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STRANGE GOLF STYMIE

Here is an interesting and rather amusing-story of a stymie It is supplied first-hand by one of the players concerned in the incl dent. We will call the protagon iste by the customary terms of A

and B.

[By Harry Vardon.]

it may be argued that, having ob- opponent, who would thus lose the tained his half, he is entitled, hole for stopping the player's bull| under Rule 33 to keep it.

when in motion.

At least, I can think of no other reason for the exielence of the rule.

Bad Old Days.

From time to time quite a lot of people have asked me exactly what this rule meane and why it exists.

The golfer who holed over a stymie for a half, and then saw A putted, and laid his ball about

his rival's ball follow his own Into) six inches: from the hole. It pre- I fear it is a survival of the the tin, should have been quicker. sented B. who was 18 inches away. Ead old days, when some of the Having done what he wanted, he! with a dead style. B now had profession..ls in Scotland (there should have knocked away the to hole out in order to make cer- were none then in England) con other ball in the twinkling of an tain of a half. He played a loft-sidered that all, was fair in golf, eye. There are amateur champion- iny shot. His ball bounced on the love, and war. They were jealous, ship players, brought up in the top of A's, and landed in the hole to a degree of the prestige of best traditions of the game, who That was the half.

their respective nurseries,--St. An do this as a matter of habit. They Thereupon they were both as-drews, North Berwick, and Car- take no chances. Why should; tonished to see A's ball, with the neustic. Besides, they appreciate Impetus given to it by the other,' es, that a man had to have all his roll forward and also drop into the wits about him to secure the few hole. Evidently B had struck his pounds that were on offer. A good Infting shot with top spin; a simple many rules were incorporated in enough thing for anybody to do, the code solely with the object of although I have never heard of it suppressing the activities of car. giving rise to such a situation. tain individuals with bright Idona

of their own.

The Puzzle.

they?

Picked Up the Ball, In one championship, decided on an inland course, there was a nice little points which might arise in any tournament.

A picked up his ball to wipe it when he had a putt of about a yard to square the match, writes The puzzle that arisen in regard For instance, there is the re- Harry Varden in The Sports Dis- to the rules is worthy of con- gulation which prohibits a playeri patch. The S1. Andrews code does |sideration by a golfing Solomon. from touching the line of his putt not allow such procedure at any Rule 32 says that if the play-with the hand except to pick up any time, but it is permitted under er's ball knock the opponent's hail loose impediments.

local rule at ninety-nine courses into the hole, the opponent shall One celebrity was responsible out of every hundred during the be deemed to have holed out at for the introduction of that order. wet months, so I suppose A took his last stroke."

In the days (and they do not seem it as a rule of the game. Bendeavouring to obtain-a-half-long-ago)-when-golfers-were-al- However, it was not accepted_nt had knocked in A's ball, and a lowed to brush the line of the this particular course, and so 'It enabled A to win the hole. That putt lightly with the back of the was adjudged that B had won the was that; but a complication us-hand,, his interpretation of the hole by his rival's inadvertence. serted itself under the next rule word "lightly" became so distort-

Improved Position. in the code, which states:-"Whened that he was wont to create. by a player has holed out and his op- sheer hard work something of a ponent has been left with a stroke furrow in which his ball could be for a half, nothing that the play-directed to the hole. To stop him,ed that Rule 9 should apply. This er who has holed out can do shall the rule for everybody had to be provides for a penalty of one deprive him of the half which he altered, and made full of intri-stroke for touching a ball in play. has already gained."

cacíos about loose impediments It might have, meant a half for A. B most certainly had holed out, which could be picked up, and am not sure that anybody could

convincingly and left A with a stroke for the some which might be scraped explain.

precisely half-until the latter's ball began aside with a club.

what the rule means, since to touch to roll forward. I think the pro

the ball with the club is obviously per-adjudication is that B-had-al-1-have no doubt that-the-com--a-stroke, and-to-touch-it-with-the- ready done something to deprive mand which states that when a band for the sheer joy of playing himself of the half by setting the player has holed out for a half, no-Touch!" is not likely to interest (other ball in motion before his thing that he can do shall deprive anybody. Still, A lost the hole in own went into the hole. Yet there him of the half, was due to some this case because, by picking up can be no getting away from the villain who, left to struggle for a the ball to wipe it, he improved the fact that his ball was in first, and half, hit his ball straight at his position.

Some Villain.

TENNIS TOURNEY AT In an Association football match

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DURING AUGUST.

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Men's Singles, Ladies' Singles, Овел Singles, Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Open Doubles. A Men's Singles event has also been arranged for foreigners only.

The trophies to be competed for include Governor Koyanagi's" Memorial Trophies, The Nippon Tusen Kaisha's Trophies, and The Osaka Mainichi's Trophies.

The Entrance Fee will be Y2 for the Singles and Y3 for the Doubles. Admission Fee: Y0.50 per per son per day and Y1 per person for entire 4 days.

The Slazenger tennis ball will be used throughout the tourna ment.

POLO FIELDS TO PAY LAND TAX.

Announcement Made in House of Commons.

GAME FOR THE FEW.

The polo fields of England will not be exempted from land tax like the other playing fields, was an- nounced by Mr. Pethick Lawrence. in the House of Commons,

Ho said sports played by the great bulk of the people stood on a different footing from polo.

The Conservatives opposed the discrimination against polo,, but, the Government's proposal was carried by 278 cotes to 217.

at King's Park yesterday the Radio Sports Club defeated the HK. Electric by the odd goal in cleven.

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL.

LAWN TENNIS-Saturday- "B" Division-H.B.K. v. South Chinn AA; "C Division-Army T.C. v. Civil Service C.C.; Kow- Joon G.C. V. Indian R.C.; South China A.A. v. Y.M.C.A.; University v. Deutscher Club.

LAWN BOWLS-Saturday- Division I.-C.C.C. v. Trikoo; K.C.C. v. C.S.C.C.; Kowloon Dock Y. Police; K.B.G.C. v. Recreio; Division I-Taikoo v. 0.0.0. C.S.C.C. V. K.C.C.; Recreio V. K.BG.C.; Yacht Club v. Electric R.C

ABROAD.

CRICKET-To-day and To

morrow

Essex v. Lancashire. Warwickshire (v. Notts. Hampshire v. Surrey.- Kent v. Leicestershire. Sussex. v. Somerset. Glamorgan v. Yorkshire. Derbyshire v. Northamptonshire. Combined Services v. New Zea- land.

Worcestershire v. Middlesex, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday,

Essex v. Somerset. Lancashire v. Notts. Surrey v. Kent

Hampshire v New Zealand Glamorgan v. Northamptonshire.) Gloucester v. Yorkshire, Derbyshire "v. Middlesex, Worcestershire v. Sussex, Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. GOLF-To-day and To-morrow' Scottish Amateur Championship at Prestwickyin dames, bada

RACING-To-morrow - Liver- pool Summer Cup,

That made B two up Instead of all square, and he won the match on the home. green, It was argu

YAUMATI BOMB OUTRAGE.

Injured Man Makes Allegations.

INTENDED FOR HIM.

There was an echo at the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday after- noon of the bomb outrage at the Peking Hotel, Yaumati, on April 29, which resulted in ons person being killed and several injured. Mr. Fraser, sitting Rs Coroner with a Jury composed of Messrs. G. K. Oliver (Foreman), E. Mitford, and Tam, Sui-pong, held an inquiry into the death of the victim of the outrage, Lui Wan- sang."

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A Chinese named Yeung Kwan-iu, who was mentioned in connection with the outrage, was represented by Mr. Leo d'Almada, jun. (instructed by Mr. M. A. dá Silva),

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Evidence with regard to the bomb was given by Mr. E. R.; Dovey, Government Analyst, who reconstructed: the nature of "the bomb. from fragments received He said that it from the Polico. was spherical in shape, about the size of an 'apple, and was fired by a firing pin. This pin was retained by a hook arrangement on the top and attached to a lever. When the bomb was thrown, the lever released the firing pin which caused the explosion by striking percussion caps, Inside.. The bemb was approximately timed to ex- plode in four seconds;

Bix witnesses who were in the. lobby of the hotel, when, the bomb was thrown gave evidence. Five) Had no idea where the bomb came from, but the sixth, Lui Ping-chun, made certain allegations. He said that he knew a certain man who had been concerned in a case which he witness) had brought against another for outstanding debts. Two days before the outrage (which occurred at about 9.45 p.m. A sum of $12,000 is the maximum cu April 29) the man met witness fixed by the Australian Board of by appointment at the Hotel Nathan Control as the cost of the South and asked witness for help which African cricket tour which will be was refused, an

LAWN TENNIS Fo-morrow Davis Cup Challenge Round" in Paris.

WATER POLO LEAGUE begun on October 22 at Perth,

RESULT.

V.R.C. SUCCESS.

A few minutes before the out This figure has been guaranteed rage, at about 9.15 p.m. he saw and the tour therefore is settled. the man, accompanied by three The South African team will re others, walk past the entrance to ceive 10 per cent of the net profits the Peking Hotel. That man and after the expenses of the Australian another came past again at about and South African teams have been 9.4 and witness saw the former The .R.C. defeated Kowloon by

throw something, inside. Witness three goals to nil in the First met Division of the Water Polo League, The dates of the first five fost realised that it was a bomb and, at the V.R.O. yesterday

matches, all of which will be played drawing his revolver, made e dash ave been rearranged for the entrance, but before he had taken two paces the bomb exploded chd howas. Injured in 14 He thought that the bomb-was-in-

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At a meeting of the Legislative Council, the sum of over $2,500,000 was voted for appropriation to various public works in the Colony, to be incurred in 1931, and met out of a subsequent public loan. In the meantime the amount is to be advanced from the Colony's surplus funds. In the discussion regarding these and other Items Unofficial members of the Council expressed the hope that no further. burden of taxation would be imposed on the Colony, H.E. the Governor trusted that such a course would not be necessary, as the Colony's finances could be considered satisfactory. A complete report appears in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.

A Filipino who ran amok on the steamship Empress of Canada, on the high seas, en June 5, killing two, and wounding over twenty others, was found "Insane" by the jury at the Assizes. Prisoner did not plead in answer to the charge of murder, the jury being empanelled to find whether he was in a fit condition to do so, The OVERLAND CHINA MAIL contains a full report.

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