1930-12-06 — Page 13

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1930.

EASIER

GOLF

-by-

H.STUART HOBSON

WHEN THE WRISTS COME INTO THE SWING.

EXPERTS IN DIFFICULTIES.

About the best leng-handicap man I have played for a long time was one whose corpulence suggested a 24 handlenp, but whose golf was many strokes better than this.

On top of the disadvantages of his physical build, this player had a badly damaged right hand, use less for the practical purposes of Rolf. His swing was a left-handed awing from start to finish, and he drove a very long ball.

My friend might be held up as an object lesson in the value of the teft-hand in golf.

Secret of the Scratch Player "Too much right hand!" is a phrase that has been called in to answer for most of the errors of complex game. The straight left arm and the downward pull of the left hand have been held to be the secret of the scratch player.

Yet I am not myself so certain that the left wrist is not relatively more Important than the left hand.

This question of wrist-work in golf is one about which It acems impossible to find a comprehensive saya one player.

formula. "Keep the wrists firm but not locked,” "Don't bring the wrists in until after the ball has been struck," says another. "Cock the wrists at the top of the swing," Baya Bobby Jones.

"Flick your wrista," Anyd James Braid, "Imagine yourself using a corkscrew the tautness followed by the incisive snap as you withdraw the cork."

Nothing is conflicting in all this good advice. ',

Golf is too esoteric for the vocabulary of the English language, that is all. We all mean the same thing, but, like the bishop In the can find no words to bunker, we express ourselves.

The Wrist Action.

I am inclined to like my own Bimile as much

of the as any others.

The swing is like the throwing of a stone. That fa why women are not so quick to master it as men. The curliest recollections of the small boy will concern pitching pebbles into a pond, and fielding a ball and throwing it back. There is a characteristic wrist action used, and that wrist action is the wrist action of the golf swing.

"Delayed wrist action," I have heard it called.

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Rut here again you have an ex- pression that means nothing unless you know already the action that is described.

To Avold Slicing.

A chief cause of slicing is lack of wrist action. The player lifts his left elbow as he comes through

GOLF.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS RUGBY.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Cheltenham Lost by

One Point.

BEDFORD WIN.

The following are the latest re-

sults to hand of the Public Schools Hugby football season. The best match of the day was witnessed at Cheltenham where the College entertained Rugby School and lost by two tries to a goal.

Results.

Marlborough 20

instead of-keeping the elbow down and snapping the club-head through Cheltenham with the wrists. If the come in too soon, however, there will be loss of power and no cer- tainty of direction.

KHIR...

Bedford...

WHO WILL WIN?

TO-DAY'S LEAGUE GAMES AT HOME.

[Exclusive to Chim Mall—–— By "Linesman."]

The following is a list of Home football matches to-day, The teams In black type may win; where no black type is shown the

match may result in a draw:

Division 1.

v. Grimsby Town

Huddersfield Manchester U.

ARSENAL DIRMINGHAM V. BLACKBURN Blackpool

MCHESTER C. v. Newcastle

Sheffield U. v. Aston Villa -------...18 SUNDERLAND V. Liverpool

V.

v.

WEST HAM

DERBY CO.

v. Chelsea

Pr..

PUL

Leeds. Un

V.

Bolton

10 Wellington

LEICESTER

Y... Middlesbro

6 Hugby...

11 Tonbridge

* 19

11

Portsmouth

v. Wednesday

Dulwich

16

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1. Block.n Ampleforth

Bonsall

97

liggewick

1

remigro

v. BRADFORD

Barrow Town

Bradford C.

Waterloo A

a

Christ's Hospital

Bristol C.

Brigion low

11.BURY

Old Fastedians

17

11

B. Edward's

Harrow

I have recommended the golfer mot to Imagine that he is throwing the club-head at the ball with his hands

Kadborgh Cranleigh Brighton

Danelone Laye

to ignore the shaft. His action led should be the action that he would use in throwing a stone.

In curing a slice it is important to consider the position of the left elbow at

finish the

of the awing. If you find it well out the body, there you away from probably have the cause of the slice but what is the cause of the left elbow coming out from the body?

This is the difficulty with many of the pundits of golf..

The Left Elbow. Nothing is easier

than to say, "Keep the left elbow in!" but if the whole swing la formed in such a way that it cannot be made with- out this fault, then the coming away of the left elbow is a symp-

tom, not a cause,

that causes slices.

of the trouble

More often than not the left

elbow is pushed out by a dip of the right shoulder.

What is the cause of the digging down of the right shoulder? with the right hand batting at Usually nothing more than hitting

the ball, instead of sweeping It away.

And why do.golfers bat at the ball?

"The Crack of the Wrists. Because they think of themselves as hitting it. If they could think of themselves as throwing the head of the club at it, and sweeping It off the tee, they would find every- thing come more easily.

Sweeping the ball away is not the whole secret. A mere sweep- ing action can be very loose and useless. It is the whip-like crack of the wrists, just after the club- head has swapt to the hall, that makes the real shot at golf.

I studied the left wrist of my one-armed good golfer, both in action and out of it; the wrist was both flexible and powerful, and it clearly played its part in the swing.

Many golfers find that it helps them considerably to tune up for a coming round if they devote a few minutes before teeing up to prac- tice swings made with the left hand alone. It is not easy at first to swing a club fluently while using only one hand, but the more easily you can do it the more cartalu you

may be that the left wrist plays ita part in your golfing swing- (China Mail Copyright).

G. W. Garrett, S. J. H. Fox R. E. Atwell, G. T. May

10.30 J.. Coulthart, G. E. Ellams E. D.

10.24 10.28 10.32

$1

Yates, H. Lowe

STARTING TIMES FOR TO-MORROW.

10.40

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G. W. Jeffries,

Matthews

10.44

#

P. S. Grant. J. B. Lanyon

T. J. Keogh, R. A. Campbell

The Royal Hong Kong Golf 10.48 Club notifies the following start-

ing times for to-morrow:-

9.00 a.m. H. Spicer, C. B. Piger

11

9.04 J. II. Crawford, H. W.

Dully.

10.52

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10.53

11,00

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11.04

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9.12 to 9.24 a.mNot to be booked. 11.08 Championship matches be 11.12

low should be allowed to 11.10 pass any matches in frent

9.20 a.m. N. L. Smith, F. J. de Rome 11.20

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E. T. Nash, J. E. Richard-

801

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F. 8-Welz, Comdr. Priest-

ley

J. R. Dovey, J. B. Ďykos.

O. Eagar, A. D. Humphreye

A. G. Coppin, E. des Voeux

J. D.. Hutchison, W, N. Buyers

H. C. Russell, AE. Stodo

3. A. Seth, H. A. Lammert C. Monaghan, C.

E. P. Fletcher, A. R. Cox

H. C. Durachmidt, C. B.

Earbour

Epsom

and 0.8 ........

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Stonyhurst

Donal

imperial Service Call. Barnsley

Wokin

Old Whit

Elacht Exten "A" 18

Oratorybel

Ht. Patre's York

Queen's Coll. Camb, 13

Huntplerpoint

Cardiff Chariton EVERTON

Plymouth

Swansea

Division II.

v. Reading

v. STOKE

v. Notta F.

Millwall

v. WOLVES

v. Oldham

v. TOTTENHAM

v. Southampton

Y.

7. PRESTON N.E.

v. Burnley

Division III--Southern.

Port Vale

Bury.

$1

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17

Loudon Irish ""... "Treat

W. Brom. A.

fld Monkaniwan

Clapton O.

Coventry

FULHAM

11.

Norwich

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Haberdashers on 19 King's Canterbury... H18. Coamy son 9

Wellngton (Bont.) Cartas College, Brocon 10 Epeam ............................ 20

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10

Bedford Modern ... Toyal Masonic Chriet's Hospital .... Nautical Coff. Pang

bourne.....ka Exeter Univ. Call, King's Worunter, wi St. John's Leader

Bournemouth v. Northampton

NOTTS CO.

v. SOUTHEND

V Exeter

Crystal P.

V.

Brighton

V.

Bristol R.

v.

QUEEN'S P.R. v.

SWINDON V.

Lincoln Coll. Oford

Thames

V.

LUTON

Walsall

GILLINGHAM

WATFORD

V

Brentford

Reale Hart

Whlight If.

6 RAF. (Polixutowe).....

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL.

Hockey-To-day-Y.M.C.A.. II. v, H.M.S. Bruce, King's Park, 4 p.m.

Racing-To-day-Twelfth Extra Race Meeting.

Monday- Entries close for Thirteenth Extra Meeting, noon, December 13-Thirteenth Extra Race Meeting

Hunt

December 21-Fanling Club's Steeplechase Meeting.

February 15-Fanling Hunt Club's Steeplechase Meeting.

January

18-Fanling Hunt Club's Steeplechase Meeting.

Chess-To-day--Kowloon Chess Club Championship.

Rugby Football-To-day-Club v. South Wales Borderers.

Football To-day-First Divi- sion--St. Joseph's v. Borderers; Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders v. Royal Artillery: Police v. Club: Recreio v. Chinese: Navy v. Kow loon; Second Division-Navy v. Borderers: St. Joseph'a v. Chinesa; Royal Artillery v. South China: - Club v. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders; University v. Kow- loon; Recreio v. Eastern; Third Division-R.A.0.C. v. Fuklon.

Tuesday- Meeting of F.A. Council, 6.80

P.m

January 1The The Rest.

Services

Golf-To-day and to-morrow K.G.C. Captain's Cup.

Sunday B.H.K.G.C. Champion- ship (first and second rounds).

December 14-K.G.C. Cham. pionship Semi-Final; R.H.K.G.C. Championship Semi-Finals and G. 1

M. Young Cup (First Round). December 15--Annual Meeting R.H.K.G.C. Jardine, Matheron's Board Room, 5.30 p.m.

Boxing-To-day-Tournament, City Hall, 9 p.m.

I.

Cricket-To-day- Division -Craigengower C.C. v. Civil Ser- vica (L); University v. Kowloon C.C. (F.); Garrison v.Royal Navy (F.); Division II—Civil Ser- vice v. Craigengower (L);. Hong Kong C.C. v. Royal Signals (L.); Police v. University (F.); Indian R.C. v. RA.S.C (F.): Kowloon C.C. v. Recreio (F.).

Ping Pong-To-day- Exhibi- tion Games and Distribution of Prizes, Chinese Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street.

Fanling Hunt-To-morrow... Opening Meet, Hunters' Arma,

3.15 p.m.

Lawn Tennu-Monday--Ladies' Open Doubles Final, U.S.R.O.

Fencing Monday Fencing Club Meoting; Yacht Club, 5.15

pin.

Athletics March 16 and 16-- Hong Kong v. Canton Univer sities.

HOME

Football-December 18-English Cup--Second round,

H

9.25

J. Newton, J. 3. MacLaren

11.24

9.30

J. W. Franks, A. H. Musson 11.28,

T.

9.8

H. U. Ireland, J. M. Walker

" Thwaites:

9.40

I. W. Shewan, O. E. C. 11.32 Marton

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G. Costello, R, M. Fetterly

11.96

3.45

A. T. Lay, A. B. Stewart

11.40

9.50

A. H. Ferguson, J. .K.

Shark

Macfarlan

11,44

"

D. Black, A. Sommerfelt

9.55

H. Gears, L. G. S. 11.48

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Dodwell

W. D. Harris, H. R. Camp- bell

12.20

10.00

K. S. Robertson, J. G.11.62

Campbell

11.56

A. C. I. Bowker, D. Forbes A. Ritchie, D, S. Robb

12.24

10.04

D. J. Gilmore, J. Stuart

10.03

D. Eilla, S. S. Perry

-10.13

T. Grant, H. Hampton

12.08

1016

W. A. Butterfeld,. D. G.12.12, A. 0. Brawn, A. B. Purves McAvoy

12 noon A. E. Lissaman, H. Young 12.04 p.m. B. D. Evans, G. W. Reeve NK Littlejohn, A. Leach

12.28

* 12.10 R. Sauger, E. K. Rounds.

10.30

J. J. French, H. B. Mathews (Continued of foot of next Column

R. G. Edwardes-Jones, J. H.

G. B. S. Thomson, W. J. Clerk T. Low, E. M. Bryden 12,82

R. H. Stuart, UB, Maturin 12.30 V. B. Gardon, W. Stewart No fourball will be played til 1.30 pm.

División III.—Northern,” *

Darlington v. Southport

Doncaster Gateshead HALIFAX Hartlepools HULL

LINCOLN

NELSON

7. TRANMERE

12.

WREXHAM

v. Accrington

v. Rotherham

v. Carlisle

v. York City v.. Barrow

New Brighton v. Rochdale STOCKPORT v. Crowe Wigan

v. Chesterfield:

SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

Airdrio. Clydo DUNDEE FALKIRK

Morton

Division I

V1 Celtic

บ. ABERDEEN

v. Leith A. v. Hamilton

Hibernluns-v-RANGERS- v. Kilmarnock MTHERWELL. Cowdenbeath PARTICK v. Hearts QUEEN'S P. East Fife

V. ST. MIRREN v. Ayr Un.

TO-DAY'S ENIPS.

Home.

Arsenal.

Blackburn,

Bury.

Everton.

Queen's Park Rangers.

Stockport.

Lincola.

Queen's Park. St. Mirren

Away, West Hani.. Bradford. Stoke.

Tottenham. Wolves, Tranmere. Rangers.

LOCAL TEAMS FOR TO-DAY.

Cricket and Football Elevens.

RUGBY.

Sporting enthusiasts will wel- come the wide range of sport tak- ing place this afternoon. Cricket football, rugby, hockey and ping- pong proving the mainstay of an excellent programme.

In the Cricket league Craigen- gower entertain the Civil Service Club and should win this first match of their league fixtures. The Club should defeat the Signals In League II and an in- teresting game should be seen at the Valley where the second elevens of the Craigengower and Civil Service Clubs meet.

Association football provides two good matches, those between the Recreio and the Athletic In Division I and the Navy and the Borderere in League II,

Rugby football stages a splen- did game on the Club ground be- tween the Club "A" and the South Wales Borderers. The latter were not strong enough when they met the Club on the first occasion but it will be interesting to see how they shape after a fortnight's training.

CRICKET.

University Teams. ·

The following will represent the University 1st XI. In a friend- ly cricket match against the K.C.C. to-day at 2 p.m. on the Home ground:-

D. J. N. Anderson (Captain), D. K. Samy, A. Baker, C. W. Lam, A. B. Sulleman, A. Rodrigues, K, P. Gan, A. Chan Fook, G. E. Yeah, A. S. A, Kyum and A. Nomanbhoy.

The... following will represent the University 2nd XI. in a friend ly cricket match against the Police to-day at 2 p.m., on the

Police's ground:--- —K_T.Loke (Captain), ~A.-A.-Asis, G. 9. Scully, P. L Tan, R. Leong, H. Namanbhoy, M. Yahyabhoy. W James, P. N. da Silva, E. Gozano and W. Hunt.

Reserve: W. K. Chon.

Army v. Navy.

DOES THE

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FOOTBALL

CAPTAIN COUNT?

WRONG IMPRESSIONS CONVEYED

MORE THAN MERE SPINNER OF

COINS.

CAPTAIN'S

OPINIONS

[By Reg. Davies.]

The fact that we do not often) hear of long and heated discus- sidas concerning the captaincy of a football team leads to the con- clusion that he is not considored so important as the captain of teams which play other games

cricket, for example.

The trouble with a series of failures of this kind is that the. players get nervous about under- taking the job. I have known the day when I have asked three men In turn to take que penalty kick, and cach has said that he would rather not accept the responsibl- Iity.

The skipper of a football team

Then the captain who is doing should, however, in my opinion, consider himself an important per- his job must always have his eyes 40, because upon the things he open and his wits about him con- the success or failure of his side. things are not going right the doea, or forgets to do, may depend | cerning tactics in general, I

When a side does well the captain captala is the fellow who must does

them. He may have to not always get the praise, attend but frequently whon a side is not change the style of play to suit doing so well as expected the skip the occasion. This means running per gets the blame-and may pos- risks, but they have to be run at sibly deserve. It.

times.

Figurehead.

It may be alleged that in some sides the captain is a mere figure- bead, whose job seems to consist solely of being Brst out of the dressing-room and saying whether he will play with the wind when he wins the toas,

That, however, is not the way the captaincy of the Brentford Club, which happens to have been entrusted to me, is regarded, says Reg Davies of Brentford, F.C. In the Evening Standard.

In effect, the position, as ex- plained by our manager as we go out to start a game, is this: "The best team has been chosen, and It is up to you to get the beat That attitude The following will represent the cut of the men."

immediately puts a big respon Hong Kong Garrison against the sibility on the shoulders of the Royal. Navy st King's Park captain, but it also gives him to-day commencing At 2 p.m.status..

The other players know Lieut. A. H. Musson, Royal Artil he is a captain in something more ery (Captain), Cpl. W. T. Davies than name, and that what he says (R.A.M.C.), Lieut. R. V. Dewar during a game "goes." Durle (Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders), 2/Licut. A. C. Hamilton (South Wales Borderers),

Penalty Kicks.

Lieut. J. Hazlewood (Royal Artil- which cause the captain

There are certain occasions

lery), Capt. R.. G. Lochner (South Wales Borderers), Lieut. J. K. Mec-

Боте

Enforced Risks

Suppose you are one down, with only a quarter of an hour to go. Every ounce of energy must be put into the attack. Half-backe must be well up, and full-backs also advancing towards the oppos. ing goal.

Obviously this may mean-another goal or even' two more against your side, but that cannot be helped. If a game is being lost; in any case the risk is worth the candle..

I do not believe in a captain -chopping-and-changing a team

not going well. If the centre-for- about merely because things are ward is moved, say, to outside-left for no real reason, It implies to the spectators that in the opinion of the skipper the centre-forward is a failure. That sort of thing does not help a player to recover his confidence.

On the other hand, when a man the skipper must think how best to is-hurt and unable to do his job,

nullify the, handicap.

Injuries.

In this connection I once got into that water", over something worry. When penalty kicks are which was not really my fault.

an

farlane (H.K.S.R.A.) L/C. R. awarded, for instance, who shall A player was hart, and I told Robson (Argyll and Sutherland take them? More than once while him I thought it would be better

I have been at Brentford I have if he moved. Highlanders), 2/Lieut, A. J.

He assured me wished that we had in the side a

that he wasn't so badly hurt as Stockar (South Wales Borderern), Lieut. M. Warring (H.KS.R.A.), from the penalty spot.

who was certain to score to necesaltate. that, so I let him We had, carry on in his own position. Ac- N. Thorp (Headquarter

roughly, half a dozen penalties tually he was suffering from a last season, and we only scored worse injury than he thought, and one goal from them.

going for the ball again aggravat-. ed the injury.

IMPRESSIVE SCENE AT Capt.

HUNT.

Horses Still as on Parade,

ARMISTICE DAY.

Blcester, November 11. There can be few more impressive sights than that which I saw to-day at Cottlaford, Oxfordshire, where the Bicester hounds met, writes a Daily Mail correspondent. §.

The meat was at the school, and all the followers had made a point of being there early.

Staff).

FOOTBALL.

Recreio Teams.

Blackmore did the trick against Swindon and won us the match.

I deliberately chose him to take ed on the matter without knowing

Some of the onlookers comment

The following will represent the kick, in spite of one or two the circumstances. That is mers- the Club de Recreio for today's previous failures, because the ly one Illustration which shows

pitch was heavy, and he is a par games:-

outícularly strong kicker. We have 1st XI. v. Chinese Athletic the Recreio ground, at 4.15 p.m.-had two penalty kicks this season Beltrac; Silvi Netto, Xavier; and not yet scored, a goal from Marques, Gozano, SonBA; Gozano, the spot. So if anybody can tell Ward, Silva, Rocha and Santos.. me how to choose a man who can- 2nd XI. v. Enstern at Home at rot miss from the twelve yards 215 pm-

apot I shall be obliged!

“Lawrenco; · · Costa,

Figueiredo, E. Lawrence; Gonsalves,

Britto; Silva,. ***

Roza Pereira, Sousa and Santos.

RUGBY.

Club "A" Team.

The following will represent

second eleven against a team from H.M.S. Bruce at King's Park to-day at 4 p.m.:-

H. P. Keyserling; J. M. Purves, Bates, G. Mitchell R. Dormer; H. Muller, L Lacey, W. H. Smith, F. Parker and L. Coombas.

As the clock of the village church struck the first note of 11 the animated scene became, transform- ed. The men in their red coats, and the smartly dressed women, the Club "A" v. South Wales Bor-L W. Tipple: R. A stood with bowed heads holding derers to-day at 4 pm. their horses. Only the jingling of 3. P. Whitham G. R. More, horses' bridles and the whimpering | G. A. L. "Plummer, Allers, W. D. of a young hound disturbed the Johnson; 1. H. King, J. E. Bonnar Club Against 28rd Highlanders. (Captain): W. F. Leckie, W. E. silence.

Peers, W. Hartley, E. F. Buttress, A. R. Cox, W. R. Andrews, W.-J.Club" 2nd XI at King's Park on The following will represent the Kerr and B. L Stock..

Monday, December 8, at 5 p.m. Referes: Mr. G. F. Recs.

sharp...

The horsea seemed to feel the atmosphere; they all stood as still as chargers on parado,

A local siren sounded at the end of the two minutes. Hounds at once went off to "draw." The day's hunting began, but the war daya when hunting had been impossible. had not been forgotten.

HOCKEY,"

J

W. Borrowman; L. F. Nicholson, A. J. R. Wolff; · L.-A."R., Duncan, E. G. 8 Dale, A. A. R. Botelho, H. Fox, T. W. Southam, W. A. Nowers, PH. D. Wade, and. E C.

Y.M.CA. IL v. R.M.S. Bruce. The following have been select ed to represent the Y.M.C.A. Fincher.

that watchers do not see and know everything. They cannot al- ways know the part the captain plays.

That is perhaps why the skip per of a football team la not con- sidered really important.

HOCKEY.

RADIO TEAM DEFEAT UNIVERSITY.

The match between the Radio Sports Club and Hong Kong University yesterday afternoon, on the University ground, result- ed in a victory for the Sports Club by 4 goals to 2.

Play was fast throughout, and the visitors took a three goal lead: in the first ten minutes.

The University, improved in the second half, scoring two goals. In quick succession but the E.S.C. scored their fourth and last goal just before the final whistle.

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