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Golf Stars Are Tired Of
Seaside Courses
BADING golf professionals want everyone interested in first-class crickes the greatest golf tournament of outaide the Board of Control considers all-the Open Championship tits suggestion one of vital importance, played on a course similar to Wentworth, where, recently, they Not Discussed competed in the "championship of BUT the champions," This is not just idle chatter.
All the alars were tremendously im- pressed by the excellence of the course, its strenuous test of accurate golf, and the perfections of the appointments.
the "Why must we always have greatest of all gotf tournaments played ovor a scaldo course? Why not give the Jaland couries, matiy of which are vastly superior to the koke, an opportunity of staging the Opesi?"
Board.
judging by the amount of time taken over the
decision when it was made at a meeting last winter, takes just the opposite view. I understand that when the Tesla antches for next summer were considered there was no discussion whhlover re- wanting the number of days to be Almost witli a allied to each Test. wawa of the hand the matter was dia-
nimed.
"Three days were long enough in my como marked a famous ex-England player "I suppose they need four now." am there the matter ended]
These questions wore asked of each Two Objections
ather In the professionals, and they wil
he anked again and again until
E. But A. greh.
Best Time
the
has taken me a long time to find out what the objection are to five- Hay Tests with Australia, I have die euvered two.
Certain county officiala are afraid int if a Tent is started on Thursday-ns 15
rque professionals have another far would be if they were increased to fire queat. They want the Open played anya-the Saturday, pate might be fast About Beplember-October, which, if the weather AVO the bowlern an they anninlein, fa the hest going advantage cra the first two days. Well it might rain nil day Saturday and the gate would be lost just the same.
weather.
The additional representatives of the PO.A. on the Ohampionship committer will be urged to get busy, and see what can be done about it.
Unfortunately in the administration
at golf, as in cricket, lawn tennia and other Kosten, Aho **powers-that-be seem to take little note of the viewa and desires of those who play, and are responsible for making the champion-
ships the outstanding success they are
10-day.
Test Change?
TAKE cricket na an example. Lant
nummer I raised the question of Hire days for the Toate with Australíu riskt season, and suggested that even at this late stage the change should and wight be made.
Gince then this ball I set rolilng has
The other objection astounded mr. was volead by a responsible official of a county cricket club. "We're against five-day Testa," he said. "It would be the thin end of the wedge to timeless Tents, which the Australians want. We're not going to play into their bands like that,"
No Use
GAVE up, for it was little u
arguing with one who took that tiiludo.
The opinion and wishes of the playera, the additional Gnance to be gained by n extra day in ench Test, and tho prospect of more finished matches are a unuight, apparently. so long as the Australians are not given what they want.
Hathered speed and strength. The ng- Golfers Too
reation was hailed with delight by Test players in this country and immediately received approval ies Australia.
Don Bradman, who will be captain of the tourists next summer, and It. W. V. Robina. England's probable skipper, are both strong advocates of fire-day Tests.
Still Hope
VITEL, Chere be any respode from the W
Board of Control of Test rustches
at liome when it meets in November? There is still sime to make the clunge. The couuties have a nunjority on that committee. If they don't insist upon it. the responsibility will be theira.
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cricket don't go well towelher.
com to have got well involved in the two games, and more and more cricke lets are turning to golf for their winter recreation.
The Yorkshire team will be meeting for their annual goif match shortly, and they have la Brian Bellers a two-hands- cap-player and Maurice Loyland, Herbert Buteline and "Ticker" Afitcholi can hit
good ball. :
Both T. N. Pearce and D. R. Wilcox, who shared the captainey et Essex in the summer were in the team which played a day's match at Frinton
Pearce had only recently taken up
KOWLOON GOLF Qualifying Round For Club Championships
The qualifying
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THE
HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1937.
BY CHARLES BRAY
DON BRADMAN, an advocate of
Ave-day Tests.
golf, but he can do some amazing, thing
with rusty old mashite-nblick, his favourite club.
Good Idea
THE Ides of county cricketers playing golf professionals is a good one, and the professionals would have to be on zhalf game to win if they played off plus 2. and the cricketers of their club handicaps.
Don Bendotan, Brian Bellers, lonel Lister, A. P. R. Chapman, Brian Valen. tinn, Leslie Todd." Wally Hammond, Leonard Crawley, Charllo Barnett andİ Mitchell-Innes are all playing Brat-cines cricketers who have handicaps below 5.
Why not make it a triangular tourna ment, and bring in a team of profes alonal footballers, many of whom, since golf became such a favoured part of their training, hare rapidly brought their handicaps down to single Egures?
WEEKLY HOCKEY COMMENTS
League Champions Boat Cup-Holders
London, Nov. 3.
In a Charity Shield soccer match to-day, Manchester City. last season's League champions, defeated Sunder- land, the F.A. Cup-holders, by two goals to nil.-Reuter,
RUGBY
Surrey Defeats Middlesex
Light Blues Score Easy Victory
London, Nov. 3. By 14 points to nil, Surrey, to-day defeated Middlesex in the Rugby Union County Championship Richmond.
at
BY
"THE PILGRIM"
CORRECT NOTES
STYLE OF
ROLLING-IN
CURRENT
INTEREST
ALTING, the former Dutch
font
Many Halves Do covering his old form. Playing at
Not Know It
Many half-backs (ladios and men) in the Colony are often fault with regard to the roll-in. I would advise Um-
at
inside-right for the Y.M.C.A., he has scored four goals in two games. He will want watching once he gets into Hils stride.
•
ISS Stella West, St. Andrew's ladies' left half, underwent a
pires in local hockey to successful operation for appendicitis Last Friday. She la improvingt penalise them whenever necessatisfactorily, but will probably be
Bary.
out of the gone for the rest of the genson.
Here is the rule:-"It is definitely forbidden to put the ball into play in." Some except by rolling it players jerk it or throw it, which is CAPT. Loch of the U.S.R.C., better incorrect. The roller-in (left or known in tennis circles ns right halt) antist have his hands out League player, is also, brilliant side the touch-line when he delivers hockey forward. He ends
the
"Y" LADIES WEAK IN ATTACK
Goalless Draw With Shanghai
Ladies
Some good hockey was seen at King's Park last Saturday when the "Y" Ladios enter- tained the Shanghai Ladies on their home ground. A goal- Icas draw was a fair result on the run of the play, but had the home team had the services of the ball. It is impossible to roll the Kumaon Rifles' attack and is very
Mias M. Smith, their star in- ball in at the spot where it went dangerous on a sand pitch.
side left, victory would cer out if the hand which delivers the
tainly have been their's. ball is inside the field of play. The
Miss J. Ephgrave, in the Shong- roller-in may not approach the ball
Alves, Recreio left-half, ha goal, again gave an outstanding amic TONY or in any way take part in the pulled a leg muscle a few weeks display, frustrating many dangerous until another player has touched the ball.
This is to prevent the practice
they ment. He hopes had rolled the ball in quite slowly, again shortly. followed it up and interfered with any opponent who might attempt to play it. The roller-in
is entirely E Shanghai Ladies were sur out of the game until someone elseprised to hear that G. E. Clarke, has touched or played the ball.
Cambridge University scored an of some players who, as soon as go and is still under medical treat-attempts made by Mrs. Gardner and
easy win over Guy's Hospital, by 27-6, and St. Bart's Hospital over came an Army XV by 27 points to
three-Reuter,
Helen Wills Writes Book Covering
Long Tennis Career
TELLS FRANK STORY OF HER
DEFAULT TO HELEN JACOBS
By Stuart Cameron
United Press Sports Editor.
New York.
.
Ila
to
be
Miss Westcott in the "Y" attack. The playing forwards played a more forceful Came, but their finishing was not so good. Miss M. Westcott missed
Under the old rule, the roller.in the C.B.A. ladies' coach, is the son had to
to "be outside the field of play of W. G. Clarke, the well-known
he has to "stand", now
Shanghal Indies coach. As one of which means that he must be stationary when he our northern friends remarked. mannerisms certainly remind delivers the ball. He must not roli
Un-one of his old man." This was last It in whilst he is on the move.
week, after the C.B.A.- der this new rule there can be no Saturday excuse for no rolling the ball in at Shanghal match, when "G. E." was the exact spot where It went out.
giving his Indies a lecture. A chip BE CAREFUL OF STICK of the old block, is Nobby!
INTERFERENCE
The Interpretation of this rule li clear and presents no difficulties. Do not allow the players standing on their sticks, as often happens the moment the ball is rolled Players are not then within striking distance of the ball. A player who turns towards his own goal at roll-in is usually obstructing an op ponent.
PENALISE THIS Penalise the roller-in if he delivers the ball with his hand inside the Helen Wills' story of Helen Wills' career in tennis, art and field of play; he must keep his hands society is told in an aptly titled book, "Fifteen-Thirty" (Scrib-as well as his feet and stick beyond. ners)...She prefers, it seems, to be known as Helen Wills al-being mode. Hooking sticks from though her manuscript was in the publishers' hands before her an opponent's left side is more fre- divorce from Freddle as she calls him-Moody,
and
The story Is pleasantly modestly told In straight-forward the style. All of her doubles victories, Kowloon Golf Club Championship it seems, were achieved, despite her will be played on Sunday, November The starting times are na fol- flow:
0,00 am-E. O. Murphy v. W. C. Simpson.
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own puny and stupid play, solely by the brilliance of her partner. - That's on exaggeration, of course, but only slightly so. It is inspired by a vivid- recollection of Miss Wills' perform-
Hills.
003 a.m.-J. D. Thomson v. C. G.ance in tandem competition it Forest
Anderson.
9.10 u.m.-J. F. Smedley v, A. J, Dennis.
9.15 a.m.-W. Taylor v A. W. da
incdlus.
Roza
9.40 T. D. Paton v. F. Barry.
C.
the
Although the book is the story of
and greatest
most probably
the famous woman tennis player world has known, it is no means a While recitation of tennis matches.
Rozh
9.20 a.m.-R. K. Collings v. A. A. Lopes.
9.23 a.S. Jex V. F. E. Re-Miss Wills does cover her playing career from the age of 14, her Ørst the United States championship at 9.30 am-W. Groves v. E. D. da age of 17 and on through her final Wimbledon, she takes 0.35-W. A. Stewart v. E. triumph at
tell of her reactions and space to Christensen.
her psychology. Her Impressions of Wimbledon, particularly of the hal- lowed centre court, offer the best description of a place dificult to describe dimcult because it is virtual Impossibility to explain to one who has not been there why Wimbledon is Wimbledon. That's something that must be felt.
FAMOUS MATCHES DISCUSSED High points of the book are Miss Will report of her two most con- troversial matches. For the tennis-minded It might be set down here that each case her opponent was Helen Jacobs. Both are Call- fornians and it is safe
to say that neither likes the other although there orc no oficial quotations to that effect.
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the touch-line when the roll-in is
quent at n roll-in' than any other time, and must be watched. Do not allow the roller-in to jerk the ball; it must be simply rolled along the ground with no perceptible bending
of the elbow and with the back of the hand to the ground.
ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME Always make the roller-in give time to a player to take up his post- tion on the seven yards line, if that player is unintentionally off the field of play. Some rollers-in do not give sumetent time to an opponent who has gone to retrieve the ball.
TRIANGULAR TOURNEY STARTS
Navy Moots Army This Afternoon
celled
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KOWLOON INDIANS
GO UNDER
BEATEN BY THE. RAJPUT RIFLES
On the Marian ground last evening, a scratch team from the Bajputana des defeated the Kowloon Indian
Miss A. Fowler ** .. played well at left back for "*"
agginet Shanghal last week.
a splendid scoring chance when she took the ball to within two yards of Miss Ephgrave and shot straight at the goal-keeper. Sq poor were the "Y" Ladies. When in the circle that the Shanghai goalie left her charge numerous Occasions and smothered effectively what attempts
forwards made. the opposing
Miss W. Klein, the Shanghal right half, was also very sound, keeping Westcott well under control, Miss
on
C. by two clear goals. 3. Pinto and Mrs. Rignell, at left back, was seen A. P. Sousa were notable absentees to make some good clearances and in the K.LT.C. team.
Miss P. Pelgura, as pivot, was al-
on the alert. The Shanghai The Rifles enjoyed the best of the Ways
made spasmodic raids but exchanges in the first half, and on attack resumption found the act on two with the exception of Mrs. Williams, occasions through their inside-left their leader, who proved dangerous, the others rendered, poor assistance, due to their hesitancy in getting rid of the ball.
and centre-forward.
more
The K.LT.C. attack, with Narain Singh and Pyara Singh, tried des- REPETITION OF FIRST perately to reduce the score but the The second half of the game was oppasita defence proved too solid.
or less a repetition of the first, and here again Mrs. Gardner The Rifles were best served by their sent in a feeble shot which the A brilliant game of hockey centre-forward, inside-right and right goalle had no difficulty in clearing..
The Kowloon Indians would Miss M. McCaw made her presence
some find
constructivo (Continued on Page 9.)
should be seen on the Navy undebtedly have done better had they felt with
back.
ground, King's Park, at 4.30 panelded a full team.
this afternoon when the Army
will meet the Navy in the first en-
counter of the Triangular Tournament.
I have watched the Navy players
In their last two matches and they
fare combining well as a team-so well
that I anticipate a victory for them.
The Army at the moment is quite
la tough proposition but I ́have not-
seen the players combine together as
2 real unit yet. They will be handl-.
cupped playing on a grass pitch and
There was only a small crowd, this is where the Navy will, hold a The first of these, controversial Interest had died down because of distinct advantage. matches occurred at Forest Hills. delay. Helen
Jacobs was my ) t is going to be a keen fight be-
It was the final of the 1993 women's opponent. I won the first set, -,tween the Army attack and the for- national championship: At that which was long drawn out, and she midable Navy defence. I shall be
time she had foregone play in the won the second 6-3. We had long surprised if the Army wins though I Wightman cup matches because of rallies and she was very steady. do not say it is incapable of doing so. "sub-neute unstable fifth lumbar "It would have been a strenuous vertebra symptoms." This malady match for any player. I was trying
overtook her while playing Mise to meet the competition of the match match would have ended in this way Jacobs, causing her to default after and the same time was carrying on no matter against whom I had been trailing love-threo in gomes in the third sot. This, of course, deprived another fight within myself one playing."
that was between my brain, which The other match was the friate of "the other Helen" of an outright was commanding, and my muscles Wimbledon in 1935. Miss Wills tells the All-England championship at victory, and became a great con- which were bound in an iron-clad versational topic. Many felt that spasm trying to protect the injured of winning the first set of this
on
"Lille Poker Face" could have gone nerves of my back. When the match, 6-3 and losing the second, and served faults and netted match went into the third set I had 3-8. Of the deciding set sho writes, serves from her rival. Anyway, to give up, as I know it was the end "Miss Jacobs then stepped one more here are some of the things Ms when the stadium began to swim game ahead, to lead nt 5 to Will says about the match:
around in the air. I managed to 3, and reach what could have "My feeling was one of surprise get up to the umpire's stand and said been the very last point of the that. I had reached the semi-finals can't go an
match, point set. Here she missed at all. My mind would tell mo "If I had fainted on the court, It a fairly easy shot, a lob of mine where to go, but there wa no would have been thought a more which she volleyed outside. I know answering action. It was curious. conclusive finish to the match in the naturally, that the point set had Nor could I bend over, as a strange eyes of many of the onlookers, for been saved, but there was no way stiffness had taken hold of my right then they would have been con-of telling that the match itself had leg and back, and when I went vinced that I could not continue. been rescued, During the against it there was a tremendous lowever, my choice was instinctive couple of gamea, my 'wind' retumed. puin. I learned later that this vise- rather than premeditated. Had I After the recovery of the set point, like rigidness was muscle spasm been able to think clearly I might however, I had never felt as con- which is brought on by the muscles have chosen to remain.
fident in any match within my
Да
Inst
trying to prolect injured nerves and "THOUGHT ONLY OF MYSELF" memory. I was not sure that the
Lissue. It was le face almost two years to disor pear."
"It was unfortunate that Miss set was mine, by any means, because Jacobs could not have had a com-looking ahead to the conclusion of WON FIRST, last secOND · plete victory, as it would have been a match is beyond the demand of the Miss Wills then tells of the post- had I been able to remain a little moment. ponement of the final match because longer on the court. But being
IN MENTAL DAZE naturally selah, I thought only of "As we left the court, in order "Finally the rain stopped, and limyself. I could understand her to make sure, I asked the first person was possible to play the final match, feeling of disappointment, but the (Continued on Page 0.)
of rain.
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