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FOR ?
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Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
THE
NERVE!
August 9, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
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Bobby Locke Again The Perfect Machine
Ten Under Fours For 63 Holes In Match Against British Open Champion
ton.
By Henry Rose
London, July 28.
"I am not prepared to talk about Henry Cot-
If he wants to play me, he knows where he
can find me."
That is what Bobby Locke, twenty- one-year-old cruck South African
golfer, told me at Mere Cheshire, Not Doing What His
yesterday, immediately after giving in exhibition of wonder golf to beat British Open champlon Bick Barton (Sale) by 10 and 9 in their £250-a-
ide natch.
Burton told me his putting let him down. "I have played on this course many times," he said. "and have al- ways putted badly. I should like to un another play Locke again. but
course.
He took full advantage of every mistake i made."
Locke was again the perfect gulf machine yesterday. He was ice-cool all the way--the Len torvey of the golf course.
He followed up his two 70's on Wednesday with a yesterday, and 33 for the first half of the afternoon round needed to polish off his op- ponent.
This gave him the remarkable average of fen under 4's for the sixty- three hules played. He needed unly ane putt on eight greens.
TURNING POINT Burton faced his outsize job in his usual nonchalant way. He snnk three-yard putt for a birdie at the 535-yards first hole, but it was des- pondency for the Burton fons all the way after that.
Turning point of the match came at the thirteenth. Only four down then, the Open champion threw away whatever chance he had when he put his second shot out of bounds and took a 0 to Locke's 4. Burton lost
Backers Claim
London. July 26. Bobby Locke is still failing
to do what his backers are After his claiming for him.
came
failure in the British Open, he lost his Irish Open title, and was beaten by Alfred Padgham in an exhibition match. Locke to England with the object of trying to win
British the
Open and the exuberance of his backers has been such that it has not been doing him any good:
Nor has it been likely to make him more popular with the British public.- Our, Own Correspondent,
Valley Golf
Second Round Of Summer Singles
four and halved one of the remaining Following the results of the. ve holes and went in to lunch nine second round of the Second summer down.
If was obvious then that the match Happy Valley singles competition:
could go only, one way, and a half in)
4 at the 400-yards ninth ended it.
LOCKE MAY
POSTPONE DEPARTURE
W. V. Ahern beat V, S, Ebbage four
Bobby Locke, the young South African golfer, had not done all the things which have been claimed for him by his supporters, bet neverthe- less he has beaten some of Britain's leading players. He is now after a match with Henry Colton.
League Football
First Round Fixtures
Drawn by Committee
jand three; G, T. May beat G. W. Wi- Jerton two up; C. C. Stark bent A. 1.
The first round matches in the possession of information concerning Burnie five and three: W. S. Miller beat H. N. Moran; d. Linaker received second and third divisions of the dates on which soccer grounds fa walk over from W. F. Bornes: N. J. Hongkong Football Association' were available, it was decided
mmittee.
Baseball
YANKEES BEATEN BY SENATORS
New York. Aug. 8.
The following were the results of matches played in the Major Base-
ball League in-doy:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
7
4
T 18
2
Battery. Senators, Kroknuskas
New York
Washingon
and Ferrell.
Philadelphla
Boston
2 а
525
0 12
1
Nagel homered for the Athletics
and Foxx twice for the Red Sox. Battery.Red Sox, Grove and De- sautels.
B
0
10
Battery-White Sox, Rigney and
Chicago
Detroit
Tresh.
Cincinnati
Chiengo...
NATIONAL LEAGUE
3
7
2
7 12
D
-Berger homered for the Reds and)
Galan for the Cubs.
Battery Cubs, Lee und Hartnett..
Cincinnati
Chicagokangas
Russel hottiered for
9 2
*
the
Cubs.
Battery-Reds, Derringer and Lom-
bordi.
The notches
between Pittsburgh
und St. Louis, and Boston and New! York will be played at night.
German Swimmers Successful
Berlin, Aug. 7,
Out of the nine races held on the first day of an international swim- ming meeting to-day, seven were won by Germany, outstanding perform- ances being a new German record of 1 min., 17.0 sees., in the 100 metro backstroke event for women. This was set up by the young swimmer Lisel Weber.
The remarkably fast time mins. 40.4 secs. in the 200 metres breast stroke event for men was
of
The English victories were secured
2
Booker brat W. H. Jowit one up; T. | 1938-40 league season were draw, draw the first round fixtures for all uchieved by Baike of Bremen, this The Fixtures Sub-Com-a visions, but to leave the appoint-time being unequalled in a 50-metre J. Price beat H. Smith two up; R. Resterday
ment of dates and grounds for the pool. Ellis recevice a walk-over from A. J.
Entries for the three divisions were second and third divisions to the dis- In The women's events Inge Dennis: F. Buckle beat G. P. Stone: N. J. Bebbington beat E Tuck three level teams for the first division, ecetion of the Secretary, paying mar Schmitz won the 200 metres crawl and and 15 for the ticular heed to the requests of cor- Olga Eckstein achieved the first place and two; A. J. Macfayden beat M. L. 15 for the second
In order to facilitate the tain Clubs which would play only on in the high diving. Tely six and four; J. W. Mayhew third.
of the second division, It Saturdays. beat S. F. Chubb two and one: Surg.nning
The League season will commence Comdr. Nicholson beat G. Davies was decided to promote 30th Royal A. D. Locke's magnificent Rolf in seven oud six; D, I. Clark received Artillery from the third division, and on September 23 and matches will his challenge match with Richard a walk-over from K. S. Robertson: the second division was then divid-be played Burion, whom he beat by ton and Cal. Collin beat E. Greenwood two ed into two Sections, comprising four Sundays. nine over 72 holes at Mere, Cheshire, and one,
civilian and four service teams each, has already brought him so many
irrespective of being situated in new affers of exhibition that it is In the semi-finals of the Happy Hongkong or in Kowloon. By 10 said he is considering postponing his Valley summer foursomes Surg. dividing the Division, the Fixtures return to South Africa, fixed for Comdr. Nicholson and Major Harvey Sub-Committee hope to complete the August 17. His test arrangement beat W. Woodward and A. H. Burwell season before April.
is a match at Addington on Augustint the 19th, and E. Tuck and W. V. The third division will have only. 10, in which he will be partnered by Ahern received a walk-over from A. cne section this season. L. G. Crawley, against Brigadier-J, Dennis and W. S. Hiller. General A. C. Critchley and Dal
Rees.
Locke is due to salt on the follow- ing Thursday, but would cancel his passage immediately if there were any hope of a match against Henry Cotton. " will play Cotton any- where, any time, for £1,000," Locke is reported to have said. Locke's only stipulation is that the match should be over 72 holes. He thinks that is the only fair test. He under- stands that Cotton undertook to ac- cept the challenge if he (Locke} Anished above hlm the Open Championship. Locke's score at $1. Andrews was two strokes better thingj Colton's
Important Tennis Game To-day
be-
The Important tennis game tween Indians and South China in! the "A" Division of the Tennis Lea- gur, which has been postponed ab many times, will be decided to-day at Sookunpoo. The winner of this match will meet Chinese for the championstilp.
As the Secretary was not yet in
ou both Saturdays and
The following is the draw:
FIRST DIVISION
September 23 S. China "D" v. Hongkong Eastern v. Kwong Wah Middlesex v. Kowloon September 24
Jceph's
5. China "A" v. St. Royal Scots v. Police. Navy drew a bye.
SECOND DIVISION “A” Section 11.A.OC. v. S. China, Hongkong v. Eastern Kitchee v. 8th Hvy. Bde, 5th A.A. Bdc. v. 30th Bty.
"" Section
Engineers v. Royal Scots. University v. Police Kwong Wah v. Middlesex. Kowloon v. Signals
THIRD DIVISION Royal Scots v. R.A.S.C. 12th Aty. v, RAMC. 24th Bly. v. Electric International v. Signals Stonecutters v. S. China. Engineers v. Kumaons 5th A.A. Bdc, v. R.AF. (Home leurs mentioned first:)
Economy Begins At Home
in the relay and the 400 metres crawi, which was won by T. D. Hutton in 5
nins.. 51 sees.-Trans-Ocean.
CAPTAIN'S CUP
ENDS IN TIE
In the Captain's Cup played on the Old Course at Fanling on August 3. and 6, M. J. Relty (97-24-73) and G. T. McMullen (80-7-73) led and will play off. There were 27 entries.
The optional pool was cancelled.
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