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")
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 holes produced 295 birdies and two eagles!
College High Jumper
Clears Over 7 ft
EUGENE, Oregon, Feb.-The wish of every high jumper to top the "ceiling" of seven feet, was
realised at the University of Oregon on February 27 by Les
Stoers. He cleared the bar at 7
Both eagles won holes but on 46 occasions theft 2in during an exhibition 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 he 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.
In last month's battle of birdles. Sam Snead and Ralph Guldahl shot an engle nud 21 birdies over 04 holes
Dawson, on heavy and muddy greens, marked eleven of them with only one putt, and returned a three-under-par round of OR.
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 as referee, and over £1,000 was raised. This was only last month.
Between them they have captured 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 Birdles in 70 holes; of the major competitions out of 50, Sarazen and Hogan collected an and in 1030 they made a clean sweepi British and eagle and 20 birdies in 73 holes, Jones winning the while Paul Runyan and Horton Smith American Opens and Amateurs, and scored 15 one-under-par holes in 74. Tomuny Armour the American P.G.A.
Sarazen dropped his cagle 3 on a 500-yard hole with a 30-foot putt.
Four times in that decade, Wolter Hagan won the British Open, Bobby
to
bofore 6,000 spectators gathered watch the Oregon-Oregon State basketball match.
The unofficial feap beats the indoor mark of 6 ft 93% ins and
Near Upset In Britain-China Girls' International Game
India Enters Final With
1-0 Win Over China 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-dio" Grent Britain nine who fought to the
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 bitter end. China's fighting
.................................. | (Britain) catching, with Doc Molthen 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
But this was during the early Jones took it three times, and in excellence when the semi-fmals of the men's senior
days' play. In the final It was Hogan who took up where Sarazen had left off, and for the last 14 holes birdied seven!
1931 and 1932 the winners Armour and Sarazen.
were
doubles championship were played at the Kowloon Jones took the British Ainateur in Cricket Club last night. Out of the matches, the public 1930, but his record for the Ameriis promised a most excellent final-K. W. Choy and K. Golf at Home, of course, is dis-can Amateur covers five years-1024, rupted by the war, but even at its 1925, 1927, 1028, 1030. He records B. Low meet P. K. Hooi and H. F. Chew. best it could not equal the figures four wing in the American Open- that are coming in from America at the moment.
Latest news from Home is that more and more of the links are go- ing under the plough, and what aren't are being utilised for grazing sheep But they will rise again.
many.
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Jones, of course, takes the most
credit for their records, but they are
collectively most imposing.
Yesterday's results in brief were:
SENIOR DOUBLES
K. W. Choy and K. B. Low beat P. II. Wong and C, Au 17-15, 15-7. P. K. Iool and H, F. Chew beat Y. P. and M. P. Yoong 15:4, 15-11.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES.
men
representatives, despite masterful hurling by speedy Herbic 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 gome
from Portugal's starry bail tossers.
The Canton Truelight Girls' school, making an auspicious start in the 'ocal softball realm, bowed to the powerful Maple Leaf Canuckettes 9-6 before a field day crowd at their Stubbs Road ball park.
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ENDING Dolly Brown to the hillock for her first slab assign- nient of the year, Great Britain's surprising softball maidens played even ball with China's defending chainpions before bowing out by a close 5-4 score. The youthful Bel- tish southpaw displayed nent toss- Mrs Torrible and Mrs Zimmern beat Mrs Castro and Miss T. Gon-n pace which had the Chinese cuties baffled for the first few in- salves 15-9, 15-11.
nings.
Miss M. M. Silva and Miss M. A. Xavier beat Miss M. Ribeiro and Mrs O. Silva 15-11, 15-12.
JUNIOR DOUBLES
A. L. Fisher and P. Wynter-Blyth beat J. L. Anderson and W. Gillies] 18-13, 18-17.
The defending champions bunched their runs in two innings, coming from behind in the 3rd atanza to garner two runs after two were out when Mary Mar's screaming single sccred sister Doris, with Ulian Khoo's bingle
bringing in ouifelder Mary.
Sunday's Stars
Mary Ng and Mary Mar, China. ----Hurler Mary keld the danger- ous British team to four measly bingles in standout hurling performance;
latter's slashing ringte and two inllles aided the Chinese cutles in their first round win.
Jindoo Hussain and Kassa Na-
zarin, India-Fortuer led the
victors in their brilliant win with a steaming single and double to drive in the winning run, fatier tassed steady ball to shutout the Chinese nine with four solliary blows.
Mark Sperry and Pele Pitch, United States-Mack's three blis 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- tra base hit of the fray.
Recreio Beat
K. C. C. In Snooker And Billiards Match
CLUB DE RECREIO entertained and defeated the Kowloon Cricket Club in a friendly billards and snooker match at King's Park last night. Final scere in matches wan Recreio 4, K.0.0. 2. Scores (Recreio Orst with breaks in brackets) were:
literas J. O. Remedios 170 (34) beat F. Zimmern 147
Soares 150 (31) beat J. IL S Duncan 31,
J. C. Remedios 150 heat E. Curtis 89.
Snooker
I
C. Cunha 80 lost to J. R. Luke 91 (23). C. F. Rozario 1 (24) lost to C. Pope
63.
Winning hurler Mary Ng pitched Fincher Noronha 117 (25) beat E. C. brilliant ball, despite
tough Lessing. game the day before, 3rd canto with a two run attack as limiting John Bull's belles to four Mack Sperry and Cy Jones took to scattered blowy and stelking out he bags on a nest bunt and walk, three.
to cross the plate with precious tailles on Johnny Schaberg's sacrifice and a passed ball.
1923, 1926, 1929, 1930. Hagan took THE TWO MATCHES of the stroke reaped Its harvest in the first this Intter title in 1914 and 1918.
The Chinese lassics clinched the Sarazen in 1922, and 1032, and evening were undoubtedly those me, but in the second Wong and Armour in 1927.
of the senior doubles. In the Au nd apparently accustomed their
fray in the 6th canto with three eyes to the speed of the shuttle and first, Hooi and Chew beat the several occasions returned
more tallies as the three starry the
and smash again. In this J. L. sisters Mary, Lily and Gloria Mar
streamed across the pan. Yoong brothers by a much larger bird to sustain rallies.
Choy, in the main, made use of Anderson excelled, though his
The margin than should have been
Empire girls staged a battling only two strokes the smash, and shots invariably ended in the
Anish, marking up two more runs in the short drop from the baseline. Only Sarazen remains in active the case. Outstanding player of
net. He threw away many their half of the 8th and cruising in America, therefore, is the news
But with both he combined placing front for golf. And it makes no competition. He tied with Lawson the four was Chew, and if he
that made
extraordinarily points by taking shots that were with one tally in a lost Inning spurt, that mad
them difference in what weather they play. Little in the American Open last should maintain that form for
effective.
falling outside the baseline. Gillies, with Jerry Gorge sailing across the 145 15). Johnny Dawson set a new style in summer but lost in the play-off, the final, it is quite on the cards
From Low he was accorded amole too, committed errors not unex-platter. clothing when he went around for while only last month (as mentioned that K. W. Choy will not attain support, especially in the forecourt, pectedly but he was, or should have
overcont. enlier in this article) he and Hogan the Texas Open In an Wood fires burned on every tee, and look first prize in the International to the coveted triple champion- and though Low seemed to commit been, the steadying Influence over his
the greater number of errors it was partner. withdrawals because of the cold were four-ball tournainent against the ship honours.
only because Wong and Au sirove best of the American players!
to concentrate P. K. Hool was disappointingly to
on him. below form, and had 1. P. You into a 10-5 and then a
From 7-2, Choy and Low went
13-5 lead afforded his brother the suure They-advanced-one-further-point-lo that was legitimately expected, the
INDIA'S defending titleholders score would not only have been make the score 14-8, but from there
I do not think it ever took longer
entered the cherished finals much closer, but the Yoongs would the concentrated barrage on Low have had the chance of being began to rean its reward for Wong play setted points than those of with a well-carned 1-0 victory
the second game. Service went back over a peppery China nine. jand Au..
Hard fought points brought them and forth, most times without addi-
Playing bang-up ball throughout, Net rallies between Chew and Y. to 14-13 (when service changed tion to the score, and the score the winners. took the old ball game P. Yoong, therefore, were fine to hands) and then to 14-all on Au's gradually mounted from 1-all to 4-all, in the exciting 4th frome when watch. The latter used his height to superb drop shot.
Hussain's victory - labelled great advantage and tucked away
Fisher and Wynter-Blyth deserved Jindoo high shots in decisive manner, but
Choy took a great risk in setting their win on the form of their single sent left fielder Savage Hassan At three with his onnenents having all in all he could not compare with
opponents. Wynter-Blyth showed screeching homeward with the trium- the delicate placing
two services in hand. and effective
the greater control over the shuttle,hant tally after Junior Marker and TN Saturday's field day feature at smashing of Chew.
The former champions took first but where they scored most was in Baby Abbas were caught at the plate the Truelight Girls' School ball From a 7-1 deficit, the Yoongs drew and Low collected two and servicevere at sixes and sevens on the other
point, and then lost service. Choy their combination. Their opponents in a neat Chinese double killing. nearer at 8-4, but there they remain-went over and back again without side of the net. ed for the remainder of the game.
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any addition to the score. Amid
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 Houl and Chew!
with brilliant combination took
after point to reach 11-10 and mully take the icad 13-11.
Both games were seited, and with a steadier player than Ander- son. Gillies would have been in _the_final_
Superior
SPORTS ADVT.
IN the second game, Choy and Low were definitely the superior, Wong
It was the great rally that won and Au har reached an ability to them the game, for had the Yoongs return
Choy's smash, but Low maintained their form of the opening eiged trom several rollies with points the match would not only have flying colours. From 5-3 to 8-3 and gone to three games, but the result then 12-5 went Choy and Low." might have been reversed.
Nothing could stop them, and they eventually went out at 15-7.
Inconsiderate Spectators
A word might be said of the im- politeness of some of the spectators.
Que Is
the
progress.
Several latecomers did this wif a nonchalance that was astounding in its rudeness.
Women's Doubles
p.in.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
(tax) arc
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Waggoner's winners added single run in the last stanza when Mack Sperry drove in big Pete Fitch. who had doubled to start the inning.
The Portuguese stars staged a final effort in the last of the 7th when successive singles brought pinch hitter Charlie Quinn racing home to avert a shutout.
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 a 0-6 count. The tagged out stealing toward the winners opened up in the 1et inning platter.
with two runs crossing the platter, Losing moundsman, Herble Quon but the school lassies came back in threw stellar game in limiting the 3rd with a three run barrage on the Indians to three Baltiary singles by Margery Woo, Rose Lau bingies and whiffing five, but was and Jee Yuen-ching. given poor clubbing support by The Maple Leafs countered with his teammates who were shutout five inore markers in the next three by an inspired Indian nine,
frames and sewed up the game in the last stanza as Rene Yuen and Ulian Khoo came clamouring home.
School slábster Lai Bik-wong tossed a steady game In'her first. "big time". show, while „Margery Woo, Jenny Wong and Jee Yuen- ching also dished up darsling Arat · time appearances,
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and though occonion, Wong was forced into innumerable ably
Mrs Castro and Mics Gonzalez admitted to either Enclosure. errors, and could never attain the neak to which he had formerly risen. were far from a winning combination. Truth to tell it was the best that the The winners, however, showed that opposition would allow. Au, on the they are capable of something better ether hand, gained rounds of
than they showed last night, and for with his short drop shots, capocinily this I, for one, would hesitate to fore- for the one that scraped the net and cast a winner for the Anal, levelled the scores at 14-all In the
Junior Doubles first grme.
JUNIOR
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Champions Eliminated
that the losers found
game
THE
It was only in the second
DOUBLES Д reply to Choy's destructive smash. This match was one of smash, smash
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