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CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

SOUTH AFRICANS IN THE MAMAK HOCKEY K.B.S.F.P.A. BEAT THE

GOOD POSITION.

Leading by 157 Runs After Declaring,

DALTON'S HALF CENTURY.

Perth,, Yesterday. Playing in the frat match of their Australian tour the South Africans declared at 362 for the loss of seven wickets and proceeded to dismiss Western Australia for 205.

TOURNAMENT.

Donor. Refuses the Presidentship.

OFFICIALS ELECTED.

A meeting of hockey representa- tives of Clubs competing in the Mumak Hockey Tournament held on Thursday at the Club House of the Kowloon British School Former Pupils Association, King's

Full scores as cabled by Ruter Park. were as follow:

Western Australia: 205.

MILLION

STERLING SWEEPSTAKE.

CLUB “A."

Gregory Holds Up a Dangerous Raid.

FRANCIS & BICKFORD SCORE.

Playing on the Club ground at Was the K.B.S.F.P.A. defeated the Hong King's Park yesterday afternoon,

The winners beld thei Kong Hockey Club "A" by two goals to all. upperhand throughout, except in the second half, when the Club for-

went dangerously warda equalising, but C. L. Gregory the F.P.A.'s custodian, cleared well to concede a corner.

near

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Mr. S. S. Mamak, who kindly 7 dee. offered to provide a cup or shield to South Africans: 362 for

(E. L. Daltonbe competed for by local hockey

centre for- 4 teams and who was invited to be

C. C. Francis, the 53, Bryant

To- present, addressed the meeting as

ward, netted in the first half. for 48).

follows: "1 have great pleasure in presenting, on behalf of Messrs: wards the end of the match. B. 1. Mamak & Co., a Hockey Challenge Bickford registered the second goal. Shield to be competed for annually Play, for long periods, was in mid- Mr. A. A. Dandi by local hockey clubs for the pur-field, and both goalkeeperя had pose of fostering and encouraging very easy time. interest in the game in the Colony. had charge of the game.

Result:- In the event of a Club winning the iournament for 3 successive years the Shield will automatically become the property of that Club,

At the conclusion of Mr. Mamak's London, Yesterday.

decided to proceed Prize money in the Irish Sweep-speech it was stake on the Manchester November with the election of the governing

n million body. Handicap is al present sterling-Reuter.

Irish Sweep on the Manchester Event.

SUMMER FOURSOMES AT FANLING.

Medical Players Win Final Tie.

In the final tie of the Summer foursomes Doctors 1. Newton and J. A. R. Selby beat L. Goldman and G. Miskin by 2 and 1.

The following were then elected officials for the ensuing season:

Chairman; Mr. O. England White. Hon. Sec. and Hon. Treas.: Mr. C. C. Francis.

An-

K.B.S.F.P.A. Chab "A"

2 0

K.B.S.F.P.A. team:-C. L. Gre gory; N. Whitely, A. Philippens; E. MacNider, S. MacNider, J. J.j Franels, B. I. Bickford, M. L. King; W. H. Hirst, J. White, C. G.

Welll.

honour paid him.

of Tournament The drawing up rules and the arrangement of fix- General Committee: Messrs. Allen; tures was next proceeded with and (Police), Hurst (R.C.S.), Soares it was further decided that the final match of the tournament should be (Incognitos), Mackay (St.

Champions v. The Rest, and that) drew's) and Kemp (Radio).

Mr. Mamak, on being asked to at the conclusion of this match the Chair, very trophy, sultably inscribed, would be! All the President's

view in the The Trophy is on modestly declared that he felt that presented to the champions. there were many others with better claims on the position than his own window of Messrs. Mamak & Co., and therefore he declined the high Sports Outfitters, Kowloon.

EASIER

GOLF

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H.STUART HOBSON

WHY "SPEEDING-UP" SPOILS THE SWING.

IMPORTANCE OF BALANCE.

he

An old Scot used to say to me or rather, to himself - 25 addressed the teed-up bail. "I'm going to hit this wee thing a long way, but I'm no' going to be in a hurry to do it."

any conscious desire to hit the ball is almost certainly "thinking In wrong sequence.”

Other indications of confused thought are tightness and rigidity, lifting the head, lunging, and ab- sence of rhythm and smootanese.

Concentrate on the Ball. That is not to say that the golfer should not, consider the possibilities of his shot.

The other day one golfer was unnerved by losing three holes in succession to "birdies" shot by the dropping of putts from incredibly One of these, in long distances.

On the contrary, he should have fact, was not a putt at all, but a chip out of a bunker. The "vica very firm picture of this in his timised" golfer then accelerated his mind. The point that is emphas awing to the point where he lost ised is that this picture must be bla normal action and was uncon- finished and complete--a · printed sciously using his club as though it photograph, as it were-by the time the player comes to the practical were a flail.

business of stroking the ball.

First project your shot in your on the cessful. Then concentrate mind, complete and completely suc-

bali,

It is noticeable that many golfers tend to increase the pace of the swing as they drop behind the ad-

versary.

Cool and Deliberate. Many a golfer who is cool when In the lead, and deliberate when the struggle is going evenly, begins to "press", when he drops behind..

The Temperamental Golfer. Many golfers, cepscially those whose failures are temperamental, think in reverse order. They won- One reason may be that his ad der about the effect of the shot while they are actually in process versary le outdriving him. seeks to add a few yards to the of making it. This putting of the The cart before the horse is a mental awing by hitting harder. means that he uses, unfortunately, I cause of dozens of manual imper- in to hit more quickly. The effect, fections in the swing. It is a truer

He

of hastening the swing is not to explanation of most missed shots add to the length of the shot, but to detract from it.

That is because the body loses its balance as the swing, especially the backward swing, is accelerated.

than "head-up," or fallure to do this or that with arms or body. Think first of the shot, and then of the ball; make two entirely separate pictures in correct sequence, and you will not lose the balance of your awing.

Now consider the question of "lack of; balaúde,” “b

Club First, Body After. You weave, or lean, to the right in order to keep seeing the ball, which otherwise would "disappear under your shoulders,

In the all-body backswing you not only rotate your body too much, but you try to hit the ball with every- thing you havo-except the club- head. The rule ', your club must go first, your bouy following. The first move toward correction of this fault must be to get control of the club in your hands at the beginning. Forget everything else-swing your hands. Even forget the club.

Proper Timing.

Keep your arms and wrists in time with the club as you start the backswing.

This has a tendancy to slow down your start. Unusually the back- swing that is too fast is too fast!

"wrist breaking." wholly because it starts too quickly from the ball. Keeping everything even, delays Breaking your wrists, back awcops the club-head back very rapidly | from the ball.

You can depend on it that the up- ward swing of the golf club will take up the slack in your wrists as the club attains the top.

If you break the club quickly

because of the undue speed result-i away from the ball with wrists breaking, the take-up at the top. ing in the back swing, not only up" your arms too. That is, you are not able to stop your backswing "takes-up" your wrists but "takes

smoothly.

The Correct Address. Instead, your arms go back too! far, and perhaps too high at the same time. You are then out of plane, out of step, out of balance and, probably, out of luck.

If your back awing is all armus and wrists, becoming nothing more than chopping at the ball, you will discover that you have a noticeable lack of contact with the ground, Your shots will never be good un- less you have a very solid feeling of anchorage against the ground especially with your right foot. In your address, settle back on to your heels. Do not lean backwards, but feel your weight solidly on your heels. Then, as arms, wrists and club move evenly together in the start back, let your body turn to

Slow Back Swing. “Slowly back" is just another way of saying, "Koop your balance!"

Loss of balance, in the swingris easily caused by thinking in wrong The backswing that is "all body" sequence. The player ponders ou has the fault of taking control of what the effect of his, shot is Ukely the club away from your hands, follow the club and follow it all to be, when he ought to be con- while at the same time turning your the way in the sense of turning contrating with all his determina- shoulder up directly in the path of with It us required, not with the

(China Mail Copyright). tion on the actual striking of the the ball, making it difficult for you feeling of rushing or hurrying It Ball. The player who experiences (to see.

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