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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1928.

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BOWLS.

PROGRESS IN SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS.

RESULTS TO DATE.

The following are the full resulte In the second round-

A. W. Grimmitt defeated F.

Cullen,

E. W. Hogbln defeated G. Moss,

W. Hill defeated L. J, Whant,

J. Gibson defeated J. Chalmers.

J. Ferguson defeated D.

Whalmsley.

C.

A. C. V. Ribeiro defeated J.

Holledge.

J. Brown defeated E. Eccleshall.

J. A. Lindeny defeated N. Drum-

mond.

W: Macfarlane defeated J. J.

Whyte.

GOLF.

FAULTS AND THEIR. PRICE.

EVERYDAY ERRORS.

takes up when addressing the ball." This characteristic is noticeable in Mitchell, Compatori, and Mr. Tolley.

THE CHINA MAIL,

MINDEN DAY.,

but not quite so marked in the cass EVERY BORDERER SPORTS

of Hagen, who has a distinct away

before beginning the turn.

HAGEN'S LURCH.

But he sways back again at the right moment, and no doubt, the

A. ROSE.

·HIGHLAND DANCING.

MONEY & SHARES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,

On London-----

Bank, wire ... |Bank, on demand

2/- 44 2/- 5/16 Yesterday the 2nd King's Own Bank, 80 days' sight.

Borderers

Bank, 4 montha' sight 2/- Credits, 4 months

sight

slight lurch asalats the powerful Scottish

celebrated body thrust at the moment of im-Minden Day, the anniversary of pact. It should be remembered, the Battle of Minden in which the Documentary 4 months' however, that Hagen gets off the 25th Foot, the predecessors of the

sight .... line more often than any other first Borderers, took part with honour. On Paris- "A golf club is not an axe; you measure be due to the sway.

class golfer, a fact that may in some

On demand The Battle was fought during | aro lifting the club from the ball can goes on to say: "If the player the Seven Years' War in 1759, in

Credits, with the right hand and making a will keep his hands low he has at Prussia on the Weser, 85 miles chopping motion of it. You must any rate a chance of pivoting pre- south-west of Hanover, swing the club round the body." perly; but his hands will come up. French were defested at Minden These were scraps of a conversa- Then out goes the club to the right,

Dun-

125714

4 sight **On Berlin--

months'

The On demand

On New York---

49

185

135

185

185%

..... 871

99

76

tian I overheard the other day be- and he cannot turn properly." Gene by a combined force of British, On demand... tween Duncan and a player who Sarazen, one of the most fluent of Hessians and Hanoverians under Credits, 60 days' sight had gone off his drive, and imme-"pivoters," puts it in this way: the command of Prince Ferdinand On Bombay- diately I was reminded of an in- "The club should be started back of Brunswick. The victory Wire vident in the course of last year's low along the ground to prevent waa

glorious one, parti-On demand championship at St. Andrews. Mr. It being lifted too quickly. To do cularly in view of the fact that On Calcutta- Robert Jones was asked what he this, start the swing by showing the Prince Ferdinand's force

Was Wire considered to be the gravest fault club back with

the left hand. greatly handicapped on account of On demand committed by the average golfer. This means, of course, that the left the non-appearance, through a On Singapore......... Without a moment's hesitation he shoulder begins to turn, So far misunderstanding, of the British On demand said, "Lifting the club straight as I see, the shoulder and the left Cavalry,

On Manila. w.from the ball with the right hand hand start at the same time."

The King of Great Britain at On demand........ Nine out of every ten players do it,

And Sarazon might have added the time was George II, the On Shanghai- and what seems to me to be remark that the body having been wound, second monarch of the House of

On demand able is that most of them go on up like a trussed fowi no part of Brunswick (or Hanover) who at 30 day's sight (private doing it without ever realising the the body mechanism must be allow the age of 44 years succeeded his

paper)

On Yokohama--- ed to slip. As it was screwed so father (George I) in 1727 and To illustrate his point. Mr. Jones it must be unscrewed. Mr. Tolley was King for 38 years, dying in On demand T. D. E. Pendered defeated D. took a club and swung it, arstly, as endeavours to explain the matter in October 1760 the year following

in the case of the average man, and, Rumjahn.

secondly, as the club ought to be "The head must be kept at the same years.

rather a novel way. He says: the Minden-at the age of 77 awang. One saw the right hand

distance from the ball all through taking command the moment the

F. C. Goodman defeated

Russell.,

J. Laing defeated R. F. Luz. R. Duncan defeated U. M. Omar.

C. Bennett defeated C. Atkinson.

A. R. Clark defeated G. Wragge. J. O. MeLaggan defeated W. Mair.

Third Round Ties.

third round:-

fact,"

Swimming Sports..

108

Gold Leaf, 100 Sne

(per tael) Sovereigna (Bank's

buying rate) 2/1 % 59.55 Silver (per, oz).... 27 The following are the ties in the swing was commenced, the club be the top of your backone. The other every man in the local Battalion

the stroke. This will tend to lock In commemoration of Minden Bar Silver in Hong

Kong

41% prem. E. W. Hoghin beat A. W. Criming lifted straight to the shoulder point is that you must try it is of the King's Own Scottish Bor- Chinese Copper Cash nom.

with the result that the body pivot very difficult-to keep your bottom derers the straight left arm, and all the waistcoat button also at the same helmet.

wore a rose In his Chinese Copper Cents 8% prem

The rest of the

local necessary, but com-distance from the ball all through tion of the anniversary by the

Rate of Native In- celebra-

tèrest plicated movements, were entirely the movement, and this will help Battalion took the form of Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par.

7% p.a. Chinese Sub. Coin 50% die. absent. Actually, there was no swing at all, the right hand having one." It may be pertinent to ask, held at the Kowloon Dock Recrca- to lock the lower end of your back swimming sports and a gala turned Mr. Jones into something "What does one do when not wear-tion Club beach, resembling house excavator in-

mitt.

R. Hill v. J. Gibson.

J. Ferguson v. A. C. V. Ribeiro.

J. Brown v. J. A. Lindsay.

W. Macfarlane v. F. C. Goodman.

J. O. MeLaggan. T. D. E.stead of a golfer. Then followed ing a waistcoat?","

R. Duncan bent J. Laing.

A. R. Clark beat C. Bennett.

Pondered.

TENNIS.

VOLUNTEERS DEFEAT CLUB

DE RECREIO.

NARROW VICTORY.

The Hong Kong Volunteer. De fence Corps yesterday beat the Club de Recreio in their initial match this season at King's Park by a margin of one game only.

The doclding game was played be- tween Parker and Stanion and E. de Sousa and E. A. Noronha amidat much excitement. The Volunteers took the game after 40.30 had been

called.

Scores:-

lost to. S. E. Green and H

Owen Hughes lost to R. K. Valentine and

Mitchell....

4-7

5-6

beat Parker and Stanion

Last evening there WAS Highland Dancing on the Murray Parade Ground. The celebra- were of a private

FIRM BUT RELAXED.

Let us

pursue the subject

stilltion

THE SHARE MARKET.

Stock

the correct movement-the square stance, with the feet, comparatively, close together; hands low, with a sweep round the body which made further. James Barnes, who has nature conned only to the Offi- T.T. on London

delved deeply into the science of cers and men of the K.O.S.B., TT. on Shanghal As the back-swing commences the golf, observes that, "to pivot, in the with their families and some head seems to turn away from the right way the body must be firm guests from other Military units ball as if the left eye in Mr. Jones's but relaxed. There must be firm-stationed in Hong Kong. case is the master eye. Apparentness without stiffness or rigidity.

The Results.

an extreme turn.

"The cor-

I

Blindford Race.-1, Pte. Rogers; 2, Pte. Bentley...

150 Yards.-1.-L/Cpl. Finlayson; 2, Pte. Falconer; 3, Pte. Wilson.

Children's Race-1, W. Murray 2,

3. Crossan..

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Exchange.

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North China Insurance 7146 Yangtze Insurance ... 150 China Underwriters.. $2 China Pire Insurance $246 IK Fire Insurance.. $780

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ly, the left side pushes the club A post cannot pivot; a dish rag can 30 Yards Race.-1, L/Cpl. Finlay- back, and the left arm, immediately be twisted, but it has no firmness.son; 2, Pte. Rogers; 8, L/Cpl. the awing gets under way, straigh- Do not try to use the hips in pivot-Branch. tens out and remains straight, Ing; they will turn alright if the Boy's Race.-1, Dunlevy; 2, Bast- without being rigid, until the blow body is relaxed." From the advice!

get. is delivered. Asked what was the of this collection of experts it will secret of his golf, Mr. Jones replied, be gathered how very important it "There is no secret; I have dis-is to cultivate a free

turn of the covered nothing different from body in order to combat the terrible! what other players have discovered. fault off lifting the club, instead of the But I am. Inclined to think that the allowing it to sweep round factor of greatest importance in my body. As so much has been sald golf is the body turn, which is about getting the club to the top of Tearn Race. The Sergeants of fairly considerable. Now, if you the swing it will perhaps not be the Regiment beat the Officers, E. de Sousa and E. A. Noronha lift the club with the right hand out of place to indicate briefly how Diving-1, Pte. Batchelor; 2, (Recreio):

there is no turn of the body, or the club should be brought down Pte. Bowder; 3, Pte. Weatherhill. nothing to speak of, and certainly in. order properly to complete the Inter-Company Race-Won by Bengusta there is no are in the swing, or movement.

"A" Company. what is supposed to be a swing." Mr. Jones impresses upon the Water Polo. The K.O.S.B. beat!

player that the actual hitting does the R.B.A. by three goals to two. FREEING THE LEFT ARM. 7- 4

not commence from the top of the Breast Stroke:-1, L/Cpl. Rosen- Mr. Jones has elaborated this owing; in other words the clubhead thai; Z, L/Cpl. Armett. 16-17 very vital point in his book "Down does not start first:

At the conclusion of the pro-i Docks, Wharves, the Fairway." "I play a straight rect way to start the down strokegramme, Mrs. Comyn, wife of Lt.- Godown, &c. left arm in all full shots," he says, of any full shot," he says, "is a Col. Comyn, C.M.G., D.S.O., gave HR & W. Docks ....

H.K. & K. Wharves "from the time the club has started alight sway to the left. The urms away the prizes to the successful China Providents back until after the ball has gone. get under way with the wrists still competitors.

$4.90 b 5,10 % Lt. Col. Comyn con- Hongkews ***** T158 There is no casing of the elbow at 'cocked,' or wound up." Although gratulated the winners and thanked New Engineerings 75 the top of the swing. The straight he regards it as a difficult sort of the guests for their attendance.

Shanghai Docks.... T100 left is encouraged by, and may be speculation, "the hitting area starts

Cotton Mills. Ewo Cottona

$8.80 partly attributable to, body work.at that part of the stroke when the

Oriental Cottons..... $24 Duncan's idea is that the back right hand begins to assert itself, The reel competition which took 3'hai Cottons (Old). 51% swing is started by a motion of the the right arm begins to straighten place in the evening produced some Lands, Hotels & Bidza.

da. (now).. T271⁄4 13-20 left side, body, arm and log, begin-aut, and the wrists begin to un-very fine dancing.

H.K. & 8 Hotels

$8.00 ning to turn. I think he is ex-wind. In my stroke, this seems to

The programme consisted of five Hongkong Lands actly right; also that this turning be when the club is about parallel events as follow: Eightsome Reels, Shanghai Landa .............. movement at once frees the left arm with the ground and the hands op Individual Highland Fling, Argyll Hongkong Realties

Humphreys Estates 2-9 and makes it possible to keep the posite the right leg."

Broadswords, Highland Fling, (Vo- HK: Territoriala elbow straight, and at the same time

lunteer Scottish) and Foursome-Prince's Buliding Reel.

Pablle Utilities. HK. Tramways Among those present were H. E. Peak Trams (old) the Officer Administering the Gov- do. (new) ernment, the Hon. Mr. W. T. Star Ferrios Southorn, C.M.G., Col. and Mrs. L. J. China Lights (comb.) Comyn, Major Dowbiggin, members ...do. of the Government, officers of the Regiment, other Garrison officers, Sunrise and Sunset in Hong, and officers of the Navy with their 16, meet A. H. Penn and C. P. pion, who laat week tied with Mr. Kong during August, 1928, stand-ladies. James rec, 15, to-day in the third Jones for the championship, and de-ard time for the 120th meridian, There were 18 entries for the

feated him by a stroke in the re- East of Greenwich, is as follow:- Highland Fling which was danced China Buzas play. Both Macdonald Smith and

Ribeiro and A. (Recreio):

Remedios

lost to 8 E. Green and H.

Owen Hughes

2- 9

lost to R. K. Valentine and

Mitchell

3- 8

beat Parker and Stanion

8- 3

Yvanovich and F. Remedios: lost to S.. E. Green and H.

Hughes

beat R. K. Valentine and

Mitchell...

bent Parker and Stanion

HONG DOUBLES.

32 take the club upward and backward 9- 2 around the body without lifting it too much in the line of play; in a 20-13 word, without having to take it

back too straight."

The free body turn is to be seen in a very marked degree in the golf of Macdonald Smith, and also

R. K. Valentine and A. W. to a slightly less extent in that of Humphreys (Dedwell & Co.) owe J. Farrell, the new American cham-

round.

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Farrell are lissom fellows, with

in pair. The standard of danc-Singavere Tractions Sunrise. Sunset, ing was high and the judges had a do. Pref.

10/8

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BASEBALL.

bodies like pieces of Indiarubber August that can be turned from the hips 2

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DRAGONS TO PLAY THE REST without any strain or effort. Na- 3

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works in an office, or in other ways, The Hong Kong Baseball Asso- and crams most of his golf into the clation is arranging an

unusual week-ends is not so elastic, and can- treat for local baseball fans on not be expected to turn so freely as Monday next--Bank Holiday. It is Mr. Jones and his like, who pro- rare to play an exhibition game in bably play more golf in a month mid-season, but this is in store for than the average person does in a spectators who will attend year. Happy Valley that afternoon.

Even so, the ordinary man should representative selection of the best make an effort to pivot, which, in talent in the Colony, including men omits to do, in order to get the body

the large majority of cases, he 15- from the American warships in out of the way and to allow the 17 port, will compose an "All-Hong arms, more freedom of movement. Kong side to meet the South Turn the body freely and hence- China "Dragons" at 4 pm. The forth you emerge from the drab former team will include the army of "axe wielders. Let us see strangest players available for each what other famous golfers have to position Pitted against them will say on this interesting subject. 28 be the strong South China, com Duncan puts it very neatly when he bination. The latter team succeed- anys, "that a good player can best ed in winning the championship of be picked out from a distance by the Colony last season, and this watching, how much space his body contest will prove to some extent occupies during the uptake, A whether or not It is still the best good golfer should not as a rule use side. Further particulars will be any more space with his trunk dur given later.

ing the swing than that which he

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