Wednesday HONGKONG TELEGRAPH May 7, 1941.
Around The
Courses
Sacrificing Accuracy For Distance
Dry Weather Shots Apt
Apt To Prove
Flattering: Frequent Misuse Of Irons
(By "Birdie")
WITH THE WET WEATHER more or less be- hind us, the season is approaching, when, on drier courses, the length of one's shots is apt to bo flattering. An observant golfer would have noted. indications of this already.
Drives, particularly, can put on twenty or thirty, and occasionally even fifty yards, but it is not with these clubs that the ambitious get themselves into trouble, it is with the irons.
How often has it been known for a player to use a No. 5, say, just because the opponent has made the distance with that club, when in truth a No. 4 or No. 3 would have been the clubs. It is a great naset in golf to realise one's limitations.
When the No. 5 fails, one uncon- sciously begins to press and take the ball further back of the right.foot. It gives a lower trajectory, but it sacrifices consistency and invariably accuracy, too.
Opinions on this, however, seem to differ, even among the profes- sionals. I have read that the drive and wood shots should be taken of the left toe and as the clubs decrease so should the distance from the right foot, until Anally one Is playing with the No. 8 or 9 right off the buck foot!
Personally, I cannot see the ob jeet, for in moving the ball back- wards it must alter the angle of the club face and one loses the value of the loft. The days of the refined touch control went out with the nd- vent of the new clubs.
The ideal spot from which to hit is directly between the feet, Disregarding the fact that the hands are. In. advance of the club head at the moment of impact, this is the spot from which the loft of the club is as it should be according to the manufacture,
Hitting a No. 3 Iron from this spot gives one a loft of, say, 15 degrees, but in moving the ball back to the rear foot the face assumes almost the perpendicular-like a driver,
one varles the place from which one hits one can just ag easily dispense with Finif the irons in lie bag, for a No. 4 can be made to do the service of a No. 3 and so on, as far as dls. tance is concerned.
But in the variation of that dis- certain tance, one must sacrifice a amount of accuracy, and that is where the practice is harmful.
Chip shots are invariably played off the back foot, but for all full shots the position of the ball in re- lation to the feet should be con- stant.
How much simpler, too, is it to
CHEATERS Behind thosO dark glasses. Joe Louis hides bruised oyo ho gathered in recent bout with Abo Simon "In Detroit. Joe's rolaxing in" round of golf at the Rackham course in Detroit.
be able to hit the ball from one spot while the second was too nippy than from several, for in the former and got away. case the position of the hands is
Major Baseball
Philadelphia Humble Cincinnati
NEW YORK, May 6 (UP).-Two matches in the American Baseball League were spoiled by rain to day, In
circuli, the National Philadelphin Phillies humbled Cin- cinnati Reds 4-2, while Buston Braves nosed out 8t Louis Car- dinal 5-4.
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Complete scores were:
Cincinnall
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Battery: Vandermeer and Loi Philadelphia
Lombardi.
11
Battery: Blanton and Warren..
St. Louis
"Dallery: Grodzicki, Naliem, Lanter, Krist
and MarcUPO,
Boston
Hattery: Ferrell, Sullivan, Zamanna and Berres. Masi.
Battery: Passeau and McCullough
Chicago
* 4
1
New York
0
Battery: Hubbell and Danning.
Pittsburgh
ง 11
2
"Battery: Sewell, Wilkie and Lopez,
Brooklyn
Dattery: Wyatt and Owen.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York
4 5
Battery: Bonham,
and Dickey.
Detroit
7 11
1
Battery: Gorsica and Tebbetts,
Washington
Q
Battery: Leonard and Ferrell, Cleveland
3 10 Battery: Bagby, loving and Hemsley.
The Philadelphia-Chilengo and Boston-
St Louis games were washed out.
League Table
1
1
G. G. Aitkenhead, Hongkong Cricket Club, delivering a wood
in last week's Second Division match against the Club de Recreio at King's Park.-Ming Yuen.
Referees' Assn Bid Farewell
To C.S.M. Minihan
Suggestions To Hongkong F.A.
THE HONGKONG Football Referees' Association took the opportunity at their meeting last night tó bid farewell to Company Sergeant-Major M. Minihan, R.A., the Army representative on the Referees' Association.
The Chairman, Mr H. A.
714 Beard, said C. S. M. Minihan's
529 work on the Committee and as
346 Secretary of the Army Referees LETTERS TO THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
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Detroit Boston
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Open Tennis Singles Final
of soccer.
EDITOR
Open Tennis Tourney
Sir,-Despite this boycott by Chinese newspapers to report on the above championships, enpacity crowds have been attending the semi-final niatches, and among them were at least 90 per
Chinese, many Japanese and quite a few Chinese re- porters.
"During his sojourn here," Mr Beard: .084 continued, "he had one object in view, .571 the botterment of the game both from 556 the referees and administration point of 556 view. He has had sound Ideas and al 529 though it is not generally known, he became non-active this season because 333
his sense of justice did not see eye to eye with the appointments of officials." Mr W. M. Glaver, Secretary of the Navy and Marines Football Referees Association Committee, associated him self with the Chairman's remarks.
Messrs D. Kossick (civilian repre- sentative), J. F. da Silva and Rev. & Hinchcliffe also paid tribute to the I always thought that the chief work done by C. S. M. Minibon.
Replying. C. S. M. Minihan said what object of a newspaper is to direct he had done he had enjoyed, and People's opinions, but to boycott any though it was possible that the standard news is, I thinic, deplorable and only of refereeing had not improved, the tends-to-show-a-weak and narrow- was de, minded policy. A newspaper's editor Anitely better.
This Afternoon
standard of administration
·
Suggestion To F.A.
cent
cannot expect everybody to follow his Ideas. After all, an editor is only one individual.
FINAL of the Colony Tennis Singles Championship WEI be played this afternoon at the Stand Court, commencing at 4.30 p.m. Tsui Wai-pul will meet his younger drawn up by Mr Glover to be brother Tsul Yan-pul, and many presented to the Football Asso-come together; but this is not true. expect the latter to win,
Coming to the reasons for the boy- Several suggestions were cott. Some argue that in other places British and Germans do not
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was
constant, while in the latter there The caddies, there, seem well in- is a continual variation and adjust-formed on these creatures, and at ment.
Yesterday's 'Match Goodness only knows, golf is a glance are able to tell whether diMcult enough as it is!
they are poisonous or not. From personal observation, there seem to Yesterday's match at the Hongkong the Handicap Doubles appearance at the Country brow Club, and two have been seen green. From appearances, the latter and A. H. Barwell (-15/2) beat R.
isind
of the viper H. Blake and H. C. D. Knight this year about six feet in species, I first thought they were (-15/2) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.
coddles
Bay The winners will now meet T. C. length. The first was caught grass snakes, but the and measured over six feet, they are harmless and feed on the Monaghan and T. J. Gould in the
frogs that abound in the district.
The brown ones are the danger- ous fellows, and the one that was that escaped were both brown!!
SNAKES are making their re- be only two kinds one a lightish
and the other a brownish Semi-final in which C. H. R. Oxlade
appear to be
SPORTS ADVT. caught and the one
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB
Billiards
The FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEET Club de Recreio
ING will be held, weather permitting,
on SATURDAY, 10th MAY, 1941,
commencing at 2.00 pm.
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The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.
MEMBERS' 'ENOLOSURE
No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure- Such must be worn throughout the. duration of each Meeting in such a manner si to be readily identified.
Easily Beat Kowloon C.C.
final.
Recreio And
H.K. Electric Bowls Selections
The following teams have been chosen to represent the Club de Recreio in League Lawn Bowls Primatches or Baturday:
#Á ̈ ̧v. K.C.O. (away)—J. Luz, Q.; E. Marques, H. A. Alves and C. G. Silva; L. F. Xavier, C. Roza-Pereira, Club de Hecreto and Kowloon F. V. V. Ribeiro and F. X. Silva; F. Cricket Club played a return X. Soares, L. J. Silva, J. E. Noronha
·billiards and snooker match at the and R. F. Luz,
clation for consideration at the annual meeting.
In Shanghat we have just read that amongst the members of the Munil- cipal Council there are British, Ger- man, Japanese, Chinese (some pro- Nanking) and other nationalities.
In Canton, I am told that British
The suggestions included an all- round increase in fees; travelling expenses; as the Navy and Army had no local handbook, the rules for and Germans are playing tennis to- Kotewall Cup matches be included sether on the Shameen courts.
written
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in the ILK.F.A. handbook; the Re- forces' Association should receive information as to whether referee was the sole judge whether a ground was fit for play: the grounds at Happy Valley should be marked off on the day of League games; ofllefal linesmen should be provided where teams were run- ning neck and neck for the cham pianship: fees or medals be given in charity matches.
BOMBER FUND SupportEN.
Golf Dates Corrected
All dates published for the Junior Section Championship and the first Happy Valler Summer Singles are
wrong.
They should all be one day Inter, on Referring to the suggestion that the ground at Happy Valley be marked off, Sundays Instead of Saturdays. The Mr Hinchcllife said it could not be correct dates are as follow: done, as there appeared to be a law The frat round to be played on the against it.
{morning of May 25, the second on June 8. the third on June 22, the semi-final on July 0 and the final on July 20.
Mr C. Guingam, of the Counci), sald the ground was leased by the Royal Hongkong Golf Club and its use for football was only by courtesy..
Words of Advice.
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Lalk,
F.A. Meeting
C. 6. M. Minihan gave. a
A meeting of the Council of the "Advice to Referees on re-registration Hongkong Football Association will be and promotion," with particular re- held on Wednesday, May 14, at 5.39 ference to young referees"
p.m.. The Chairman gave a talk, "HumaFI Nature In Association Football" He
and it was very necessary for referees
to make a study of it. There were
to find out the toppera- ments of the players within the shortest possible time.
There was also the type who was
SK.0.C. last: night when the visitors "P" v. LR.C. (home),—H, R. Pinna, Badges admitting Non-Members to won by, seven, gumes to one C. H. Basto, E. M. Remedios and J.
sulis, K.ac. players being J. Basto; the Members' Enclosure and Club
A. Machado, D. C. Alves, sald he considered one of the most im- and, a repetition would remalt in the mentioned first: Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and
E. Sousa and B, Basto; A. F. Neronha, portant things necessary for a referee player being sent eff. $3.00 for Ladies (both including Billiards-J. H. 8 Duncan lost to A. M. Xavier, A. M. Rodrigues and to possess was a sense of human nature,. tax) are obtainable through the FM Soares, 116-200 (Soares's best A. P. Guterres, SECRETARY upon the personal or break 37): E. C. Curtis beat C. Cunha, written application of a Member, 180-110 F. R. Zimmern lost to J. O. 2nd Div. v. K. Tong (away)—E. games in which it was necessary for such Member to be responsible for Remedios, 198-200: A. H, Martin lost L. Borros, F. X. Monteiro, A. V. the referee
Barros and O. P. Remedios; G.. A. all visitors introduced by him, and to P. A. Yvanovich, 72-150.
Snooker J. Luke lost to J. Elbeiro, N. Beitrao, F. A. Xavier and for payment of all chits, èle,
Noronha, 60-104 (Noronha's best break J. R. Soarce; L. A. Rosario, H. M. The Secretary's Office, 1st. Floor, 17): T. W. Carr lost to A. A. Noronha, Xavier, J. D. Remedios and J. A. Exchange Building, (Tel, 27784) will 62-131 (Noronha's best break 22): A close at 11.45 ăn,
Bone lost to 1. C. Remedios, 40-163; Remedios. Tiina are obtainable at the Club R. 3. Fenton lost to C. F. Rozario, 30- House provided they are ordered in 9. advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 21920).
No Children or amahs will be admitted to either Enclosure,
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The price of' Admission to the
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up to all the nasty tricks when the referee's back was turned. With this type, sald, Mr. Beard, the re- feree should convey to him that he was being watched, and should he bo: definitely caught, the official should blow his whistle hard. · Probably the most troublesome type A player might, on the spur of the was the one with the permanent air of moment, bring a man down in a way injured innocenes. A referee would 3rd Div. v. Folice (home),—G, A. not allowed in the book, but with no often And that such a player was quite Pinna, C. A, Marques, F. J. A. Mar- real badness. In such a case a word aware of his limit and keep within it. ques and P. A. Yvanovich; P. of warning was generally sumelent. and very often, a. referen D'Almeida, E. Cunha, E. A. R. Alves In the same way, a friendly word to a have to put up with a lot before ha and M. A. Carvalho; A. A. Lopes, out the Intention of hurting, would manly conductippen Mas poignant
player who charged or tackled with could and a definite case of ungentle- Moften curb his keenness. Buch players Some players had a habit of bluffing Alarcon,
were usually of Hitle trouble a raferno, projending to be tripped or
hurt, but ff, the omelal kept his eyes.
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