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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1931.

THE

CHINA MAIL.

BLUNT'S GRAND EFFORT FOR NEW ZEALANDERS

SANDHAM'S CENTURY Players: 357 for 6 dec. (Sandham

,

GOLF DESTROYS THE

HOME LIFE.:

FOR PLAYERS

เ

GENTLEMEN DRAW.

: 1

Freeman in Amongst Amateurs' Wickets.

RAIN RUINS ALL MATCHES.

118). Gentlemen: 196 (Freeman 7 for -44).

Yorkshire drew with the M.C.C. Since the Husband Was

at Scarborough.

Scores:-

Yorkshire: 200.

M.C.C.: 18 for no wicket.

DON BRADMAN IS QUITE FIT.

VERY OPTIMISTIC.

Sydney, August 7.

Persuaded.

NATIONAL CURE.

HOME FOOTBALL.

To-day's League Programme.

ENGLISH LEAGUE.

Birmingham Chelses Derby C. Grimsby T Leicester C.

Division I.

v. Arsenal

v. Huddersfield T.

v. Sheffield U. v. Newcastle U. v. Manchester C.

"My husband is a golf fiend. I um a golf widow," wrote a woman render of The Evening News. She told how golf had destroyed her Liverpoolvi Aston Villa

Fortsmouth

I home life.

And her letter has prompted this Wednesday from, another woman:

Sunderland

v. Blackburn R. v. Bolton W. Everton

v. Blackpool

Division II.

London, Yesterday,

I read your correspondent's com- West Brom. All three matches in the first-

munication 'on "Golf Fiends" withWest Ham U. v. Middlesbro class cricket programme were left

Don Bradman, the young Austra-grent interest. She is by no means drawn as the result of rain heing

Jian batting star," who is connect-alone in her misery, experienced all over the country.

Full results as cabled by Reutered with a sports outfitting establish- was interviewed ment in the city, werb as follow:-

to-day concerning a report that an injured leg might prevent his play- ing cricket again.

The New Zealanders drew with the Gentlemen of England at East- bourne.

Scores: New Zealand: 177 (R. C. Blunt

223*)..

G. of England: 22 for no wicket.

The Gentlemen drew with the Players.

Scores:-

He said it was in the highest degree unlikely that he would not be able to play during the coming season. "In fact," he said, "my foot is now quite spand and I hope

V.

Golf seems to be becoming as Bradford C. Notts Cnty great a curse as drink, and the Burnley

Stoke C. v. Oldham Ath. craze seems to be increasing daily, Bury

I have been married for ten years Chesterfield v. Charlton A. and have three children. My hus. Leeds Un. v. Barnsley band is a civil servant in a good Manchester U. v. Swansea T.

v.. Plymouth Ar, position. Until last year I used to Millwall look forward all the week to the Notts For. v. Wolves

v. Bristol C. jolly times we had at the week-end. Port Vale. We went out together on Saturday Preston N.E. v. Southampton to show even better form than afternoon and evening. On Sunday Tottenham H. v. Bradford have ever ilone before."-Central | mornings my husband often took the |

Division III. (South). News.

children: for walks, and the rest of Bristol R. the day we spent happily together: Cardiff C.

Occasionally the shadow of golf Clapton O. would hang over us as one or other

Coventry C. of his colleagues succumbed to the

Exeter C. craze. Last year he was persuaded to go and "have a game," and since that horrible day he has thought of nothing else.

EASIER

GOLF

by

H.STUART HOBSON

WHEN AND HOW TO USE THE NIBLICK.

"SCYTHING" TOUGH GRASS.

A golfer; was lamenting to me

the other day that he had never been given a really helpful piece of advice on how to use a niblick,

Everything that purports to be authoritative advice has made it plain that there is only one way to we a niblick-to hit

hard down behind the ball. Yet all the players my friend has noticed who achieve great success with the bibliek néver do anything of the kind. They hit through the lie, just as though they were using a mashie.

This is an interesting fact to explain.

Hit Down Hard.

Good players, when using a niblick for the purpose for which the niblick wa intended do, in fact, hit down hard behind the ball, but the tree nblick shot need, seldom be played, and it seldom is played.

Those niblick shots through the ball which succeed would probably as well or better have, succeeded had another club been used.

U.S. golfers know leas about niblick play than any other "depart ment of the game. The reason is that they seldom get the lies that call for a true niblick shot. Their method is to hit cleanly out of a hazard, which is the method adopt ed by the majority of players who excel in niblick play without ac- tually playing the nblick shot.

Hazards, for purposes of escape, may be considered as those consist ing of soft Band, firm sand. long and tough grass, and water.

The Action of the Ball

The result

the golfer cain muster.

expel an of the explosion is to enormous quantity of sand, and the

bull with it.

To Get Distance.

As the shot is often played from a bunker guarding a tight green, the great point is to judge how far you will dislodge the ball with your effort.

He gets through his work quickly and spends overy evening either playing or practising shots. Satur day afternoons and the whole of spent with other Sundays are "goling fiende." Half-crowns which used to he spent on little surprises for the children are now spent on balls.

People say, "Why don't you take up the game youréelf?" But that does not bring back my husband to me. He would infinitely prefer to play with men "of his own weight," who waste their time putting in as much practice as he does.

If Tsuggest a holiday away to- gether he says, "Why go away when there are so many fine links around here?"

I know I have my children, and they are very lovely, but it was my husband I married, and I married him because I loved him and want- ed his company.

To drop the ball within a few Now there is absolutely nothing yards, several inches of sand may to look forward to. Goff has made be taken the golfer fixing his gaze him selfish and callous. If a man on a speck of sand well behind the la any good at all at the horrible ball; and not on the bail at all. If game he lives for it until it be- greater distance is required, the ex-comes an obsession, plosion must be made to occur nearer the ball.

It is an expensive hobby, and one which does more to ruin home life and happiness than anything else.

"Golf Wife's" Reply.

This shot, in soft sand, is quite different from the "squeeze" or "pinch" shut, played in firm sand

"It is your own fault" is this with any well-lofted club, niblick "Golf Wife" reply to the plaint of or not. The weight of the club the "Golf Widow." counts for much more In the explo sion shot, The niblick should be club of some 16 or 17 ounces, with

un unbendable shaft and stout head, In The Rough..

A heavy niblick shot which is not an explosion shot may also be used out of gras that is tough and exceptionally long.

I know of players who take a spoon, or even a driver, to such lies; since they cannot successfully back through to the roots with any other club. The right club is a niblick, and the right shot to play is to hit so far behind the ball that you are swinging through the roots of the grues as with a scythe when you come to the real object of your effort.

If the sand in a bunker is hard and Arm, as it is on a good many A good many players have asked inland British courses, then the for a description of the method of escape is to hit the back master tough grass, and this is it. of the ball-not an inch behind, not

Aim to produce a shot that will

way to

the

even an eighth of an inch behind, bring the club-head along bat the actual back of the ball. If ground for five or six inches before the eand is drm, the ball will usual the ball is reached.

ly be sitting up well, and a

The Stance.

"squeeze" shot will secure the Stand with the right foot advanc maximum lift. Hitting firmly ed-with an open stance, that i

and grip the club eo firmly that not even the toughest grass will be able to turn its head in your hands

down on the back of the ball pinches it up on to the face of the club, and as the club gees through the ball is despatched with considerable loft and backspin.

Don't Take The Club Hend Through A player in a hazard who is not master of this shot may well con eider the advisability of ancrificing the stroke and pushing his ball out backwards or sideways

Given Boft sen sand, the true nblick shot is used.

R

Here the whole object of the player must be not to hit the ball, and not to go through with the club-head. The fatal error with

Aim to seythe a way through to the ball taking the roots of the grass in the procese, and do not slow down your swing until you are well on the way in the follow through.

These are the two true: niblick shota, and both depend on hitting well behind the ball. In soft sand, there is no follow-through., In tough grass, there, is a swift and slashing follow-through, hacking through everything that gets in the way.

the true niblick is in endeavouring The more direct hits out of

to take the club-head through hazards are not strictly niblick The club-head is punched down shots, although they may be played and buried into the

hind the ball with

and be with the niblick.--(China - Mall

force that Copyright);

When I married more than ten years ago I realised that my hus- band had two hobbles-golf and

cary.

Golf at that time

Crystal Pal.

V. Reading

v.

Mansfield T.

v. Thames

1.

V

v.

Brentford

Gillingham Fulham Luton. T.

Southend U. Norwich C. Northampton T. Queen's P.R. v. Bournemouth Swindon T. v. Brighton Torquay Un. y. Watford

V.

Crewe A.

v. Chester

V

Barrow

v.

Lincoln C.

York C.

v.

Southport

Division III. (North).

Doncaster R. Accrington S. v. Carlisle Un. Darlington. Gateshead Halifax T. Kotherham U. v. Stockport C Tranmere R. v. Walsall Wigan B. Wrexham

New Brighton

v. Hull C.

v. Hartlepools U. v. Rochdale

SCOTTISH LEAGUE. Division L

V. Dundee

Aberdeen Clyde Dundee Un. Falkirk Hamilton A. Kilmarnock Leith Ath. Morton v. Third Lanark Queen's Park v. Ayr Un.

V., Celtic Rangers

v. Purtick T

Cowdenbeath

v. Airdrieonians 1. Motherwell

የ

v.

St.. Mirren Hearts:

OPEN AIR BOXING BOOM.

PERCENTAGE BASIS.

Probably never before has there been such a boom in the open-air game ust provent.

Boxers are realising that the daya

of big nurse guarantees are past- just as they are doing in America. -and the gate is being set on its legn again because promoters are being enabled to arrange attractive bouts on percentage basis.

Among those who are learning that icness does them no good are The ha weights. Many, it is true, demurred when they learnt that at some open-air promotions the lowest charge for admission was the "almble tanner."

They have readjusted their views, heweyer on hearing that crowde from 10,000 to 15,000 are being drawn at those venues..

They have figured · that it pays"? belter to fight at such shows than at others where the charges are three times as heavy but much less than a third of the great crowds mentioned.

The result is prusperity for boxers anti promoters, and good aport for the public.

CADDIE STRUCK.

Albert Cecil Payne, aged 15, of Dollis Road, Finchley, was killed by lightning while acting as a caddie at the Finchley Golf Club. He was sheltering under a tree, and it is thought that the clubs he was carrying may have acted as a conductor.

PENINSULA HOTEL GUESTS.

September 3, 1931,

Major N. W. Adams, Mr. C. A. Armitage,

Messrs. C. B. Bird, H. Boas, Major T. B. Belsjoe, Mr. and Mrs. A. Brosted, Capt. J. W. Hundred, Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Bunjo and son. Mevers. B.. K. Carpenter, M. O. Clark, F. H. Crapnell, Capt. and Mrs. J. H. Carmichael, General M. A. Cohen, Mrs. J. Cogan, 'Dr. 3. E. H. Cogan, Mr. and Mrs. E. Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cornell. Mr. and Mrs: C. Cromelin.g

Mesure. A H. Dale, S. J. Deiro. W. E. Denison, E. R. Dovey, F. Dow, S. H. Duff, R. N. Drake, Mrs. it is my experience that fron shots E. M. Dalton, Comdr. T. E. Dock- give the golfer most pleasure. It is sey." indeed thrilling to stand and watch the ball fly straight to the green, especially if the player has had the feel of the club meeting the ball firmly at impact, and to see the ball carrying the cunningly placed bunker.-C. B. Macfarlane.

Next to the thrill of a long drive,

Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Easterbrook, Capt. B. M. Ede.

Messrs. G. J. Ferguson, G. E. Frisque, Miss D. Faye.

Mears. W. L. Gaddunt, LH, Genre, L. I. Gilson, Mr. and Mrs. C. C Gallop, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gould, Col. F. E. Gowan, Lt. Col. land Mr. R. F. Gross.

Менеге. А. * Hurvey.. E. was centrate on anything but servants anathema to me, but I secretly went and hables. I have a family, but Haussamann, Capt. A. F. Howard, to a golf professional and took experience has taught me that if Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hall, Mrs. N. lessons,

my husband acquires a serious Heath and daughter, Mrs. G.. H. "To-day I can give my husband hobby, I must take it up seriously Hodgson.

Messrs. L. Kadoorio and Secre- quite a good game if he gives me too. a stroke on holes of over 350 yards. Į

life much too full fartery, FI. A. Keller, E. Kern, K. C. I am now as keen a golfer as my grousing. Life is too short. And Krentz. husband, but, believe me, it required there are

Mr. and Mrs. P. Landis, Mr. worse than golf. All intelligent G. B. Lane. men need a hobby."

concentration!

"Too many women refuse to con.

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a great many things

DEMPSEY'S ABILITY DOUBTED.

Reno, Nev., August 31. Jack The betting here to-day was even money Dempsey, the former heavyweight champion of the world, will not knock out Leo Lomski, another "has been,” when they meet over four rounds on Labour Day în Reno, believe that, if he shows up well, Dempsey may decide to continue training and perhaps seek a full-length bout against one of the heavyweight championship contenders.---United

Messrs. G. CMann, E. J. McGann. W. L. McKenzie, D. Miller, Miss P. Moore:

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pyeatt Mesare. F. Reck, J. Richmond, P. H. Rohling, Mr. and Mrs.' Roeques and son, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Rubino.

Measre. C. J. Seitz, R. D. Sheep- shanke, G. W. Stabb, J. M. Steven- son, G. Swann, Col. and Mrs. R. B. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Spear, Mias A. E E. Steele.

G.

Meusra. JJ. Thompson, Travers, Mr. and Mrs. A. L Thomson.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Udy, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Ulderup, thote Mot Messrs. J. Watts, A.-L. Wilcox, Mr and Mrs. D. F. Warren, Mrs. Waser and family.

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A barrister: Some one living in. these falandi.

Judge Bir "Alfred Tobin: Then the ex-King of Portugal would boa "Britisher" but I do not think" éx- King Manoel would assert that."

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