SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930,
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TO LOFT THE BALL-HUT DOWNWARDS.
The "All-Air" Route.
If a player is to achieve distance with his drives and brassie shots, and
with his approach shots, he must master the knack of getting the ball up into the air.
Scuttled" shots are the mark of a player who is badly of his game, or of one who has never really mas- tared the golf swing.
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That is why a player who has to take a divot is always instructed to take it in front of the ball, never behind It. The face of the club comes down to squeeze the ball suf-
diclently out of its lie to grip it; the
uap of the ewing does the rest.
Similarly, a player who is aiming to hit a ball off a tee is advised to think of another ball in front of the one he is aiming at, and try to hit through both.
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Even with the fairway dry and hard there must be tremendous loss of distance when the ball runs along the ground. instead of taking the All of this good advice has the
It becomes the pray all-air route.
sume object in view-to stop the of every bunkar-lip, and any hum- golfer from trying to mise the ball? nock deffects it. The scuttled ap-by hitting upwards. proach shot--that is, when the golfer has tried for a dropping shot and failed-usually travels too far.
for the spin that was to be on the
ball is not there, the effect of the drop is missing, and the club-head has probably met with no resistance
from the ground.
Strike Downwards.
cuttle
The reason why players skots is that they try to lift the ball.
You will notice that a hail that rises to a big height from a clam he is always one that is struck downwards, never upwards.
ground.
The ball is raised by spin inipart- ed by the face of the dub. The actual direction of the blow is bury the ball, to ram it into the A divot is taken in front of where the ball has flown squeezed between the ground and Ence of a club-head moving a; terrific pace, with the weight of the player behind it.
says
"How then."
the golfer, "does the hall rise when it is hit of tee raised from the ground?”
The answer is that it rises high-
est when, at the moment of impact, the face of the club has not quite lost its travel. If the club-hend strikes the ground behind the tee, and so rises upwards at the ball from below it, the flight of the shot will be low. If the shot is better timed, and the club-head' would touch the ground in front of the ball if it were not swept clean through it, the shot will rise as it should. This sweeping motion is essential to big hitting, and to make sure that the ball gets the effect of it; the club-head must make impact while it is still travelling downwards. It then goes right through and despatches the ball with what would be a caressing stroke If it were not done at ultra-high speed.
downward direction of
"Get Hold of the Ball." Once the face of the club "gets hold of the ball" the force of the shot is determined by the momentum
it has attained, and the completeness
of the swing through.
A player who ims to lift the bail by digging behind it cannot get hold
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It is the old story once more of leaving it to the face of the club..
The Chip Shots.
¦ The best illustration of this
though only because it is done slowly enough to make the whole action civar-is the chip shot. The player must hit through the ball, as in any other shot, but he knows that if he takes a divot behind the lie of the hall, he will scuttle it. If he analyses his action, he will find that be squeezes the ball between the club and the ground. This gets it up on to the face of the club, which then goes through. It is all one movement, of course, but that is the sequence of eventa L
Having decided the reasons for
failure to raise the ball, the player
may well seek the own case.
remedy in his
The first essential is sufficient Armness of grip when getting the ball out of a bad lie. The face of the club must not turn in the hands when impact is made with the ball. The right hand, which does little towards taking the club back, should come definitely into the shot just before impact..
"Driving."
In driving, too, there is a knack of bringing the right hand in just before impact that firms-up the face of the club, adds snap to the shot, and aids direction.
Steel clubs are superior to hickory clubs in that the face is less easily turned at impact. But any elub- head will turn if the grip is sloppy.
Yet there must be no question of
clenching the club; the grip must
be firm without being tightened-up.
Too much wrist-work, is to be avoided; the wrists, like the right
of it at all unless he uses an enorm-hand, must come in late, or the head ously high tee, and he certainly of the club will flop down behind the cannot swing through the merely ball instead of sweeping through it. brushes across the top of it.
The left side of the body must be of the club is still travelling down-
In effect. In a good shot the face frm all through the swing-that is wards at impact, both in the drive swing-through.-China Mail (Copy- and in shots from a close lie.
perhaps the great secret of a crisp
right).
Dobbie, Longbottom, Moss and Gregory (Skip).
K.C.C.
THE
Decision to Build New Club House.
HIGHER SUBSCRIPTIONS.
At an extraordinary general meet- ing of the members of the Kowloon Cricket Club lust night, E was de cided that the General Committee be authorised to proceed with à scheme for the building of a new Club house overlooking the north-west corner of the Cricket Ground. The cost is estimated to be $80,000.
Mr. R. E. Lindsell, President, was in the chair and supporting him were members of the Committee.
MAIL.
CHINA
SOME KID, THIS BERG!
TWICE FOULED, BUT BANGS AWAY TO WIN.
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A REMARKABLE SHOW.
New York, April 4. Dropped to his knees twice in the eighth round with left hooks that landed below the belt, Jack Kid Berg of Britain getting off the floor and all, but proved his natural gameness by knocking out Joe Glick in their ten-round bout to- night in Madison Square Garden.
Berg not only won the decision, The President briefly explained but the cheers of about 10,000 fans with the matter, stating that. as powers and his fighting ability. the circumstances in connection by his remarkable recuperative regards the ground, when he was in Gliek was razzed to the echo when Home last year he learned from an it was over and it certainly was old friend in the Army that there coming to him. was very little likelihood of the K.C.C. being taken over as a Gar- as was rison Recreation Ground, contemplated at one time.
A proposal that the Club remafo on its present site until required to vacate some, was put forward by the President. Mr. E. Abraham
motion seconded, and the
was carried unanimously.
The second proposal, as regards the building of the new club house. was carried unanimously.
In connection with the financing of venture it was decided that the Committee of the Club should raise $35,000 first of all, with the option of calling for another $15,000 should they so desire.
A Limited Company. The Chairman then proposed: "That the General Committee be authorised, in order to provide security for such a debenture issue and in order to limit the Individual ability of members, to take the necessary steps to convert the Club into a limited liability company with an individual liability of $50 per month."
Mr. H. Overy seconded this and
The first illegal sock sent Berg reeling against the ropes. He was 60 weak that both legs - caved in and he had to support himself by clutching at the middle strand. The referee sensing his plight, stopped in to make Inquiry as to whether he had been hurt, evident- ly not having seen the foul, but Jack pushed him aside. No sooner did the boys continue than Glick yncorked another foul punch that landed even lower than the first one.
his knee but
A Bright Referee.
Berg dropped to instead of taking proper action both the bright referee and the equally brilliant timekeeper pro- ceeded to count him out. Even the information shouted by Charles F. Mathieson, one of the judges, that Berg had been fouled, did not alter either officials" plan or decision. Somebody
gave Timekeeper Mc- Avoy a wooden hammer and told him to bang it with great gusto on the platform whenever anybody went down and he was out to obey those orders to the letter.
the motion was carried after several around with surprise written all Berg, though badly hurt, looked proposals, as amendments, that the over bis face when he heard the individual liability be $100 per mem-intonations of the hammer wielder. ber.
He managed to get up at three. Instead of playing the part of the The question of increase in sub-wounded duck he sailed right into scriptions was the next point to be Glick with both hands and had him hanging on in a badly dazed con- dition at the bell.
Higher Subscriptions.
taken up.
Mr. Lindsell then proposed and Mr. E. Abraham second that:-
Ordinary members shall pay an entrance fee of $25 and a monthly subscription of $3.
The Stuf to Give Free.
It was a great fight from start to finish and as things turned out Sea-going members shall pay an maybe it was just as well that catrance free of $16 and a half-Referee Dorman let Glick get away
with what he did because it cer yearly subscription of 89. -
tainly would have spolled the show.
The effect of these amendments will be to increase the subscrip- tion for ordinary members from $2 to $3 per month, of sea-going members from $1 to $1.50 per month, and of Naval and military subscribers from $2 to $3 per month.
The motion was carried.
HARD COURT TENNIS
NOTE ISSUES Official Monthly Returns.
TOTAL OF 391 MILLIONS.
The returns of the average amount of banknotes in circula- tion and of specie in reserve in Hong Kong, during the month onded April 30, 1930, as. tified by the Managers of the rea- cer-
pective Banks is as follows:-
Banka
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor portation Mercantile Bank of In- dia., Ltd,
Total
Average Specia Amount. In Reserva
319,337,853 $ 7,800,000*
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In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued .at $180,000.
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Incidentally, Berg furnished the answer to the question what to do with guys who hit low-his answer was to give them a good licking, He certainly took fine care of Glick | Wire in those inst three rounds.
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Defeated by St.
Patrick's.
In a return
match
The British hard court tennis Patrick's Club, Garden Read, the championships at Bournemouth home cueists defeated the R.E. produced some surprises in the W.Os. and Sergts. Meas by 186 second round.
H. K. Lester beat Gregory in matches played.
points, winning three of the Ave
Scores:-
St. Patricks.
T. Gooding E. Nutall
9. Bishop
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C. H. Kingsley by 3 sets to 1, and "Bunny" Austin had a close match with Ferry before winning by 3 sets, to 2-Singapore Free Press.
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F. Jones, Alderman, Oswick, and Brawn (Skip).
Reserves Massey and Kaight.
P.
F. Lunny and A. F. Paul (Skip):
Reserves: V. Sorby and H. S. Jones.
873
Division II.
Davis Beats Falkiner.
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LAWN BOWLS.
TO-DAY'S TEAMS IN THE
LEAGUE.
Division I
Taikoo R.C.-J. C. Chalmers, J. Polson. J. Russell and W. Wotherspoon (Skip).
J. B. Chapman, T. Grimes, G. McLeod and N. Drummond (Skip). J. Sloan (Sen.), A. Stalker. J. Laing and R. Wallace (Skip).
K.C.C.-F. Goodwin H. Overy, J. C. Lyal, J. Gibson (Skip).
H. Gittins, C. J. Tacchi, A. Hyde
Lay, J. Fraser (Skip)..
A. C. Burford, J. Howe. L. E. Lammert, A. E. Silkstone (Skip).
C.S.CC.-Simmonds, Westlake, Holledge, Grimmitt (Skip).
Taikoo R.C.-C. Summers, T. K.C.C.-T. W. Carr, J. Dinnen, Stainton, W. Bell, R. K. Duncan J. J. Hirst and L. J. Blackburn | (Skip), (Skip).
W. Borrowman, A. J. Kew, W. Goldenberg and B. Potheram (Skip).
0. B. Raven, D. A. Purves, V. C. Labrum and J. M. Jack (Sk!p).
Electric Co. R. CS. J. Clarke, E. Thompson, D. S. Hill and W. H. B. Muskett (Skip).
W. Stoker, G. T. Padgett, F. F. Duckworth and H. Hatch (Skip),
A. Tarbuck, T. P. Saunderson, J.
W. Cunningham, W. Brown, S. Amery, J. J. Whyte (Skip).
J. Sloan (jun.), T. Swan, G. H. Stewart, Walmsley (Skip).
Civil Service C.C.-Holdman, P. R. Wood, Deakin, and F. H. W. Haynes. (Skip),
E. L. Holland, H. Strange, R. E. Davies, and W. E. Hollands (Skip). Whant, Bickford, Murphy, and Taylor (Skip).
Reserves:-Luck and Willmott.
London, April 19. The result of the Davis- Falkiner billiards match resulted in a win for Davis. The scores were Davis 21,975, Falkiner 19,815.
London, April 21, The following are to-day's clos ing scores in the second half the Professional Billiards Cham pionship at Thurston's Halı--- Newman (in play) 2001; Inman 703.
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