Wednesday
HONGKONG
August 28, 1940.
Around The
Courses
OUTCRY AGAINST DOCTORED'
COURSES IN U.S.
Sarazen Wants Return Match With Ryder Cup
Major Baseball... ·
Only Three Games Played
Team: $16,000 Collected Owing To Rain
(By "Birdio")
LAST WEEK-END, for the first time since the rains camo—which seems about six months ago I went out to the New Territories to soo how the courses there were taking it. In certain parts they still have it. The Royal Hongkong Golf Club courses looked, and I believe were, playable, but the Country Club course was still very moist, though, except for one or two bad spots, was quito playable, too.
NEW YORK, Aug, 17 (UP)~Onts three games were played in the Major Baschall Lesruca te-day, two in the Naisonal and one in the America177. Rain washed out the remainder.
Scores were:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
A. IT.
49 Battery: Rigney, E. Smith, Tresh,
Chicago New York
2
Battery: Chandler, Murphy, Dickey,
Ten innings, were played), The BL
Horton, Detroit- Philadelphia and Cleveland-Washington games were washed out by rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York
Ratirry Lohrman, Dasining Chicago
Battery: Pratau,
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0
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J 7 1
Tobin, Herres. Mas,
+
FinterTy
Battery Bowman, Rhenin. Padgett,
The atrocious draining of the first and second fair. Beton ways has left two bogs, stretching two-thirds of the way across, and just below the first green is a most deceptive patch.
Fresh long gras (i in tool soft to take out the mower) led гле into stepping thereon. managed to retreat before 1 had sunk much above the ankle.
of an outery being roped in Ametri
docinring of coursen The 10 one that
ckening
Ite over Buki put
Points For The Harry Vardon Trophy
ΓΑΣ
TEN Horan takes the lead in the for profesional gol{"n top
the
positively Thoneurs อ the tree tha leading
It was that the American furore
SHISH
cosatsen tou dif. : Harry Vardon Trophy
is over making the fculi, expecially for the champion- shipa, but it hardly #concites with the record breaking scores that are bring turned in Sararen, only little
while ago, burst into deprecation of modern conditions and said that they
maker and winner of
Pomitions at the end of July were
Ben Dogan
88,788
Jimmy Demarri
38.477
Byron Netwon
35,313
Cong Wood, $5,258. Laseron Little,
tick
Horton! were far too ensy The courses and | $4,592, Sam Spend, $4,351,
$3.800: Melz. sud, have vastly un-Smith, $4,300 equipment, he
Maugrum, 33,670, Italph proved-Prete is a club for any mort Lloyd
$3,350. Clayton Healner, giren are watered at Guidacht,
$3.231 Harold The slightest sign of being too fari
McSpaden, $2,930: The complaint was voiced by Gene Sarazen, $2.725, Paul Runyan.
$2.630. Ed Oliver. $2.75
of shot--ami
Wal
former champion of the conclusion of the last US. Open. pointed out, however, the "doctoring" of the courans is no doubt a a defen Rive measure
against the record breaking fures that people like Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demaret, Sam Stead and the lix have been turning in of late. No self-respecting Club ilkes
HARRY VARDON TROPHY
Ben Horan
Jimmy Demarel
Craig Wood
33 points
247 pofate
247 points
Dick Metz, 218; Sam Snead, 188;) on Nelson, 174; Ralph Guldahl.
Th Pitipik Boklyn Pittsburgh
wwshed nul
Patty Berg
Ginein
and
me
Wee
Jo
The 22-year- nid college pirl who has turned profrezkomat quifer In her sex years' career, she has sem every tomen's major golf tile in the United States
Red Cron Fand
SPORTSMEN DONATE
OVER £74,000
MAGNIFICENT response of sportsmen to appeali for the Red Cross Fund was revealed when donations totalling £74,520 3a. 3d. were announced.
The figures announced show that Henry Cotton's series of golf matches had raised £20,870,
The Cotton-Burton match in)
152, Harton Smith. 147: Jimmy Birmingham realised a further
it to be thought that it course in
pomenes, 108: Gene Sorazon, 108; Paul £2,100. of these young professionals have Runyan, 92. Vie Ghezzi, 90.
cury at least, not as enky na
ande 'em out.
But the complaints trach an far;
Ka Britain.
It recalled that in
Samzen's
selections were benten the last champkmship ai Carnets by 7 matches to 5. and in refusing to un,
{Jenry Verton
Windmit defeat sold that it was touch there was a bunker in the centre, and go the whole way. A change
where
of one of the fairways that trapped of fortune here and there and the Z30-yard drives:
And in support of the contention that the British courses are difcult It is pointed out that whereas the American golfers have much im- proved over recent years, yet they have been unable to make much im- pression on the course records dur- Ing the British champiɑahips,
liowever, it motunda like just an-
other moan to m
outcome might have been different
Soccer v. Golf
SO FAR the Fund threatens to develop into a race between football and golf to raise the biggest total.
HOW THE MONEY
WAS RAISED
HERE are the amounts raised for sports' Bed Cross Find, Athletics (track) Between them the three football | Badminton codes have realised £24,094, golf Billiards and Snooker receipts from all sources including Bowl
the Birmingham match are ap Boxing proximately £23,600.
That great match netted some $16,000 for the Red Cross War Ro- lief Fund, and Tum Walsh, Pres). dent of the Professional Golfers —of which Lord Queensberry WI Association agrees
Boxing contribution was
Bridge
Chess
£7,188 Cricket that if Great responsible for £6,000 with his shows Cycling Britain is unable to raise a team at Empress Hall, Earl's Court. He Darts next year a return contest would singed four attogether, be welcorned.
A Soccer Club Makes Money!
IT is typical of the topsy-
turvy nature of things that while most of the famous Soccer clubs lost money last season, one of the "Cinderellas" has just reported a profit.
The club is Barrow, and the profit, axactly £8 19. 6d. As the chair. man, Mr. E. J. Davies, says, "the club has reason to be proud of the results of a very difficult season.”
176 64
6,920
543
7,188
F.A.
1,250
553
174
WORTH
4,812
149
17,823
4,782
1,488
1,000
com-Golt
4,703
Henry Cutton Fund Greyhounds Hockey
20,870 1271
because of
Fencing Field Sporta Football:
Association Rugby Union Rugby League
Lord Queensberry had planned to raise more than treble this amount. TWENTY-TWO year old Patty Unfortunately, he found it difficult GENE Barazen ate humble pic Berg. of the University of lo arrange programmes
when his selections were Minnesota, has joined the ranks the shortage of first-class talent, and F.P.P.A. Unity Pool
чета finally suitable halla beaten by the US. Ryder Cup of women professionals and mandeered for other purposes. team.
He gave out a challenge works for a Chicago sports firm and took B defeat but that for $145 a week. Since she first man's back again and wanta a became a sensation at 16 years retum match!
of age, she has won every
Canadian Club
Whisky
Bucillad & Bottled by
THERE IS ONLY ONE
Good Break
Ice Hockey and Skating BILLIARDS and snooker is near Lacrosse the £6,000 mark. As with golf and
Lawn Tennis boxing, this is largely 日 one-man Masters of Foxhounds effort. Joe Davis organised most of RAF. Sports Board the money-spinning matches, and his R.N. and R.M. Sports Board special Penny Fund is already well Racing lover £300,
£131,474.
Italians Help To Contribute £5,000
GATE MONEY subscribed by the 131 screaming Italians in Milan last year 1,408 helped to swell our F.A's Italy- 76 Balkans tour profits to 25,000 and to the current 1.116 put a rosier hue on
105 balance sheet.
105
116
The FA is pretty well shored up financially to dand any Mother 762 Hubbard seasons that might blow
B3 Dalong. Amets, for instance, stand at
0
Figures representing the efforts made by enthusiasts of 30-odd pas-Sports and Recreation Cluba
Tabla Tennis times make an interesting study.
Theatre
Bowing Swimming
1,928
745
Football pool fans, for cample. Me and My Girl Perfce
CANADIAN CLUB WHISKY contributed £1,000 through the Miscellaneous, Whist
directors of Unity Poola, Throwers of a dart-pretty or otherwise—are
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET [high in the list with £4,812,
AND
DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR
Canadian Club Whisky makes a remark- ably pleasant variation--and it enjoys world-wide reputation.
As an ingredient in cocktails, it permits the
creation of something original, subtle and most pleasing.
Obtainable at all leading Wine Merchants,
Sole Agents:
More than £1,250 has been raised jat greyhound meetings, and despite several cancelled tournaments, lawn tennis is going well with £1,118.
BY MAKING 187.not out against the Oratory School, H. E. Watts, the left-handed captain of Downside School, who has now scored 683 runs in five completed innings, beat the school record held since 1923 by M. J. Tumbull, the England. Cambridge and Glamorgan cricketer.
Drives, elc
£131,474.
The year's loss was £4,388 (£13,- 337 on the general account, less tour 293 profits and investment revenue of £4,429). 'It might have been worse. These Dictator States don't like parting with real money.
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THE YEAR before the Italy trip. jour FA, team played to a £30,000 rabble in Berlin and left. Germany. without taking a sausage
One-Legged Still Waiting!
Cricketer's Optimism
ONE-ARMED - GOLFERS " are known for their courage and access on the links, bist one-leg cricketers are something of sinovelty. Here la a letter frosti one of them, writtin to the ALC.C, and this masterpiece
major women's title there is in of opinism finds a prominent place the United States.
The story of how she came to take to golf is Interesting and amusing. In her adolescent days she was ever a tomboy, and her father, a Min- neopolis grain broker, persuaded her to take up golf to overcome a persia- bouring football team! She is an accomplished baseball player; took
THE CENTRAL TRADING tent desire to play tackle in a neigh
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National Bank Building Hongkong.
Red hair and freckles go to make hers the most cheerful face on : STY course. She can drive a ball, with the best of the male pros, and only recently won the women's Western
Hitler's convenient burglary laws prevented money from leaving the country, but we were promised. turn match in London, when the Ger- mans would generously, forego - their share of the takings.
What you snay, not know is thai after the Berlin match, the German. emimaries went hot-foot to Boot- land to try to persuade the Hoots to send a tape on the same terms. George Grahim," Bcottish F.A. secretary, chuckled when he told me "First of all. I am a tollor, but the story the other day, "Tandy the work is about, settling me, and, them wasting the fare to offer Scots
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I want to get out of it. I want da proposition like that," he said. more → knocking-about life and healthy.
- "Second, I have only one leg," -dut am very active; more so per- haps, than a few with both limbs.
“But hold on 'I know what VOU arefsaying: Easy give me a trial. If I am not what I say there la nothing lost on either side, and I
Open for her and ANY REN
There, le room for other women gollers of smilers Can you find me something prowess among : the golf schools, of "Zidojat/Lord's cricket, ground?:
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"We told item we wanted a big Report before":"we" somuld / leave Glasgow. That's why the Scottish XI didn't go to Germany,”
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