Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 23, 1941. -
Around The Courses
Par For Amateurs-Birdies For Pros
Difficult Task For Money-makers Under Present Day Conditions
Champion Quartet of 1921-30
(By "Birdio")
College High Jumper
Clears Over 7 ft
EUGENE, Oregon, Feb.-The wish of every high jumper to top
THE INTERNATIONAL four-ball tournament was played at Coral Gables, Florida, last month and first prize was shared by Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan. But they had to play great golf to get it. In the first two days of the tournament, 410 Oregon on February 27 by Les holes produced 295 birdies and two eagles!
the "coiling of seven fort was realised at the University of
Both eagles won holes but on 46 occasions theft zin during an birdies were only good for halves!
This is the sort of golf that the professionals have to play almost daily now-a-days to keep ahead of their competitors. It is a killing pace, and Sarazen knew what he was saying when the remarked after the competi- tion that the golf pace to-day is quite a bit faster than it was
a few years ago,
Par is what the amateurs aim at but birdles are the mark. for the money-makers.
Dawson, on heavy and muddy greens, marked cloven of them
with only one putt, and returned a
three-under-par round of 08.
THE finest four-star company
that ever played golf for the Red Cross was that of. Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, Walter- Hagan and Tommy Armour. They turned out at Nassau with the Duke of Windsor ns referee, and over £1,000 was raised. This was only last month.
In last month's battle of birdles. Sam Snead and Ralph Guldah! shot Between them they have captured un eagle and 21 birdies over 64 holes every golf title in the world worth of the first two days, the 1940 win-capturing. Their best period was the ners, Craig Wood and Billy Burke, decade 1021-30. In this they took 27 returned 23 birdies in 70 holes; of the major competitions out of 50, clean sweep an and in 1930 they mode Surazen and Hogan collected engle and 20 birdies in 73 holes, Jones winning the British and while Paul Runyan and Horton Smith American Opens and Amateurs, and scored 15 one-under-par holes in 74. Tommy Arniour the American P.G.A.
Sarazen dropped his eagle 3 on a 500-yard hole with a 30-foot patt. But this was during the early days' play. In the final was
Itogan who took up where Surazen had left off, and for the last 14 holes birdied 'soven!
Golf at Home, of course, is dis- rupted by the war, but even at its best it could not equal the figures that are coming in from America at the moment.
Latest news from Home is that more and more of the links are 60- ing under the plough, and what aren't are being utilised for grazing sheep. But they will rise again.
Four times in that decade, Walter Hagan won the British Open, Bobby Jones took it three times, und in 1031 and 1932 the winners were
Armour and Sarazen,
Stoers. He cleared the bar at 7 exhibition before 6,000 spectators gathered to watch the Oregon Oregon State basketball match,
The unofficial fead beats the indoor mark of 6 ft 93% ins and
Near Upset In Britain-China Girls' International Game
Dot Louie (China) batting in the International Softball
the outdoor mark of 6 ft 9 Ins. match against Great Britain on Sunday last. Jeanne Yolle ******* | (Britain) catching, with Doc Melthen umpiring-Ming Yuen.
Spirited Badminton Semi-finals
At Kowloon C.C.
Doubles Champions Beaten By W. K. Choy And K. B. Low
(By "Tinker")
LOCAL BADMINTON reached new standards of excellence when the semi-finals of the men's senior doubles championship were played at the Kowloon Cricket Club last night. Out of the matches, the public 1930, but his record for the Ameri-is promised a most excellent final-K. W. Choy and K. can Amateur covers five years-1024, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930. He records B.. Low meet P. K. Hooi and H. F. Chew.
Jones took the British Amateur in
four wins in the American Open 1923, 1920, 1929, 1930. Hagan look this latter tile in 1014 and 1918.
Sarazen in 1922, and 1932, and Armour in 1927.
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THE TWO MATCHES of the stroke renped its harvest in the first evening were undoubtedly, those game, but in the second Wong and Au nd apparently accustomed their of the senior doubles. In the eyes to the speed of the shuttle and returned the Jones, of course, takes the most first, Hovi and Chew" beat the on several occasions credit for their records, but they are Yoong brothers by a much larger trd to sustain rallies.
margin than should have been collectively most imposing.
the case. Outstanding player of America, therefore, is the news Only Sarozen remains in active front for golf. And it makes no competition. He tied with Lawson the four was Chew, and if hel difference in what weather they play, Little In the American Open Tast should maintain that form for Johnny Dawson set a new style in summer but fost in the play-off, the final, it is quite on the cards clothing when he went around for while only last month (as mentioned that K. W. Choy will not attain the Texas Open In an overcoat. enlier in this article) he and Hagan Wood fires burned on every tee, and took first prize in the International to the coveted triple champion- withdrawals because of the cold were four-ball tournament against the ship honours.
beat of the American players!
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Yesterday's results in brief were:
SENIOR DOUBLES
K. W. Choy and K. B. Low beat P. H. Wong and C. Au 17-15, 16-7. P. K. Hool and II. F. Chew beat Y. F. and M. P. Yoong 16-4, 15-11.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
India Enters Final With
1-0 Win Win
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Over Chi
Portugal's Hopes Shattered
(By "Ball Fan")
BREEZING majestically past the preliminary International Series stretch drive, finalists in the All-Nation post season confab dished up a dazzl- ing brand of big time ball over the weekend with “close-shave” wins to prepare for the crowning of standout champions in Hongkong's last "show of shows" next Sunday.
China's title defending mai- dens edged in with a close 6-4 win over a "do-or-die" Great Britain nine who fought to the bitter end. China's fighting men representatives, despite masterful hurling by speedy Herbie Quon, gracefully made their exit from the scene, losing 1-0 to an inspired Indian team.
The United States crashed into the selected circle, winning a close 3-1 game from Portugal's starry ball
The Canton Truelight Girls' school, making an auspicious start in-the went softball realm, bowed to the powerful Maple Leaf Canuckettes 9-0 before a field day crowd at their Stubba Road ball
park.
ENDING Dolly Brown to the hillock for her first slab assign. ment of the year, Great Britain's surprising softball maidens played Miss M. MI, Silva and Miss M. A. even ball with China's defending Xavier beat Miss M. Albeiro and champions before bowing out by n close 5-4 score. The youthful Bri- Mrs O. Silva 15-11, 16-12.
fish southpaw displayed a neat toss- Mrs Torrible and Mrs Zimmern ing pace which had the Chinese beat Mira Castro and Miss T. Gon-cuties baffled for the first, few in-| ∙salves 15-0, 15-11.
nings.
JUNIOR DOUBLES
The defending champlons bunthed their runs in two innings, coming
A. L. Fisher and P. Wynter-Blyth from behind in the 3rd stanza to best J. L. Anderson and W. GlUes garner two runs after two were out 18-13, 18-17,
when Mary Mar's screaming single scored sister Doris, with Ullan Khoo's ♦♦♦ bingle bringing in outfielder Mary.
Sunday's Stars
Mary Ng and Mary Mar, China -Hurler Mary held the danger- ous British team to four measly bingles in a standout hurling latter's slashing performance; single and two tallies alded the Chinese cutles in their first round win.
And
Kassa Na-
Jindoo Hussain
zarin, India-Former led the victors in their brilliant win with
a steaming single and double to drive in the winning run, latter tossed steady 'ball to shutout the Chinese nine with four solitary blown.
Mark Sperry and Pete Fitch,. United States-Mack's three hils In a perfect day at bat was the outstanding feature of the U.S.A. win; latter smashed out a double In the last frame for the only ex- fra base hit of the feny,
Recreio Beat
K. C. C. In Snooker And Billiards Match
CLUB DE RECREIO entertained and defeated the Kowloon Cricket Club In a friendly billiards and snooker match at King's Park last night. Final score in matches was Recreio 4. K.C.C. 2. Scores (Recreio first with breaks in brackets) were:
Billards J. O. Remedios 170 (34) best 7. Zimmern
147 (35)
E. M, Soares 150 (31) beat J, H, 15.. Duncan 31.
J. C. Remedion 150 beat E. Curtis 83,
Cunha 80 lost to J, R. Luke D7 (23).
Ruzario 13 (24) lost to c. Pape
The Chinese lassies clinched the fray In the 6th canto with, three; more tallies as the three starry and smash again. In this J. L. sisters Mary, Lily and Gloria Mar
streamed across the pan. Choy, in the main, made use of Anderson excelled, though his
The Empire giris staged a butting two strekes the smash, and shots invariably ended in only
the
Anish, marking up two more runs in the short drop from the baseline. not. He threw away many their half of the 6th and cruising in But with bath he combined placing that
them extraordinarily points by taking shots that were with one tally in a last inning spurt,
falling outside the baseline. Gillies, with Jerry Gorge salling across the 145° (18). From Low he was accorded ample too, committed errors-not
unex-planning hurler Mary Ng pitched Fincher 43. support, especially in the forecourt, pectedly but he was, or should have and though Low seemed to commit been, the steadying influence over his the greater number of errors it was partner. only because Weng and Au strove to concentrate on him.
Both games
were setted, and i with a steadier player than Ander- son, Gillies would have been in the_final..
I do not think it ever took longer
Snooker
A. F. Noronha 117 (25) beat ́E. C.
brilliant ball, despite a tough torsing game the day before, 3rd canto with a two run attack us limiting John Bull's belles to four Mack Sperry and Cy Jones took to scattered blows and striking out the bags on a neat bunt and wolk, three..
1o cross the plate with precious tallies on Johnny Schaberg's sacrifice
Pass
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F. K. Hool was disappointingly
Free 7-2, Choy and Low went below form, and had M. P. Yoong
13-5 lear Pferded his brother the support inte a 10-5 and then a
They advanced-one-further-point-lo
INDIA'S-defending-titleholders and o ballers added that was legitimately expected, the score would not only have been make the score 14-8. but from there
entered the cherished finals ingle run in the Jast stanza when mach closer, but the Yoongs would the concentrated barrage on Low have had the chance of being began to read its reward for Wong to play sctted points than those of with a well-earned 1-0 victory Mack Sperry drove in big Pete Fitch who had doubled to start the inning. the second game. Service went back over a peppery China nine. and forth, most times without addi- Playing bang-up ball throughout, The Portuguese stars staged
final effort in the last of the 7th on to the score, and the gradually mounted from 1-nil to sure the winners took the old ball game
in the exciting 4th frame when when successive slogics brought Hussain's victory labelled pinch hitter Charlie Qulan racing Fisher and Wynter-Blyth deserved Jindoo their win on the form of their single sent left fielder Savage Hassan home to avert a shutout. opponents. Wynter-Blyth showed screeching homeward with the trium The former champions took Brst but where they scored most was in Baby Abbas were caught at the plate the greater control over the shuttle, hant tally after Junior Marker and
and Low collected two and servicere at sixes and sevens on the other point, and then lost service. Choy their combination. Their opponents went over and back again without
and Au.
Hard fought points brought them Not rallies between Chew and Y. 14-13 (when
to
service changed P. Yoong, inter used his height to
therefore, were
het to hands) and then to 14-all on Au's watch.
superb drop shot, great advantage and tucked away Chor took a great risk in setting high shots in declaive manner, but
at three with his annonents kaving all in all he could not compare with two services in hand. the delicate placing and effective smashing of Chew.
From -1 deficit, the Yoongs drew nearer at 8-4, but there they remain ed for the remainder of the game.
any addition to the score. Amid side of the net.
In the second game, the Yoongs great applause they eventally won the
took the lead 7-3 and then 11-4. But third for game.
they then seemed to relax control over the game, and Hool and Chew with brilliant combination took point after point to reach 11-10 and finally take the lead 13-11.
Superior
IN the second game, Choy and Low were definitely the superior. Wong
It was this great rally that won and Au had reached an ability to them the game, for had the Yoonga return Choy's smash, but Low maintained their form of the opening mesked from several rallies with points the match would not only have gone to three games, but the result might have been reversed.
Inconsiderate Spectators
A word might be said of the im- politeness of some of the spectators,
Women's Doubles
IT WOULD be a hazard guess
SPORTS
ADVT.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
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the Truelight Girls School ball TN Saturday's fleld day feature at in a neat Chinese double killing. park, before a large crowd of en- Grandpa Leung's only Chinese thusiastic ball fans, the Maple Leaf scoring threat was muffed in the last Canuckettes set the rookie school of the 4th when Bill Chang was girls down with D-0 count. The tagged out stealing toward the winners opened up in the 1st inning platter.
with two
runs crossing the platter, Losing moundsman, Herbió Quon but the school lasales came back in threw a stellar game. In limiting the 3rd with a three run barrage on the Indians
three
salltary singles by Margery Woo, Rose Lau bingles and whiffling five, but wrs and Jee Yuen-ching, given poor clubbing support by
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The Maple Leafs countered' with his teammates who were shutout ve more markers in the next three by an inspired Indian nipe.
frames and sewed up the gume in the last stanza as Reno Yuen and Ulinn Khao came clamouring home.
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flying colours. From 5-3 to 8-3 and then 12-5 went Choy and Low.
The FOURTH EXTRA RACE DORTUGAL'S Inst hopes for u Nothing could stop them, and theyMEETING will be held, weather" eberrianship this year faded eventually went out at 15-7.
permitting on SATURDAY, 20th away in the dim softball sunset as April, 1941, commencing at 2,00 p.m. Uncle Sam's marauding stars cashed The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 | in with a brilliant 3-1 triumph in the p.m.
"big moment" of the day. The Stars MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE At a cricket match one would not to select the champions out of
and Stripes came to the fore in the dream of crossing the screen at the the finalists of the women's admitted to the Members' Enclosure. No One without a badge will be bowler's ond while the match is in doubles. Miss M. M. Silva and such must be worn throughout the progress; at a concert one does not clatter down the room while some- Miss M. A. Xavier proved their duration of each Meeting in such a one is singing and at badminton worth over the strong opposition manner as to be readily identified. matches (especially such as those from Miss M. Ribeiro and Mrs O., Badges admitting Non-Members to of last night) one does not cross behind In progress.
the Members' Enclosure and · Club the players while a rally is Silva, whereas Mra Terrible and Rooms aadies (both including for Gentlemen and Mra Zimmern, though up against $3.00 Several latecomers did this with a weaker pair, were unable to SECRETARY upon the personal or
for tax) Bre obtainable through the a nonchalance that was astounding win by any convincing margin. written application of a Member. auch. Member to be responsible for
in its rudeness.
Champions Eliminated · · In the first match, the combination all visitors introduced by him, and
of Mias Silva and Miss Xavier was for payment of all chits, etc. THE DEFENDING doubles cham- the telling factor. Mrs O. Silva was
The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor plons, P. H. Wong and C. Au, were prominent in several of the rallies, Exchange Building, (Tel. 27704) wil eliminated by this year's
wonder and gained many points in advances close at 11.45 a.m. player of the court, K. W. Choy, and to the net, but she, too, In the Inter
Tiffins are obtainable at the Club K. B. Low, and whatever complex stages committed errors that were House provided they are ordered in It was from which the former were disastrous.
Mrs Torrible and Mr Zimmern advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. erfering, it was certainly destructive
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Junior Doubles
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It was only in the second game that the losers laund a reply to Choy's desirtictive smash. This match was one of smash, smash
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