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GOLF AND GOLFERS
A Text From Kipling: Mainly a Question Of
Temp
London, Jan. 21.
"Heatherlegh," wrote Kipling "The Phantom Rickshaw," "s the dearest doctor that ever was, and
and then his meal between rounds used to consist of "a hunk of ple and at least one very generous helping of ice-cream." When he
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1936.
LADIES HOCKEY NATATORIAL RUGBY FOOTBALL LOCAL CRICKET
DECIDING MATCH ON SATURDAY
Prospects Analysed
* (By "ADREṆ">- Saturday, will be an important day for two rival camps in the local ladies hockey circles. It may decide the keeping for year of the Caer Clark Cup,
Boother
PERFECTION
New Method Found
New Haven, Conn, Bob Kiphuth. Yale's successful swimming coach, is going in for the "fish's-eye view"
his never-tiring pursuit for natatorial perfection.
Kiphuth, who is also chairman ming committee, donned a diving helmet and a weighted vest de scended to the bottom of the Yale
as it engaged in a workout.
Commenting on his trip "down
England at Swansea In 1885
Teams For The Week-End
his invariable prescription to all was twice as old Jones must have synonimous of ladies hockey su- of the United States Olympic swim- provement. This improvement was shall, T. A. Pearce, and T. E. Pearce.
GOSSIP FROM THE CAMPS
Prospects Discussed
FROM A CORRESPONDENT The following will represent the
London, Jan. 21. London, Jan, 15.
HK.C.C. on Saturday, February. 8.
The glory that has been Port Swansea the scene of next 1938. at 2 pm
Vale's sincè the Hanley team's HE.C.C. 1st XI V. IR.C, 1st XI. staggering success against Sunder saturday's match between England and Wales, was also that of the † (League) on, Sookunpoo Groundland may fade quickly. It all de- the series, and although Wales Balmes G. R. Evett, G. S. Dunk-Grimsby Town. Let me add an- 1860 match, the fourth meeting of A.-W. Hayward (Capt), H. Wpends on what the Vale do against then had not gained a victory the ley, A. G. Growder, H. Owen Hughes, other line or two about the history- team had shown progressive D. Kilbee, I. McInnes, T. Mar-making replay at Hanley.
You know how Mr. Tom Flint chiefly due to the zealous spade
AKO,C. 2nd XI, v. Club de Re- conceived the scheme to upset Sun- work and untiring efforts of the
crelo (League), on HKCC, Ground: derland. But not only did Mir late Richard Mullock, Known as and the fret secretary of the Walsh Armstrong. V. C. Bond, I S, Forbes, treties. He translated his plans to Union, which he founded, MullockN. P. Fox, C. E. Gahagan, J. E Pot-paper and provided the players ived to see the rewarda of hister, J. Stein, I. R, Way, L. Whipps, with coples.. The instructiona
Etretshed ta
closely-typed pages.
The players, of course, did not
doctor nor his creator ever men- arews in 1990 he merely picked at Central British Association on the Pool and “looked up” at his squad" | "the father of Welsh football A E. Mackenzie (Capt.), H. J. Flint instruct the players as to"
The Hong Kong Ladies Hockey Club are scheduled to meet the
latter's ground at King's Park, It
his patients is Lie low, go slow, envied his own youthful, carefree premacy. and keep cool," writes a correspon- | appetite, for when he won the dent" And though nelther the Amateur Championship at St. An-
Mona golf, at least in the grim breakfast and lunch, and must story of Mrs. Keith-Wessington have been thankful when the day's and the Dark World that pressed; play was over that he could alt be present, with a "rooting" party | under," the dark-haired Yale men- labours when little Wales in one and W. Wooding.
tor said:
the
they
1
...
"It's the only way to get a true Image and to study accurately the pupil's balance, stroke and actual technique. It's so good, I'm going to continue is for the rest of the
season,"
Season beat England. Scotland, and Ireland.
In the match under notion two
nan to
SOME FAMOUS NAMES
two
FIRST IN THE FIELD Fall stories have followed West
yeung Inside forward from Dart- ford. Various people, also, HIM, claiming to have "seen" Dell first. That distinction must go to Mr. George Jobey.
is expected that a large growd will
poor Pansay to death, the prescrip-down to dinrier tree from the composed of "boys" from tion may very well be given to all knowledge that every mouthful | CB.A men's section. »! champions and would-be cham- would almost choke him.
The
Hong Kong Ladies are the
famous three-quarter backs made. E. Hancock (Cardiff), three-curry their "Unes" on stage! plons.
On the other hand, Lawson, Lit-
holders of the cup, which
Gwynn their first appearance in an Inter-quarter backs; W There have been champions—we' tie, who confesses to being a bundle
national contest-namely, AZ have won since the inception of
Stoddar and A. J. Gould. The(Newport), half-backs; B. Gould Ham's signing of Fred Dell, the (Swansea) and QE Newman can all recall them-who have not of nerves on the links, although his
the competition some six years
former was one of the neatest and lain low, but than they havẻ usual- | bearing belles the avowal, -has no
ago. It has been erroneously re-
most attractive of players. Fast Newport), L. C. Thomas (Cardiff) ly gone slow or at least kept cool. ¡ such qualms. On the marning of
Kiphuth, regarded as an out-
H. S. Lyne (Newport), T. J. 8. and very agile, he was a difficult Clapp (Newport), 8. Goldsworthy If they did lle low for a while and the final of the Amateur Cham-ported in these columns that the
game is in the nature dr a re-standing coach of swimmers, add-
stop, and on occasions (Swanses), T. B. Jones (Newport), tben broke into a gallop, say, in pionship at Prestwick, in which he
ed that so far as he knew, his idea play. Such is not the case, as the
would jump over a full-back stoop. D. Bichards (Swansen), J. S the third round of a championship, played the most brilliant golf ever match is the last fixture in the of coaching from "under-watering to tackle him. He could kick Smith (Cardiff), and M. Rowlands the Alfred Perry last year at Muir-seen on a finial day, his breakfast
was an absolutely new method for
huge distance and field the ball season's programme, the winners
(Lampeter), forwards. Beld, they have at any rate kept consisted of a large steak, the
studying swimming technique. of which are entitled to the Cup
most surely, and though he used cool. And, of course, if they have usual toast and marmalade, and
The Blue coach said, "the idea of to say. "Football is my game," he kept cool they have been able to two large cups of coffee. There
Should a drawn game result.. raake themselves lie low, go slow. could have been little wrong with then a replay must of course be seeing how it looked from below was even more famous at cricket his nerves if he could fortify him- contested. The lasers of Satur- the surface had been milling in my Stoddart, like two other well-
mind for several months. I decid-known Internationals. G. L. Jeff self thus before the greatest gol day's game however, will have to
education at the "old St. John's the right of possession of the team reported again after the Wood School. A. J. Gould, albe relied on. J. J. Haweridge had offered Dartford £150 for the play- » brief but brilliant career. cr's transfer and was ready to give Southom Cup, given for the run-Christmas vacation
though he appeared in this match ners-up in this competition.
"In addition to setting the best at full-back, subsequently develop Though on the small side, he was the player the maximum wage week. Dartford when a would-be "tackler tried to asked for £250, but the Derby We understand that Mias Pope, possible view of a swimmer's ball into one of the finest all-round way, and twisted like a corkscrew allowed-25 a the versatile centre-half of the arice, stroke and technique from three-quarters that Wales or
went straight and fast for the would not go a penny more. Agility, his kicking with either. Saturday, in which case Hong advantage is the elimination of the toot, ability to get off the mark goal-line. Of C. G. Wade, a grand
waves and Kong will be materially strength which confuse the view of the subtitive conception of what the
bubbles at full speed, together with an in-players who stood only bit. 7in.. but who was prodigiously museu ened.
lar, we cannot do better than ject when watching him from situation required, made him an quote the description given of him above surface."
outstanding personality
in the days of his prime by his old Oxford captain, Vassall:
Of the players, H. B. Tristram as a full-back has had no superior in the English XV. He was good
ing ordeal that any man can wish play the Y.M.C.A; ladies eleven, for /ed to put it into effect when the and D. G. Anderson, received his all round, and his reliability could
endure,
The Derby County manager ask- ed Dartford to play the lad in their first team, Dartford obliged, and late in October last Mr. Jobey watched Dell play against Millwall Reserves
At the finish of the game, George
and let the others hasten at break- neck speed to golfing destruction. THE CASE OF T. D. ARMOUR Facts can be found to prove al- i most any theory, but the Open Championship returns over period of years provide nos ane but refuse to subscribe to Dr. Heather- several examples of golfers win- tegh's dictum Hagen is the one HK. Ladies will be turning out on the bottom-side-up slant, another other country has produced. His hold him. Given an opening her, having named as Agure,
nung because they hearkened to
text from Kipling.
our
T. D.
HAGEN'S COURAGE
Of all the champions who might
who comes most readily to mind. He will never He low if he can be at the top, and going alow is anathema to a man who admits a full life at high having lived pressure. But he can keep cool at
THE PLAYERS
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Armour won at Carnoustie after lying low and going slow. He oc- cupled a handy place trom the very tirst round. but he must have. thought that he had gone too slowly when he followed up. his with 3.75 and then a 77. That was going slow with a vengeance, especially since Jose was no fewer than five strokes try days but memories-there was included in the side every year
Jurado
thead with one round to play and there were others within closer striking distance. But Armour had Jain so low that he was given en- tire freedom to play his last round. and, probably to his great surprise,
the critical moment.
If I may be forgiven yet another Open Championship recollection-
and what is left golf these win-
the occasion, again at Muirfield, when Hagen wanted two 4's, or a 4 and a 5 at the last two holes to win the 1929 Championship by a handful of strokes. He knew that he was away out in front of the
retraction,
It is a noteworthy 'fàct to TP- cord that of the cup-holders side, and vest weighs about 30 pounds. Kiphath added that the helmet Miss E Grey and Miss. 3. Smalley He pointed out that the "uniform" are the only two who were in the has been used by workers in clean Hong Kong side that won the cuming rust stains from the walls of six seasons ago, and have been
the pool.
since then...
On Mrs. M. White (nes Margaret Woolley) ex-St Andrew's Club, much reliance will be placed by the challengers, while Miss M Bry son (centre-half and Interparter)
he did, a 71 which won him the field, that no one could catch hill be given the ardùdus task of
During the session, he concen- trated on Yale's trio of Olymple hopefuls-John Macionls of Phita delphia, Dick cooke of Honolulu and Capt. Norris Hoyt of New Haven
"It's a cold any feeling at marking the three Hong Kong in-st," said Kiphuth, "but, it pro-
mises to get results." alde forwards.
(C.S. Monitor).
All together eight of this year's
and yet when he tried to light a championship by one stroke:
cigarette when he was walking It may be argued that he was 80
from the seventeenth tee he could far behind the leaders with one
hardly bring the match held in his round to play that his last 18 holes were accomplished not in a mood quivering fingers to the tip. And Interporters and reserves will be to myself, walking at his side, hea view for this epic clash on of cool calculation but in the anxiously said Will a 75 be good Saturday! They are: Central Bri- white-hot tension of despairing enough?" for a 4 and a 6 would tlah Association:-Miss M. Bryson, effort On the other hand. give him that score, and excellent Miss I Woolley (reserve) and Miss. Armour's own temperament; is such
M. Smith, Hong Kong Ladies that he must go slow. He waggles one in the tearing wind which Hockey Club: Mrs. Lunson, Miss almost as often as Sandy Herd, swept the course all day.
E. Grey, Miss J. Smalley (reserve) which is a trait all the more re- Well, he did get his cigarette lit Migs Bell, and Miss J. Dalziel markable because of his gay and by the time he reached his ball, (reserve). dushing appearance. And he can and when he had summed up the
shot and chosen his club the fing-ray keep cool.
era which gripped it were as firm and steady as those of a surgeon an the knife. He got his although he could have afforded to take twice as many, and won the championship, as was only to be
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Indeed; quite the most valuable part of Dr. Heatherlegh's prescrip-
tion is the third and inat injunc- tlon-but how few can conquer twitching nerves when, perhaps, fume and fortune depend on the
In addition to this imposing. -Kr-
there are Mrs. M. Woolley. (CBA) and Miss Pope. (H.K. Ladles) who were capped fast year against Shanghai.
smooth stroking of a four-foot puit, expected from a man who could LOCAL HOCKEY
Braid could, and Vardon, and John Ball, and of the great moderns ....... Jones, Lawson Little, and our own *Hector Thomson retain an impas- alve mien "In the pinches," to use the colourful American phrase.
A DOUR SCOT
a
keep cool when coolness was inat needed.
WINTER SPORT RESULT
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Presa" (CopyrigÃ0.3
MATTERS
Interport Match With Macao
team.
He was
any
A CRITICAL GOAL-KICK In this match H. S. Tyne, now president of the Welsh Unions made his last appearance the a sound, honest forward of the old school, and his life-long services to Welsh football have been invaluable. To keep Welsh Rugby purely amateur sport has always been his aim; he is the sole survivor of the original
HE FORGOT
One player strongly recommend- ed to Everton not long ago is not likely to be signed by the Goodison club. The player is Joe Lloyd,
Swansea Town's left-half.
er
It isn't that Jos isn't a good play-
The man who made the recon- .
mendation must have forgotten that the Swansea lad was with Everton before he went to the Vetch Field.
"For the benefit of those who he was prodigiously strong, very never saw him play we may add
fast, & first-rate swerver, and he had a shove-off which you did not forget in a hurry. He was also a first-rate tackler himself; his only weakness was in kicking, and iw his day that was not thought of so much importande sa it is now." Wade, who became Premier of in the classy forward line which New South Wales and was knight has been making history this sea- ed, died in 1999.
it is hinted that Patay uallacher, A. Rotherham Kas one of the. soundest half-backs who ever play- who, by the way, was out of the
MAY MAKE A MOVE Will Sunderland make a break
International Board of 1880, and has been a Welsh representative on the beard ever since that date.
The match of 1885 was splendidly contested, England eventually winning by a goal and four trimed. He was always bold up and team against Stoke City, may be
Fed to move from Roker to a goal and a try. The English quoted as the model all half-backs allowed to
should copy. He was a member of THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE scorers were Kindersley, Teggin, Vassall's victorious Oxford teams, One of our First Division mana- Ayalls, Haweridge, and Wade, and and died many years ago. J. B. Payne kicked the goal. Jordan Payne was another excellent halfers is extremely annoyed over the scored both the Welsh tries and
poor form peing shown by eng of hie International forwards":"The Gould placed the gual. Had the hack, and, like Rotherham, he was one of the first to develop the The following will represent theather Welsh try been
practice of the half-book feeding manager tells me that the player Hong Kong Hockey Club Juniors Wales would have won, for at that his three-quartors. Rowland Hill is staying in the team only because against the 1/8 Punjabis Real-date the old Rugby School rule, used to say that Payne was the of injuries to other forwards. ment on the Marina ground to-lhat a goal outweighed any cum first half-back he ever saw throw day at 5 pm
ber of tries, was retained in the hack the ball to his three-quarter Bugby Union code.
HOCKEY
Van der Waal; R. H. D. Lang N. F.. Nicholson; A. Tate
E. G. Dale
J. Rodger;
A. N. Other
N. A. E. Mackay G. E. R. Divett A A. R. Botelho A. J. Bennett
ICE" HOCKEY
converted
line:
R. 8. F, Henderson was a deter
It isn't many months ago since"
this player was classed as "untrans- fernblo.” No money could hus him!
The Stoke board was divided on the question of going the extra £500
"Tommy went in as leader and ĐÁN
*SURPRISE FOR SCOUTS Y never looked back as
Ever ́aineu Blackburn Rovers
signed Len Astill, inside-left, from
the Wolves football scouts have been mystified. They got a shock when the Wanderers parted with this much-fancied young schemer
The coinments of Rowland Hill
E. T. Gurdon, & fine forward,
GLAD THEY KEPT OFF on the match and players in the
one of Stoke's lucktest, dayE WAS Football, Annual of the period played for 10 years in the English the side, and no other English player will be of interest. "It was
has equalled thm record. He died that on which they turned down most attractive exhibition of foot
In 1929, and the loss to the Bugby Billy Hartil. Their price for the ball that I saw during the season,
wrote. Plenty of good, open Union personnel was great then Wolves centre-forward was play and plenty of good, honest Rindersley, another grand: Oxford approximately £500 less than that
The player, was also president of the wanted at Molineuren work in the scrummage. Welsh forwards wall held their Oxford Boat Club, and for many years a master at Eton. He died awa in the scrummage, but were
Their in 1932. oatelassed in the open. tackling was not so good as 4*+
The proposition was turned down pected. In this respect they show mined scrummager of the old and brought about the lucky eir-" ed, marked improvement a week school. He used to get the ball cumstance of Tommy Bale's Intro- later when they made an even in the scrummage and hold on to duction as centre-forward. draw with Scotland Newman, as it. In consequence be was looked he usually doce, played a good, upon as its Index, and "push on Garmisch, Feb: 12. There is a delightful story of
The ice-hockey pools semi-finals sound game at half, his companion Henderson was an instruction Braid which illustrates to perfec-
Gwynn played nervously. The given to the English forwards. tion his dour, ice-cold tempera-
A meeting of the Hong Kong in the Winter Olympics to-day English, halves, Payne and Rother Henderson rose to high rank in ment. Although he could Idah at
Hockey Association Council was produced some remarkable matham, played in their best style, the Army Medica Bervice and the ball with divine fury," he
held at Andrew's Church Hall ches
the former never played better knighthood, and he died in 1924. could put three balls into the Pow Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Feb. 12.
Among the Welsh players further yesterday when Mr. A. A. Dand Britain and Germany played a they both were most unselfish and Burn at Prestwick when playing
was in the chair, assisted by the 1-1 draw after three extra per-save their three-quarters excellent mention may be made of H. M. the Cardinal, take disastrous The arst part agure skating Hon. Secretary, Mr. F. A. Kemp. lods, while Canada. narrowly de-hances Wade played marvellous Jordan He was a speedy thres
They didn't think Astill could be ladies WRI Applications had been received feated the day before by Britain, ly and was well tacked up by quarter back on the small side, ance, and go on and win the completed on Wednesday with the by the Association from two newplied on 15 goals without reply Haweridge and Stordart. G. G. but sturdily hailt. At the time he had, a few webRT eight, keep an unapoved epunteu- competition for
Faylor did a lot of good work for was well known in London foot
The funny thing is that it was Championship. But the story of Worldchampion Sonis Henle Clubs namely, Queen's College against Hungary.
Wales, his kicking being of the ball and played prominently for really Eob Iverson the Rovers want (Norway) leading in the com Hockey Club and the Union how he played a certain hole at
Czechoslovakis, close victims of greatest service, and Jordan Tan Guy's Hoanitada OH. Newinan Muirfield in the 1908 Open Chan Fulsory figure skating
by Sports Club, for affiliation to the the United States yesterday, to-day very nicely; he secured both his known, is none the less indicative by the English girl, Cecille Col- Both the applications were accept by four goals to one, planship. If less dramatic and well-scant three points, closely pressed Hong Kong Hockey Association scored a fine victory over Sweden ide's tries. This fall-backs. Tris played in the first match for Waleed It was Bob they couldn't have.
tram and Gould did good work for ledge. Next in the order, but see of the tall Scot's temperament.
United States were again hard their respective sides. The latter. The Murield of 30 years ago parated from the leaders by a con-
letter received from the Ma-pushed, Austria bolding them to playing for the first time in was not the Muirfield of to-day siderable number of points, are cao Hockey Association was read the lone goar before admitting de- watch of this character deserve
every praise for his performance and I cannot tell the number of Liselotte Landbeck and Vivianne by the Secretary which stated feat
Hill then goes on to read the hole in question or give more. Hulten, Belgium and Sweden res that the Macao team would be Reuter
homily on the disgraceful English
F. E. Hancock was an elder precise directions beyond that it pectively, Gweneth Bailer, Eng- able to play the Interport game
place-kicking, Had he withered was a drive-and-pitch hole overland, Mirabel Witison. United Bin with Hong Kong on Baturday,
the recent match against New Zea brother of the English internation the brow of a hill and was played tes, and Victoria Lindpainter, Cher- March 7 or Bijnday, March 8,
It was decided at the meeting presented this year namely, Eng and he would certainly have real, P P Hancock. He captained
tors of the four three-quarter back have-had-him-he-was The following wars the teams game. C. G. Taylor also was one player" since Stan sta topped his drive. He tramped up ronts is so small, that it is not port game would be March 7, and Portugal, Germany, India and ENGLAND-H. B. Tristram of the claverest three-quarters of blinders as Turf Mo
team China. 19 to the ball, inspected the lie in Impossible that the English girl, on March 8 the Macao
(Oxford), back; 1. J. Haweridge his time. He was an export at Burnley have met Tough grass, and then walked for who took the second place in the would meet the Civilians The following gentlemen Were Bradford) A E. Stoddart (Black very description of kick could the cup, the others are getting ward a full, 150 yards to study the recent European contest at Ber- This interport game it will be chosen as representatives Bugheata), and 0 G Wade (Oxford), run with the best and possessed a le of the land and the position of in, will make up for the ground remembered was to have been land, P. Williams; Scotland, C. three-quarter backs; A. Rotherham thorough knowledge of the game. "Wolves will have something to the pin on the green With un-lost in the treeskating part of the played during Chinese New Year. Argus, Ireland Andrew: (Czford) and R. Payne R. Gould, an elder brother of A hurrying gait, he tramped back to event, which will take place at the but had to be cancelled owing to Wales, Capt. Gwydr-Jones; For- (Broughton), half-backs; ET JA Gould was hard-working, say if it comes to the ball, took rils brassie, and play-end of this week.
the death of the King
tugal, A. M. Xavier, Germany, G. Gurdon (Richmond) (captain), determined forward, who played Sommer, India, E-Hassan; China ed a prodigious shot right on to
F. O Tan the green, "Go slow, keep odol"
The draw for the first round to he played, on March 12 resulted
!
They are quite satisfied with And for six subsequent years, and was very sound, especially in de Len. Others are left lamenting. fence. W. H. Gwynn might be
REGRETS called a scientific half-back of moderate physique, who did much to improve the game and wrote about it lucidly.
8o many clubs were vexed when Burnley snapped up young Stan Hubbick, from Spennymoor United, that it is not surprising to find this clever defender's name mentioned
a transfer connection
. 1 cannot remember how
from about the present twelfth wiss Hennie's lead of three that the best date for the Inter-land, Scotland Ireland, Wales peated his admonition, the Cardiff and was one of the origina times I've heard they
towards Archerfeld Wood, Brald
BOBRY JONES'S APPETITESSE
As golfers, grow older they find greater dificulty in keeping cool
Stung by the loss of the match against England on Tuesday, the Canadian team over ran Hungary on Wednesday, defeating them 15
At that time a team had al- ready been chosen but since then other players may have struck for to the meeting decided that furthestrinis be held to pick as follows:
new team
Germany Cry Beotisne (Club After the Interport, the Inter- Ground) victory, national Hockey game will some (Marina, Czou
what wind up the season. Alto- gether eight countries will be tradits
And their strained nerves are prov. In a match against Sweden, ed by their vanishing appetite. Czechoslovakia gained a Bobby Jones first played in Cham- by 4-138. pionships when a stripping of 14, Transocean Neur Sen
6. Kindersley (Oxford), ED five years for Wales T, B. Jones, Court (Blackheath), HJ Ryalla sound heavy weight, ike New- (New Brighton) Moss (Brough man, G. P. Harding, and other on). A 15 Kemble (Laverpool), Inmous Welsh Internationale, hal-
Hul) A Teggin Hangers), sad 8. B (Blackheath), for arde lodged a DE WALES A3 Gould Dorty back E. M. Jordan porty C G Taylor (Ranhon) and
from Monmouth Grammar How one of the London Walsh F30.
keen.
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