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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931.

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GOLF.

STARTING TIMES FOR TO-MORROW.

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The Royal Hong Kong Club potifles the following sturt ing time for to-morrow at Far lng:

9.00 a.m. C. B. Riggs, P. Grant

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3.0.1 Capt. Muir, H. Hampton. 0.08 A. D. Humphreys, E. D.

Matthews.

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EASIER

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H. STUART HOBSON

"GROOVING" THE PUTTING SWING.

THE UPRIGHT STANCE.

During the last few years more { Wand more golfers have come to agree with the advocates of the "grooved swing."

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OXFORD'S NEW RUGBY CAPTAIN.

The world's heavy- Boxing, weight championship

Langle mny sort it- self out in a match between Max Schmeling, the holder, and Young Stribling, at Chicago,

Hockey.

which passed

"Tell everybody we have had a wonderful time and have been a happy family since we left Fre- mantle last May." With those words Mrs. F. J. Davy, manager Following the action of the New of the Australian girls hockey York State Athletic Commission in team which returned from a tour depriving Schmeling of his title of South Africa, Britain and comes the announcement Lhat "Pa" { parts of the continent on the mail- Stribling has concluded an agree-boal Naldera ment by telephone with Nato through Fremantle recently. pre- Lewis. the Chicago promoter, for a faced a brief sketch of the tour. bout between Young Stribling and Although the girls won only three Schmeling,

take place to

at matches, she said, they had gain Chicago,

od great experience which in ae, Although the Commission stated|cordance with a promise they made that a title contest between Shar- before leaving Australla, would be key and Stribling would be

passed on to their clubmates „sidered, "Pa" Stribling said his on their return. The team also son would rather fight Schmeling. had the honour of having fewer

goals scored against them in in ternational matches than any other international team.

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SUCCESS

season. means

Con-

1. C. Nitschke's con- Cricket, tinued

fork South Australia, with three centuries already on the books this

that Australia is developing another left-hander for future Tests, that is. If all goes well, and selectora are not too slow to recognise him. Nitschke is also a fine fieldsman, says the Sydney Referee. If the welectors of the next Australian Eleven

England be pro- gressives, and studious judges of the need for such a team, it is possible that we shall see two or three left-hand batsmen ready for the jaunt to England. Though ao young, A. Marks has improved, and is now also a brilliant all- round fleidsman. Like Nitschke, he would be worth playing in the bigger test games. L. Darling is ! also well on the horizon.

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The death was re- Mountain cently announced of Climbing. Major Edward Arthur Fitzgerald. late of the 5th Inniskilling Dragoons. at Marston Manor, Cirencestar, aged 60.

Mojor Fitzgerald was linguished as a mountaineer. Ho climbed the Alps from ead to end with Sir Martin Conway, visited the New Zealand Alps in 1894, and discovered the pass which bears his name.

He also led ал expedition In South America which climbed the Aconcagua and Tupungata.

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It is interesting to see Rugby, that Cambridge have elected J. G. Askew as their Rugby football captain in

HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

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SHANGHAI V., H.K. CHINESE.

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Monday, February 23rd.

SHANGHAI

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Askew Arst played for Cam- | 16.12 bridge in 1929, and was capped

10.10 for England at full-back in all four matches iast season.

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20,20

The postponed 10.24 Lacrosse. ladies' territorial 20.28

tournament

Ja 8 16.32 been at last commenced. In their 10.36 first match the South, last year's

undefeated League champions, 1.40

easily necounted for the East by

10.44 five goals to one. The other im- portant match between the West 12.48 and the Midlands resulted in a

1.52 draw of four goals all.

In the 10,56 some tournament at a later date | 11.00 the South defeated the North by 11.04 tour goals to two, and the Mid-11.98 fands had to by content with an-. other this time against the East.

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Tennis.

(1.12

1.16

11.20

1..24

The New York Sun writes that it has 11.28 learned from an off-1.32 14,30 cial of Big Eastern Lawn Tennis

11:40 Association that Henri Cochet is

#144

expected to join W. T. Tilden in the proposed professional tour of the United States and Australia.

The troupe, it is stated, will also include Karel Kozeluh and Vin- cent Richarda,

A auggestion that the Rowing, boat race course this year should be shorter owing to bridge building at Chia- wick was commeated upon by the Cambridge president, T. A. Broc klebank, who said that the rowing authorities at the two Universities had conferred, and had decided that there was no reason why the race should not alart and finish as gual. He added, however, that it might be udvisable for steamers following the race to pull up earlier than usual.

It has been the custom to start the race from Putney Stone, which is about 100 yards above Putney Bridge, and to finish opposite the brewery at Mortlake.

Owing to the work going on in connection with the new bridge at Chiswick, it had been painted out that there was a possibllity of one or both crews, in a tired state at the end of the race, fouling the piles. The proposal discussed was that the finish of the race should be 100 yards short of the usual apot.

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Charles Evans, jun., Golf. known to golfers throughout the world as "Chlek," is yet another famous amateur who has sald farewell to the game as a competitive player, Henceforth Evans's association with golf will be as a consulting engineer in the construction of Courses,

His career both on and off the linka has been a very romantic one. Starting life as a caddle at the Edgewater Club, Chicago, of which he subsequently became n prominent member, Evans won the Western Open championship in 1910, at the age of 20, and the French Amateur, a year later.

In 1916, he became a dual cham-. pion, accomplishing the rare feat of winning both the American Open and Amateur titles. Only two other golfers can claim the distinction of having won the two championships of the same country in the same year-one in John Ball and the other Bobby Jones.

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R. K. Valentine, W. Barton.

C. li. M. Andrew, A. J. Wolfe.

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GOLDMAN AND 10 SUCCESSFUL.

Great Doubles Duel Goes Full Length.

ONE-SIDED MATCHES.

[By "Base Line.")

A one-sided at of matches was recorded yesterday In the annual tennis tournament. All the Singles matches were WOR In traight vs. and it was left to Doubles marches to provide

the

the only thrill. I cannot see why golfors should L. Gold an earily vanquished complain of this, though. Do any S. E. Gree two greens play

a former champion, alike? A little conceding but three games In the more molature on part of the thatch. M. W. Lo, an ex-champion, course, or greater exposure to wind eliminated 1. M. A. Razack in con- in another, can make two greens sa vincing style. This was a match different from each other as to which displayed two players Th suggest two different sails. It is direct

Crast to one another. good golf to recognise the differ- Razack enee before you take your putt-throughout the game, and that As playing ona shot to allow for surface water or wind-down the side lires.

vas always the samo. Lo, on the other hand, round game and mixing his shots was playing an all-

continuously. Hy was very suc eessful in hortening his length and outpationin his more youth- ful oppot with crisp volleying.

Grooving the awing mean that all shots are made in the same way that a mashie chip is a full drive In shortened form. The object is to simplify golf, to rob the game of its intricacies by reducing the whole of it to a standard formula.

I have noticed, though, that de-dried turf. Mvotees of the grooved swing do not always carry their principle with them to the putting green.

They may crouch, as other golt- Kers do, or they may putt with the right hand, or push the left elbow out at right-angles to the body.

T. Low. J. R. Hinton. J. G. Campbell, N. Littlejohn. H. U. Ireland, C. H. Burton J. R. Masson, Col, D. II. Clarke.

T. S. Marshall, Chaloner.

E. des Voeux, Andrewes.

R.

A personal opinion is that it is on the green that the principle of the grooved awing is best adopted. R. Why should we patt with the right hand when we try to delay the action of the right hand ingery other shot? Why should a ten yard putt be so utterly different from a twenty-yard approach with the mashic?

T. Grant, D. Lyon. J. Bentley, J. Coulthart. A. II. Ferguson, A. E. Rnworth.

G. Castle, H. T. Buxton. D. J. Keogh, E. P. White. 1. Allison, J H. Ashworth. E. P. Fletcher, C. B Robertson.

Dr. Dovey, C. Mycock, A. Beach, L. G. S. Dodwell W. R. Vallance, Comdr. Priestley.

H. Lowe, E. M. Hanlon. G. T. May, HP. Bailey A. Ritchie, J. A. R. Selby C. W. Jeffries, A. G Coppin.

A. H. Penn, A. C. 1 Bowker.

Putting A. Mystery. Taking the view that putting is mystery with a key of its own is to go on to every green in the

mind frame of

that leads "putting fright." A couple missed putte, and the

golfer who has theories about putting begins

to

That is rather more important even than finding the correct line. It is so much easier to putt within a few inches of straightness than to find distance within a few inches.

Judging Distance.

His pace

A golfer who can be startled to The doubles match provided an see a putt going a foot off the line excellent fight for victory. After will worry not at all if the ball holding a bad of 5-2 in the final travels a yard-or even more than set, Henderson and Sewell crack-. a yard-beyond the hole. Lack of ed up badly and conceded the next judgment of distance, which, in the live games to their opponents to experienced golfer means judgment give them the match. They play- of the putting surface, is the chiefd well for their lead but, when reason for those putts that circle on several oecaalons they were the tin and then jump out.

within an ace of winning the match, they playe! very moderate- 4. Grove was the best player of the four with Heer'erson

a good second.

A putt without distance can never find the hole, but if the distance is right, a putt an inch off the line may trickle in by the back door (China Mall Copyright.)

of INTERPORT YACHTING

to fear that he has lost something.

Of the best putters I know, at

least half stand upright and take J. F. Sherry. A. S. Purves the putter through with two hands as, they would take it through for any other shot. Thoir putting, in fact, is the shortest version of the driving swing, made with the feet close together and no body move-

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL

HOCKEY-To-day- Caer Cup St. Andrew's Club v. D.G.S.; H.K. Ladies Hockey Cib v. Club de Recreio.

LAWN TENNIS-Monday- H.K.C.J. Tournament-Opon Singles and Open Doubles

Tuesday H.K.C.C. Tourna- ment Open Singles and Open Doubles.

GOLF-To-day--Chineka New Year Masting, Fanling: Bogey Pool, Kowiron,

To-morrow-Chinese New Year Meeting, Fanling; Kowloon Golf Club Captain's Cup Second Round and Bogay Pobl Monday-RII.K.G.C. New Year Meeting.

Tuesday and Wednesday- Egey Pool, Kowloon G.C.

Chinese

Y.

March 24-L.adios' Sectin- Prize Giving, Fanling.

FOOTBALL - To-day First Division Police RC. v.

Royal Artillery; Chinese Athistic Kowloon F.C.; Bord÷zers V. Club; Navy v. South Chinj St. Joseph's v. Argylls. Second Division, Argylla v, Univer- Bity; Kowloon F.C. v. Navy; Club de Recreio v. St. Joseph's; Eastern 7. Borderers; Club v. South China: Chinese Athletic v. Royal Artillery;. Third Division. Fukien v R.A.O.C.

Wednesday Hong Kong Shanghal, 230 p.m.

T.

February 21-Chinese v. Shang- hai, 3.30 p.m. Interport Dinner, Peninsula Hotel.

February 23-United Services v. Shanghai.

RUGBY 700TBALL-To-day— Hong Kong v. Shanghai, 9.30 p.m. Monday-Rugby Interpurt Din- ner, Peninsula Hotel.

Tuesday-United Services Shanghai, 1.83 p.m.

7.

CRICKET —— To-day — Divi- sion I-Hong Kong G.G. v. Royal Artillery (L): Royal Navy v. Kowloon GC. (F.); Division IL- Kowloon C.C. v. Royal Engineers (L.); University v. Hong Kong C.C. (L.); Club de Recrelo V. R.A.S.C. (L.); Indian R.C. Royal Signals (F.),

YACHTING-To-morrow-In- terport Metch-lang Kong V. Shanghai, 10.05 a.m.

V.

FENCING Monday-Fencing Club Meeting. Yacht Club, 5.16 p.m.

HOME.

--FOOTBALL —— To-day —- Eng- Ish Cop Fifth Round; Scottish Cup-Third Round.

February 21-Ireland v. Scot- Land.

HOLLOW FUDGE!

ment at all.

A golfer who has played golf for: a year without having set himself a putting style is an unhappy man, so I shall offer no hipts on putting to the mature golfer, but if I were asked to give advice to a newcomer to the game I would say, "Make your putting as easy and as natural

as you can."

I think, for most golfers, this would mean an upright stance, for we none of us are natural when bent in two.

Natural putting, too, would be done with both hands, and the weight would be equally divided between the feet. Perhaps it would not be strictly natural to keep the body, absolutely still, but I will agree with those who make difficul- ties in putting that a still body la essential.

An experienced golfer finds him- self cutting out all body movernetit immediately that he takes a putter into his hands.

Curing Swaying. One golfer I know, whose trouble with the other clubs' is swaying--- pressing on to the bail and then falling away from it--finds that he can cure a bad attack of this fault by playing a few shota with a putter. Among the impromptu competitions in which I have taken part, one that stands out is a match played with putter only. One single hole was all of the match, but it was a long hole, and the score with which it was won was revealing. A drive played with putter against the wind can travel like a well-hit jigger shot--the ball travels clean and low with just enough cut to make it "bank up" against the wind and drop into the middle of the fairway.

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While talking of putting. I must mention a point about which one or two golfers have spoken to me-- why are the practice putting courses at some cluba so different in texture from the greens on the course it- self?

This is not true of all clubs, nor even of the majority, yet it is a common experience to find the put- ting course playing differently from the other greens.

By George Studdy

HELP/MURDER!!

TO-MORROW.

Hong Kong v. Shanghai.

The Interport Yachting contest between Ilong Kong and Shang- hai will take place to-morrow. It will be the third of the series. Hong Kong having a comfortable lead in victories.

Shanghai will be represented by Messrs. Dalton, Blaikie and Neil. Curiously enough the last named is playing scrum-half for the northern port in to-day's Rugby Football match. The Hong Kong crew will be selected from Messrs. Fearca, Rouse, Tracey and Major Stewart.

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The match will be sailed in Heyward Hayes Class yachts, and a pilot from members of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club will sail with the laitora. In the after. noon the boats will be exchanged so as to give each port an oppor- tunity of using all the boats com- peting.

The latter's play at the ret was splendid.

The fu results were as fol-

Singles Championship (Second Round.)

M. W. Lo best 1. M. A. Razack

6-1, 1-2.

Chu Chun-chu beat Luk Kang-

cheong 6-3, 6-2.

Ho Wai-hing beat C. E. Hanwell

6-0, -1.

Tsui Wai nel bent Lt. Col. J. G.

Lecky 6-3, 6-3

L. Goldman beat S E. Green 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles Championship.

R. Cheaned F. Grose beat G. W. Bewell and P M. Henderson 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.

R.

Clab Championship.

(Second Round)

H. Wild beat D. L Prophet 6-1, 6-1.

J. H. Anderson walk over from

R. M. Wood.

COURSING.

CONVERSION WINS WATERLOO CUP.

Londen, Yesterday. At Altea, near Liverpool, in the final of the Waterloo Cup: Conver alon beat Had Again.

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