HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1936.
H. K. HOCKEY ASSOCN.
BOWLS PLAYED HONG KONG
AT NIGHT
RIFLE "ASSOCN.
Important Council. Meeting
FIXTURES FOR NEW SEASON
A meeting of the Hong Kong Hockey Association Council will be held at 5:30 pain, on Thursday. September 10. in St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kowloon the agenda being:-
1. To read Minutes (3) of last Council Meeting and b) of the Annual General meetings.
2. Correspondence.
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3 To appoint Hockey Umpires'
Board.
4.To Ax date in December for Civilans V Combined Services match and to elect Civilian Sélec tion Sub-Committee therefore.
5. To elec: Belection Committees for representative matches for the
forthcoming season. (a) Colony, (b) Civilian,
B.
To receive report of Awards Sub-Committee.
7. To elect Sub-Committee to
New Departure At H.K. Electric R.C.
Football has been played artifelatolight and so has tennis. a new departure is the playing of lawn bowls by electric light, This feature has been Inaugurated by the Hong Kong Electric Recreation Club and last night saw another game being played at North Point. The H.K. Electric played a friendly game with a combined team from the H.K. Football Club and Talkoo.
The heat of the day was thus evaded and a most enjoyable game resulted. The games are intended to be weekly fixtures and in view of the coolness of the night, will undoubtedly be a successes.
The visitors won by 30 shots. The scores, were:-
H.K, Electric: A. P. Tarbuck. T P. Saunderson, W. Stoker, W. H. B. Muskett (Skip) 17,
Combined Teams; J. Polsonɛ J. Pollock. W. Cunningham, J. C. Chalmers (Skip) 22.
New Season About To Commence
The Council of the above Asso- clation gives, notice that Spoon and Practice Shoots will re-commence on the Army Ranges at Kowloon City on
Wednesday afternoons. starting on September 18.
In order to avoid the necessity for having to shoot in semi-dark- ness is particularly requested that members will arrive on the fring' point as soon after 2 o'clock as possible.
WALKER CUP FOURSOMES
U.S. Two Matches To The Good
GENE SARAZEN
AIRS HIS VIEWS
Great Britain And Walker Cup
PINE VALLEY
DEPLORED
With the Walker Cup match in progress at Pine Valley, the toi lowing article written by the famous professional golfer Gene Sarazen, in a leading sporting journal, will be read with inter- est:-
Truly, I do not think we are do Lng the sporty thing in taking the British to Pine Valley for the Wal- ker Cup matches, but doubtless it will be said that Pine Valley was chosen because it resembles the type of course that abounds in their homeland.
shots rather than restrain them.. ay Pine Valley is sure to do. Per- sonally, I dislike courses where the premium is all on the tee snot. For example, the way Oak- mont is trapped of the tee you might just as well be out of bounds when you hook or slice. Generally speaking, this is 50. You may recall the distressful At Clementon. New Jersey, where experiences al the British Ryder Pine Valley sprawls itself over the Cup team of professionals when it rolling countryside, the British will played in our open championship be reminded of their own links at at Oakmont in 1927. Only one of Pine Valley, Sept, 1. United States were two matches | Sandwich, whose remoteness from its members was able to finish a to the good at the end of the Walk- London gives it an exclusive, at- round under 80. Their criticism of er Cup foursomes which were play-mosphere of isolation. Galleries at the conditions was severe. I thor ed over the Pine Valley course to- Bandwich are small but select.oughly agree with the general Bri-i
Whenever the Walker Cup mat-tish bellef that the most specta two of the games, but were badly ches are played there, you can be cular part of golf from both the beaten in the other two. The re-
sure of hobnobbing with dukes and player's and spectator's viewpoint sults in brief wers.
lords, and very likely you will have is the second shot. Iron, shots to someone like the Earl of Westmor- the pin are most attractive. « | tand, who is just plain: "Burghie" Ata Lea Diegel, for your fore-caddy. į
But there the resemblance ends.
H.K, Electric: V. Sorby, J. L run the Association Inter-Section King, G. T. Padgett, J. F. Lunny day. Britain succeeded in halving Tournament and to x date for (Skip) 12.. commecement of Tournament.
8. At the conclusion of the meeting, approx. 8 p.m. the Annual Fixture Meeting will be held to which all Clubs and teams are in- vited to send representatives to make fixtures for the coming sea-
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INTER-SECTION TOURNAMENT
1. The Tournament, which shall be played off in October, 1936 shall be of the "Knock-out" type, op- ponents in each section and grounds being decided by "lot."
2. There shall be three section. In the Tournament, i.e. Navy, Artay and. Civilian and each section tha!! be composed of teams properly belonging to it and recognised-
such the teams eligible to compete being: Navy Ships. Army Regiments or Units, Cl- tana-Clubs,
as
Combined Teams; E. J. Edwards, G. S. Graver, W. Robertson, J. Roger (Skip) 25,
H.K. Electric: C. E. Gahagan, Q. G. S. Thomson, J, Sloan, S. Deacon (Skip) 11.
Combined Teams: F. C. Morgan, E S. Carter, J. Russell, J. A. R. Selby (skip)" 23...
3 and 1:
R. Smith and Ed. White (US) beat. J. McLean and John Langley
J. Goodman ana A Campbell UB.) beat H. Thompson und K. Bentley 7 and 5:
O Yeates and W. Emery (US) halved with M. Dykes and G Peters,
H. Givan and G. Voigt (0.8.)
Total; H.K. Electric 40; Combin halved with A. Hill and C. Kwing. ed Teams 70.
FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC
Harry Richman's Adventure
New York, Sept. 2. 3. The winning team of the Harry Richman, noted Broadway Civilian section shall play the win-night club owner, and Dick Mer- ners, or selected teams as the caser, veteran air line pilot, left may be, of the other Sections to Floyd Bennett airport at 3.37 p.m. decide the winners of the Tourna- (EST), on a trans-Atlantic flight ment on dates to be decided later. to England. This portion of the Tournament to
They plan to make the round be run as a league, cach team play-trip across the Atlantic, stopping ing the other teams once.
at Croydon only long enough to re- fuel.
4. The game shall be played in nccordance with the Rules of Hockey as laid down by the Hockey Association (England).
5. Dates of matches. times, grounds and umpires will be ar ranged by the Hong Kong Hockey Asspation.
6. The dates and fixtures ur- ranged by the HK.H.A must be strictly adhered to and may not be postponed except with its consent which will not normally be granted except in the case of inclement weather or by reason of public events of great importance effect- ing alike all teams concerned.
7. The duration of each match, except the Final, shall be twenty- "five minutes each way without in- terval. In the case of a draw, if light përmits to the satisfaction of the umpires, an extra $ minutes each way. also without interval, shall be played after which if a draw still results the match shall be replayed within one week under similar conditions.
8. All matches will generally be played in midweek.
9. The team first named in each match shall play' in white, their opponents playing in colours.
Goodman and Campbell were ve up at the end of the morning round, though they were all square at the ninth. Reynolds Smith and White were one up, having been square at the ninth hole.
Peters and Dykes. Great Britain, were one up at the ninth and at the end of the round, but Givan and Volgt were three up at the nlath and improved to four up at
What has befallen all the teams. amateur and professional, which Great Britain has sent so hopefully to our shores makes me view with apprehension the fate likely in overtake her newest Walker Cup team at Pine Valler in September. HORRORS!
If
kind
were we Americans enough to invite our dimiable cou- sins to combat our amateurs on some course more friendly, perhaps I wouldn't feel so sorry for them. But Pine Valley! Horrors! Why, our own bravest and boldest players quake in their brogues whenever anyone mentions Pine Valley. And somebody Is always mentioning Pine Valley. It seems to have be- come the yardstick with which all
tune Thompson
our courses are measured. It is al Bentley led was at the tenth, when subject for never-ending debate. Thompson's ball, struck Goodman's
When some poor. callow enthusiast caddle. Campbell sank a twelve-10yously ventures to suggest that he foot putt un fourteenth for birdles. The Ameri cans
were still five up at the twenty-seventh, the British pair having won only the twenty-fourth hole on the second round.
the round's finish.
The weather was cool and over-
and
cast
The only
the eleventh 2nd
MeLeah and Langley cracked up In the afternoon, winning only one hole...
Hill and Ewing made a magnificent Playing against Givan and Volgt,
recovery,
They were twice seven
Forty thousand plag-pong balls. crammed into the wings of the plane for buoyancy purposes, were among the several safety devices down during the afternoon. They fitted into the machine, Favour- able weather conditions are fore-sational victory had not Hill over- might easily have snatched a sen-
cast for the fight.
into a lake. Tweddell, the British the Britons would have won if a captain, expressed the opinion that
different club had been used in this
case.
clubbed at the thirty-second green, The airmen stated that they hadnis ball trickling off the green and received permission to land at Hendon. They plan to fly at a height of from 15.000 to 18,000 feet. at the edge of the sub-stratosphere. The machine being used is a converted 8-passenger aeroplane fitted with à special 1.000 h.p. engine. It has been stripped in- side to accommodate a thousand gallons of petrol, enough for about twenty hours' Dying.
Merrill, interviewed by "Reuter." said: "We should be dining in London fifteen hours after leaving Floyd Bennett airport."_ Reuter.
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WIRELESS MESSAGE.
New York, Sept. 2. The American airmen, Richman and Merrill attempting to ny to London and back with a three-day stop in England. wirelessed New York at 3 a.m. British Standard Time that they were over the ocean feet and that they
10. The Captain of each team shall provide 3 clean hockey balls for each match and these together at 10,000 with the list of players with re-estimated they had covered 1,000 terves taking part in the match
miles since leaving New York at
shall be handed to the umpires 21.38 B.S.T. yesterday-
. before the commencement of the
game.
11. The match shall commence not later than 5:15 pm, whether the full teams are present or not and the umpires shall see that this rule is carried out.
12. Players are eligible to play only for teams in the section to which they belong by occupation or profession and in any one sea son may only play, for the purpose of the Tournament, In one team, transfers from team to team or section to section not being. per- mitted.
Reuter.
ber.
Dykes and Peters were perfect on the homeward, play during the morning, having all per figures. The lead alternated all afternoon until the Britons squared with a birdle on the thirty-third hole. Thereafter they halved the remain-
der.
has just played the greatest course he has ever seen, a wet blanket 15 sure to bob up with burning scorn and say:
Pooh, pooh! It's easily seen you've never played Pinę Valley,"
And the poor, callow enthusiast Is showered with such terrible tales of Pine Valley 'that the course he thought tough sinks and sinks in his imagination until it becomes no greater than the public links at Van Corlandt Park. He is provided with a minute description of Pine Val- ley's terrible snares and pitfalls, its yawning bunkers which swallow the unfortunate golfer as well as the ball, its tremendous carries from, the tees, and the woods on either side of is fairways where demons le in wait to torment him. There is something in what the wet blankets have to say.
1.
ELBOW ROOM
We must remember that in thely own bunkered land the British are used to plenty of elbow room. Our narrow fairways and tightly trap ped greens do not sult their conser- vative and cautious manner of
The singles draw has been an- play, At Pine Valley they not only nounced as follows:
N
Thompson va Goodman;
McLean vs Campbell; Ewing vs Johnny Fischer, clinati
Hill vs Braith: l'eters vs Emery: Dykes va Teates: Bentley vs G. T. Duniap, Jr.. New York:
Langley vs White.- Reuter.
WRESTLER HERE
Pantaleon Manlapig. From Manila
will have to confront these severe conditions, but in addition will have to contend against the woods, Cin-a distinct handicap since all their
seaside courses are free of forests.
American players, whether amateurs or professionals, have an advantage over their British rivals on ribbon-like-
courses whose targets are small and well trapped. Americans 'are ifer hit ters. They slash away fearlessly and are usually straighter than the British, who are, constantly striving to keep out of trouble. Furthermore, Americans are more adept in escaping from traps because they have leamed to use the heavy sand fron which I helped to "develop. This has made búnker play so simple that they take pot shots at the green without thought of consequên- сев.
Hong Kong wresting fans will interested to know that, another wrestler has arrived here in hope of having, a few houts.
in the hands of the Hon. Sec., HKEA, on or before 23th Septem- Applications received after this date will not be considered.
14. The Tournament shall be known as the Association Inter- section Tournament, the object be- ing to stimulate interest and to pave the way for a large tournamenting ring. Is from the Philippine in the future.
He is Pantaleon Manlapig, bet- ter known as Young Aguinaldo in the American, Hawaiian, European and Australian boxing and wrest-
Islands. and weighs Over 200 -pounds.
Aguinaldo was sent for by Mr.
13. All teams belonging to The annual meeting of the B. Ditta. the promoter of the mat Civilian Clubs which are affiliated Y.M.C.A, Women's Section Hockey contest between Wong Bock- with' the H.K.H.A. are eligible for Club will be held in the Westcheung- and Harban Singh last. participation in the Tournament, | Lounge on September 15, when | Sunday. - Aguinaldo Wiki meet application for which together with officers will be elected and Axtures | Wong next week-end. a list of possible players must be for the season arranged.
Detal's will be announced later.
BRITISH FORTE
It seems to me that an ideal place for the matches would have been the Augusta National links where several of the holes are designed for pitch and run play, the British forte. (I still · look buck with satisfaction on my 230 yara “plich-run" „spoon shot, for an eagle two on the Afteenth hole.) There, too, the expansive fairways would have encouraged thens to let out with their tee
LEAGUE BOWLS
Hong Kong Electric Team For Saturday
The following will represent the Hong Kong Electric Recreation Cub in their League bowls' match against the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, at North Point on Saturday at 3.15 pm-
J. L. King. R. W. Smith, F. F. Duckworth. W. H. B. Muskert (skip).
V. Sorby, M: H. Arnold, G, T. Padgett, A. F. Paul (skip),
C. E. Gahagan, G. G. S. Thomson. J. K. Sloan. J. F. Lunny (skip).
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