1941-09-10

Wednesday,

Around

The

HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH

Courses

September 10, 1941.

Colony Championship On October 26

CAN'T FIGHT THIS WAY — In proliminary bout at Madison Square Garden, New York, recently, Mike Bolloisa of The Bronx viewed the world upside down, after Bobby Ruffin of Astoria, L., knocked him through the ropes.

Lawn Bowls Championship

Several Close Matches In Yesterday's Schedule

SEVERAL close matches featured yesterday's programme in the First Round of the Colony Singles Lawn Bowls Cham- pionship. In many games, the scoring over the last two or three heads was the deciding factor.

Results were:

At Kowloon B.G.C.

J. G. Merer beat R. Duncan 21:

20 on the 28th.

W. L. Walker beaf L. Sykes

21-17 on the 24th,

At Kowloon F.C.

J. Shepherd beat A. Hyde Lay 21-20 on the 25th

T. A. Madar beat J. F. McGowan 21-6 on the 18th.

At Kowloon C.C.

To-day's Fixtures

CHAMPIONSIUP

to-day pres

Singles

Axtures for

E. de Souza v. C. W. Lam (at Kowloon B.G.C.).

R. M. McKenzle v. M. N. Rakusen, and J. McCutcheon v. T. Coleman (at

Kowloon

W. V. Harels v. J. Hayward, and Palice R. M. E. Purvis (at

Y. Abbas beat II. Basic 21-15 on R. M. the 22nd.

At Craigengower

C. Dowman

beat W. McLeod

21-15 on the 25th.

A. Brooksbank beat S. II. Marvin

21-0 on the 17th,

At Hongkong F.C.

23.

A. G. Grattan v. J. II. Gelling, and Mansell v. A. W. Hircock (at

F.C.). Hongkong

W.-J. Bagley v. W.. C.. Higgs (at. Prison O.C.).

D. M. Khan v. G. J. Perkins, and

W. Simpson v. U. M. Omar. (at Civil

W. Mair beat C. 8. Rosselet Service C.C.). 21-17 on the 23rd.

A. M. Hotland 'v. V. S. Ebbage (at

A. M. Omar beat J. 5. Riddell Craigengower).

31-6 on the 13th.

At Police R.C.

II. Overy beat J. 8. Ländoli 21-

10 on the 25th.

S. AL Rumfahın beal W. V. Field

21-16 on the 23rd.

At C.S.C.C.

AL R. Abbas heat C. Gowland

21-19 on the 21st.

Pairs

W. L. Walker and R. Duncan v.

N, J. Bebbington and J. F. McGowan

(at Kowloon F.C.).

L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Albeiro

v. D. A. Rosario and J. S. Landoli

(at Civil Service C.C.).

J. Lapsley beat K. M. Omar other was in front, until the score

levelled at 10-ull on the 21st.

21-18 on the 25th.

Fighting Finish

J. G. MEYER bent R. Duncon in what was truly a fighting finish. Every five beads the score levelled, with each alternately taking the lead in between. Meyer was ahead for the first four heads, then Duncan

Then Shepherd recorded devastating 4 to put himself within reach of victory, but Hyde Lay was far from done. He edged through to score a single on the 23rd and then proceeded to add 3 to tle again at 20-all.

The lost head was tense. Shepherd

gradually took over charge until the took the count at 2, but almost every

10th, when the score was 10-all, and Wood sent down had spectators on

It levelled again at 11-all on the edge.

14th.

Win For Wally Mair WALLY MAIR scored one of his

A fine tree on the 20th gave Dun- can the lead at 16-15, but once again anest wins to date when he eliminat- Meyer got back to level terms at 17-ed C. S. Rosselet 31-17 at the Hong }, all on the 23rd.

Up till then it had been anybody's /Kong F.C. He had led all the way. [ game, but when Duncan registered but Rossclet had drawn up to 17-19 another great three on the 24th the 22nd, at which stage there which brought his score to within one bowlers..

was little to choose between the of victory, while Meyer was 17-the match seemed over.

The lost head was Mair's triumph [Ho claimed 3 to defeat a very worthy

From Behind

Duncan needed one to win and opponent. Moyer four, and the latter got those four by singles on the last

four heads. Each head had its fine J. LAPSLEY came fom behind to moments, and Meyer to be bent K. M. Omar 31-18 at the Civil congratulated not only for his win Service C.C. It was again a story of la fighting Anish. Lapsley's first

Championship-

Two Weeks' Practice

Aquatic Heats On Fanling Courses

This Evening

FIRST HEATS for the Colony Swimming Champion- ships will be held this evening at the Victoria Recreation Club poolt commencing at 6.07 p.m.

The programme is:

Men's 880 yards free-style. Men's 220 yards hack-stroke. Men's 100 yards breast-stroke. V.I.C.; Boyn 50 yards stroke handicap.

Aiding Hongkong's War Effort

(By "Birdio")

So, another season rolls round, though I' don't suppose one can honestly say that golfors are over dormant, for though the majority of com- petitions are confined to the winter, some are back-hold during the summer months and heat cannot be said to stop players from going around.

However, the Colony Amateur Championship at Fanling on October 26 heralds the active half of the year. (Unviersity), Chan Chun-nan, You Sat-And, as usual, the competition is open to all amateur

Competitors will be:

Slats mlle-Yu Shin-kan (Chinese "Y"),

Chiu Walim (Sing Tan), Charies iluang

kwan and Lau Tal-ping (Lol Teun).

220 yards back-stroke.Au Leung-wah golfers in Hongkong resident for six months or more and (S.CA.A), Chan Kum-cheng (Chinese who are members of Clubs here.

"Poon Wing kai (Lai Taun), Lau Yiu-ling (La1 Taun), Robert Chan (C.n.C.), A. K. RumJahn and W. Lawrence (V.R.C.).

100 yards breant-stroke-Fung Wat- cheung (Chinese "Y"), Ng Nin (Bing Tao), Teung Yiu-hing (Bing Tho), Bo Poon-kun (S.C.A.A), Lutz M. Remedlog (V.1.C.) and Tang Bon-chiu (University).

Boys 50 yarda back-stroke. I. Heynolds, G. Saunders, A. B. da Carvalho, E. b. da Roza and F. A. Noronha..

C. R. C. To Consider

Incorporation

An Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the Hongkong Chi- nese Recreation Club wil be held at the club premises, Causeway Bay, on Saturday, September 13, at 4.30 pm, to congkler, and if thought fit to pass. a fesolution to the effect that the Club shall be incorporated under the Com- panies Ordinance 1932, a company limited by guarantee under the name of "The Hongkong Chinese Recreation Club,'

Ready To Claim Pitching Record

NEWPORT, Ark., July 17 (AP) --Clarence Iott, pitcher for Para- could in the Northeast Arkansas League, is ready to claim some kind of strikeout--and endurance -record.

O. E. C. Marton was second with 157 and F. D. Hunter third with 182, But since he took his commission, Lt Pearce has not had overmuch time: As for golf, and though he will doubt- less defend his title it is wondered whether he will retain it.

Limit handicap, as last year, is 12, and each Club outside the Royal Hongkong Golf Club is limited to ten entrics. mentioned last week, there are seven Clubs in Hongkong, and if each of the six (excluding the R.H.K.G.C.) sent in ten players there would be a pretty good field-one which would tax the accommodation of even Fanling, with the two 18-hole courses,

Best score.ever returned in the competition was that of M. W. Budd in 1932, his rounds totalling 148, and there has only been one other score under 150 and that was J. T. Smith's 147 to win in 1939.

O. E. C. Marton has won the title The competition is 36 holes medal the most number of times. His play-18 on the Old Course, and 18 successes were in 1933 (154), 1034 on the New--and for the whole, four (152), 1935 (153) and 1938 (153). small prizes will be given. These He was disqualified In 1937 though will be for

(1) the best 30 holes' score,

(2) the best visitor's score over

36 hotes,

(3) the best round on the Old

Course, and

(4) the best round on the New

Course.

he returned a winning score of 150, which year F. Groves won with 151..

WITH the start of the new com-

petitions season, I am reminded of a suggestion made to me, some time ago for Colony golf effort for the War Fund. The only Club cap. No player will be allowed to able of running such a scherrie would win more than oue prize, and any be the Royal Hongkong, though it surplus monies will be donated to would not mean the use of their

the

South China Morning Fost courses. It would be a War Fund. Entrance fee is $5.

As in

over

open to all and would be played on previous years, too, the Fan-36 holes medal play on finding

courses will be thrown open to competitors for two weeks'

practice prior to the actual competi tion. This period will be from Monday, October 13 to Saturday, October 25-Sunday, October 19, being excluded.

Entries close on October 20.

The number of players from the home Club is unrestricted, for as far as possible it is the intention to pair inning game with Newport last night off visitors with a RH.K.G.C. mem- and allowed only six hits.

Iott struck out 30 men in a 10-

The game was called at the end of the 18th. the score locked at 1-1.

ber.

handicap,

I could be a monthly affair, permitting a player to take out as many cards as he pleased, and this total sum of one dollar a time should amount to qulie a bit,

ather The Royal Hongkong and Clubs

ubs run these competitions on a minor scale, in comparison, and I feel that If the effort were made to cover all Clubs, response would be greater.

Each Club could conduct the com petition on its

own course each month and the collective results be AST year Alec Pearce took first sent to some centre-the RH.K.G.C., Instance and the whole shroffed place with 156 (75 and 80), for

up for that month's winner,

TO "VICTOR" THE SPOILS

Smiling Vic Ghezzi (left), Tom Walsh, President of the P.G.A., and Byron Nelson. Ghezzi won the P.G.A. title beat- ing defending champion Byron Nelson at the 38th,

Shanghai Half-mile Record Bettered By 11 Seconds

SHANGHAI, Aug. 31-in the most magnificent exhibi- tion of long-distance swimming ever seen in Shanghai, T. S. Chie, the Chinese star who has flashed on the local horizon this year like a comet, broke the record for the 880 yards free style last night at the Rowing Club Gala by fully 11 seconds, clocking 11 minutes 54 3/5 seconds as compared with, the former mark of 12 minutes 5 3/5 seconds established by Don Smith in 1936. '..

over such a good opponent, but for break came when he drew for a on

as fighting finish,

Another Fine Duel

the 20th to. put him within one shot of Omar, who had led all the way. W. L. WALKER and L. Sykes The score then was 17-16. were seen in a 'second Ano duel at Omur went slightly further ahead the Kowloon ..B.Q.C. the former with a single on the next end, but winning 21-17 after the scores were Lapsley scored two singles to draw dead-locked 17-all on the 24th end. level at 18-all, and then another Sykes opened in convincing style, single to load 19-18. Then he scored and had scored six before Walker yet again on the next end and with found touch. Then, with two 2's, his, 2 won, a fine match. and a 3 he drew level at T-pil, and

A Close Call·

In achieving this outstanding per- startling performances. from then on it was a pendulum

M. R. ABBAS had a close call formance which is all the more re- Bobble Hekking won the men's struggle with Walker ever having the

when he almost went under to C.markable Inasmuch as Chile had only 100 yards free style in the comporn- Blight edge. The score went 11-8, 12-10, 16-12, Gowland at the CS.C.C, Gowland one, other swimmer in the pool dur- tively slow time of 50% seconds, ing the race, two having seratched, though he very nearly last the raco 16-il, 17-15, 17-16 and finally 17-all and McCutcheon, It will be re-

and was never extended in the A close single on the 25th put membered, put it over Abbas and A. R. Dallalt in the Pairs competition,

chtest the Chinesa star won fee R. Leoni who almost caught him:

napping with a gallant spurt in the Walker in the lead, and he bowled and history nearly repeated last ther laurels by covering the first 440 last lap. brilliantly on the last head to score

night.

Vards in under 5 minutes 20 seconds, The men's 100 yards back stroke his 3 for victory, A

Though he had led from the or a time nearly 10 seconds better went to Ernie Smith as expected in start, Abbas conceded a 4 on the than the existing record for the dis- the fair time of 70% seconds, while Charlie Butt captured the Junior 100 181h, which made scores 16-all, and tancef then ■ 8 'on the 10th, which pai

yards free style in the promising time

•Gowland-in-h; winning posion.

of 814 seconds. The other three Shanghai, Chum-

Judging from his performante last plowships. Last night highlichting one night Butt should break the Ideal of the frost enjoyabloggalas of the senior record of 57% for the diß** season-produced neither upects nor) tance in andther two years.

A Unavailing Bid.

A. HYDE LAX made a gallant but unavallion bid for honours when he mot J. Shepherd at the Kowloon F. C. Shepherd won : 21-20 after the "It was a question of who could acone 10-ked at 20-all on the second get the jack, and Abbas showed the lalt head. It was again a story of alightly finer touch. He concluded changing leads. Flest one than the with a burst of two Sat

Rèsalts

All golfers, Including women, would be eligible, and a secondary benefit of such a competition would be the assessment: of handicaps.

Some players go the whole year without turning in a handicap card, even though their play has deterio rated, and some handicaps, conse quently, are flattering and mislead- Fing.

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