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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1930.

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EASIER GOLF

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H. STUART Hossus

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000000000000000000000000 WHY CRITICISE. THE STYMIE?.

SPOILED, PLAYERS..

After being robbed of a match by a stymie ht the criticat moment, a Wolfer the other day might have been forgiven for the loudness with which he raised his voice against the un- fairness of the laws of the game..

"Stymies," he said, "are a last relic of the days when golf was a haphazard amusement.”

To-day with steel clubs, a head for every loft and distance, a ball that lies to make the hazards of the ulder courses easy even for the govice to carry when he is on his game. we persist with such an anachronism as the stymie. Golf has become more and more selentific within recent" years. Victory goes to the skilful. The stymie alone re- amins beyond the control of the ex- part golfer."

A Fortunate Effort.

It is to be doubted whether the stymie is much more beyond the control of the expert golfer than any

f a dozen situations.

What. after all, is an expert sroller?

Experts do, from time to time. hole twenty-yard putts. But they do not, do so habitually.

To hole a twenty yard putt is, even for the most scientifle of players, x fortunate effort. There is probably years of intelligent practice in the effort, but not all those years will compensate for an unhelpful inch of deviation. The expert golfer nc- cepts the good fortune of the putt, so he must accept sometimes the bad fortune of the stymie.

Science and Golf,

That golf would be more an exact science if stymies were eliminated is not to be doubted. It is hard luck for a player to lose a championship because he is onee stymied.

But the time must come when, it this process is continued; you may make the game too uneventful for some players.

This can probably never happen with golf, because you cannot have billard-table. elfects over acres of land. You will always have the luck of the lic, anfeas you are foolish enough to make a rule that a player who has on that may be can pick out the ball end tee it up.

luckly ic-whatever

was untrue.

THE CHINA MAIL.

STATION NOT RUSHED

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Sergeant-Major said that the in- structions were given quite inform- ally to the men who sat round a table, and it was there and then that, if they had any grievance, they could tell it to him.

Replying to the Foreman of the Jury, the witness suid that he had heard of B549's complaint, after he (Dalip Singh) had interviewed -Mr. Sparrow. B543 did not personally, let him (witness), know about the complaint.

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80 he sent Witness further told light,

police him that It was Mr. Scott who oftker to Autao to fetch some lamps the New and torches while he himself went caused his transfer to Territories. The "amok" again re- to Sheung Shui for the same pur peated that it was all through pose, and he also telephoned the Mohindar Singh that he was sent position. It was about 10.15 when out to the New Territories the he telephoned Mr. T. H. King, who second time.

told witness that the I.G.P. had left

At this stage, the Coroner inform- Witness re-assured him that Kowloon side at nine o'clock for thee the gentlemen of the jury that

the tragedy. When wit- the final hearing such was not the case and, scene of

will be held on thnt if he was not satisfied he ness returned to Lok Ma Chau he Friday, September 12, at 2.15 p.m. could see. Mr. Burlingham. found the 1.G.P. in charge.. Dalip Singh went away apparent-

Did Not Inquire."

that Mr. The Coroner said ly suffering from great emotion but there was nothing in his demeanour Burlingham must have known that to show that he would do anything there were some Chinese in the sta- tion, and the latter replied: "I had. rash,

no idea that there were any Chinese in the station at all."

Coroner: Did you inquire at all?

Was

Placed Him on Report. The next time witnesa saw Dalip Singh was on the day of the

Station. He quarterly inspection at Lok Ma Chau-No-

the inspecting Mr. Burlingham added that he ofleer and he had to report Dalip had been told by somebody that, After all, that is a logical deve-Singh for a minor offence and which everybody was out of the station upment.

offence the "amok" had to pay a except Mrs. Madgwick and B9.

Asked by the Coroner that if fine of fifty cents. The other men

witness knew there were Chinese in present had no complaints to make.

Witness went on to speak about the station would that have changed how he was called to the Lox Ma his dispositions or plans, and Mr. Chau. Station on the day of the Burlingham replied that he would tragedy, and, that he heard no shots not attack with lights because then fired which he could attribute to a they would be in more danger, as Lewis gun. He had to defer action the Police would have shot down for fear of hurting innocent people the first figure they saw, within the compound,

Every step away from the prin viple that the bad need not be played as it lies takes us nearer

to this point.

Master the Stymie. ・・ Few players ever putt deliberately to lay the adversary a stymie. though some may putt to leave the stymie if the ball fails to drop. This, I fancy, must cost them a good many strokes, because once the thought that the ball mag rio, drop enters your head, the chances that it will drop become less.

To put with an alternute object in view in the event of failure is the certain why' to fail.

And it is not beyond human power to negotiate the stymie.

*

I have seen a player amusing him- Butself by placing one ball on the ve

lip of the hole, and then lofting an- other over it from various distances, z feat which he achieved and you

even without the stymie there would still be chance in golf. A tee shot that hits the green at a short hole may shoot off at angle, or it may fall to the pin. Often this is the result of the way the ball is played, but quite frequently an irregularity in the green nakes, in this way, the difference between one putt and two. Golfers who seek to eliminate chance from their game are chasing a will-of-the-wisp.

It is just like golfers to do this. The man who buys a new club a month, and hopes with every one

Mr. Donald Burlingham, Divi- sional Superintendent of Police. Kowloon, said that B80 had

to complained

him that he had $79 of his own money, confiscated in a gambling game. which The had with B543 Dalip Singh). He was told that his case would be re-opened on the

from LG.P.'s return

Shanghai.

3643 came and interviewed Mr. Burlingham and at first seemed to he very excited but quietened down when the D.S.P. told him that he could lay his complaint before the I.G.P. (if he had any) when the case of B80 was re-opened. Mr. Burlingham Informed at 7 pm.

The Coroner: On July 21 I think you, were out bathing. About what time did you get news of this trouble (at Lok Ma Chau) 7-I should say just before 7.

In reply to further questions Mr.. Burlingham said that when he was dressing in the bathing-shed Inspec- will find can be achieved with practor R. II. E. Marks, the D.I.Y., gave tice by putting with a mushie and aiming to pitch the ball in such a way that it hit the back of the tin. If a golfer lays himself a stymie, it is clear that he should be penalis- ed for bad putting just as surely as if he had run the bail off the green.

A Poor Alternative. Should the player be an innocent victim of a stymie, there is some to add yards to his drive, or directhing to be said for giving him the tion to his mashla shot, is just a less experienced version of a player who wants a larger hole, or a hazard moved, or the stymie taken out of

the game.

Each has the laudable object of making the game easier, or, as they prefer to put it, more scientific."

The Luck of The Lie,

right to have the other ball re moved. This means, though, that we should see less of those pretty shots used to negotiate stymies, and we might sometimes find golfers not absolutely certain of whether a situation is a stymie or not.

A suggestion put forward is that the player should have the right to have the ball lifted at the cost of a stroke.

I agree absolutely that the easier you make golf, the more players will take to the game, up to a point. This would certainly give an ad- The present ball certainly brought vantage to the player skilful enough a crop of recruits, and I think the with the lofted putt, for he would present-day tendency towards wider nearly always prefer the chance of fairways and inoffensive hazards is that shot to the certain loss of a having the same effect.

-stroke the other way.

LAWN BOWLS.

DORRANCE CUP GOES TO TAIKOO.

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Mr. Bob. Dorrance, the donor. was present at the second annual

W. Bell

LJ. J. Whyte

D. Munro

1. K. Dunean

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J. B. Chapman

G. II. Stewart

3. Stoari J. Laing (Skip)

match for the Dorrance Cup, play T. Grimes ed on the Talkoo greens last night. | A. Stalker Talkoo R.C. and Kowloon Dock J. Chalmers R.C. were again in opposition, and W. Wotherspoon successful by 58

were

Taikoo ahote to 26. Thirteen heads only

were palyed on each rink,

After the match a supper and concert took place in the Culb house.

the bowls

Scores In

were:-

Taikoo I.C.

W. Weir J. Polson D. Walmsley "N. Drummond'

(Skip) ...... 9

game

Kowloon D.R.C. V. Kaat

J. Cuthill

V. Greig

H. McTavish

(Skip)

19

A. Colman

E. Docherty D. Kelth

F. Cullen

(Skip).....

V. Ramsay.

R. Morrison

J. McLaggan

S. Gray

him the information about the affair. He told Inspector Marks to *phone up. Later when he got dressed, Mr. Burlingham followed.

The Coroner: Then you went via Castle Peak?

Mr. Burlingham: I stopped at Castle Peak, and went to Autao Police 'etation....

ROUND THE CINEMAS

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bination of sound, dialogue and colour on a single film. Earl Lind say, one-time dance director for Dillingham, Carroll and the Shum 'berts, was brought from New York to direct the mighty choruses, num. bering more than eighty girls.

Two specially written musical numbers are heard in this sequence. They were originated for the stage show by Richard Whiting, Leo Robin and Sam Coslow, writers of many popular hits. Four other ori- ginal numbers are heard throughout the picture. The revuo is buil around the clever eccentric dancing of Hal Skelly, noted Broadway

REBE DANIELS IN RIO RITA.

Mr. Burlingham pointed out that į comedian," who is featured in the he would like to bring one more picture with Nancy Carroll, Skelly point out and that was that about 9 was in the original New York com- p.m. Inspector Brënnan told witness pany for the stage production. that he had seen somebody moving in the station....

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Coroner: In the back compound?

The Coroner: For news?--I col- lected three men from Castle Peak station and at Autao I tried to getYes. some news, I arrived at Lok Ma Chau at about 7.40 p.m.

The Coroner: And you sent for the A.S.P.?-lle came and report ed at between 8.15 and 8.30. should say nearer 8.30.

Continuing, Mr. Burlingham, anid that in the first place he made the station so surrounded that B648 (Dalip Singh) could not escape,

The Coroner: You made sure of that? Yes.... the A.S.P. (Mr. Sparrow) informed me that B9 was dead and Sergeant Madgwick told me that his wife was dead. "

"Hurry and Scurry." Replying to the Coroner, witness

Mr. Burlingham added that bad there been Chinese walking about in the station they would have been

“BROADWAY MELODY."

Nero Addled while Rome burned, so it is reported.· But Charles King, famous Broadway musical comedy star, who is now singing and dancing shot down as they were on the in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's all-talk- 1ground floor. B543 (Dallp Singh) | ing, all-singing and all-dancing pro was on the top floor of the station. duction, "The Broadway Melody," When his depositions being now.playing at the Queen's Theatre, reud over at the conclusion of his staged a comedy dance act on the evidence, Mr. Burlingham asked deck of the transport Zeelander dur. permission to withdraw his state-ing a submarine attack off the coast | ment regarding the line of action of St. Nazaire, France, during the were he War and was nearly made an Ad- he might possibly take informed of the presence of Chin-miral because of his bravery. cze in the Station. "I don't think we would have gone in," he said, "without lights to show who we wore shooting at, in any case."

"Nothing Unusual” The next witnesa. called was

said that he did not attack the station immediately. After much talk and search it was found that Sergeant Major Soran Singh, of the of the New Territories who told the Court In the hurry and scurry

"Why, I was entertaining some of the boys when an announcement of a submarine attack cleared the decks. I was so scared I kept right) on dancing, wondering, what to do. when one of the boy's dragged me "I didn't do any more dancing the rest down a gangway," said King.

5 affair, the hurricane lamp had been that it was his duty to viit all out-of the trip." Featured with King

left behind. He looked for a bullet proof waist coat.

Coroner: Did you find any?-Not

(Skip) 4 after some time. G. W. Cooper

G. Mitchell

W, Hedley

R. Lapsley (Skip)

How long I think it must have been about half and hour or three quarters of an hour before we found 8any.

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58 Hong Kong's Defent.

Shanghai, Yesterday, The Shanghai Junior Golf Club defeated the Hong Kong lawn bowls team by 19—11,

The Hong Kong team compris- ed Goodman, McLeod, Silva, and Muskett (Skip).

They also defeated Hankow by

9 -29-12.

Questioned by the Coroner as to whether these bullet-proof waist coats were good for rifles or for revolvers only, witness replied that he did not know.

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Coroner: Ever tested it with a dummy 7-No.

another Answering

Mr. Burlingham gald

stations periodically, but it was not in the M-G-M production are Bessie within his province to ask for any Love and Anita Page. Harry Beau- complaints. If the policemen had mont directed with a large cast of Any he would listen to them, Be-notable players in support. tween May and July 21 he went to Lok Ma Chau every week to Instruct the men and give parades.

Coroner: Did B548 make any complaint?-No, nover.

You last saw him alive on July 187-Yes.

Noticed anything unusual about him 7-Nothing unusual.

Never heard a whisper of any troubles7--No.

Mr. T H. King: When you give question, that ho these instructions, in what room do decided that nothing was, to you give them?-In the big barrack be gained by attempting to room. rush the station without some

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