Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 15, 1940.
Around The Courses
NEW AMERICAN
CHAMPION?
27-YEAR-OLD
BEN HOGAN
FLASHES TO THE FORE
Evading The Heat
Of Hongkong's Summer
(By "Birdie")
LATEST STAR among American golfers,
Home
Soccer
Results
LONDON, May 14 (Reuter)—The
whose brilliance, temporarily, at least, eclipses following were the results of Home that of Jimmy Demaret, is 27-year-old Ben Hogan, soccer matches played to-day: a professional from Texas. Neither of those young players are listed in the Golfer's Handbook -Domaret is the product of the past couple of years, while Hogan won the first major American tournament only just over a month ago,
West Brom.
That tournament was the North-South championship at Pinehurst on March 22 (with 277-an 11-under-par re- St. Bernards cord for the 72 holes). Exactly one week later he walked off with the Greensboro Open (with a record score of 270), and on April 1 he collected first prize in the "Land of the Sky" Open with a score of 273.
Only statistics will do credit MAIN problem in Hongkong at the moment, and probably to this young champion. His scoring streak is sensational in will be until the next winter, is! the annals of the 'rofessional the evading of the heal. Players Golfers Association of America. had a real grilling on the course
(1) He won three big' laurna last week-end, and there must ments in less than two weeks, and accumulated $3.408 therefrom,
(2) He moved to first place among the money Winers having $6,438 to Demarel's $0.152.
under
bar
be several at the moment whose long trousers are irksome at the knees.
English
MIDLAND
2 Wallsall
3
Scottish
EASTERN
1 Dunfermline 3
League Rugger
LONDON, May 14 (Reuter), **
13 to-day in a Rugby League match. Bradford beat York by 31 winis to
CAMBRIDGE BEAT EMPIRE XI BY INNINGS AND 108
#
Gene Sarnzen, as he looked over
LONDON, May 14 (Reuter)-In a (3) He completed 12 rounds, or the now-swept course at Greensboro 210, intes, of golf in 3 strokes to March, recalled a Ryder Cup three-day cricket match played al malch he had played in Leeds. We Cambridge, the University Xt beat s 4) He broke par on 11 of his played through hail and show, but British Empire XI by, an insings and
The scores were: 12 rounds, and bettered 70 on ten those British they'd never postpone a 108 runs.
game." I wonder what could have
Empire X1159 (Webster B for of those 12 occasions,
(5) He played those 210 holes been the case had they had a bit of 55), and 251 (N. W. D..Yardley 138.
The only solution that seems offer-Bashford 6 for 30).
Cambridge. 518- Conrad! 104).
our sun over there.
for
dec.
with only two three-puti greens.
stores for those 12 His actual
ed here is to play in the evening. (Thompson 100, Bridger 145 not out, rounds were 00-47-74-70 (North- South championship), 69-48-66-67 From four o'clock onwards the sun (Greensboru Open), and 07-08-09-69 has lost its "bite," and considering that it remains light enough to see
("Land of the Sky" Opened Stim up till 7 o'clock, there is ample time
And his opponents
Snead, Gene Sarazen, Ralph Guldahl, fur 18 holes.
Last summer I tried playing in the Дугоп
Byron Nelson, Lawson Lille, Lloyd
spending the reminder of morning. Mangrum. Harold McSpaden, Crals the day on the beach, but even by Wood, Paul Runyan among many o'clock the sun was strong, and what was worse, was increasing m
others.
Well may one wonder at such phenomenal form.
On March 21 he strength. The afternoon appears to had yet to win his first major title, be the only solution, and on April 1 he was ahead of the
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Blasting his way to fame. BnHogan, professional at the Cen
tury Club, N.Y., blasting his way from a sand trap. lle now leads the professional golfers of America Following two weeks of brillian
golt.
League Tennis Begins With Five Matches
In "B" Division
ALLSOPP'S
Beer
THE 1940 LEAGUE tennis season opened yesterday with five matches in the "B" Division. Kowloon Tong, the Kowloon C.C., South China, the Chinese R.C. and Craigen- gower were successful. The scores were:
Operation To Enable
Farr Join The Navy
TOMMY FARR is being The following rinks have bera selected to represent the Hongkong operated on by a famous special- Electric Recreation Club in a Third ist.
KOWLOON TONG v. RECREIO
Kowloon Tong beat Itecreto 65.24. F. Kwok and Lam Kwan beat A M Rodrigues and B. T. Gusano 6-3; bent L.. A. Carvalho and F. J, Remedios 6-1; drew with M. A. Olivera and W. A. Reed 6-6.
T. E. Lee and B. Yu beat Rodrigues and Gosing 6-2; beat Carvalho and femedios 6-2; lost to Oliveira and Reed 3.8.
1. Li and P. Fletcher beat Rodrigues and Govano 6-4; beat Carvalho and Re- nedlot 7-A lost to Oliveira and Neod 1-0.
KOWLOON V. CİVIL SERVICE
Kowloon bent Civil Service 15-215.
5. Grose and D. J. H. Anderson beat I. and B. Agafuroy 0-2; beat J. A. Bendall and W. J. Skinner, 6-1; beat B. loliidge and W. Wardle 0-8.
NAE. Mackay and R. T. Broadbridge drew with Agafuros 0-6; beat Bendall and Skinner
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d. A. White and R. S. Capell Jost to Agaturoite 3-6: lost to Tiendal and the Indian R.C. on Saturday at 900-ing "fighting ft" for the medical kunpoo.
A. G. Gardner, R. F. Gregory, H. test when he volunteers for the Sirinner 5-7; beat Hollidge and Wardle S. McKay and Á, F, Paul.
Navy in the next few weeks. A. P. Tarbuck, R. A. Owens, 5. "For weeks I have been-a-sick |
The trouble has been a Deacon and J. K. Sloan,
man. nasal infection and the operation involves the removal of bonea from the nose."
W. E. Baker, C. E. Gaghan, G. T. Padgett and G. G. S. Thomson.
Referees' Whist Drive
field of professional golfers. Ralph THOUGH, as is to be expected; Guldahl, twice National Open cham- golf news now comes mainly plan, opined that he had never seen from America, Henry Cotton a similar exhibition.
Ir his twelve days of great golf, and his fellow-professionals keep Hogan was in devastating wonder the Hone fires burning with with his irons. Time and again he matches in aid of the British
two feet of the
Cross. approached within
He travelled to pin-and on several occasions only a Red tura or two separated his ball from Ayrshire on March 30 to play with Hamilton McInally, Scot-. "birdles".
His previous best performance tish amateur champion, against was in the Texas Open at San Hector Thomson, former British Antonio-there he had three 86's and u 73 over the pur-71 course. But amateur champion, and Jack even then could do no belter than the McLean. Cotton and his part- with Byron Nelson for first place, ner won by one hole over. 36, The 4th monthly whist drive of the Hongkong Referees' Association wil who won in the play-uit.
and £300 was raised.
His other win was with W. Laid-be held at the Hotel Ceell on Friday
at 8.30 p.m. thicks that YET Gene Surazca
Tickets, $1 cach, can be obtained golfers in the United States to-lew (West-Herts) over W. J. Cox
(Wimbledon Park) and E. W. H. from Mr. Dove (Treasurer), any foot- It was day are not daring enough.
Kenyon (Beaconsfield) by 2 and 1 bull referes or at the door. him Carrled Hogan's daring that through. At every hole of those on the West Herts course, Laidlaw, i
the RA
R.A.F. and Cox, a rounds, it is reported, he went for
"bobby" wer
in excellent (ur. were the hole, no matter what the lic.
And if anyone thinks that Hogan The former's splendid putting gave Rifle Shooting Is one those big ke-men within and Colton a two holes' leud at ahoulders as wide as a door, let me the turn, and only two holes changed say that he is of slim mediuin belght hands during the afternoon. A half Jeft Cotton and Laidlaw dormie two, -and-only weighs 130 pounds!
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wartime
In the Greensboro Open he played and they might have lost the 17th with Guldahl and Craig Wood, and only Cox falled to sink a four-foot out-drove them at nearly every hule! | putt.
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At 600 Yeards
-CLUB-v.-SOUTH..CIUNA_
Club lost to South China 3-0. Alt. Barwell and J. J. Ferguson lost to C. II. Dew and K. I. Ip 4-d; beat I Klio and L. K. Ma 0-1, lost to W. T. Lee and W. H. Ho 4-0.
E. Bathurst and W. H. Jowill lost to Tommy was Invalided out of the R.A.F., which he joined two days Dew and Ip 1-0 lost to lio and Mn 1-6;
of poor feel to Lee and Ho 4-6. after war began, because eyesight, und sickness, Sir Kingsley. J. Gould and T. C. Monagian beat
lot to Leo and to 20, Wood, the Air Minister, was recently Dew and Ip 6-3; best Ils and Ma 7-0; asked about it.
"I have been unfairly criticised since I left the R.A.F." said Tommy. "The facle have been misconstrued. was the Bret sportsman to volun- teer, and I joined the B.A.F. in the lowest rank.
"Many people thought that I had la soft fob as an lustructor. This is untrue. Throughout the three and a half months I was in the B.A.F. I was training to be an air-gunner or pilot-observer.
"I wouldn't take a job as an t- structor. To shout and bawi at young recrults for five hours a day is not my Idea of helping to win the
CHINESE R.C, v. ARMY Chinese R.C. beat Army 7-2.
C. Iu and D. C. Luk beat Newnham and and Loch 6-4; drew with Smith Tydes 8-6; beat Webb and Whekes E-1.
K. C. Ng and P. F. Chey beat Kewnham And Loch drew with Smith and Hyde 4.0; beat Webb and.Whekes 4-1.
6. Pang and C. C. Lu beat Newnham and Loch 6-4; lost to Smith, and Hyde 40; beat Webb and Whekes 0-4.
INDIANS v. CRAIGENGOVER
Indians lost to Craigengower 251⁄2-011⁄2. A. R. Kitchell and O. Rumjahn ost to G. Lal and H. N. Wong 3-6; lost to I. Leonard and W. IL Les 2-6; beat A. Kilchell and W. Howard 6-3,
M. O. Hoosen and D. M. A. Razack lost to Lal and Wang 3-0 lost to Leonard
Lee 2-6; drew with Kliesell
Howard -0.
And
A. Rahmin and I. Kitchell out to Lat "If I get into the Navy--ns I hope and Wong -6: lost to Leonard and Lee to-I don't mind having the lowest - beat Kitchell and Howard 0.3. rank so long as I can do something THERE WAS a fale sitendance at useful. I want to fight in this war the weekly shoot at Stonecutters lasiaa I have
Saturday, 24 member being present. way."
The light was good at 200 yards and
600 yards, with practically no wind. At 600 yards, however, sudden gusts
fought, life-the hard SPORT ADVTS.
HOLIDAY GOLF.
AT FANLING
of wind combined with failing light, cansed many, good scores to suffer.
Shooting at Kowloon City to-day will be at 300, 300 and 600 yards.
pro- interesting For Sunday next, an gromme has been arranged by the Force, liongkong Naval Volunteer Firing will be at 200 and 500 yards, 10 shots to count at each range. This will be the last shoot of the reason.
Lending scores on Saturday were; 2949250,
A. Guard
Aperinra Bights
J'eap. 20- 100.000 TL.
Str.
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Capt. F. P. Sequeira Scr.
Bgi. G. E. Lireasa Bor W. Trenouth
J. Mitchell W. Peckham Bgt. R. J. Hop
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Pte. V. A. De Cruz-
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and Entry.
Results of the competitions held Forms for the Sixtli Extra Race during the Whitsun holidays at Fan-Mooting to be held on Saturday, 26th May, 1910 (weather permit. ling were:
Stableford (Old Course)-1. J. IL C
may be obtained at the Highet N+10=40; 2, FW. Chandler ting)
and were 40 entries 2541430. There other notable scores were: G. Harring Secretary's Once, Exchango Build- ton 204-10-38 and Major W. G. Harvey ing the Club House, Happy. The Medal. Round (Old Course) wa Valley; the Hong Kong Glub; the won by Major W, G. Harvey 50-10-10 Sports Club; and the Stables, There were entries.
The Bogey Par and Mixed Bogey Pat Shan. Kwong Road. competitions (New Course) were cancell- Entries clos0 at 12 o'clock NOON
G. E. Willerton qualified for the Adam; on Thursday, 16th May, 1940. POR Cup at lappy Valley with a score of
By Order, 01-1200
ed owing to insuficient entries,
P. I. Athletic Team Leave For Tokyo
Manth, May 13.
The Philippines' representatives for | tennis basketball-and-other-game Teft for Tokyo to-day. La attend the hola East Asia Athletic Meeting to
shortlyDemol.
C. B. BROWN,
Becretary.
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