GOLF NOTES.
[BY-RE.H.]
For those who doserted Fanling on Saturday because it was too hot, or owing to the claims of tennis and other sports, opa felt a self-righteous ayinpathy of rather an "I told you so" kind. Saturday at Fanling was about the best day for golf that has occurred for a long time now, at any rate during a week end There was no rain at all, a gentle breeze, and it was beautifully cool Furthermore, the course was empty, and the rain during the week bad freshened up the fairways and made the greens easy paced There is still a lot of grass on the greens and they are a little bit bumpy, but it is very dificult to find much fault with them. Most of the errors complained of are still
LAWN TENNIS.
1928.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, MAY 22nd,
INTERPORT CRICKET
WHAMPOA SPEAKS ITS MIND:
INTERPORT WITH SHANGHAL EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG.
LOCAL TEAMS.
Much has been said and written of the local teams to represent the Colony in the forthcoming Inter port Matches against Shanghai in the course of the next few days, and on the eve of the departure of the teams by the s.3. President Grant the following lines may prove cheer- ing and encouraging to the mem- bers
The men's team will be composed of Dr. R. E. Tottenham, Yew Man Kit, F. A. Redmond and E. C. rincher.
Dr. Tottenham captains the team and is one of the kemest players In the Colony. He has had con- siderable experience of first class lawn tennis in Ireland and is rank
"OPPOSITION.
"LOCAL PERSONNEL
To all appearances Hong Kong is to be faced by one of the strongest teams fielded by Shanghai since the Interport was revived after the Great War. The opposition has been announced and some Idea of its strength can be judged from the fact that such stalwarts ag'Haticel Smith and T. W.R. Wilson appear only as reserves. Led by Captain Barrett the full team is as follows: Capt. EI, M. Barrett, Barnés, Divecha, Freshwater, Isaacs, Leach, Melsome. Dr. O'Hara, Palmer, Quayle and Stokes.
Against such a formidable team,
DAVIS CUP RESULTS.
BRITAIN'S EASY WIN:
HOLLAND BEATS HUNGARY.
{THROUGH REUTER'Z AORNOT.)
HKAINGrozs, May 20th. Britain exportierend little diffi- culty in eliminating Finland from the Davis Cup Competition, win ring by five matches to nothing.
The singles matches resulted as follows:
Gregory (Britain) beat Grahn (Fimand) 60, 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. " 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0.
Higgs (Britain) beat Grutenfelt,
6-4.
Gregory best Granholm, 6-2, 6-1,
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Higgs beat Grahn, 40, 61, 64, In the double match Crale-Res felt by 83, 6-2, 6-2
CHINA MUST LEARN TO FIGHT.
I argued with my Whampoa friend. 1. said, it is not so much a question of military prowess, 48 organization. It pointed to the confusion in China's national lifa. Even family and individual Tola- tions are in a state of confusion. There are no standards.
Every thing is possible. Concubines and prostitutes move in the best society.
A GREAT PEOPLE BUT WEAK, i Kidnappers and opium smugglers
{BY GORGE A SOKOLSKY.]
are great men with honorary titles Petty crooks hold high othee. Everywhere, ona sees only confusion and anarchy. That is the trouble. But my Whampoa friend would have none of it
"China is weak," be aid. "China's armies must grow strong, strong enough to defeat the mili tarists and imperialists before we can do anything.".
What Are We Fighting About? Opposite was seated ä business American returned
My Whampoa Academy friend was never a mild spoken person. His temper rose with the troubles of his country. He had been an ally of Borodin and then had fought all the Communists of the land. Thres generations of revolu- tionista gave his name an aristocra tic ring in the Kuomintang. Hia forebears had been in exile with student. He asked tha. Doctor and had been generala' What is if the fighting about, in 1911. One of them, at least, had anyhow 1 Fifteen years we have been assassinated by political op,been fighting and what is it all ponents. There was much hatred about
We can only unify the country
man,
An
in the striking of the putts and no ed among the leading lights here. Hong Kong will have to play ex- and Eames bout Graha and Groten- Britain and Japan and now he When you want to teach a child to
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in the surface of the green
The course is becoming a hive of activity now-a-days. New bunkers continue to spring up, and most of the earlier work has been turfed over and seems to be getting along pretty well. A new tea is being built at Bandy's Pulpit about twenty yards behind the present one and higher up the hillside. From here it will need something of a super- shot to reach the green and only the mightiest in the land will be able to get there. Some of the lest mighty will regret that a really fine one-shotter is going at times to be converted into a drive and a pitch of a sort, but to those who cannot quite reach the green at present there will be very little "difference, merely the question of a yard or two more on the mashic shot. The hole is a bogey 4 the card, and there are at present too many 3's being got here, and it is no bad thing to decrease this number if possible.
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I was glad to find out that the two fine looking now, tens at the 10th, which, as tees, were placed in auch preposterous positions that no one could possibly play any hole from them, are not really tees at all, but are two very elegant piles of soil which will be used for dress ing the 15th fairway. When the dressing is down on this fairway, the Armchair will be much more of a serious than it is at present, for a second will have to carry
every inch of the way if it is going to reach the green. There is going to be top-dressing at the 13th tan at the top of the hill, which for a week or two will make the most difficult on the course even more lieve, is about all that is to be fiendishly difficult. That, I be done to the course just at present, as the ground just short of the "4th green is not quite ready to be
dealt with yet.
"When one sits back and calculates how one's bogey round of 6 down should have been a dead certain. 4 up, the Old Course does not appear frightfully difficult. There are one or two 5's which as often as not might be 4's, and one or two 4's which almost might be 3's. Alto gether the bogey of the course appears fairly liberal. Yet it is very seldom, in matches, in Inter ports, or even in the big holiday competitions, that the course is made to look even slightly out of countenance, very rarely indeed, that it looks ridiculous. "
He enjoys match playing and possesses a sound idea of the game. His backhand is somewhat weak, but otherwise he plays a forceful game.
Yow Man Kit is a sprightly young exponent who picked up the game in a short time. He has got set reached first class standard; ont can be relied upon to give a good performance in Shanghai. He plays a very good doubles game.
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In the second round of the Davis Cup at the Hague, Holland beat Hungary by 3 matches to 2.
in the soul of my Whampoa friend. He hated the imperialists and the by fighting," said Whampon, We militarists. Ho hated Orent can only gain strength by fighting hated Soviet Russia. But he was walk, you don't give him Confucius a jovial hater.
to read. You put him on the floor, and tell him to walk. If he falls, ho cries. Then one day, he doesn't fall. Then one day, he can walk sturdily. This is not pilosophy It is practical life. It is practical
The Last For Battle. Tainan stirred him. He wanted to fight. It mattered little to him
ceptionally well and every player must be on top form. The struggle. however, is expected to very keen and Shanghai, profiting by past experiences, is taking no sleka this BRITISH LADIES' TRIUMPH. whom he fought, whether it be time, as the Northern Port has lost more than one match when Hong That Kong looked well beaten. Shanghai has picked its best men there is no doubt and the match is keenly looked forward to with ax- ceptional interest and keenness.
The
THROUGH REUTER'S AGÈSer;)
PARIS, May 20th The French ladies gave a much improved display on the good day of the international tennis contest
F. A: Redmond is a very pretty player who possesses a repertoire
Hong Kong has also prepared uf strokes that makes a champion. His one great fault is inconsistent sasiduously for the contest. form and although he has shown selected team leaves to-day by the very good sporting spirit and great 8.8 President Grant and the mem-between Great Britain and France perseverance in the local chambers leave with the best wishes of pionships bo has not met with any local cricketers for success, and are particular success. He is very ex- expected to do themselves and the perienced and on form should prove Colony credit. equal to any player in Shanghai.
Chang To Lin or Baron Tanaka, but fight he must. And through his raind ran single refrain which he repeated on all occasions.
China is weak. When we are strong, then there will be time for justice and mercy."
He had but one conception of strength and that is armed force, Only when China could fight some- one, defeat some big Power, would China be strong:
politics.
We revolutionists are easily fooled. We were used by the Com munists and we were used by the Russians. That is because we are weak. We try to lean on sticks But sticks will not make us strong. Strength must be internal. Our support must come from inside, not from outside. We must develop from inside."
Fine Words Butter No Parmips. "But how 1" I asked. "We hear much talk but we sea nothing but wars, destruction, privation and the exploitation of the people. nothing
CUTICURA HEALS
RASH ON FACE
Spread to Neck and Arms.
Pain Was Awful,
"A drý mak appeared on my face and irritated terribly, especially at night. I took no notion of it and gradually, it spread to my neck and arma. The pain was awful, and I 'used to Be awake all night. I had to give up work for two works.
"I tried all kinds of bintments but they were of no the. I read an advertisement for Caticors Soap and Olurment and wrote for a free sampla. After using I got relief sis purchased moore, and in a few weeks I was haled." (Sigued) Albert Max: 18, Sidney Sq., Mile End, E. Loddon;: Kar.
Use Cutlers Soap, Ointment and Taleum for daily toilet purposes. Seaj and Olabmést sold throughout the
Try the Cathamón Shaving Stick,
ETON'S LONG GLASS.
All old Etonians will learn with regret that Mrs. Hannah Thomas, Eton, from 1873 to 1902, has died. who kept The Tap. High-street, ton, from 1873 to 100% 138 died
in Eton comastory.
During her time the custom of drinking "long glass" at the Tao as abserved by Etonians. The long glass, consisting of a yard of glass with a wide tip and thin stem ending in a bowl, held about a pint and a half of beer, and boys were timed by a stop watch to see which could empty it in the quickest time. The record is held by Mr. J. H. Gibbon, the Cambridge stroke, who on July 30th, 1997; took Diec,
E. C. Fincher is a very good is on leave, from the local side ning the contest by eight matches Down in your heart you despin. You e fine words, but you do that they stand to the end. There
singles player and will undoubtedly make a name for himself in Shang- hai. His peculiar style should be a source of worry to his opponents who will find him exceptionally hard to beat. He possesses very good stamina and plays. cool game.
The absence of T. E. Pearce, who makes a great difference, as he is regarded as the best batsmen local
very good ly, besides being a wicket-keeper.
The local side is, however, cap- tained by R Hancock who acknowledged to be the best quali fied player to lead Hong Kong's team. He has played in very good cricket at Home and was invited to turn out for a county side, but could not accept on account of in- disposition. Hancock has the knack of inspiring confidence in his men big
Britsia led by five clear watches
We are a great people, but we at the end of the first day, but co- aro weak. If we could fight Japan day the French ladies won four and the other imperialists we would matches against three, Britain wide strong. China has no friends Even you are not a true friend. us. All foreigners despise us. But some day, we shall be strong and you won't despise us. That is the whole secret of international rela- tions the strong despise the weak and the weak hate the strong,
to four.
DECREE AGAINST MISS DENISE ORME.
LORD CHURSTON AS PETI- TIONER IN DIVORCE COURT,
Might The Only Right. "You talk of international law. So do we. But there is no interna tional law for us because we can not fight you. If we could fight, we could change international law to suit our needs. Now, all interna tional law only helps you; it never helps us
elie.
In the Divorce Court Lord Mer- and this asset may prove A rivale granted a decree nisi to Lord factor for Hong Kong.
We have no sovereign rights, be, player, all cricketers are aware of Churston on the ground of the mis his capabilities. Like Jack Hobbe conduct of his wife, Jessie Lady cause we cannot enforce them. he makes runs when they are most Churston, formerly Miss Denise When we are strong, we shall have badly needed. He chooses the Urme, the actress, with the co- sovereign rights like everyone right kind of balls and punishes respondent, Mr. T. W. Wessel. them severely. A useful bowler, he may prove his worth with the ball, especially as the local team re quires a medium to fast bowler of terport dates back to 1804 and he has type. His connection with lu- has distinguished himself many a time.
The petition was undefended. The marriage was in April 1907. Lord Churston described himself as
Brixham. The, misconduct alleged a banker, residing at Lancaster Gate-terrace, London, and Lupton,
was on certain dates in November and December last at an address in Kinnerton-street, Knightsbridge, London, where Lady Churston resided.
THE LADIES. Great interest is being centred in the visit of the Indies, as this is the first occasion of its kind. Hopes are being entertained that it will be the forerunner of similar matches in the future. The local team is composed of:-Mis R. E. Tottenham, Miss Enid Lo, Lady Stuart Taylor and Mrs. Miles.
Of the four Mrs. Tottenham is the outstanding player, She has been the ladies champion of the Colony for the last three years and will prove to be a match for any lady player in Shanghai. She possesses a free and easy style as in her recoveries and has the well as all the strokes, is very quick knack of returning difficult shots. 31rs. Tottenham is a brainy player
A few black and white snap- and takes a great interest in the game. Added to these advantages is shots" of the other players will the fact that she is left handed, not be out of place here and may and left handers are always a
serve to enlighten Shanghai as to.
The Hon. Victor Russell appear- source of worry to their opponents. local strength. Capt Erskine, who
Miss Erid Lo has entered into is taking part in bis first Interport,ed for Lord Churston, and Mr. public life in the game only recent has been picked for his bowling. Walter Frampton held a watching ly and did very well in her first He can usually keep a good length brief for the respondent and co- appearance in the local champion for many overs and on the hard respondent
A private detective gave evidence ship, being second only to fra. Shanghai wicket he will be some. Tottenham who defeated her in the what difficult to score on With of watching Lady Churston's fat in Challenge Round by two sets to such slips a Hancock, and Owen Winnerton street, Knightsbridge,
as. She is a forceful and active Hughes he is expected to captive and her former maid was player and posesses a variety of a crop of victims behind the sticks, called Service of the petition on strokes. A strong forehand drive Capt. Erskine has shown up quite Mr. Wessel at White House, Win- is her chief asact. She is apt to be well in local representative cricketlow, Bucks, was proved nervous in big matches, but if she and can be relied upon to contri- A decree nie, with costs, against can overcome that she will dis bute valuable innings of 20 or 30 the corespondent, was granted and tinguish herself in the Interport. raus in any match.
Lady Stuart Taylor is essential - E. C. Fincher plays his third Lord Chariton was given the cus- ly a doubles player. She has had Interport this time. His first, was tody of the four youngest, children. considerable expericner in the game against Malaya last year down and plays very well at the net where South and the second against Shanghai at the local ground Iset year. A vory standy bat though not pretty to watch, he demonstrat ed his capabilities by valuable con- tributions in the last Shanghai Interport, diepelling a common opinion that he was a nervous bats- man." His chief asset is his dis cretion in scoring or delending. He la besides a very safe catch in the country and on the big Shang- hai feld he is expected to save many bounaries. Fincher is the youngest member of the two sides,
In spite of all this the Committee are obviously right in tightening it up as much as possible. There are undoubtedly one or two gift holes about, oven though one often does she shines. not take the gift, and it to quito Mr. files also ranks ainoast right that these should be made the foremost lady exponents in the more difficult. Sandy's Pulpit has Colony. She has been very active been very fortunate in its treatment in the local tournaments organised during the last few weeks, with by the United Services Recreation first of all the removal of that Club, the Ladies Recreation Club villainous little bank at the bottom and in the Open Championship. of the hill, and now the new back She has met with varying success in tee. Within limits, the more dil them.. ficult the course becomes the better it will be played. It is certainly far easier to play good shote on a reasonably bunkered course, than on a few actes of indeterminate fairway.
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I am afraid the ruin on Monday has rather spoilt the playing value of the course for the next day or two. Seen from afar, there were little bits of casual land sticking out here and there, but the rest was water everywhere.
in and
AW. Hayward may prove to be the best performer for the local side at he knows the Shanghai side well, having been there and played for them for many years. He will in
also
Lord Merrivale remarked that the correspondence between: Lady Churston and Mr. Wessel during the time the former was living with her husband, together with their the allegations made. subsequent association, established
but has of late been playing for Kowloon. On the true Shanghai wicket he is expected to do well.
Rev. E. K Quick will best be remembered for his part in a no- markable victory several years ago over Shanghai with weak Hong Kong side. He is probably the hest all rounder of the local side. A safe catch and sure fielder, he is a medium-slow bowler with leg | break and deceptive, delivery, 'At all probability open the innings and batting he posseásen a variety of possesses a very pretty style, his scoring strokes. He hits with per- off strokes and late out being parfect judgment and watches the bal ticularly attractive. He fields mid until the moment of impact. His
b)
Bunday saw a reorganisation of the Happy Vallow course, though not in itself is very drastic one. The order of play of the holes has
is sad to see that tho British been reversed and the old 6th, 7th, Ladies seem to have caught the 8th and 9th holes now become the habit of losing their Championship 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. The original to other countries. It will be in on and was at one time regarded weak point is in poking to short first five holes aro now played teresting to see whether these two as the best fieldsmen in Shanghal mid-on and for this reason be
that position of
should be careful in playing Iázács. second, so that the old 8th green successive victories of French Ladies now becomes the end of the round. will draw Miss Wethered out moré. H: Owen Hughes is an all roun- When set he is a pretty batsman to The outward greens are shown by into the limelight again, and wheder and able to shine in every de watch. His a good all round white and the homeward ones by ther she still stands in a class by partident of the game. He usually fielder. red flags. The main reason for this, herself above other woman players. requires some time to find but Capt. Reynolds plays for the first and an excellent one too, appears That she is still in fins form in length, but uses his height to great time in lumerpart. If not affected to be the provision of a half way proved by the annual Ladies advantage, while he can put many by the importance of the match he house, a matshed alongside the new Men match at Stoke Poges not so bateman off by his left handed should do well and he is one of the first tee. So far as the actual play long ago, when, receiving a half, swings & fast scorer when set he prettiest tamen in, the team. He ing of the course is concerned, the the beat Mr. Tolley by think is remarkably quick at second ship hits very hard and should return
Lieut. AH Musson has been with a good average.
ing offence will be that any 4 and 2, and later, with Mile, de la bowling throughout the League G. B. Sayer is still a good player players who have go to the home Chaume, beat Tolley and her
green to decide there match will be brother in the four this rush length. He is a medium power of Interporters. He has the kick season with consistently good and one of the most experienced laced with the most tasting shot Britain is working off on the course just at the critical of championships in which it has with leg break and is se malastay of collecting rura in Shanghai and time. This is the second shot over boen labouring for the last few of the Royal Artillery team. He is still Hong Kong best cover the race course to the old 5th green, weeks, for the last of the thres, Este an occasional twenty with the point. Ha Bowls low eg breaks part for the first time that team worry most of the Shing
a fine and really difficult shot at the Amateur Championship at Prest bat and is taking part in the
before this became wick, started, yesterday Judging
any last hole. It is the usual habit by the International by to make the last hole of the course which England beat Scotland by. a fairly straight-forward one. Not 12 matches to one with 9 halved some Englishman should win the So Happy Valley now.
Continued on next Colums). Championship.
and will
Las had considerable experience man, is both bowide and bateman. B. Jex is the wicket kemper and Capt. AN. Thorp, the twelth locally in that capacity. He turn On his day, he is well us to Inter ed out for Craigengower originally port standard. and with pitive s
(Continued on nezi Oclumn). useful reserve.
is a growing strength in that.
But Still Too Weak.
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"That is because China is weak," my Whampoa friend replied.
Weakness is not only material "Have you ever heard of a but spiritual. Something has gone Nationalist general going over to wrong with us as a race. But it the North! He daren't do it. We won't be wrong always. Then we would kill him. That is better shall be strong and we shall fight. than five years ago and better than, Our weakness is disgraceful but we for instance, Sun Chuan Fang's are gaining strength daily. You commanders who came over to be foreigners despise us because you for money or because they lost faith think we are like worms, but worms in him. We are stronger than Sun ddn't fight the way we have been Chuan Fang although he is a good fighting during the past four years. general. We fight better than his We don't fight like you do, but at soldiers, although they have better the same time, we don't fight like equipment. It is because, we are we did ten years ago. More people gaining strength. But we are still die in our fights. That means that weak-too weak to stand against they are not afraid to die. More 3,000 Japanese in Tainan. That is soldiers are wounded. That means still cur tragedy."-Norik China
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For many years had the Four Cronies of the Exclusive Club led the fashion in drinks, calling for their
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