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GOSSIP IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

Sir Harold Bowden. Athletics, Bart, the newly elected chairman of the British Olympic Association, is | hoping to accompany the British team to the Los Angeles games next year.

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It has been general- Billiards. ly assumed that Walter Lindrum has

£800 TO JOIN U.S. GOLF CLUB.

CUTTY SARK BEATEN.

Kid Berg Means to

Fight Again.

HENDREN'S BENEFIT.

Football.

the meeting of the Bucks Otter Hounds at Islip some miles out of the city.

The demonstrators included Beveral women and the master of an Oxford school. They took up a position on the river bridge as the hunt approached. The demonstra- tors carried boards bearing protests against blood sports, but they were not content with this silent witness, and a wordy warfare soon broke

EASIER

GOLF

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H.STUART HOBSON

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ADJUSTING THE STANCE TO THE LIE OF THE BALL.

THE VERTICAL LINE.

Birmingham Asso- out. clation Football "Shame on you, you cruel devils!"

My reference Inst week to the lic is difficult-must be resisted, team, two days be- and "It is a pity you don't get brought a comment from a friend bring the hands sweetly through. "line of flight of the ball" has The vitally important thing is to fore their Cup Final match with chased yourself!" wore among the Weat Bromwich Albion, were train-sentiments expressed by the women, about a line that is as important following the run of the ground.

while one young girl declared, "May the vertical line upwards from the God protect the otters and let them get away to-day."

ball.

There are times when the lie can be more complicated and the need for adjustment of stanea is not met by standing behind the hall, or in front of it alone. The player must turn his body in relation to the vertical line by opening ar A test of the costag his stance. advanced golfer is his skill in ad- justing his stance to the lie whilo keeping his swing in the groove.

He has always been greatly in- terested in aport. He wont from | Clifton College to Clare College, Cambridge, where he played foot- ballant rewed. After leaving the University he stroked the senior crew of the Nottingham Rowing Club in 1899, the year in which they won the senior fours at every regatta in which they competed. He is president of the Nottinghamling with a Rugby ball. This was Aero Club, owns a yacht, and is most probably staggering news to keen on Winter sports.

their supporters, but Barkas, the

When driving from the tee, or cuptain of the Birmingham team, A big crowd which had gathered when playing through an even fair stated that they thoroughly enjoy to see the hunt took no part in the way, the majority of players stand ed the experience.

demonstration, which Capt. M. R. E. so that the ball is level with the "We were out doing light exer- | Uthwatt, a member of the hunt heel of the left shoe. This is to be surpassed his prolife scoring ofte." he said, "when a boy suggest-party, eaid he regarded as a "joke." I accepted as the stance of the good

golfer. ed that we might like to play with last season during his stay in Eng football. "Apparently he was a

Feet are comfortably astride. land this year. Hut in one res-Raghy fan, for he produced a rug-

The terminal meeting The stance may be slightly open or pect this is not so, according to a

Rowing, of Cambridge Univer-slightly closed-that is right foot ger ball.

You may find yourself not only statistical correspondent.

"It was the first football we had

sity College boat cap- or left foot may be advanced a few playing uphill, or downhill, but seen for several days. We accept-

tains was held recently at the inches--but the player will stand compelled to make your shot with played for 25 weeks during which ed his affer, and

Goldie threw

Banthouse. when officers just sufficiently behind his ball to

the feet above or below the level of he compiled 67 breaks of 1.000 and it to one another with enjoyment." were elected for the coming year be able to put in wristwork by the ball. over, including the amazing 3,262

then a world's record) at the Far-that a football team almost on the

This is probably the first time and dates of races were fixed for bringing his right hand into the

Changes of Stance. the term.

swing as the hands come down to Four main changes of stance are ringdon Hall, London. This sea-

eve of the Cup Gaal has ever com- T. A. Brocklebank (Eton and a point in front of the body, rather, indicated, You may be standing SOR, as a result of 25 weeks' play,pleted its training with a handling Third Trinity) presided and pro- more towards the left hip than ac- above the plane of the ball and

ball.

driving it uphill, or standing above It may have been that the posed H. R. N. Rickett (Eton and ually in the middle. ¡youth was a West Bromwich sup. Third Trinity) as president, and

At the top of the back swing a fit and driving it downhill; or you porter and had a small stake on the R. H. H. Synronda (Bedford and line drawn through the left knee may be standing below the ball and probable result being decided on Lady Margaret) as secretary. G. and left car would

rue nearly driving it uphill or down. a penalty kick.

Gray (Bolton and Queens' seconded parallel to a line drawn upwards |both proposals, which were carried from the ball. unanimously.

In the 1992-30 season Lindrum

the Australian has made 60 four- figure breaks, in which is included the world's record 3,905 mude nt Thurston's.

Boxing.

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"I'll fight him again this year. Everything

will be different then.

Golf.

When one hears of the cost of golf in the Unit- ed States the figures

Let me get over this shock then I'll show them. If I had stayed an-strike one as exorbitant. How- other 28. seconds Canzoneri would ever, I am told that expenditure have lost."

оп the courses and club houses has in most cases been so lavish na to warrant "hig money" mem- bership. And their club houses are luxurious to a degree scarcely known in this country.

This was Kid Berg's message for British boxing enthusiasts when he returned Lo New York from Chicago.

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When driving uphill with the foot on the same level as the ball, Controlled Upright Swing. it is, as I have said, Important to Not many players realise to what stand further behind your vertical extent left car and knee are in line line. Then, as you swing the club. When the Springbok with the ball in a compact and head through, there is less risk of Rugby. Rugby team embark controlled upright swing. If a catching the rising ground in front for England they will player pictures left knee and ear of the ball. In driving downhill, leave a bevy of sad-eyed wives be as forming a line that must have there is no risk that the ground hind them. The South African a very definite relationship to the behiad will check the club-head in Rugby Board has decided that "for vertical line drawn upwards from the backward swing if you stand the sake of discipline" no women the ball, he will avoid many faults further in front of the ball. shall accompany the team to Great in the swing.

The action ja described Britain, not even the manager's

"awinging with the alope of the wife.

ground," You must follow- through with more than usual amoothness, keeping the club-head along the ground.

Berg, who was in the best of spirits, said he was very happy to

I heard that the shares of the know that the British public still | Los Angeles Country Club in 1929 Mr. A. R. Pienaar, the president had faith in him.

were worth £160, says an Evening of the Board, pointed out however, News correspondent. Since then that a player who wants to have his their value has increased each wife in England during the tour year until now they are valued at may send her "by the next boat, and £800. This is the figure a pros-ake can stay in another hotel and pective member has to pay before travel separately." joining the club.

Tony Canzoner!, displaying a huge smile, arrived just before "I am the happiest man

Berg, alive," he said.

A t Lord's to-day Cricket. "Patsy" Hendren will be taking a well de- served benefit match on the occa- sion of the visits of Sussex to the headquarters of the game.

Hendren has been the Idel of the Lord's crowd and his agile perfor- mances in the field have made him one of the most popular players in the Home Country. I would like very much to be in my old scat at Lord's to-day and join in the tumultuous applause which will greet the well-known stocky figure of Hendren as he either leaves the pavilion to bat or leads the team aut to field. Though a man of 42, he fields with the agility of a schoolboy and his batting is amongst the most entertaining of all present day players. A truly great player deserving of a "bum- per" benefit.

Ownership of shares does not necessarily admit to golfing raem- barship, however. A man may be a shareholder and yet be refused membership by the "eligibility committee," which inquires shrewd ly into the affairs of a candidate for membership.

Mr. Underwood, a jeweller, does net play golf, but he was offered the "duffer's handicap" to play for the Palatka Golf Club Trophy, Florida. So he borrowed a set of clubs, set to work-and won the trophy. To make matters worse, it was found that Mr. Underwood was the man who had sold the trophy to the club.

This is particularly true when the lie is not good, and adjustment of stance must bo mado rompensate for it.

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When the ground slopes uphill, the player will do well to stand If, in addition to the slope of the more behind the line-that is fur ground, the feet of the player are ther away from the green he not in the same plane as the ball, approaching; when the le la down! he must make a further adjustment. hill, the player needs to stand fur- Again the vertical line is im- ther in front of the line.

portant; the player must maintain the balance of his body in regard to it. The two fatal errors falling back when hitting at a ball above the usual level, and pitching

him. down when hitting at a ball below

The first of eight wind-

One way of dealing with this Sailing, jammers which have change of stance is to say that the been racing to Eng- player stands further behind, or land from Australia for the past; further in front of, the ball. three months arrived at Falmouth on April 28, having covered the vertical line is in reminding the The importance of the imaginary 15,000 miles in 92 days-her record player that even though he stands trip.

behind the ball, he must not fall back as he hits, and even though he stands in front he must not sag forward.

She was the Finnish ship Her zogin Cecilie, which loft Wallaroo with 4,697 tons of wheat on Janu- ary 23.

Captain Erickson, her 27-years- firmer the stance must be. old commander, said that during the

A Good Tip. voyage the ship sailed 360 miles in

The more tricky the lie, the

A good tip is to stand nearer to

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The tendency when standing be- low the level of the ball la to slice. The golfer who finds his game suffering in this way may, find the remedy in advancing the left foot, that is, closing the stance the method adopted by expert players for producing a deliberate hook. In standing above the level of the 24 hours, beating the beat the ball-but not too near ball it is always fatal to rise to the performance of the famous shorten the grip, and make cortain toes and reach for the ball as you Cutty Sark, new in Falmouth Har- of a clean swing through the ball. swing. The important point is to Members of the Ox-bour, by seven miles. In one hour The idea of getting length should settle down ал the feet and, ford branch of the 'she covered 17% miles.

ibe sacrificed to the wiser ideal of measuring the distance of the ball Hunting. League for the Pro- One of her rivals not at that time a firm, clean shot.

carefully, awing down to it and The temptation to dig down at through it-(China Mail Copy- , the ball-always present when the right.)

Olter

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hibition of Blood sighted Sports created a scene recently at days.

POLO

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received

a start of 21:

THE PERSI ANS

The rules by which it is governed

PLAYED IT

At least 2,000 years ago polo was Besides the early and later Per- is played with a lighter ball, and it his side. In the English system pony la led by an attendant, not his a favourite aport in Persia, and the aian styles of play, which later is a much quicker game than the each player was given a handicap, own groom, into a box with a per- modern form, or something very spread to Constantinople, through English.

I as at golf.

fectly level floor, and shut off from like it, was played with great dash Turkestan and Thibet, there have British officers in India learned in ancient Thibet.

every distraction. been numerous

Intelligent Pontes.

A veterinary variations of the polo from the mountain tribes, who Centuries ago, wild horsemen of stick and ball game. A leather had played it from time im.

There is only one thing worse animal is not drugged in any way.

surgeon examines to see that the the Asiatic plains, muffled in sheep-bali as big as an apple and a racquet memorial; and they held their first than to talk of dogs at a meet, and skins and riding wiry

Life Registration. mountain were used in Byzantine matches, match at Calcutta in the days of the that is to call the polo player's ponies, played a kind of rough The Chinese played with

The pony is allowed to stand light East India Company. It was first mount anything but a pony. The easily, and a measuring standard Rugby on horseback. Before them wooden ball, and made it a kind of played in Britain by the 10th game has actually been responsible with a spirit level is then placed on the Persians had taken the sport equestrian billiards. The goal was Hussars in 1869.

for a new type of horse, an animal the highest point of the wither. If and given it the social graces formed by two posts with a board-

of 14 hands 2 in., with the power the pony measures 14.2 and is five which cling about it today.

ing between; in the boarding a hole in Australia were made at Hurling of a hunter, the courage of a race-years old, it is registered for life. "Welcome to the grounds, thou was cut and a net attached in the ham, where the famous club or- horas, and the docility of a Shetland

Ponies are of many breeds. There chief of horsemen; smite the ball." form of a bag. The side which hit |ganised the spart for the whole of pony. So wrote the Persian poet in 1549. the ball into the net won.

are Arabs, Argentines, Americans, Japan-Europe, the English-speaking do Polo players claim that their Irish and English strains. And polo, as the Persian artist ese polo still survive under the name minions, and California with local mounts enjoy the game as much as Polo and Riding Society, with head- The portrayed it on the manuscript, was of Dakin or ball match.

modifications. The ground was they do, and they certainly parti- quarters at Hanover Square, looks indeed an elegant affair.

first boarded along the sides as a cipate in it with the keenest intel-after the interesta of the British Although the British learned the remedy for theirregular shape of gence.

Isles strains, and encourages their game from India, polo, as it is play-the Hurlingham ground, and this At first the ponies were small, breeders. ed at Birkalla to-day, differs from practice, which has modified the but there is now a definite standard. now bred fargely for the game, and The English mounts are the Eastern spart. Characteristics sport considerably, is now almost In England each pony must pass the are a blend of thoroughbred blood of the British game are close com-universal. In 1910 a polo handicap Hurlingham official measurer, and (the best are always the race-win- bination, rather short passing, and was introduced, based on the Ameri- be entered on the register.

ning strains) or Arab and native a strong defence.

It is played with can system of estimating the num-

English pony-By "Chukka". In heavy ball and sticks. Indian polo ber of goals a player was worth to

the Ceylon Observer.]

Chinese Polo.

There were only four men in 盘 team, but the rules were highly or- ganised, and so confident were the spectators of the players' skill that they appeared to have strolled non- chalantly under the noses of galloping ponies.

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