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Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 16, 1941.
THE KOWLOON-HAPPY VALLEY GOLF MATCH
A happy group of the Kowloon Golf Club and Happy Valley golfers in the match at Kowloon City last Friday in which the Mainland side easily beat the Valley team.--Ming Yuen.
Important
Poor Outlook For Tonnis League
If 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. }. Tac- chi, Hon. Secretary the Hongkong Lawn Tennis As- sociation, c/o the Kowloon C.C.
Badminton
Rules
To
Remember
Putting, Approaching And 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-
Poor Tennis In Yesterday's Doubles Match
Easter Softball 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-scoring 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 fented the Rest 9-6, in the three charity doubleheader, featuring holiday opener. For the glittering heights of local innings the two teams battled Hoftball talent, before a fashion-even ball, but the untamed minded holiday crowd of ball felines forged ahead in the 4th fans, saw the burly ballhawking with two tallles by Cynthia Motta Saints in spirited championship and Thelma Collaco; adding four mood as they continued their winning streak with a "swing music" triumph over the rald- ing Mohawks. The star-studded Wildents took the Rest Into camp, coming through with a 9-5 win.
more runs in the. next two innings.
The test staged a fighting fluish In the last canto, pushing across two markers In a last minute bld, featuring Betty Fitzgerald's dou- ble, the only extra base clout by the losers,
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PLAYING real consistent bull and driving through with a
HONUS Waggoner's battling Mo-fighting attack, Portugal's slug-
to
hawk Braves, in a desperate bid terminate the present season with ging ball tossers hammered the E. C. FINCHIER and W. C. Hung win over Dave Leonard's Saints offerings of British hurler Jock the arrival of the warm "trade Brown for fourteen solid safe- entered the quarter-finals" of the Colony Open Doubles tennis Cham- winds", tools a dinastous 1-1 defeat ties to breeze in with an easy picnships yesterday when they beat as the champions rolled across with 10-3 win. Paul Kong and Fung Yec-pui In
a powerful panzer-elouting attack to
Led by the dynamite clouting of the serious Iroquals George Sausa, and Arturo Ozorio, the two straight sets 6-1, 6-4 on the annihilate
threat. Stand Court.
winners were never seriously five feroclaus Innings the two threatened as they started off with dazzling brand of a five run barrage in the 1st stanza and only at very infrequent teams dished up
on Ave 501
solid
Smacks. ras
there anything to airtight ball with the Five Nation pappose men taking a slim lone tally lead in the 5th frame on Frankic Crew's slashing single to right.
torioration of play, but with golf there are several nis, however, was far below
points that can be stretched without impairment of interest. But it must be remembered that points are being stretched.
game.
Setting the ball on nice bits of "pretty", for instance, make for better shots and a keener enjoyment of the 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 He had left a hole behind the ball as big as an green. apple!
First Round Matches In Women's Doubles loose
round
of the women's
Doubles
intervals
of
The pulverizing Saints sending out baselts, to crash home four winning
Stan Leonard, Jindo Itussain, Frankle Gonzales
runs as
Holiday Stars
George Sousa and Charlie Quini, Forlagül Former led the winners slashing hit attack, connecting for 4. double and three singles, and coming across wilk one run; latter tripled for the longest hit In the fray to drivo In two runs.
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Wally Ching and Herbie quon, Chinn-Former came through with A terrific triple and double, mak- ing two of the four Chinese base. hila; Herbie held the Philippine Irlanders to two measly hits and
eight, whiffed
hurling game,
elimax a brillian
Baby Abbas and Junler Marker, India The Baby came through with a perfect day at the platter. poling out three sizzling singles and coming, fo with two tallies; latter also starred with three hits in three times up to play an important part in the Indian win.
Cynthia Motta and. Thelma Col- laco, Wildcats-Cynthia's two runs and two hits were able factor in the champions' holliday win over the Rest; latter hurled steady bait, holding the losers to six bingles and whliling alx in a stellar dis- play.
Stan
Frankie Gonsalves and Leonard. St Joseph's-Frankle limited the dangerous Mohawks to five hits besides conting out three singles in a standout win; latter, played an all-round, bang-up game. at the initial sack and his tally in the 6th frame started the champion Saints on ancoring merry-go-
round,
Cottage Club Hunt For "Kiki Cup"
The Cottage Club will hold its next hunt In the Dill's Corner country on Saturday, April 19, the winner of the hunt to receive the "Kiki Cup", a trophy which has been donated by Madame Loois de San, formerly Miss Kiki de Chaffey de Courcelles.
Ponies will be drawn for at the Club at 3 pr. and the hunt will start from Dill's Corner at 4 p.m.
Hurler Gerry Gosano Imited the command the interest of succtators.
dangerous Empire willow-wielders Fincher and Hung had compara- vely little dineulty in taking the
to three soft singles and was never first set for neither Kong nor Fung
seriously threatened by the clout- ing duo of Stan and Dave Leonard. were anything like settled. Fung was lamentably weak, and though
the Inter Kong strove to take on more
and Hal Winglee came tearing CHINA entered
national series second round across in gleeful fashioh. by the burden his efforts were out- his opponents. Fin- manoeuvred
In the evening, supper will be held For the last three frames the star- with a hard-earned victory over serving very well.
"rapid-er- cher was
a stubborn-playing team from at the Club house, prior to which Fung took a 4-1 lead shirted Mohawks played Kong and
Madame de San will present the Cup: in the second set, and it seemed ror" ball to chalk up a grand total of
to the winner. Flinger Herble Quan held the soft that the match was going to three thirteen miscues, a season's single the Philippines.
Islanders 10 two measly Leafs bogged down in the 5th sets, but Fincher and lung revived Kame record for the galloping Tribe. something of their carlier combina- The champions added three more hitting
in the
ΟΠ anal inning 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 five games In a row for the set!
Frankie Gonsales and George Sousa. slab toiling of Dave Amper.
Cy Jones, brave Spectacled
The Chinese pulled a screwball moundsman was nicked for ten solld boner in the last stanza allowing hits, but was given poor support by the Filipinos to clog the bags with another run in the 6th canto on a his faltering teammates in their off- one out; but a rapid fire double sizzling double by Cyclone Baker and clinched the game in the Inst of the
play. But Chang to Wally Ching, game
yenr
ended to loser's last dlich threat. inning as singles by A. R. Kitchell, Wally Ching's triple and double Baby Abbas and Cyclone Baker sped
anal runs SCORING in every stanza, the
de- were the longest hits of the fray across three fina Wildcats star-studded
Erioc The Maple Leafs surprised the while Filipine third sacker
rashouse fans with a drting game Loyola's two singles were the only hita chalked up for Ildefonso's "Is- landers.
To-day's Match
the
He was, of course, avoiding, putter it sank back into its ori- damage to his club, but the ginal position. It had oscil-
Was it a stroke? stone was not by any means a lated.
The Stand Court match in the impediment, and
On this, incidentally, depended the ball ought to have been played result of the match. Had it moved Open Tennis Championships to-day
the match would have been halved, will be: RESULTS of matches in the first from where it lay.
but it there were no stroke penalty Ho Ka-lau and K. H. Yip v. s. A. Badminton Championship last night' The extreme was a player who the match would have been won and and H. D. Rumjalin. were according to book, though in landed on the concrete side of a lost. "one-Miss-M-Ribeiro-and-Mrs-O, well, and played four shots from_the]
-Under-Rule-0-one-may-touch-the Suva v. Miss U. Khoo and Mes concrete before reaching the fairway ball in addressing it. Wilson--the result could not have again. Here, under Rule 11, he was Anition 19 a ball is deemed to have been forecast.
entitled to a free pick up. The games were played the This Rule is worth quoting. It moved if it leaves its position and Jewish Recreation Club, and a fair crowd of spectators were present.
st
reads:
The results in brief were: Miss M. M. Silva and Miss Xavier beat Miss J. Choa' and Mias
A.
M. Churn 15-4, 15-11.
Itemoval of Obstructions Any flag-stick, puide-past, im- plement, vehicle, bridge, bridge planking, seat, hut, shelter or similar
Under De
comes: to rest in another place."
I hold no brief for either side in view of Dèfinition 19, though I would otherwise hold that a stroke was. the penalty.
beat Miss U. Khoo and Mrs Wilson moved in removing such an obstrue-
Miss M. Ribeiro.and Mrs O. Sliva obstruction may be removed. A ball seems that quite a bit of
18-13, 15-0.
(112 obstruction, or lying on or touch-
green.
confusion arises out, of the Mrs Castro and Miss T. Gonsalez tlon shall be lifted and dealt with as penalties attached to striking
provided for in Rule beat Miss G. White and Miss F. Wong pro
8 without the flag from within twenty penalty (dropping not nearer the yards of the
Under 15-3, 15-8.
Mrs Torrible and Mrs
Zimmern hole).
match and medal play there are beat Miss M. Noronha and Miss 1. A ball lying on or touching such extreme differences. Pereira 15-2, 15-2.
In Stroke-play-Medal-the penal. MISS CHOA and Miss Churn lost ing clothes, or ground under repair. their first game to Miss Silva and or a drain cover, hydrant, hydrant ty is two strokes (Stroke Rule 13). Miss Kavier in an easy manner, and cover, or exposed water-pine, or but in match play, under Rule 32, in comparison their showing in the lying in a hole made by a green-" the ball rests against the flag- second game was surprising. They keeper, may be Ufted 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.
stick, and, if the ball fall into the settled down too late.
If a player's stroke be interfered hole, the player shall be deemed to Surprising Collapse with by any such obstruction which have holed out at his last stroke."
There are penalties (loss of the is immovable and which is within{ ...*** MISS U. KHOO and Mrs Wilson two club lengths of his ball, the ball hole) for striking the fog which is
It there, be up featured in a surprising collapse may be lifted and dropped or on the it would partner or caddie,, or when they met Miss M. Ribeiro and putting green placed not more than "y's" caddle to remove the dag in Mrs O. Silva. The winners deserved two club lengths from the obstacle
match play when "X" la playing their success for the spirited and but not nearer the hole, without from within twenty yards, but it slightly superior play of the opening penalty.
caddle holding the flag were! game. It was their superior com- At reading the first paragraph, it struck then loses the hole. bination that carried the day.
raises a little amile to think that one: In medal play it would be up to On the other side of the next, would consider removing a bridge in faulty tactics were their cause of the order to make a shot! But those "X" to have his own caddle remove the flag-stick otherwise there would downfall. Miss Khoo and Mrs Wil-obstacles are dealt with in the last be the penalty of two strokes for son chose the wrong method of play. paragraph.
hilling it
stone-he,
Mrs Wilson.took the net and Miss However, returning to the player Khoo covered the baseline, and as a who discovered the consequence the former had com- thould imagine, had broken another paratively Istilo to bore the brunt of the work.
Had Mrs Wilson been allowed to the ground. Lo
Loose Impediments on take her stand side-by-side with Miss the fairway and green may be re- Khoo and share the work more even-moved, but not when in
do while the latter Rule in that the club must be SPORTS ADVT.
grounded lightly and not pressed to
hazard
ly there might easily have been a (le. bunker). A buried stone is not different result to the match. Miss a loose impediment. Khoo was played out in the second Before striking at a
game.
Other Games
THE HONG KONG.
JOCKEY. CLUB
Draft Programmes and Entry
ball in play, a player shall not improve the post- tion of his ball by moving, bending| or breaking anything fixed or grow Forms for the Fourth Extra Race IN the other matches, opposition to enable him fairly to take his Meeting to be held (weather per-
except (1) so far as is necessary ing: 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 Zimmer, whom many anticipate sing. The club may be grounded Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- will win the title, easily accounted lightly and not pressed to the ground. Ing; the Club House. Happy for Miss M. Noronha, and Mins Pereira.
Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the YOUR DESTINATION.
METROPOLE HOTEL
THERE was a hot, but friend- Sports Club; and the Stables,
ly argument a little while Shan Kwong Road.
ago concerning the moving of á
ball on the green while address- Ertries close at 12 o'clock NOON THURSDAY, 17th April, 1941,
ing it. One of the players on
moved his ball in addressing it, but though nudging it slightly OREATE BATH IN EVERY 200H | forward, when he removed the
- By Order,
CB. BROWN,
Secrotary,
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