HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 16, 1941.
Wednesday,
THE KOWLOON-HAPPY VALLEY GOLF MATCH
A happy group of the Kowloon Golf Club and Happy Valley golfers in the match at Kowloon City Inst Friday in which the Mainland side easily beat the Valley team.-Ming Yuen,
Important Rules To Remember
Poor Outlook For Tennis League
(it
present entries should be entry) are any criterion of what to expect from the tennis players for the League this year, the outlook is very poor. Though entries close to-day, only one has been received for the four Divisions this from the Civil Service C.C.
Clubs are reminded that to-day is the closing date. These should be sent as soon as possible to Mr C. J. Tac- the chi, Hon. Secretary Hongkong Lawn Tennis As- sociation, c/o the Kowloon C.C.
Badminton
First Round Matches In
Women's Doubles
RESULTS of matches in the first round of the women's Doubles Badminton Championship last night were according to book, though in one Mrs D. Ribeiro and Miss M. Silva v. Miss U. Khoo and Mrs Wilson the result could not have been forecast.
The games were played at the Jowish Recreation Club, and a fair crowd of spectators were present.
The results in brief were: Miss M. M. Silva and Miss A. Xavier beat Miss J. Choa and Miss M. Churn 15-4, 15-11.
Miss M. Ribeiro and Mrs O. Suva bent Miss U. Khoo and Mrs Wilson 18-13, 15-0.
And
Putting, Approaching
Playing From Hazards
Match Penalties For Ignorance (By "Birdie")
THE RULES of most games are of such a rigidity that their relaxation is attended by de- terioration of play, but with golf there are several points that can be stretched without impairment of interest. But it must be remembered that points are being stretched.
Poor Tennis In Yesterday's
Easter Softball Thrills
Thrills Fans At Kowloon Football Club
Saints Prolong Winning
Streak: First Games- Of International Series
(By "Ball Fan")
DRIVING PAST the first round bend with tremend- ous run-acoring momentum, Harry Noronha's all powerful starlights representing. Portugal came through with a devastating 10-3 victory over the loose playing Great Britain nine. China cruised into the second round stretch with a narrow 4-3 win over a spirited Philippine threat, while the defending champions from India just made the "in" mark in taking Canada for a close 7-5 triumph.
Easter Monday's brilliant feated the Rest 9-5, in the opener. For three charity doubleheader, featuring holiday
the glittering heights of local innings the two teams battled the untamed softball talent, before-a fashion- even ball, but minded holiday crowd of ball felines forged ahead in the 4th fans, saw the burly ballhawking with two tallies by Cynthia Motta and Thelma Collaco; adding four Saints in spirited championship mood as they continued their more runs in the next two innings, winning streak with a "swing music" triumph over the raid- ing Mohawks. The star-studded Wildents took the Rest into camp, coming through with a 9-5 win.
The Best staged fighting finish in the last cante, pushing acros two markers in a last minute bid, featuring Relly Fitzgerald's-dou- ble, the only extra base clout by the losers.
PLAYING real consistent ball
Holiday Stars
George Sousa and Charlie Quinn, Portugal-Former led the winners' darbing hit attack, connecting for a double and three singice, and coming across with one run; latter tripled for the longest hit in the fray to drive in two runs,
Wally. Ching and Herbie Quon, China--Former came through with terrific triple double, mak-
4
inc
iwo
and
of the four Chinese base
lia; Herble held the Philippine Irlanders to two measly hits and whiffed eight, to elimax a brilliant hurling me.
Baby Abbas and Junior Marker. India The Baby came Úhrough with perfect day at the platter, poling out three sizzling singles and coming in with two tailles; latter also
starred with three blis in three times up to play an important part in the Indian win.
Cynthia Motta and Thelma Coi. laco, Wildcats Cynthia's two runs and two hits were a bir factor in the champions' holiday win over the Rest; latter hurled steady bal. holding the losers' to six bingles wiiffing six in a stellar dis-
Aud play,
and driving through with a Waggoner's battling Mo- fighting attack, Portugal's slug-} ✦✦
Doubles Match HONUS in a desperate bid ging ball tossers hammered the
to terminate the present season with
Led by the dynamite clouting of George Sousa, and Arturo Ozorto, the winners were never seriously threatened as they started off with & five
Ive run barrage In the 1st stanza on five solid smacks.
Frankie Gonsalves and Stan Leonard, St Joseph's-Frankie fimited the dangerous Mohawks to Ave hits besties clouting out three singles in a stasdont win; latter played an all-round bang-up game at the initial sack and his tally in the 6th frame started the champlon Sainta OB 21 scoring merry-go- round,
Cottage Club Hunt For "Kiki Cup"
will
E. C. FINCHER and W. C. Hung win over Dave Leonard's Saints offerings of British hurler Jock entered the quarter-finals of the before the arrival of the warm "trade Brown for fourteen solid safe- Colony Open Doubles tennis Cham- winds". took a disastous 7-1 defeat ties to breeze in with an easy plon hins yesterday when they beat as the champions rolled across with 10-3 win. Paul Kong and Fung Yee-pui in a powerful panzer-clouting attack to the serious Iroquois two straight sets 6-1, 6-4 on the antiinitate Stand Court.
threat. Tennis. however, was for below! For five ferocious innings the two standard, and only at very infrequent teeens dished up a dazzling brand of
The Cottage Club will hold its next there anything to airtight ball with the Five Nation intervals was command the interest of spectators, papoose men taking a slim lone tally.
Ifurler Gerry Gosano Himited the hunt in the Dlil's Corner country on eye dicus in taking the Crew's slashing single to right. Fincher and Hung had compara-lead in the 5th frame on Frankie.
dangerous Empire willow-wleiders Saturday, April 19, the winner of the to three soft singles and was never hunt to receive the "Kiki Cup", a first set for neither Kong nor
Fung
The pulverizing Saints sending
seriously threatened by the clout- trophy which has been donated by like settled. Fung out baschils, to crash home four
Ing duo of Stan and Dave Leonard, Madame Loois de San, formerly Miss were anything
Stan Leonard,: winning runs as
Kiki de Chaffey de Courcelles, was lamentably weak, and though
Ponies be drawn for at the Jindo Hussain, Frankle Consales more of
the Kong strove to take on
out-
national series second round from Dill's Corner at 4 p.m. the burden his efforts were
across in gleeful fashion. by his manoeuvred
Opponents. Fin-
In the evening, supper will be held For the last three frames the stur- with a hard-earned victory over well. cher was serving Fero 4-1 lead shitted Mohawks played
very
rapid-ex- Kong
Madame de San will present the Cup in the second set, and it seemed ror" ball to
| the Philippines.
to the winner. miscues, a senson's single
Finger Herbie Quon held the soft
to two measly Leafs bogged down in the 5th sols, but Fincher and Hung revived game record for the galloping Tribe. something of their earlier combina- The champions added three more hitting Islanders
runs in the final inning on three bingles, but his team mates were to watch Sherry Bux and Baby tion and fought their way to take driving blows, by Stan Leonard, only able to garner four hits off the Abbas tear home with two more Ave gumes in a row for the sett
Frankie Gonsales and George Sousa, stab toiling of Dave Amper.
Indian tallies. Cy Jones, Spectacled
brave The Chinese pulled screwball
boner in the last stanza allowing The defending champlons added hits, but was given poor support by
the Filipines
clog the bags with another run in the 8th canto on-a his faltering teammates in their off- one out; but rapid fire double sizzling double by Cyclone Baker
the
in the last and clinched game play, Bill Chang to Wally Ching, ended to loser's fast ditch threat. Inning as singles by A. R. Kitchell, Wally Ching's triple and double Baby Abbas and Cyclone Baker sped were the longest hits of the fray across three final while Filipino third sacker Enoc
Setting the ball on nice bits of "pretty", for instance, make for better shots and a keener enjoyment of the game. The other day one of a fourball grounded his club preparatory to making a shot, and then coolly excavated a small submerged stone discovered behind the ball be fore smacking a superb wood that almost carried the that the match was going to three thirteen Chalk up a grand total of 4 stubborn-playing team from at the Club house, prior to which green. He had left hole behind the ball as big as an apple!
and Hal Winglee came tearing CHINA entered Inter-Club at 3 pm, and the hunt will start
damage to his club, but the ginal position. It had oscil- To-day's Match moundsman was picked for ten solid loose
the
He was, of course, avoiding putter it sank back into its ori- stone was not by any means a lated. Was it a stroke?
impediment, and
The Stand Court match in the On this, incidentally, depended the ball ought to have been played result of the match. Had it moved Open Tennis Championships to-day game of the year, from where it lay.
the match would have been halved, will be: but if there were no stroke penalty
Ho Ka-lau and K. H. Yin v. S. A SCORING in every stanza, the match would have been won andjand H. D. Rumjahn.
star-studded Wildents lost.
The extreme was a player who landed on the concrete side of a well, and played four shots from the concrete before reaching the fairway again. Here, under Rule-11, he was entitled to a free pick up.
This Rule is reads:
worth quoting. It
Removal of Obstructions
Under Rule 9 one may touch the ball in addressing it Under De finition 19 "a ball is deemed to have moved if it leaves its position and comes to rest in another place."
I hold no brief for either side lo
view of Definition 19, though I
would otherwise hold that a stroke
was the penalty.
Any flag-stick, guide-post, im plement, vehicle, bridge, bridge- planking, seat, hut, shelter or similar T seems that quite a bit of obstruction may be removed. A boll
confusion arises out of the moved in removing such an obstruc- tion shall be lifted and dealt with as penalties attached to striking provided for in Rule 8 without the flag from within twenty penalty (dropping not nearer the yards of the green. Under hole). beat Miss M. Noronha and Miss 1. A ball lying on or touching such match and medal play there are
an obstruction, or lying on or touch extreme differences.
Mrs Castro and Misa T. Gonaalez beat Miss G. While and Miss F. Wang 15-3, 15-8.
Mrs Torrible and Mrs Zimmern
Pereira 15-2, 15-2,
with by any auch obstruction which quer shall be deemed to
If a player's stroke be Interfered
OF
MISS CHOA and Miss Churn lost ing clothes, or ground under repair, In Stroke-play-Medal-the penal their first game to Miss Silva and or a drain cover, hydrant, hydrant] ty is two strokes (Stroke Rule-13), Mias Xavier in an easy manner, and cover, or exposed water-pipe, or but in match plny, under Rule 32, in comparison their showing in the lying in a hole made by a green- if the ball rests against the flag- second game was surprising. They keeper, may be lifted and dealt with which is in the hole, the player had, by then, acquired something as provided for in Rule 8 without shall be entitled to remove the flag- approaching combination, but had penalty.
and, if the ball fall into the Bettled down too late.
holed out at his last, stroke." Surprising Collapse
The There are penalties (loss is immovable and which is within
the of MISS U. KHOO and Mrs Wilson two club lengths of his ball, the bait hole) for striking the flag which is featured in a surprising collapse may be lifted and dropped or on the held by your partner or caddie.
It would there be up to when they mel Miss M. Ribeiro and putting green placed not more than caddle to remove the fag in Mra O. Silva. The winners deserved two club lengths from the obstacle
playing their success for the spirited and but not nearer the hole, without match play when "y" is plas
from within twenty yards, but it slightly superior play of the opening penalty.
reading the first paragraph, struck then "y" loses the hole.
"y" caddie holding the flag were game. It was their superior com- AL bination that carried the day.
ralues a little smile to think that one would consider removing a bridge in to have his own caddle remove
In
play it would be up to medal the next, would On the other side of faulty tactics were their cause of the order to make a shot! But those the fog-stick otherwise there would downfall, Miss Khoo and Mrs Wil- obstacles are dealt with in the last be the penalty of two strokes for Bon close the wrong method of play, paragraph.
hitting it. However, returning to the player Mrs Wilson took the net and Miss Khoo covered the basoline, and as a who discovered the stonehe, I consequence the former had com-hould imagine, had broken another
Rule
paratively little to do while the latter bore the brunt of the work.
Had Mrs Wilson been allowed to the
that the in
club must be lightly and not pressed to
Bro Loose impediments on
take her stand alde-by-side with Mins the
and green may be re- Khoo and share the work more even-moved, but not when in a hazard
ly there might easily have been a (le. bunker). A buried stone is not different result to the match. Miss a a loose impediment,
Khoo was played out in the second Before striking at a ball in play,
game.
Other Games
4.
a player shall not improve the posi-
tion of his ball by moving, bending
SPORTS ADVT.
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB -
Draft Programmes and Entry
or breaking anything fixed or grow Forms for the Fourth Extra Race ing, except (1) so far as ts necessary
IN the other matches, opposition to enable him fairly to take his Meeting to be held (weather per- was too weak to provide any great stance in addressing the ball, or (2) mitting) on Saturday, 26th April. Interest. Mrs Torrible and Mrs in making his backward or forward 1941, may be obtained from the Zimmern, whom many anticipate swing. The club may be grounded will win the title, easily accounted ightly and not pressed to the ground. Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- for Miss M. Noronha and Miss I.
ing; the Club House. Pereira.
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By Order,
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The Maple Leafs surprised the gashouse fans with a fehting game as chunky Johnny Fisher led the loser's batting attack.
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