1940-05-01

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPHY

May 1, 1940.

Around The

Courses

COLONY ATHLETIC MEET TO-MORROW

MAKING AN OLD COURSE NEW South China Athletic

Sam Snead Nominated The "Coming" Golfer

Swiss Combine Golf And Baseball

(By "Birdio")

IT CAN ONLY BE DONE when the Course is empty, or nearly empty. But playing the course backwards.or haphazardly provide endless inter- est and enjoyment. Long holes-really long holes -can be had for the making, and short holcs- really short holes are designed with equal facility.

Very few people were able to go out to the Country Club, Sheungshiu, last week-end, and there were only A foursome about a dozen players on the nine-hole course.

in the afternoon set out on this experiment, and a really very enjoyable 18 holes were played.

top men during

The longest possible hole wasther boys were from the 6th tee to the 8th their time, but Sammy is over them green, and it measured, I should tell be first in the field for

at lenst ten years." think, a little over 600 yards. "ile hasn't reuched his peak yet. The shortest was from the 8th Everyone doesn't know it, but Sam to play his beat too to the 7th green-about 40 hasn't been able

When he's two years.

for

GOLF CUM-BASEBALL IN SWITZERLAND

yards. It would take a mathema-ready te'll tear the coure apart, and tician with permutations and turn in stores that will make them

ure set-upy." combinations to work out all the look like miniature possible variations to a course- According to Montresser, Snead's -I think it runs into hundreds. suvees lles in his perfect balance. One of the most interesting holes In making his swing he does so with

an are fliat

at least a foot longer on Sunday was from the 7th ice to than does anyone else. Consequent the 3rd green cutting across the fly he has made himself the most falrivny (that is why the course is consistent long driver the world hos to be empty). The player with the

Never known, honour had the nomination of the

Though Jimmy Thomson will hit

Swinging into action. The outfield next hole, but in going first he gave away information to the others by tree woods, and make golfing his-

them, the other are playing close in for the benefit the number of the club and theory with one of

two shots will shoot off into the of the photographer. A sturdy Swiss where he landed. In the place

ve trees. Snead will do the same thing, about to send the hornuss on a 300- selection of this hole-comparative-and

short-te accepted lay-out of a and though he may not match Thom-yard drive.

no son's best drive, 'his average will be rough ground to penalise a dufted far better-straight and anything

hole was reversed.

There

Wus

to bitch on the green.

There is an endless variety to bu got out of playing a course in this manner-and in its playing, some excellent ideas are to be had for future alterations,

י.

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the turf.

Montresser.

in out

tee shot-but there was very broken between 200 to 350 yards down the about 21⁄2 inches in diameter country to trap the one who failed fairway, depending on the state of and one inch thick, and though "One time we were playing a previously made of wood is now tournament out in Chicago," went on made of leather.

"We started

The "puck" is teed up on a raij threesomes. I was to do the No. 4 course with two other boys, while about a foot from the ground, and Snead and

is struck by a ten-foot ash pole. toured No. 1. a pair must have been on my game that Three hundred yard drives are re- GENE Sarazen, America's no-day, because I came in with a 70, corded, and the object of the elders It made me feel pretty good. (armed with their peculiarly shaped mination as the outstanding Thought I must have broken a re- bats) is to stop it, and in doing so golfer of the past decade, has cord. But a few minutes later Snead save a point, joined with Bert Montresser in volcing the opinion that Sam Snead is the man of the future and not so far off. Montresser bas a nation wide reputation in America for being able to spot a golfer's troubles at a glance. and to him have gone several of THE Swiss had a word for the ancient game shown in the the professionals for hints.

lie hasn't reached the peak yet," picture. It was hornussor in sald Sarazen, "but when that inan English, hornet. It is a com-

walked in with a 04.

"When that boy finally gets to the point where he can play his best game, nobody will ever beat him. Wall and see. He's by far greatest colfing machine the world has yet seen."-

the

If the baiter is the hornuss three times out of bounds, he is "struck out" as in baseball.

The hornuss game is generally played in the early autumn when Switzerland's flelds have been cut for the last time.

Antedating baseball and golf, the wo sports that it most closely re- sembles, the game has grown in popularity since the beginning of the nineteenth century until in 1902 a

starts to win he's not going to win bination of golf and baseball, special league was formed.

The traditional home of the on- and the name comes from the clent game is Emmenthal, in the Bobby Jones, Gene Sarn-buzzing sound made by the Bernese district, where it has been

by only two strokes, but by ten."

Snead is you man," says Mon- zen, Walter Hagen and some of the hornuss through the air. It is played for centuries past.

tresser.

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M. PAGH WINS CLUB SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

B. C. Fay Defeated

Three Sets To One

A close-up (left) of the hornuSA bring placed in position on driving platfarin. It appears to have two grooves-one for a left handed batter.

Altered

Probables For 2,000 Guineas

́LONDON, Apr. 30 (Router)--The following slierations have been made to the list of Probables for the Two Thousand Guineas:

Through The Mist will be ridden by Cliff Richards, Bon Accord by Marshall, Lucullus (Bartlam), Baldor- Byroch (Weston), el Morocco (Sibrilt), Epilobeum (Jones), Congratulations (Deary),

Bouillon and Nuit de Noce have no jockeys.

Adius and Black Toni have scratch-

M. PAGH GAINED the Hong- kong Cricket Club Singles Ten- nis Championship yesterday. beating B. C. Fay by 9-7, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 in the final. Pagh showed a far better control over his shots than did his opponent, and very deservedly took the

title.

Fay's strongest point was his service, but in all other departments showed an erratic falling. He chose

Open Tennis Singlos Final To-day

The final of the Colony Open Tennis Singles Cham- pionship between Tsui Wai- pui, holder, and S. A. Rumjahn will take place this afternoon at the Hongkong Cricket Club Stand Court, commencing at 4.30 p.m.

the baseline game, and by so doing undoubtedly lost a number of points that he might conceivably have gained had he stormed the net follow- ing service.

There was a keen struggle for the first set, Foy had every opportunity of winning. He broke through at the tenth game, and in the succeeding game had two set points but failed with bath. Pagh went into the lead, and eventually won the set at 0-7.

QUICK SETS.

PAGII outplayed his opponent in the second set to win easily by 0-1, but in the third set ho either relaxed or lost touch for Fay took the Bot with a similar score,

The eventual winner took over control again in the fourth set, and though Fay was limping, apparently with an injured foot, Pagh was &

worthy winner. Fay strove hard with his handicap, but even had his foot been well it is doubtful whether he could have won the match,

LARGE UNITS HOCKEY FINAL

First Y.M. C. A.

Swimming Gala On May 25

EUROPEAN Y.M.C.A. held their Brat full-committee swimming meet- ing yesterday evening when it was decided to hold their first monthly swimming gala on Saturday, May 25. at 0 p.m.

The following events will com- prise the programme:

Men members 30 yards handicap.

pggregate

"Lady" "members" 50 yarde oggregate handicap.

"Mixed" "Novelty Race-Open.

Men Members' 150 Yards Medley Team race (teams of three).

Lady Members' 50 yards breast stroka handleep.

Men Members* 50 yards back-stroke handicap,

Members'

handicap.

Diving (Mixed) Bented

Association

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