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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 28, 1940.
"MISERABLE"
GREAT FEATS WITH BROKEN DOWN PUTTERS RECALLED
If past history can be relied upon, it would seem that expensive putters have not always inspired their wielders with confidence, writes L. B. Stanley in "The Field.” Often the contrary has proved to be the case. Time and again, for instance, we find that an armoury of the finest matched clubs includes a rusty old hickory putter whose days of active service look as if they had ended with the guttic ball.
The presence of this ugly duckling is interesting. It shows how men who base their play upon the strictest scientific lines' sometimes become almost superstitious in this most vital department of the game.
Many instances come to mind, of
Here is an example. While this battered club played a decisive spending an enjoyable afternoon part in the winning of two national
tities. in the Dollymount Club I noticed a small figure on the players experimenting with strange home green practising hard at putters just before a major cham- putting. It proved to be Paddy pienship, ilking the feel of the club and using it with evident success in
OCCASIONS,
LIKE A MAN BEWITCHED
Macao Interpart :
Hockey Team
The Macao Hockey Club have selected the following to meet Hongkong in the Inter- port hockey match on Sunday, March 24:
C. C. Almada: R. Rosario and L. Costa (Capt.); 1. Nolasco. Alex. Airosa and J. Santos Ferreira; Fred Nolasco, Alberto Airosa, Pedro Angelo, R. Angelo and A. Angelo.
Reserves, A. Basto, M. Soares, G. Silva and J. T. Silva.
Seven-A-Side Rugger Tournament
Entries for the annual Rugby Foot-
Unlis.
GOLF CLUBS Build up your strength
Lightweights Livened British Boxing In 1939
Not many years have produced so few British championship contests as 1939. The best boxing was provided by the lightweights.
Big tournament met with mixed financial success.
| The Harvey-McAvoy and Phillips-Doyle bill at White City drew the largest crowd ever known at a boxing show in England. At the other extreme failure of John Henry Lewis to defend his world light-heavyweight title cost Wembley a lot of money.
This
This Week's Football Fixtures
Following is the League football programme for this week:
Mahon who not so very long the actual event. The final of what ball Seven-a-side Tournament are ago was listed with the second regarded as the P.G.A. Match- best average
of the British play Championship at Stoke Poges now coming in and it is anticipated professionals. This intensive two years ago between James Adams that 20 teams will compete of whom activity, I was informed, was and Perey Alliss was one of these about 10 will represent various Army due to recent indifferent per- formances on the greens,
Mahon confirmed this later. He Putting has never been the strong declared that Jits putting touchest feature of Alliss's game, yet in seemed temporarily to desert him. this tournament he charmed the ball but he had at last found a cure; he into the hole like a man bewitched. drawn from Hongkong Police, who had changed his putter. Upon Nothing was too dimcult, and every are the present holders of the Trophy, R.A.S.C. handling the club in question my putt first impressions were that it might was struck with deadly car.N.V.R., Civil Service, R.A.F., Hong-
The secret of this phenomenal be used for almost anything except display was simple, Just before the eng Bank, Butterfield and Swire and putting, The grip had gone and event Allies borrowed quite an or-Rest of the Club.
BOUGHT FROM CADDY
zomenu
The Royal Navy are not at their usual numerical strength this year, but will be able to enter at least two good sevens. Other
teams will be
Royal Scots
To-Day
V
FIRST DIVISION
Middlesex (Seokumpoo, 1.15 p.) THIRD DIVISION
Engineers (Sookunpoo, 3 pm.)
Saturday
FIRST DIVISION
} Middlesex (Caroline Hill 4.30 pm.)
Kwong Wah (Sookumpoo, 4.30 p.m.)
y St. Joseph's (Boundury Road, 4.30 p.m.)
SECOND DIVISION “A”
the shaft was hopelessly warped, yet dry putter from the Secretary and Mution used this club throughout a obt
obtained stich remarkable results The tournament will be held as Jater championship and undeniably with it on the greens that, christen-usual on the Club ground, at Happy recaptured his cunning on the greens. Ing it "Black Mogle," he "putted" |Valley, the preliminary rounds being 5. China "A" Truly, faith is wonderful thing.
Iris way to victory.
played on Monday and Wednesday, This putter, however, is not the first to have Inspired Alllss; in fact, March 11 and 13, at 4.30 p.m. and the Royal Scota A similar case occurred at Troon should think he must have quite final on Saturday, March 16.
Police last year. I was talking to Charles collection by now. I remember
Proceeds this year will be devoted Yates, the eventual winner of the him showing me a putter in the Open championship, and observed that his of the previous year which he was to the British War Organisation Fund, putter looked somewhat the worse confident would solve all his pre- and it is hoped that there will be for wear. He agreed, and went on blems. In appearance it bure a dis- more than the usual strong support to say that it had belonged to a friend tinet resemblance to Mahon's club, for the Tournament, on this account, who had died three years before. but
but wils. anything, one degree He had left his clubs to his caddy, worse. The clubhead was loose and but Yates had bought the putter for when it came into coninct with the one dollar and a quarter. An in-ball; emitted a disturbing cracked valuable investment, so he declared, sound. Most golfers would have as through it he had gained Walker hesitated to have used it at all, yet Cup recognition. No ille claim, for PLEASE Turn To Pago 9.
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FEBRUARY 29th
His Excellency the Governor is giving his support to the Tournament and will be present at the Anal, and has kindly consented to present to the winning team the Blarney Stone Shield, the trophy for which the tournament is played.
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V 8th R.A.` (St. Joseph's, 2.15 p.n.)
THIRD DIVISION
International y Royal Scots
(Military, 4.30 p.m.) 24th R.A. VRAS.C.
(St. Joseph's, 4.30 p.m.)
Engineers (Stanley, 4.30 p.m.)
12th R.A.
5th R.A.
v. Kumaonis (Sookunpos, 3 p.m.) South China v Electric
(Caroline Hill, 3 pan.) Signals
v R.A.M.C. (Military. 3 p.m.)
Sunday
FIRST DIVISION
S. China "B" v Kowloon
(Caroline Hill, 4.30 p.m.) Club
V Eastern
(Club, 4.30 p.m.) SECOND DIVISION
South China y Engineers
(Caroline Hill, 3 p.m.)
Tennis
DRAW FOR COLONY'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
The draw for the Colony tennis the championships, organised by Hongkong Cricket Club, was made yesterday and resulted as follow:
OPEN SINGLES
Bves infosecond round.-9. A. Rumjaha V. B. C. Fay: P. 9. Leong V. B. A. Gray: Kwok Hung-chung v. 9. Numjahn: - Lam Kwon v. W. Leonard; H. D. Rumjaho v. Firdos Khan.
First round. Mamland Ma y, z Zulauf, II. Y. Ho v. A, R. Kitchell; Paul Kong v.
The Armstrong - Roderick world-title bout and the Boon-: Crowley contest were also finan- cial "flops."
First sensation occurred on the last day of January at Leicester, when the Belgian, Raoul Degryse, weighing exactly 8st., floured British fly-weight champion, Peter Kane, in the opening round for a count of "nine."
The Golborne youngster rose un- steadily, and if Degryse had managed to land another heavy punch Kune Iwould have been knocked out,
However, Kong. with his CUS- tomary courage, pulled himself to- gether and clearly out-boxed the Belgian in every one of the rounds that followed.
On February 9 Tommy Farr ur- rived at Southampton full of hope. He had earned a fortune in Ameri- ea, and was confident of regaining the heavy-weight title he had re- linquished and now held by Harvey,
Len
But Hurvey could not be per- sunded to defend the crown unless guaranteed £6,000. No promoter hins shown interest in this financial demand, and the match is still as far
off is over.
OUTSTANDING MATCH
Then, in February, was decided what is considered the outstanding match of the year-the light-weight title battle between Boon and Arthur Danahar at Harringay. The build- ing was packed.
It was a highly dramatic cham- pionship struggle. Danalar, who hitherto hnd taken part in only eight-round contests, was matching jhis consummate skill against the rugged and exceptionally strong Ulle-holder.
Danahar had scored many points during the early rounds, and then made the vital mistake of leading with his right. He paid the penalty. Boon caught him with a terrifc punch that sent him to the canvas.
but He rose manfully enough, Boun, realising the situation, gave him no rest, and Danahar was fre- quently floored. The referee right- ly stopped the fight in the 14th round, leaving Boon a decisive winner.
This was Danahar's last contest in the light-weight class. lic hud evidently experienced dimeulty in getting down to Dat, 916., but he had revealed fine ability and sterling grit, and although defented was far from suffering disgrace.
He compensated for this disaster when later he brilliantly outpointed Roderick over 10 rounds at Earl's Court.
Them on March 16. Len Harvey bent Larry Gains, and a week later, at Anfield, Liverpool, Ernle Roderick won, as generally anticipated, the British welter-weight title from Jake Kilrain (Glasgow).
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During April Tommy Farr had a return fight with the American, Red Burman, at Harringay, and avenged a previous defeat in New York by outboxing Burman.
LEWIS' EYE TROUBLE
On May 4 John Henry' Lewis' reached Southampton with the pur pose of giving Harvey a chance of winning the world light heavy- weight championship.
Eye trouble prevented him from carrying out his contract, and cost him the title.
A fortnight later Farr beat Gains
Lt. J. Theobald, W, C. Hung v. in five rounds at Cardiff, while, in Chan; B, A. Hussain v. Chan Kwong-lu
Een Louts v. 0. UmBiani; Taul Yan-pui the some ring George James was v. T. 1. Gould; J. L. C. Pearce v. Peter k.o. by Manuel Abrew.
U; T. A., Pearce v. Wong lok-nang: R Later in May, at Harringay, Henry. a. Mesel Jr. v. 3. 1. Turner; Y. CLArmstrong retained his world wel-
v. Wei Chung.
03-
Byes Into accond round-M. Pagh; Tennte ter-weight crown giving an Kwok v. L. M. A. Razack; A. Crawford v. tonishing exhibition of speed when Ip Koon-hung: Pang Ol-lem v. Lee us outboxing Roderick. kek: Leung Ping-chiu v. J. Gonzalves; 1. Agafuroff v. Twol Wai-pul.
OPEN DOUBLES
This match was a "lop" for the
promoters. Instead of an expected 12,000 crowd, there were less than Byes into second round-Trul Wat-put his iniddle-weight championship by 4,000 present. Jock McAvey kept and Tsu Yan-pul v. B. A. Hussain and
Rumaha: Dew Bhing-cheong and Ip outpointing Ginger Sadd 'm' Man- Koon-hung v. A, R.' Kitchell and I. Mchester.
A. Razack.
First round T. and D. Agafúroft v. On July 10 unprecedented scenes Wong Fook-nam and Lam Kwan: Wong were witnessed at White City, Lon- Hok-nang- and Lee Chl-man 3. 4. C. don. A record attendance for, a Monaghan and 3: J. Gould; J. Gonzalves
and A.V. Remedios v. Ne Kam-chuen and fight in England watched Jack Doyle Tot Ping-tan; Paul Kong and D. Szete knocked out in the dirst round, by V. Ho Ka-lau and Lee Yue-wing: E. C. Eddie Phillips. Harvey
the Fincher and WC Hung v. A. Chan and world light-heavy-weight title (ac J. Stat; Kwok itude and and Lul Kwal cording to the British Board
| 3. 3. Ferguson;
won
fan v. C. IL R.
of T. A. Peatos and h). C. Tay v. T. C. Chan | Control) in a contest with McAvoy, and Marsland M 7. II. Kwok and B. W. Llang v. LL. J. S. Theobald and B. Car with another financial fallure, when Big boxing closed down the year
Tard.
Pearce
and Loung Pinotund-Pang 01-Jam Boon again beat Crowley for the And D1 Howanquel: Lee ftua-kek are light-weight title at Harringay, the J. Leonard v. 8. A. and LL. D. Rumjahn, Londoner, straining a tendon when
falling to the canvas.
Kowloon Junior School
Annual Sports
The annual sports meating, of the Kowloon - Junior' School will be held on the Kowloon Cricket Club ground to-morrow morning, commencing at 10 a.m. Mr. J. R. Higgs will present the prizes.
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