THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, JULY
BEHIND THE SPORTS THAT MILLIONS ENJOY
2-GOLF
By
Charles Buchan
Now thousands flock to an open competition. In 1925 more than 20,000 swarmed over the course, preventing the players from taking their strokes properly. This led to the charging of gate money for admission.
can get them wholesale.
ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLAND ELEVEN
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LEADING CRICKET AVERAGES
FIGURES UP TO JUNE 14
BATTING
faat medium, G. O. Allen la apparent (Quailfestion: Seven tonings, averago 37)
ly not at, and Gover and Copaon seem to be doing little. Unless the wicket is rain-soaked I think that Nichols must play and Smailes as W. B. Hammond
Edrich Hutlan
WHEN the Scottish noble- the "tiger" will carry any number foing to buy them replied, "Oh, no, swingers quite fast, though he at
men who accompanied from 10 to 20, according to his means King James to London at and playing ability.
the union of England and 400 Men In Scotland in 1603 introduced
golf to this country they started what I unhesitating-
One Department
C.Valentine
Dollery
at Fagk It falls to few of the professionals times bowls off breaks. Verity of iddon certainty. This leaves π to make money out of competitions. Course is a
Wright or bne place for either Lust year the totul prize
Аутся money paid
The Australlana know Compton (D.) Goddard. in professionual tournaments wns
P. A. GIDE Wright by now and he has only takes Sutcliffe Of this, the leading 39 seven wickets at a cost of 51.71 runs Grealy £12,730, players took
£8,000, leaving very CAN, however, give an ac- little to be divided among the lesser piece. It is not a match-winning Paynter
told me curate iden of the number of lights. A top-class player ly describe as the biggest balls used. In 1939 a grand total of that he estirnated his expenses for tournaments at £200 a year. So, 12,870,000 balls were made and sold sporting industry.
At with the exception of the fortunate by the various manufacturers. Golf has grown to auch an average cost of 1s. d. the sate few, competitions are a debit rather Edrich and dimensions that it is practical- of balls amounted to approximately Unn an asset.
find out the £1,000,000,
One big Arm employs more than 400 men in its hall depart Rival to Other
ly impossible to total number of players. ment.
millions, so it runs into many
- can justly be called the univer-
sal game of the people.
There
Summer Games
a sporting attraction goiti
and other summer
games.
Noland
proposition1.
MY GUESS
1 will venture a guess that given
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D. 0. Allen
W. Whilehoune Gibbons
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fine weather the English side
Wright with the Townsend L. M former standing as 12th man. If it Is a wet wicket with l doubtful weather forecast,
I
think might stand down and bath and Goddard play. There is thing against this. Nichols on whole is quite a good bat If I have to make a straight bet I should leave
R. AUDIT.
This dues not by any means ex- haust the money spent on equipment.
241 such things
bags.
A has become a serious rival terturie sunt. In Great Britain alone the alls, waterproof housers and jacket, Before 1000 crowds gathered only to
umbrellas, pullovers, leather hold- cricket are nearly 2,000 recognised golf
per tees, printed score cards and a watch challenge matches betweent clubs. With an average mem- host of other things. They all mean noted professionals like Harry Var-
(men and wo more expenditure mut more employ-don, Jack White, Douglas bership of 500 men) that means A million ment.
and the old-time artists. people paying subscriptions to Besides those employed in making Now thousands flock to an open cluba. Add to this the number quijenent, there are thousunda more completition. Disgraceful scenes like needed for the upkeep of the courses, that at Prestwick in 1925, when more of artisans and players
It is no small job keeping a course than 20,000 people swarmed over the public and municipal courses
good playing order. The bunkers course, preventing the players from and the total is almost doubled. have to be sanded, the fairways cut taking their strokes properly, led to and the greens kept un near perfect the charging of gate money for ad- as they possibly can be. Machinery mission. mise ees make it a costly business,
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AUSTRALIAN AVERAGES
BATTING
Copson "When Thief Mecta Thief" (King's Verit The Theatre).With the performance of Pollard The Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in the Joy Cornford J.) The cost of maintaining a course
Welinto to from a small beginning gait varies. So
Some seaside haks are well me yene £1.365 was taken at the Of Living" still fresh, one naturally Mayer has developed rata a cofostul kept at a reasonable
cost, but an ens championship at St Annes. At compares that with his work in the Nutter
A current 1 is played in the augl inland course, with drainage. etc., Carnoustie last July the open cham-Theatre. Fairbanks's reputation does sime
King's J unexpected quarters. There IS
as un malditional expense, requires pionship receipts were £1,543, while course in Bolivia, the La Paz Club, more labour and money.
not suffer by the comparison. He Is Pupe 1G, The in- E
exclusive of tax and ex- 13,500, above -level, another inland course on which I play keeps penses, was taken at the Ryder Cup most entertaining form nnd helps Berry
to create a picture of pronounced Smith (2) Tibet one, the Putar Beal Cimb, in 10 men busy There is on annual match between Britain and America qualities and entertainment value." the Arctic regin, with Eskimus as item on the balance sheet of £1,890 t Southport. playing members. In el quarters of tor enurse upkeep. the globe golf ham faveone a favonnite pustime.
in stating the above, I hope I have record recripts at a golf tour-
The
win is content
wwe
US.A.
sa annual expenditure of smelling shergily. An old set of clubs, thLEAGUE TENNIS Queen's Theatre).-One of the talk-
like £30,000,000.
or futur dozen balls, a pair of stout! Roms shoes and 2
L. Hasselt
Smith Gover "Hunted Men” (Alhambra Theatre).
Parks The
theme is dying hard 3. Cap Kangster 211300 taken at the
but In the American studios.
This Nichols not given the impression that golf U.S.A. maleur championship 156 Unlike must of the other game, is a costly game to play.
rent pleture presents a slightly new angle, Flaman Far from 1830. EP year {q* {དཱ*Ga
the
Siniteld golf requires individual equipment cheapest form
and has the additional quality Goddard of recreation and "Bobby" Junes WOR Four major
sincere acting and Imaginative direc- Pame The only thing that
exercise that it is possible to indulge itles. Hritish Amateur eri
Open | tion.
The tempo is pulsating from Wright property is the conse Bach player in Everything depends upon
and the champlonshalas,
Partridge start to Anish. Lloyd Nolasi
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Jackson must provide himself with clubs, bag, player.
Amateur and Open championships.
Carliste Mary
are the featured balls and the necessary clothing Ir
potter
players. he or she spent only the madest paid the course and enjoy himself
"All Quiet On The Western Front" £10 a your it would menti in bas mount of
DWD way can do so
ing screen's classics revived. A tre- mendous document emphasising the Most of this, of course,
G. Bradmun club subscription is
degradation and suffering caused by clubs and balls I will not attempt all that it need cost him. He can
war, it is regarded as a faithful re- c. L. Badcock to estimate the number of clube play a year's goff on provincin
production of typical 1014-18 scenes. 3. Fingleton
W. A. Brown The direction is impressive and the 23. A. Barnett bought in a year, for it would entail course for less than £20. weeks of work. But I can say that 14 is when the player gets the real;
beat Indians 6-3 in the Louls Wolheira dues his greatest C. W, Waiker the average number of clubs used fever that the cost increases. lie Civil Service
9, J. McCabe is eight or nine. A player may start
pets
matched "B" division of the tennis league yenter- latest
of 1938 M. G. Walte
A. G. Chipperfield' clubs, uses one or two new balls day.
(Oriental Theatre).-W. C. Fields, 1, 9. White employs
caddie, 1. Pengelly and 1. Aufuroff best A. R. who as a comedian is in a class of F. Ward dressen properly for the occasion and Kitchell and M. R. Abbas 6-0; bent 8. A his own on the American stage and W. J. O'Reilly
Then, 1 Bux ad M. Horgan 6-0; beat A. R. Eufsd) seeen, leads the way In runs up the yearly bill.
mirth grant, golf can be expensive. And and A. R. Rimm 0-2.
provoking manner and receives fine |li becomes even more so if the player
well-balanced cust support from a reaches the scratch mark and enters Kitchell and
B. Apaturoff and J. Bendel) dew with which includes Martha Raye und
Abban 1-6; beat Bux and tournaments and open competitions. Hassan 6-3; beat Sufflad and Rham 0-2. Dorothy Lamour.
£300 is B. G. Baker and C. Sloon lost to Kit-
"Everything is Thunder" (Majestic A yearly expenditure of
chell and Abban 3-6; lost to Bur and Theatre).-Colourful and dramatle, j moderate for some of our leading Hassan 3-4, drew with Suflad and time this picture strikes some new nutes,
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The Professional's
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Civil Service Defeats The Indians
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2 1030 575 160,63 220 63,04
12 0 7591 196 1.25
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124 56.60
10 1 604
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1 1
221 120 65.23
9 3 B7 31 43.50
10 1 301
2 274
10 1 209
110 33.44
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104 28,80
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No out. BOWLING
0. M. R. W. Aver. L. O'D, Fleetwood-
Smith 109.0 47 428 42 13.57
W. J. O'Reilly 243,3 00 1120 411 14.4
s. While... F. Ward
66 01 40 15.40
220.4
44 144 D 16,00
Cragenpower beat Kowloon 05-27-
And is notable for some outstanding | E L. McCormick A
G. Walte... 170.3 30 163 15 performances by Constance Bennett,
J. McCabe
74
24 1062 Oscar Homotku and Douglass Montgomery.
10 376 10 24.50
25.02
27.00
Akka bowled: A C. Chipperfield,
18.1-7-34-2
F.
CRAIGENGOWER v. K.C.C.
J. W. Leonard and G. Chon Grose and E. Blu 6-0; beat D. J. N. Anderson and R. E. Lee E-3:
hent H.
ESPITE the enormous amount Miller and H. Januszowski 0-0.
of money spent on the game,
A Kitchell and G. Laf drew with Grosc
the professional side is a blot on its and turn 0-0, heat Anderson and Len Inlr name. Many are opt to judge 6-3; bent Miller and Januszowskl 0-3. the earnings of a professional from
the amounts received by champions F. R. Zimmern and W. 3. Howard lost Like Walter Hngen and Gene Cotton, to Gruse and Blum 3-0 lost to Atersan and Lee 4-8; beat Miller and Januszowaki Alf Padgham and Charles WHIL- 0-2
combe in England. Their earnings RECREIO v, KOWLOON INDIANS give a totally false Impression, In fact, the golf professer is the worst Recreio beat Kowloon Indians 0-1,
professional In all forma of A. M. Rodrigues and L. A. L. Suva lost to S. A. and S. S. Hussain 5-7; beat F. and M. Klam 3-4; beat M. Ramzan and
sport.
On the books of the P.G.A. there D. M. Khan 6-3. аге 1,127 professionals and 455
H. Gonsalves and E. Xavler font to
assistants. Some of them are lucky mussatna 3-6; best Khans 6-1; beat Ram-
if they earn much more than £2 per zan and Khan 0-1. week. The average carnings are £3 per week.
M. A. Oliveria and L. A. Carvalho fort to Hussaina 2-0; brat Khana 8-3; bent Hamzan and Khan -0.
C.K.C. v. SOUTH CHINA
Chinese flecreation Club beat South China 9-1.
A professional usually receives a retaining fee varying from £2 to £5 per week. The remainder he makes by giving lessons and froin the profis on the sale of equipment. It B sad to think there are some clubs who do not pay
retaining sadder still to realise there are many 11. 10 0-2. club members who do not suppor
(1
fes;
S. W. Wong and L F. Hon heat H. Y.
and K. H. Lee del; beat J, Ilsy and W.
and H. Ben 6-1; beat N. K. Ma
P. C. Choy and K. C. Ng beat 11. Y.
their professional, but purchase their H and Bee 6-3; beat Ma and Lee 8-1; goods elsewhere. I have just been lost to J. Hau and Ho 1-6. told of a case where a member tried)
B. W. Liang and F. II. Kwok neat_II. out three speelfied clubs and when y su and Lee - beat Mil and Lee the professional asked him if he was 6-2; beat J. Ilau and Ilo 6-1.
H.
Luise Rainer and Paul Muni as they appear together in the classic film "The Good Earth", which re-appears in Hongkong to-morrow at the King's Theatre.
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