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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931.

THE LONG DRIVERS IN

AMAZING RESULTS

RECORDED.

Babe Ruth Considered to Be Longest Driver,

THE LURE OF THE DRIVE.

does t'once he lives in hope of doing it again—even • though the conditions In the first case may have bees all in his favour.

Eternal Hope.

GOLF

THE CHINA

the amateur, with a smack of 200 yards 10 inches,

Lure of the Drive.

In spite of a tendency to minimise the importance of the j "This eternal hope is what help; } drive in golf, American pres are

Some as keen over tong ones as the or. . . to keep the game going. time players, in disgust, abandon | dinary duffer. Thoy agree that their woods, but they get a real Clarence Gamber is about the thrill out of the game until they Į longest hitter in this country, come back to them.

Rival to Gamber.

ways.

·

What

Distance Guides,

445 Yard Drive.

Safe v. Reckless Driving. Of the professionala, Charley Hall of Birmingham, Alabama, was formerly one of the longest Jesse Gilford, of the drivers.

MAIL.

SHANGHAI BEAT HONG KONG.

Interport Polo Game

Decided.

LT. DUNLOP IMPRESSES.

Shunghal, Yesterday.

INTERPORT SWIMMING EVENT

S. H. WONG UPHOLDS||

REPUTATION.

HONG KONG BEHIND.

Records Lowered in

Two Events.

220 DISAPPOINTMENT.

NEW RUGBY CLUB IN CLOSING OF LOCAL

KOWLOON.

Inaugural Meeting a Success.

upon

BASEBALL SEASON.

To-morrow's Match the Deciding One.

BOXING..

(Continued from Page 4)

mediate species) derist more real "longest drives According to n amateurs, carned the soubriquet of H. OVERY'S VICTORI The 220 yards free style event Franklin Nightingale, head master you have before, you.

"siege gun" by his terrific drives.

OVER S. DEACON.

com-

In the Interport folo match play-

A meeting of Rugby football en- Mrs. Creasy has kindly consent- thusinsta in connection with tho ed to close the baseball season to- ed here to-day, Shanghai beat Hong

forming of a second civilian Rugby morrow when she will present the He has won a number of prizes Kong by 9 goals to 3. Lt. Bram-

Club proved to be a great success trophy to the winning team of the On some courses they have 200 and has hung up.many of the re- A shrewil son of Caledonia

Now they say

welf Lt. Dunlop and Mr. Newbigging

last night. Fifteen or sixteen in-match between: the Japanese and sters and wild og Commented yard posts at the side of the fair-gognised records.

This gives golfers some- there is a young man,

terested persons were present and South China A.A. which Spencer scored for the lowers of whom Lt. that i wneden 'cluby were taken thing to play against-it may also Adams, of Baltimore, comparative-Dunlop gave the best display.

several important details were dis- menees at 4 p.m. out of the game there would be

cussed, bet little could be decided ne golf. There would certainly belea that they could give Harry as far as Gamber.

have the effect of dispelling the ly unknown, who can drive a ball

The weather was fine and a large

Shanghai. Yesterday.

until after the meeting of o golf as the game is played, un- Hattersley, or Body Jones a run

The French Club was emwded to the Kowloon British School For- crowd was in attendance. derstood, and appreciated to-day for their money when it comes to

overflowing when the triangular In-mer Pupils' Association on Wed- Shanghai will meet Peking on terport Swimming match between nesday. Big Witting, or long driving, of

big hitting.

Saturday.-Reuter,

Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tientsin course, do, not win matches, but.

The question of aming the commenced this evening. 12:0 vasi majority of golfers

Club has been left in abeyance, tigers" and "rabbita." and inter-

Tientsin Win.

pending the decision of Mr. G. pinosure from a long straight drive

was won by Nigniewitsky, of Tien The colours, however, have been of the Central British School. the fairways than from the

tsin. 16 approach or putt they are

1. Roza Pereira and Wderided upon a sky blue jersey Lawrence, representing Hong Kong. with a broad chocolate band across meable of playing, Accurate

were second and third, respectively, the chest, navy blue shorts, and puting wins important matches, but it is the woudshot that Keeps

Nigniewitsky led all the way and sky blue and chocolate stripet won by four lengths (about 12 stockings-the colours of the Car- the gage in universal Cavour,

yards). He established a Shanghai tral British School. writes Brigalow of the Sydney Res

record af 2 minutes 39.4.5. seconds. force.

There are over 30 people inter- Ball event. S. H. Wong. of Hong Club and the names of about 20 In the Throwing The Water Polo exted in the formation of this new Mental Trips. ·

Kong, registered 70 feet 1 inch Tut seeking membership will be plac- the last season the accounts of the Up to and including the end of with a throw of 67 feet 9 inches; day. A temporary Committee com- audited by Mr. J. Fleming, but he and Read of Shanghai, touched 6 posed of Messrs. F. Angus, J. J. now regrets that owing to the gen-

Shanghai, Victory. The 10 yards breast stroke went in connection with the establish accounts in an honorary capacity, elected to deal with preliminarles he cannot continue to nudit the to Hagenstein, of Shanghai, with ment of the Club. Harris, also of Shanghai, taking |

; and

he has kindly consented to Persons interested in the forma continue to audit the accounts for second place. Hong Kong's repre- tion of the Club and who are wilt an annual fee of $100, sentative.. W. Fornita, was third ing to play are asked to communi-

A mirsed puit, of 1952.4% takes all the pill off the gingerbrend of the most dazzling drive. But golf

are the authenticated Writer in Saturday Evening Post

Bobby Jones' Length, USA, the longest drive known. of accepted récord, was minde by, Nobody knows exactly how far EC. Bliss at the Herne Bay Club Bobby Jones can hit a golf ball. in England us far back as 1918. Though he rarely tries for excep Including the carry and run. Bastionul distance, he enn drive a was credited with having driven terrifically long ball when press- ball 445 yards, A survey was ed. In that tournament at De- made of the ground to determinetroit, Jones hit one drive

30 far The turf was that several decompanying writers the conditions. Fount to be well dried out (which tried to measure it by stepping off means that it was fast), and the the distance. It was 345 steps, spot where the hall stopped

17B

Open Lawn Bowls

Championship.

22 shots to 15 in the Lawn Bowls H. Overy defeated S. Deacon by Open Singles Championship match

ed. report of the Committee which

season are good, and the Report The prospects for the coming shows that there is a considerable amount of talent in H.M. Navy most of which is new to the Colony. It will not, of course, be possible to hold tournament until the Navy returns to Hong Kong.

Report Adopted.

a

is, so full of mental traps and 57 feet lower than the level of the probably 820 yards. Jones, how played on the Kowloon, Bowling tleman, of Shanghai, was seconded before the meeting on Wednes- Association have very kindly been

pleasure from a long straight drive erratically will be sure to ent

in

Green Club green 'yesterday.

ever: nsually concentrates on ke- Overy held a comfortable lead tee from which it was driven.

eruey. A ball that leaves the Won An Aeroplane. Then came along that young may be fifty yards off when it hits good at the nineteenth hend. Both | players registered three's, but no a greens keeper in the ground. Therein lies the dan-higher scoring featured the match. man Guisto, California, with record even ger of trying to hit too far. more remarkable. He entered a driving contest in which an aero- plane was first prize.

tee slightly off line of direction throngheut, being ten shots to the feet 6 inches to obtain third place. Ferguson, and G. C. Burnett was eral increase of professional fees

Champion's Big Hit.

seconil.

1

at Chicago, Jones drove yards short of the green on their Hagenstein won by three lengths, cate with Mr. F. Angus as soon

his time for the distance being as possible. 80.1/5 seconds which breaks the former Shanghai récord.

up by playing his short game bad- Tad driving undermines a man's confidence in himself, and in his other shots. In any casiv randes he is superbyman) be gets

In the National Amateur tour- poverious little pleasure out of a

On three namient Gerent round if he has been duff-drives he had a total distance of for a green 525 yards away, a par- ing undue percentage of his

a trifle more than 1,200 yards.five hole. Favoured by a follow- tre-shuts. A well played ten-shot Think of it! Three drives of aping wind and a rather hard turf gives confidence for next proximately

the

400 yards each! Bobby's drive was so long that he stroke whether it is played with a Farts regarding the roll of the

was able to reach the green with ground and the wind on that day mashie, niblick, or a putter

a No. 4 iron on his second shet were never made quite clear in the records.

Driving Stories,

Golfers are always, talking about thele drives-and the way major- Hy of them overrate their prowess. How many golfers average 200 yards with their woodshots?' You are constantly hearing of „plzyors' hitting balls 250 and even If you keep a check

200 yards.

on driving competitions, however, you may be struck by the fact that they are almost invariably won with distances of from 220 to 246 yards.

Conditions For Driving. Distance obviously depends largely on conditions—of ground, atmosphere, and weather. If the -ground has a fall, the soil is dry and fast, and there is anything of a following wind, even the "rab- bit" can drive a long bull.

Shuck For Australians – Golfers who go from Australia Lo the British Isles for the first time usually get, a shock- they measure their drives. The softer soil, the denser atmosphere. and the climatic conditions all combine to hasten their ideas about their long-driving power.

First Time Lucky.

If the moderate player gets a

English Competitions. We have driving contests in the United States almost every year. but the most serious attempt to wet at the comparative force with which noted golfers hit a ball off the tee was made in England covering a period of four or five

years,

. English Venues. Beginning in 1922 and continu- ing until 1926, a driving test was held at Sandwich and Troon prior to the playing of the British Open. A flat, smooth fairway was select- ed where other coulitions would be a nearly normal as possible. The most uncertain element al- ways is the wind.

Cyr Tolley's Best... Each player was allowed to drive six balls. The longest drive the first year was made by Easter- brook, a British pro. It measured 277 yards 9 inches. In another year, D. A. Curtis was first with a drive of 278 yards 6 inches. In that contest, by the way, Walter Hagen, American pro who won the British Open later, had a drive at 270 yards 11⁄2 inches. The long-

years was made by Cyril Tolley,

Jong ball once he is not too criest of all the drives during those

tical about the conditions. If he

Babe Ruth's Claims,

It is the belief of the writer, as well as real golfers who have seen the home-run king, that nobody can hit a golf ball farther than Baby Ruth,

Tremendous Drive.

On a 487-yard, half dog-leg hole at the Cold Stream Club on Long Island, a group of us saw Ruth Ese a brassie on his second shot and drive the ball into the tops of trees well back of the green. Other members of the foursome, all fairly long drivers, were 60

are

Accuracy Counts. Though interest in long driving is intense, the champion golfers usually men who hit for moderate distances, and are accur- ate." Two moderately long shots will reach a greon just as offer- tively as one tremendous poke and a short mashie pitch. Instructors say that an average drive of 225 yards is good enough. On holas running from 475 yards to those that are more than 500, the por is five. golf allows three shots to get on Throwing the polo ball

That means that perfect 220 yards

the green and two putts. The 100 yds, breast stroke 225-yard hitters can do that easi-Water polo

y enough, if steady, and mighty few of the masters can average better than par.

Tientsin Defeat. In the water polo match between Shanghai and Tientsin the Shang- hai team won by five goals to one Al half-time Shanghal were leading

Prodan by 2 goals to 1.

scored Tientsin's only point.

The standing of the various teams at the conclusion of last night's sporta wna as follows:-

Embassy

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GOLF.

Starting

Times for Sunday.

The Secretary of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club supplies the H.K. T. S following list of starting times

for Fanling:-

9.20 am. N. K. Littlejohn, J. E.

Richardson.

9.24 A. Reid, R. K. Hepburn 0. Eager, A. D. Hum- phreys.

וד

5

0 4

..1

08

0 3

"

9.28

10 6.16

-Reuter,

9.32

9.36

9.40

**

9.44

J. S. Lee, F. C. B. Black. G. T. May, A. J. R. Wolft.

G. V. T. Marsha, H. E. D. Adams.

W. R. Vallance, Comdr. E. O. Priestley.

.9.48 A. C. I. Bowker, H. H.

H

Mundy.

A. Piercy, TS. Whyte- Smith.

Honorary Secretary and Treasur

Owing to the illness of the er. Mr. J. T. Prior kindly under- took to act for him, and we are most grateful to him for his as bistance.

I now leg to propose that the report and accounts for, the year ended June 30, 1931, its present- ed be adopted, and I shall be obliged if some member will Kind- ly second auch proposal whereupon questions as to the report and ac- counts may be raised.

The motion was seconded by Mr. C. Bond, and carried unanim- oualy.

The

Election of Officers..

following officers were elected for the coming year:- Chairman, Mr. R. M. Dyer; Vice-Chairman, Mr. J. Scott Harston; Official Referee, Mr. A. Murdoch; Manager, Mr. J. Brook: Hon. Seerotary and Treasurer, Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones.

General Committee. Messrs. A. W. Grimmitt, H. G. Sheldon, C. Bond. W. Ward and G. G. N. Tin--

These gentlemen are the civilian members of the commit- tao, who work together with repre-,:

son.

-N. C. Barker, H. Wsentatives of the Army, Navy and

Dulley.

9.52

"

9.66

10.00

D. J. Gilmore, T. R Chassels.

Police.

Mr. J. Fleming' was elected au- ditor at an annual fee of $100.

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