1930-05-17 — Page 13

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1930.

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EASIER GOLF

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H. STUART HOBSON,

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THE CHINA MAIL.

KING JOHN'S TOMB. | U.S. TINNED GOODS. “Shabby" Monument to Island First in Importing

Be Restored.

The Dean and Chapter of Wor- cester Cathedral have undertaken the restoration of the tomb of King John, which is a conspicuous feature in the choir of tho

YOUR SWING MUST FIT YOUR FIGURE—AND YOUR PHYSIQUE. | cathedral.

At the first tee of a famous golf club the other day, I saw the start of a frienby match.

The senior competitor was an old man-bent and no longer supple, but young enough at seventy to take up golf. The junior competitor seemed to be his grand-daughter, slim, cer- tainly not twenty, and with charm in her swing rather than strength.

Am that is the problem of the professional.

Golf is a game that does not exact a conformity to type from its cham- Dions Plus golfers have weighed ainetoen stone-there is at least one of that size to-day; others have cited the beans at less than ten Some people take up the game-bo- tore muscular development has real- ly begun, and others when the limbs are, stiffening.

It is clear that people at opposite extremes of physiqué caunot exploit the same swing.

First-class profèssionals recognise this when teaching personally.

Physical Strength No Handicap.

written about Much they have golf, however, suggests that there are only two ways to hit a golf ball; the upright swing and the flat swing. I know at least one other way--the straight punch. Consider the members of the average golf club. Some obviously began the game young. and employ a full swing. Others have clearly begun later, and are playing to a ten handicap with a driving swing that is more like a mashie shot.

played with a minimum of body movement and a firm wrist. The player stands well over the ball and is not tempted to take his eye off it as he is when he swings a driver. Nor does he get his body through first, because he need not move his body.

Yet the mashie shot, after all, is only a short version of the modern drive.

Accuracy the Vital Factor. Thut is my advice to the new- comer to golf. Take out a mashie and a

con-

The Dean points out that its shabbiness is emphasised by trast with the Beauchamp and Wylde tombs in the nave, which have lately had their ancient colouring restored.

In a letter to the Dean, Lord Stamfordham expresses the in- terest of His Majesty the King in the suggested restoration and re- colouring of the tomb and ex- preases full approval of the pro- posed work.

Fish.

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That the Philippines are important market for canned fooda from the United States is shown by export statistica for 1928, accord- ing to which the islands ranked first for sardines and fish other than salmon; second for canned sausage, condensed, and evaporated milk; third for canned tomatpes and can- ned apples; fourth for canned beef, peas, and miscellaneous vegetables; afth for beans; sixth for canned cherries; eight for corn and soup; tenth for canned pork; and twelfth for peaches and pineapples. ́.

Fish is used in one form or ap other in every part of the islands.

fish is Although fresh

preferred

dozen balls, and practise 3 TO REPRESENT 30. when available, there are seasons in hitting them up to a mark twenty

which Ash

Further-

ed by New Act.

are scarce.

got fresh fish and must rely upon dried and canned fish.

Salmon in cans has been until re-

yards distant. Later, get farther Curious Position Reveal-more, the interior districts do not out and do the same with the fron lengthening the awing and introduc- ing pivol. In this way, work back to the tee and the driver, giving yourself plenty of wooden club work through the fairway with a spoon first.

The vital factor, in the end, is accuracy.

It Is a fact that many of these men who punch the ball along with

Getting within approaching dis- their forearms manage to keep pace,

tance of the green in two shots at a in all but the very best company. 400 yards hole is 'easier than sink- with those who swing on classieing the ball in three shots after Brea.

Yet a girl of eighteen would that. Physique counts for nothing in the magic circle of fifty yards round the hole; it is all accuracy then.

And that is where matches

tehieve no

results at all by this method, because she would naturally tack strength in the forearms. She must depend on awing for the dis tanye she achieves, and if her swing

is vell made, and her timing accur ate, he will not be unduly handicap- ned by lack of physical strength.

Let me make my views on this subject of swing plain before going further.

The Ever Important Swing.. The best way to learn to drive a golf ball is to study the swing of,

the great players,

Experience has proved this the perfect way to secure maximum dis- tance and maximum accuracy with

a golf ball An early generation of golfers taught itself the diakult technique by trial and error; the

newcomer to golf to-day can learn it by instruction from a profes. alonal.

An upright swing the truly classical style-sits well on a tall, alim player. A flatter swing can be used by the player of shorter build.

A man who takes to the game later in life may no longer have the suppleness for the full awing. If he is wise, he will not break his heart attempting the impossible. He will swing as far as he comfort- ably can, especially in the follow through, and concentrate on achley. ing a useful length and great ac- curacy,

But put the youngest novice on a putting green with the most famous professional, and give each a putt; from lea foot range, and the odds on the professional are not so long not one thousandth as long as that he will outdrive the 'begin ner from the tee, for that is nearly a certainty as anything in this world.

My experience is that the friend- Hest club for the newcomer to golf is the mashie.

The Mashie. The mashie-so frequently reviled by the mature golfer works well for the beginner. The reason for this is that there is more hit and less theory aboat masble shots.

Piroting may be a positive dis- advantage, and wristwork is at a discount. The mashle shot is a hit

are won and lost.

That is why players are wrong in beginning the game by learning to

drive.

The Mental Element, Driving, the easiest shot in the game for the expert, is the most difficult for the beginner. The long club seems unwieldy, the ball far away, and the body movements a kind of complicated and sacred rite made for no special reason at the altar of the Great God Golf. Later, the novice learns better, but he has Pegged his progress back by months. The mental element has to be considered, too. .

Nothing is more disheartening than to hear the professional say, "Watch me," and then see him clout the ball two hundred yards. or more without an effort; and then hear him say, "Now you do that," and find yourself unable to shake the ball off its tee at all.

Anybody must develop an in- feriority complex. That is bad at any game, and it makes a fatal start at golf—(China Mail Copy- right.)

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With the change over of local cently a very popular item of diet government bodies under the new Act a curious position was reveal-but encountered difficulty in this ed in the Islands of Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde. The Cumbrae landward division has the privilege of electing three members to the new District Council, but it has a total electorate of less than 30, and is believed to be the smallest elec- toral area, numerically, in, Great Britain.

market last

canned year, when mackerel was offered at rates much lower than salmon. Canned mackerel, which has the appear ance of canned salmon, found its greatest demand from the classes with whom price is the important

factor.

Pilchards and shad have also com-

years, the former being commonly main competition for United States known as California sardines. The

salmon at present is Canadian

The island of Little Cumbrae,peted with salmon during recent which is included in the, division, has a total population of 14 per яons. Three local farmers have been nominated to represent the 20 odd electors, and their attend anes at meetings of the District Council will entail a sea trip to Rothesay, the return journey oc- cupying a whole day.

PODMORE'S FATE.

Why Home Secretary

Refused Reprieve.

Con-

As already reported, the siderable Press agitation for the reprieve of Podmore, who was sen-

tenced to death for the Messiter murder, failed and the condemned man was executed..

The Attorney-General refused to grant a fiat for an appeal to the House of Lords, following the Court of Appeal's decision uphold- Ing the verdict, and the

Home Secretary announced that he could not advise interference with the death sentence. Fodmore's counsel tried to show that there was "some

disquiet in the public mind" in re- gard to the circumstances of the prosecution and trial, but Mr. Clynes was satisfied that this was

not the case.

salmon, of which 781,763 pounds were imported in 1928.

EASTERN PORTS

Details of Epidemic Diseases

The health bulletin of Eastern porta for the week enged May 10. sulled by the Director of Health, gives the following cases:

Plague

Alexandria: 1 case. Bombay: 4 cases, 1 death. Rangoon: 1 death.. Colombo: 4 cases, 3 deaths. Pnom Penh 1 caso. Saigon: 1 case.

Cholera

Bassein: 3 cases, 3 deaths, Calcutta ; 194 cases, 125 deaths, Haiphong: 2 deaths.

Pnom Penh: 1 case. Salgon: 59 cases, 43 deaths.

Small-pox

Bombay: 52 anses, 33 deaths. Calcutta: 109 cases. 04 deaths, Cochin: 13 cases, 5 deaths. Karachi: 2 cases.

Madras: 24 cases, 4 deaths. Rangoon: 2 cases, 1 death. Vizagapatam: 3 cases. Batavia: 1 case, 1 death. Pnom Penh,1 case. Saigon: 1 case. Macao: 1 death. Dairen: 1 case,

Cerebro-Spinal Fever. Shanghai: 11 deaths.

EXCHANGES

1/5 9/16.

Sardines are by far the most TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS popular fish in the Philippines and the sardine Frade is in a very firm On 'London- position. The large, sardine in Bank, wire tomato sauce appeals to the natives, Bank, on demand... 1/5 % and American sardines

have been Bank, 30 day's sight. accepted partly because of this Bank, mantha' sight 1/5 34" method of packing. The price Credit

irontha ranges from 19 to 12 cents per sight enn, although higher-priced sardines Documentary, 4 are available for the foreign popu-

months' sight lation. Spanish and Norwegian sar- dines offer little competition to American sardines.

SPECIAL FUELS.

Effect of Tetraethyl of Lead.

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Un Parta- On demand

Some interesting Information re- garding the effect of petrol contain- Wire ing lead tetraethyl upon engine con- Un demand. dition is contained in a report pre- pared by Dr. A. M. Low of some we

research work he has recently been In particular, the valves and sparking plugs have been

conducting.

closely examined after running for

3,000 miles an ordinary fuel and on treated petrol. The sparking pluga were tested for insulation resistance

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AN ANCIENT “FIFI" between the centre terminal and the On demand

Nickname for High Priest 5,000 Years Ago.

Cairo, April 3. Professor Hassan Bey Selim. who la in charge of excavations at the tomb of Ra Duer, the Egyptian High Priest who lived about 2,700 B.C., has found in the tomb the burial chamber of one of the chief priest of Ka (the Soul, or other self),

AN OLD-WORLD AIR. Though it was more than twenty years old, the wedding-dress worn by Miss Pamela Grant when she The priest bore the nickname of married Captain Gordon Thorne at Fifi. His real name WAS Hebep St. Mark's, North Audley Street, Ptah-Sejpah. The burial-place is London, on April 9, was very like a long passage ending at a false those worn by brides of to-day. It door and it is decorated with a had been the gown worn by her magnificent walbengraving, in mother at her wedding, and was colour. This depics the priest with of soft parchment satin.

his wife. Hetep Heres, bis daugh There was a delicate embroidery ter, Nefer Kaus, and his son, Shua. of seed pearls, and a girdle of The portraits, after nearly 5,000 pearls at the waist. Over it fell years, are still flawless. The plait à veil of exquisite Brussels lace. ed wigs of the figures, painted in The attendants made a pretty black, show each curl as if it had group in dresses of cowslip yellow been painted yesterday.

The priest's sarcophagus, which chiffon, the boy in matching satin. The quaint lime-green mittens lies in a shaft behind the false worn by the little girl, Miss Anthea door, is of the finest limestone Onslow, and her large poke bonnet and boars finely sculptured inscrip Invested her with a delightful old-tions. It is regarded as the most world air, and her boy-partner artistic sarcophagus yet unearthed

in Egypt. made a perfect cavalier,

metal case at a pressure of 500 volts, | 80 day's night,(private and the insulation résistance was ex- paper) ceedingly high.

On Yakohama-

The results of the rest indicated | On-demand that there was no short circuit on Gold Leaf, 100 Ene any of the plugs teated at 60deg. (per taei) F. No metallic lead could be de tected in the deposits on the pluga, and certain plugs, of which the metal portion is tinc-coated, were free from signs of rusting, although there was marked corrosion on other plugs not so treated.

The valves were of composite type, with cast-iron heads and steel stems, and after running on treated petrol were found to be coated with a deposit of lead oxides, inter- mingled with oxide of iron. Chemical testa deßnitely proved the presence of chloride of iron and bromide of iron, and owing to the presence of chloride of iron corrosion was mark- ed. Numerous small postules, some of considerable size, had formed over the whole of the top. surface of the valves...

While the report shows that un- doubtedly corrosion takes place in such conditions as apply to ordinary touring care when fuel containing lead tetraethy! Is ased. It does not appear that the effects as regards the sparking plugs and valves are likely to be very serious..

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*5%· p. ...23% dis. Chinese Sub, Coin Hong Kong Sub Coin 4% dis.

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