replays and allowing their best team since the War, twenty occasions
Coronation.
confectioners at Stratford I will not be sur- accused by some for them getting to Wembley they have tremendous club spirit,¦ Wer 1, and there have been two
But what if Fairbanks falis? of keeping on the heating in prised. He would win praise
cinemos to would be twenty games In they
I asked him it. In that event, their are scoring goals with sequences of five and nine de-
from the most highbrow critic half that number of weeks! The unusual freedom, but they their win over Crewe in a replay thought that unlikely.
to he might arrange to be out of customers buy feats respectively. Apart from
more ice-
Such Shakes- also conceding them with
Fothe country in June. He cream.
pearean characters BS Bottom strain would surely be too much digality never before known in season 1950-51, they have not | The Cup for
them, maybe, but
in A Midsummer Night's Dream, One-book girl He said: "I'm not a member possibility of
at Highbury. League at
So vote for won a Cup game home or away
the porter in Macbeth and triumph
is remote, to say the Arsenal for the
of the US Embassy staff so I and since 1935-39 (and that against
the
BANKHEAD, Touchstone In As You Like It." least.
have no guarantee of a seat in a Crewe, funnily enough), That
best seller the Abbey.
Not Hamlet, Mr Laughton? I may have to True, they have not got to go team like Preston or Burnicy. represents one victory In 10 watch the Coronation some about herself called plainly a-visiting again in the Cup- The draw. for the Sixth Round matches!
I wouldn't miss that it is her first and last.
"Tallulah," has made it clear where else. their Sixth of the Cup saw the luck depart Since the early 1920's the unless they draw
Mr Webb, however, says that it." USA has had only one re Semi-Final
Round tle-for after that, the from Lancashire and go to the the biggest ordeal Argyle sup-
Says she: "I'm dedicated to Mutiny last year, and particu. and Final are on Midlands. In the Fourth Round porters have ever undergone way
Out in the cold
the proposition that lightning larly those who wrote presentative in the Isle of neutral grounds, but study theft Lancashire had seven ties inside between seasons
THE FIRST gnawing a 1921-22 and
never strikes twice in the come Resting Humphrey Bogart for Men
TT races and he League programme.
the county
xiety about the derationing place. I'm and
three in the 1929-30 when the club finished
anc-book girl, the role of the notorious Cap- Colony Open crashed in practice.
On Saturdays they have to Fifth
Dll. Fifth Round. This time they
of sweels has been expressed by | After as runners-up for promotion to
no one asked fain Queeg, Tennis Championship matches
Blackpool,
those Wednes-have none, Birmingham, with Division Two six times
most directly affected: Gertrude Ederle to swim the But this year America will be play
After Bogart finishes in succes-
the cinema showmed.
Channel a second time." (Miss Huston's Beat the Devil in which were played off at the represented by Nick Nicholson, day, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, out a Cup match in Round Five, aion and followed this period of Hongkong Cricket Club.
frustration by filling third and
Their fear: a drop in the sales Ederle was the first woman Italy und England he will re- a young rider of considerable Chelsea, Manchester City and have two of the last four.
-North-End, all-away Preston ---
of Ice-cream. And, as everyone France-lo-England_swimmer_in turn home to play Queeg in I fancy-Villa_to_beat Everton, fourth places the -next-two-
Stanley Kramer's Alm of the book. not from pletures but from the
in
Colony Tennis Championships
Schnellnes took yesterday's
tan banaшTY »
TT RACES
who is the present Schoolboy California.
Singles champlon, secounted far veteran Lee Wal-long by 7-3.
Ger-
British
games
League Champion for
the
FIRST IN YEARS
Gateshead are the first Third Division North side to gain o
who
TAwrote' 'n'
FXI. Ma, of. St. Paul's Co-Ed repute from race-minace from home. They have to meet but I believe Spurs will at least sensons before finally getting knows by now, it is the proft, | 1028,)
Ke is being sponsored by Cardiff, West Bromwich, Stoke draw at St Andrews and beat out of the Third Division. 9-7. Playing an excellent and Captain Bill Thompson, a U.S. and Burnley at home. steady gone throughout, Ma was Army officer stationed in not in the least perturbed by the many, and will ride repulation of his opponent. Re- lying mainly on ground stroking, he overcome Lee, who was ap- parently still feeling the effects of his strenuous game again J.RL. Cook on Sunday.
Nerion machines.
Because the United
Birmingham at Tottenham.
Bolton should be too good for Then there are four midweek Gateshead, desp : e
against Derby, Preston Tynesiders' record of victories States, and Bolton at home and Cardiff over Crewe, Liverpool Bradford, place in the last Cup eight since
Isaway, in addition to the Easter Hall and Plymouth-the three where motorcycle spori
of three matches lost-named all away from home. Hull City accomplished the feat largely controlled by the purely programme
They are & In the remaining tie I tako in the dim past. in four days! rational AMA, has no repre- How can a team survive that Arsenal to pull through, for I typical Cup side-a solid and sentation on the International Motorcycling.
afraid Stanley the fixture list, and pay attention to am Federation,
Matthews relentless deferice grim in their The other schoolboy tn anere ritish Auto-Cycle Union will Cup quarter-finals, semi-finals, ambition of a Cup winner's first time tackling, and possessing an attack which wastes no time of Wah Yan who defeated A. V. grant Nicholson membership and Final? Should Arsenal fight medal is going to prove still a
while he is on this side of the Saturday
their way
on frills. to Wembley their pipe-dream. games with West
They have, too, the same fierce Atlantic, so that he may com- Bromwich and Burnley at High- LOYAL SUPPORTER civia pride as Bristol Rovers,
will become additional
no for ten of them are locals, with Plymouth Argyle have
Scottish midweek gaines, making eight in great reputation as Cup fighters the only "foreigner"
In inside-left Ion Winters, scorer all!
all-important goal at fact, they have won only one tle of the before their home spectators in Plymouth, 21 years! Apart from their success against Crewe Alexandra
triumphant was Wong Chan-fal
Szeto in a replayed second round match which was left uainished on Monday owing to fading light with the score standing at 9-7 in favour of Szeto.
Displaying
strong forchand and backhand drives and relying more on clever placements than speed, E. Sauballe. former Tien- 1sin champion, triumplied Over T.T. Kho Ô- B
Lie Lit-chun was very much oft form in his match against V.T. Wang. Over-driving and re-i peatedly netting volleys, he was beaten 0-0, 1-0,
pete not only in the TT, but in the various Continental Grundbury Prix which follow.
-(London Express Service)
Draw For The Schoolgirls' Badminton Championships
The draw for the Colony Schoolgirls and
Mixed
'T'sul Yun-pui proved too good Doubles Badminton Championships, which will be run for Roch lang, who it noted for his powers of retrieving, and together with the schoolboys' events by the Hongkong won by 6-2, 6-2.
Schools Sports Association during the coming few weeks, was made yesterday.
at their own Home Park.
a
Ly
Not one of the players cost the two seasons ago, Plymouth have club a penny, except elgning-on lost five ties at Home Park and fees of £10 aptece, apart from Smith, the inalde right. drawn two others since 1932-Gateshead paid £500 to Black- and their latest effort was a pool for him, but he 13 ignominious exit at the hands Gateshead lad all the same, (or rather, feet) of Northern Section Gateshead.
Gateshead FC, however, But there is at least one sup- really Mr Will Tulip. Now 78 with South porter who has remained loyal years old, he was to them through all these vicis Shields when they moved from Albert Hersley Hill to Redhough Park tudes
-ex-Alderman
JP. This
DRO Webb
and Devonshire 22 years
became 02
Gateshead. He has lavished all years young his time and a lot of his own actually saw the first Cup tic (SM) V. Tsang Wing-hing ever played at Home Park over money on the club, but after Schoolgirls' Senior Singles (SPC); G. Boptista (FC) v. 50 years ago and he has missed the game he said: "It has been 0-2 R. Liang lost to Tani Yun-pui Top Half: Mary Weng (FC) v. Tong Shue-cheung (SSGC). very few since. 2-0 2-0: E. Saubolle beat TT. Kas Yoong
(SSCC):) Toong-llew
Hatf: Lower
Winnic
He recalls 6-3, 6-4; V. T. Wang heat lee Lit Sylvia Garcia (SM) v. Wong] (SM) v. Carmorle Choy (SM); been knocked out at the first chun 6-0, 6-1;_F.K.L, Mabent Len
(SPC): Lily Man In Hung-song (SSGC) v. May Wal-tong 7-5, D-1; A.V. Stelo lont Shlu-kwan
Wong (FC); Valerie Fernandez: (SM)
Cheng
1.T. Wade, who played an erratle game, went down by 5-7.) 2-8, to J.D. Mackie, while PI Holmes detented Ju Po-hny 0-2 0-2,
Results in brief:
P. Holmes heat lu Po-hay 6-2: J.D. Mackle beat LT. Wade 95.
to Wong Chan-Isi 1-6, 6-2, 0-4 (re-
played match).
Due to lack of entries, the Junior Girls' Singles and Doubles events had to be inadvertently cancelled.
The draw is:
Chan
that Argyle have
Shirley Farewell Rugby (Maryknoll); Lily Chan (SM) v.
14-Year-Old Boy Match In Honour Norma Chan (FC).
Schoolgirls' Senior Doubles Top Half: Evelyn Alureo &
TODAY'S SPORT
Swimming Record Of W. G. Minto Frances Silva (SM) v. Mary ships commence of the Hongkong
Breaks Australian
Sydney, Feb. 24.
Lawn Tennis' Colony Open Doubles Champion- Wonk & Moy Wong (FC); Cricket Club, Chater fload, at 6 p.m. A farewell friendly rugger Winnie Chan & Lily Man (SMI)Cheung Chiu & Kwak Pui-yuk v Khoo Gin-Gel & Roch Liang: ICC:
Wales boy, Gary Chapman, to- Hongkong Football Club's Rug. (SM).
& Au Kam-moon; R.YJ, NË & T.T.
Man-choung & Ng Kem
22
a long, hard struggle against First Division competition, but now it all seems worth while." He is director, Hon. Manager, Hon. Secretary and Programme Editor-"and groundsman, tradner and masccur if needs be," he odds.
Stanley Kramer's
starring
GARY COOPER
A 14-year-old New South match in honour of W. G. Minto, v. Sylvia Garcia & Mille Wal ao & A.V. Szold ♥ Troi Ping-fan "HIGH NOON” doy smashed the Australian ger Captain who wḍil be leaving Lower Half: M. C: Basto & Yu Peter Ng & P. Bencharit: Quarter Milo Free Style swim- the Colony In early March on A. Collaco (SM) v. Wong Shiu-Chung Yee-to & Choy Tin-king ming record by 2.0 seconds long leave, will be played on the Kwon & Lo Suet-fa (SPC): G. Dr. Smith & J.A.C. Buribati when he clocked 4 minutes Club ground at Happy Valley Baptista & Norma Chan (FC) Tits Lin & Sandy Lin: MW.IL. Cal 42.0 seconds 10 win the today at 5.15 p.m.
v. Joyce Osmund & Valerio Verme
Ho Ka-lau; Yue Ding-dieh & national title here.
The teams chosen by Minto and Fernandez (SM),
Kam-chuon v. J.L. Riggs. & 1.5. The former record was held | R. G. Cruls are:
Laing: V.C. Kung & T.T. Kao v Lee by a member of the Australian Runcle. Watson. Turziile, Leyton, V.
W.
Yah-kwong G. Minto's XV-Bleakley.
Lit-chun & Wa
Tabla TunNIS - Olymple team, Garrick Agnew. Roberts, G.
Arnold, Toberison,
Business Houses Sports Federation
·Sta
Grange, the Australian Petrie, Putts, Minto, Douglas Lam- E.
Tournament Shell Sports Club "C Olympic Swimming Manager at bert. Cowley, umel
v Dairy Farm B.A. "D" at Dr.S.A. the Helslaki Games, said that sheraton, Gerard. Diedel Lender
Clubroom; Cable & Wirelem 8.C. "A" J.G.L.RL.C, at Cable & Wireless 8.C.; Chapman's time would have son, Stockwood, Flaxman, Dilworth, Lower Half: Miriam Tong & Dairy Farm GA. “AY DUBAR" placed him sixth in the final Shaffer, Taismo Junkis, de Rome, U. Sel-ching v. Ting Yam & S.C Jardine 5A VAN♥ of the last Olympic games 400mb, Daniele, Tabson, Emilly So; Ko Wal-bong & Mary Howloon Godown B.A. A at Jar
All games com- Mctres event.-France-Presse, Alderton.
Wong (byo).
Students Mixed Doubles Top Half: M. C. Rasto & E. Morquez-lim v. R. Carvalho & Basto; May Wong & Sul Chuen v. A. Sales & G. Me
Dougall. 11... Craigo XV-Craig) Cole,
dine Sports Club. mence at 730 pm.
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