1930-11-29 — Page 13

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1930.

EASIER

GOLF

by

H.STUART HOBSON

"SLOW MOTION" GOLFERS WHO HANDICAP THEMSELVES.

FATAL INDECISION.

"I play golf for my own amaze- ment," says a new millionaire in a new comedy,

That seems un apt description of some four-ball putting I have seen. The first man putts. If he misses, his startled glance at his companions suggests that the green is much faster than they have reason to The next man, perturbed. believe, putts and falls shart. Yes, the green is decidedly tricky, he hints

is a cool, apparently almost casual, inspection of the line followed by an effortless stroke,

Would that some of our four-ball players had the same efficient ways.

The Efficiency at Golf. Golf at its worst is experienced when you are playing a match behind a slow four-ball. And if there is another four-ball behind to form a disgruntled gallery blaming you for the slowness for which the four- darkly.

ball in front is actually responsible Unless the third man has strength-yours is an unhappy round, unless of mind, he will show signs of a your powers of concentration on vague distrust of the game of golf your own game are quite out of the generally.

Should he fall, the fourth man will determine that the time has come to show these fellow how putts should be pushed in. He will in- speet everything with remarkable care. He will stand behind his ball in silent meditation, and, finally, with many a slow and gesture,, he will putt.

coaxing

The Slow Golfer. Whether he succeeds or fails, the match waiting behind will hate him for his slowness.

Slow golfers are scon at their worst in a four-ball game. On one of those days when there are seven ty or eighty caddles out over an eighteen hole course, they are to be seen pursuing their own poor pace -ignoring the fact that they have, -perhaps,-a-clear-fairway. in front of them and perhaps two matches be hind them waiting to tee off, while others pace uneasily in the fairway with time to work themselves into a state of dreadful-uneasiness over. their approach shots.

I wonder what slow golfers gain by being slow ?

Businesslike Bobby.

A golfing enthusiast who has taken some trouble to time the swing of Bobby Jones finds that the master is one of the most businesslika of swingers.

From the moment he tees up the ball until the moment he hits it he measures not much more than threef acconds by the stop watch - as compared with an average of five or six seconds taken by other golfers. There are a few famous players whe take much longer, the time being lost in practice swings and indeci sion about the best spot to put the Beg.

Bobby is businesslike through the fairway, too.

He may stroll ahead of his ball to inspect the lia of the land, but hav- ing decided what he wants to do, he just goes up to the ball and hits it

and what a hit!

On the green he is one of those golfors whose putting seems to cause them no anxiety — again his method

JACK HOBBS STANDS FIRM.

INDIAN TOUR.

Calcutta, Nov. 18. "Nothing will induce me to play | cricket on a Sunday," declared Hobbs in an interview this after-

noon.

"I have never played cricket on a Sunday and I never shall," he added.

common.

I

HAGEN'S LAST CHANCE.

Remaining Major Event of 1930.

TOMMY - ARMOUR,

the two Courses

of

San Francisco, Nov. 5. Walter Hagen will make a strong effort to capture la firat major championship of the 1930 season when he competes against the natlon's greatest golfars over the Olympic Club at Lakeside here in the National Match Play Open Championship, which will take place on December 4, 5, 6, and 7. And, judging from Hagen's sterl- ing play in recent tournaments, Walter. promises to be at the top of his form for the big event here, Even the Scotch professionals will try doubly hard to win here since they will play for a purse of $7,500. This is the first year in many campaigns that Walter has not az nexed at least one major title. He fell short in the US. Open and for the first time was unsuccessful in qualifying in the P.G.A, play while

THE CHINA MAIL.

MAURICE TATE'S ADVOCATION. Innovation of Cricket Masseur.

LOCAL TEAMS FOR -TO-DAY. ̈

Cricket and Football Matches.

The following will represent the H.K.C.C. to-day:

HIS OUTSIZES.

Maurice Tate In an English

Ist XI. v. C.C.C. (Friendly, newspaper says:-"A reform I have long advocated has

come Away); now about. For the first time in Test A. Reid (Captain), E. R. Duckitt. matches in this country the Eng. G. R. More, F. Baker, R. M. Airey, land side are accompanied by an T. B. Brunton, C. Glass, E. C. expert masseur. The job of look-Etherington, A. J, Stocker, R. ing after the England players while Lochnar and A. C. Hamilton. Teat matches are in progress has

2nd XI v. Club de Recreio been given to Tom Ratcliff, who has been trainer to several professional football clubs, and has also acted in his expert capacity for an England Soccer International team.

"It is very necessary that cricket. ers shall be physically fit; that any strains or sprains should have im- mediate and expert attention. As we can't all know exactly what to do when things go wrong, or how to keep to scratch, it is well worth while to have a man who knows al ways on the spot. I, personally, have benefited from the massage treatment which Tom has given to me.

(Home):

W. W. Mackenzie (Captain), R. H. Wild, J. D. Humphreys, E. J. Collins, J. Chadwick, S. J. Stanesby, R. S. W. Paterson, J. D. A. Hutchison, C. P. A. N. James, J. Ashworth, and Other.

Match Cancelled.

The friendly match between the Indian Recreation Club and the Combined Colleges, which was to have been played to-day on the formers' ground at Sookumpoo, har unfortunately had to be can celled, owing to the inability of

the Colleges to raise a team. he was in Australia while the

There are some golfers who sim-British Open was being captured ply cannot play the game slowly-by Bobby Jones. Hence in the Abe Mitchell is one of these so National Match Play Open here, assume that there must be others the final big touracy of the 1930 who cannot play quickly.

campaign, Hagen will be fighting with his back to the wall-deter- miced to win his first title of the year.

It is inevitable that each golfer will play his best golf when he takes the game at the pace dictated by his temperament but, at the same time, if golf is to be any kind of mental and physical training, it should be possible for a player to school him- self Into efficiency at golf. Ho should be able to eliminate wasted movements, and so play the game at pace without being con- his own spicuously slower than other players. A preliminary swing is excusable; in fact, I know more than one player who has taken strokes off his handi- cap by trying every shot over with a blade of grass before he attempts- it with the ball.

But one of the players who does this is also one of the quickest in action.

The Overdone "Waggle."

He dispenses with preliminary "waggles." He tries over his shot, and then goes up to the ball and hits it without further ado.

The preliminary waggle is under- standable, too; it loosens the choulders and helps get the wrists into the shot in the right way. t is to be doubted, however, whether a dozen waggles serve any better purpose than two or three -- they nervous probably reflect only habit.

If Bobby Jones is quicker with his shots than many other good players, it is certainly not because he hurries the swing, or because he ignores the principles of "slowly back." His style is essentially one of concentration--a concentration made possible by reducing each shot to its simplest form.

Many golfers allow indecision to become a habit with them because they think too long about a shot.

Indecision is fatal in golf; the golfer must make up his mind exact- ly about his objective, and go after it with cool deliberation. (China Mail Copyright).

FRENCH RECORDS BROKEN.

Two Times Claimed As World Records.

SEVEN NEW ONES.

Seven new French athletic re cords, of which two are world re- cords, have been set up during the past season.

Walter Hagen

In the recent $10,000 St. Loula Open, which Tommy Armour won, Hagen played marvellous golf. In fact he was 10 shots under par for the 79 hole journey-yet this net- him only second money ted Armour. flashed four rounds of super-golf to win first place. Tommy was exactly 14 shots below perfect figures for the 72 holes, an average of three and one-half strokes under par per round. But for Armour's par-smashing golf Hagen would have won, and fur- ther his come-back victory would have been given loud acclaim all over the world. But it was not to be.

This failure to win, despite some of the greatest golf he has ever played, did not discourage Hagen. Proof of this was shown when be

won the Michigan P.G.A. cham- pionship at match play-by de feating none other than Armour, by a 8 and 2 margin, In the $6- holes final.

Armour, who together with Hagen, Sarazen, "Diegel, Farrell, Horton Smith, Von Elm, Espinosa, | Mehlhorn, Kirkwood and numerous other stars will play here in De- cember, has been the player of the recent tournament' sonson and as a result Hagen's victory at Pontiac speake even more volumes for the golf he had to play to win the Michigan crown." Armour won, the St. Louis Open right on the heels of annexing the National P. G. Å. and Canadian Open' crowns.

Bringing together as it does for

When it was pointed out to him Jules Ladoumegue broke the that Sunday was the only day on world records for the 4,500 metres which thousands of people could (8 min. 49.1-6 seca), and the 1,000 turn out for an Important match metres (2 min. 23.3-5 secs.), and, and it would be a great disappoint-in addition, broke the French re- ment to them if he persisted in his cord for the mile, his time being determination, he remarked that ko | 4 min. 15.1-5 secs. N- was extremely sorry but he would. 'Other records to be broken were not go against his principles..the long jump (V. Barlier, 7.15 He had been brought up in a re-metros), discus (P. Winter, 47.992 ligious atmosphere and taught to metres), 4x400 metres relay the first time amateurs and pro- respect the Sabbath. He did not (Moulines, Levier, Sera Martin, fessionals at match play for a wish to do anything which would and Foger, 3 min. 17.2-5 secs.), national championship the tourney Injure the cause of Christianity in and the pole jump (P. Ramadier, here will be watched by gólfors this country.

all over the world-United. Press. 3.99 metres);

"Probably, for his part; Tom would tell you that he is very thankful

that the whole team

doesn't consist of Tates, otherwise he would have to get up earlier in the morning and go to bed even later at night. He says, jokingly, that ought to go to a massage es- tablishment where they specialise In autaizes."

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL

Lawn Tennis To-day- Completion of Second Round of Ladies' Open Doubles Cham- pionship.

Racing To-day-Eleventh Extra Race Meeting.

Monday Entries close for Twelfth Extra Race Meeting,

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December 6-Twelfth Extra. Race Meeting. December

Entries close

for Thirteenth Extra Meeting, noon,

December 18Thirteenth Extra Race Meeting.

December 21-Fanling Hunt Club's Steeplechase Meeting.

January 18-Fanling Hunt Club's Steeplechase Meeting.

February 15-Fanling Hunt Club's Steeplechage Meeting

Cricket Today - Divi- alon I-Craigengower C.C. v. Hong Kong.C.C. (La); Division II Police v. Craig- (L.): Royal engower C.C. Signals v. Indian R.C. (L.): Recreio J. Hong Kong La (F): C Service v. Kow- loon C.. F.).

Football Today La! Wah Cup Competition-Civi- liana v. Navy (Club ground); Second Division-Club v. Re- crelo; Chinese v. Navy: St. Joseph's Royal Artillery; Borderers v. University, Ar- gylls Eastern: Kowloon v. South China; Third Division -South China V Chinese; Fukien v. Ewo Royal Air Force v. R.A.S.C.-

Fanling Hunt To-day At 24th Mile Stone, Castle Peak Road, 4 p.m.

December 7-Opening Meet. Hunters' Arms, 3.15 p.m.

Golf-To-morrow-Kowloon Golf Club. Junior Champton- ship, qualifying round, 8.30

B.I.'

Monday R.R.K.G.C First round of Governor's Shield,

Tuesday--Second Round of Ballway Cup (Ladies).

December 15-Annual Meet- ing H.KR.C.C. Jardine; Mathe- gon's Board Room, 5.30 p.m.

Fencing Monday-Fencing Club Meeting, Yaeh: Club.. 5.45 p.m.

Chess Tuesday First Round of Kowloon Chess Club Championship.

· HOME. FootballTo-day Eng- lah Cup First Round,,

FOOTBALL.

The following will represent the Kowloon second eleven versus South China on the K. F. Club Field to-day-kick off at 2.45 p.m.:---

Angus; Guest, Eastman; Everest, Glichrist, Parkinson; Cotten, Suther land, Spary, Grimwood and Bickford. Reserves: W. H. Brown, Smith, White, Hawke and Gurivitch. Club 2nd Eleven to Meet Recreio. The following have been chosen to represent the Club second eleven in the match against Club de Recreio on the Club ground to- day:

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PEN PICTURES OF WAKEFIELD

EARLY ENTHUSIASM

HOW HE PLAYED FOR SEDBERGH AT FOURTEEN.

"ISN'T HE WONDERFUL?”

[By "F.B.H."]

An Intereating pen picture of had a side which could hold its own of repute. This first W. W. Wakefield-England's most with teams famous Rugby International who | game was against Windermere, and has retired from the game this I never saw a pluckler youngster season-appears in a recent issue of than was Wakefield. the Sunday Referee.

I shall always remember his Recalling" Wakers' " early Rugby marvellous tackling of an opposing career, "F.B.H." who writes as a forward, who must have been over intimate associate of the great in sixteen ternational, says that his father and brought him down, but the great weight. Ho uncle were both great footballers.

mass of humanity fell across the boy's head, and much concern was displayed by some of us. "All in the game!" he shouted, as he ran away Immediately after recovering from

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The former narrowly missed his "blue" at Cambridge and the lattar was a great player who was at one time captain of Sedbergh School XV.

But I can remember him long be❘ the shock. fore his school-days-aye, even be fore he reached the dignity of cloth knickerbockers, for on one of my visits to the Wakefield home I was taken up to the nursery where a happy father held his few months old youngster in such a manner as to allow the little feet to kick a ball round the nursery floor.

stone in

After discussing some of Wake- field's greatest games "F.B.H." goes previous to the popular English on to describe a match played just skipper's marriage.

Those of us who were intimate with the family remember how the foot-young bride-to-be wanted to go up to see the game and how she was not Ambitious Gleam.

only not allowed but was warned Some ten years later that same that her groom would turn up at this boy nearly collided with me when ceremony with black eyes and on we were both riding bicycles. He crutches. Then two days after the was scorching over a hill with his wedding "Wakers" turned out for eyes looking down to a field where Lancashire against Yorkshire. The the famous Kendal team were play-next-season-(1920-1)-he-played-for- Forwill; Stoker, Hynes; Sloan,

We both alighted and England against Wales, Scotland, Puncheon, Tarlin; Alexander, Hell, ing a match. Strange, Jackson and Smith.

watched, and I saw in his face end Ireland, and soon became the Reserves: Hooper and Dean.

gleams of that enthusiasm which is most talked about man in Rugby necessary if a youngster is to be- football. come a first-class Rugby player.

· GOLF.

STARTING TIMES FOR TO-MORROW.

The Royal Hong Kong Golf Club notifies the following start ing times at Fanling for to morrow:---

9.00 a.m. C.

B. Rigga, Thompson.

J,

B.

D. S. Robb, J. S. Dykes, W. Paterson, G. Cantle. A. C. 1. Bowker, A. Ritchie. 5. Coulthart. G. W. Jeffries,

H. W. Dulley, A. Reid. Capt. Williams. T. S. Whyte-Smalth.

9.24 9.24

9.28

9,32

9.36

D. Lyon, G. A. Lelper.

9.40

0.44

9.48

0.52

9.86

10.00

10.04

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R. O'Shea, D. Black. I.-G. Allison, D. J. Gilmore. P. Morrison, J. Stuart- A. E. Stone, H. C. Russell. A. 2 Stewart, A. EL. Ferguson.

10.08 0. Eager, J. M. Walker. 10.12 A. Leach, W. C. Shields. 10.10 E. P. Fletcher, G. T. May. 10.20

C. L. Shank, IL C.

10.24 10,28

10.82

1

10.38

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10,40

10.44

10.48

10.52

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10.50

Durschmidt.

R. A. Stuart, H. Spicer. N.. K. Littlejohn, A. B. Parves.

A. D. Humphreys, 'H. ·U. Ireland.

A. O. Brawn E. des Voeux. G. Thomerton, L. A. R.

Duncan..

G. E. Horridge, J. W. King D. Forbes, E. Young.

P. S. Grant, C. P. E018.

3. G. Campbell, H. Hampton. 11.00 *** A. C. Meredith, J. J. French 11.04 1. H. Gearo, A, E. Lissaman. 11.08, H. Lowe, D. J.. Keogh.. 11.12

T. Low, W. Clark. 11.18 G. C. Johnston, W. W.

MacKenzia,

11.20

11,24

11.28

11.82

11.36

12,40

1. E. Ealkes, 9. J. H Fox. WJClerk, D. F. C Cleland."

R.-E. Atvoll, E. P. White. 1. C. Grover, K. K. Rounds, H. C. Shrubsole, A. G. Coppin,

W. Wright, H. L. Shulia.

HOCKEY.

H.K. HOCKEY CLUB. CLUB DE RECREIO.

The following will. represent the Club 2nd XI on Monday," De- cember 1, at King's Park at 5 p.m. sharp:

He was only just over ten years of age, but he and I discussed the game as if he were twenty-five, as was at the time. We cycled back to the Wakefield home, which was at Clark-in-Cartmel, North Lancashire, and I remember the look of pleasure which spread over his father's fea- tures as the boy conversed about our adventure.

Young Wakefield was sent to a "prep" school, where Association football was, played, before entering

Sedbergh. He was about twelve years of age when he went up to the latter school, and a fine big built boy he had become. It was in the first month of his sojourn there that made it my business to run up against him "in accidental manner.”

Justice Not Done. "How are you getting on with your rugger?" I asked. "I'm not getting on; in fact, I am beginning to dislike it!" he replied. And then само an explanation. He didn't understand the game, and, owing to this ignorance, was unable to do him- self justice.

Then, because of his physique, ho was made to play with older boys who had more experience. As I left him he clasped my hand and sald, "But I'm going to try ever so hard to succeed, and well, wait until I've Anished my first term here!”

. Within a few weeks he was play- Ing for the school "Colts," which was aide composed of boys under six teen years of age, and from which the school XV would later ba bulit. His rapid progress was the result of learning the rules, and, as he said, "owing them backwards." After which he concentrated on certain published hints on the methods of wheeling and scrummaging.

I went to see his first game for the school, XV. He was thon about fourteen years of age, and the school

Marvellous Player,

It is impossible to do justice to W. W. Wakefield in any sort of pen picture. have watched his pro- gress from early childhood to the days when his school was proud of him as one of its players,

I watched his career in the Sere. vica and saw someining of the whole- hearted manner in which he tackled his job and his game: from first- class club games to playing for Lancashire: from Lancashire to England: and froni an England re putation to that of a household word wherover rugger is known. Not merely as a player, but whose name is synonymous with everything that is high-minded and fair: everything that calls for courage, ^^..

I remember being present at an important game at Leicester-I for- get what the fixture. was--but I re- momber the fact of there being two fine teams and still more of the marvellous tackling by Wakefield, who played as no man ever before "played."

There's Daddy!".

He was grimy; his sorum cap was torn: and his jersey was split. His best friend wouldn't have" te cognised him. Then his scrum cap was torn off his head; and I heard

shrill childish voice

cry, a "Look! Look! There's daddy."","

A thousand or more eyes turned and saw'n' Uttle girl of about threa sitting by the side of her young mother, who was perhaps just sa excited as the child.

And the player, who was the terror of his opponents, looked up; his mouth parted with a loving smile; he waved his hand for one feating moment: and then ho dived at a man who had the ball under

one arm

"Wakefield agala,” ojaculated a man at my side. "Isn't he wonder ful?"Tg

|FOREMAN AND BERG Whether Borg will agree with

MATCHED?

£7,000 OFFER.

A match between Al Foreman,

W. Borrowman: LA. R. Duncan the British lightweight title hold (Captain), J. E. Heary; G. A. Lor, and Kid Berg, is obviously the Plummer, A. N. Other. O. Butler:

8. J. H. Fox, H. A. F. Kerrich, W. A natural consequence to the for Nowers, H. O. Davies and E. Ger's workman-like victory over Fincher.

George Rose.

this opinion remains to be seen;" the little East Ender, as everybody knows, la flying at higher game- the world's title...

Berg soems within measurable afstance of realising his ambition at last, after a long series of dis- appointments, due principally to the manoeuvres of certain of the American authorities, and it la probable that he may have no in- clination to take up Foreman's challenge.

BONZO

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