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THE CHINA MAI

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 198

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CHAMPION'S ROMANTIC

RISE TO FAME

dark

pavilion yesterday afternoon, Mr.

"T. D. Armour, the British open advice he parted company with the H. R. B. Hancock, a veteran Inter- porter, and President of the H.K. champion, announces his intention army of putters which he carried Cricket League, expressed his best of defending his title at Prince's, from place to place in the vain hope wishes to Mr. Erie Mitchell, skip from New York on May 24, and will would be staunch. So, one

Sandwich, on. June 6. He sails that if one misbehaved another per of the Hong Kong Interport thus have about a week in which to night, when crossing the Forth eleven which set sail for Shanghat practice for the event, a period Bridge, Armour solemnly dropped in the early hours this morning. A few

quite long enough for a player of all the putters but one from the members of the team also his experience," shook hands with Mr. Hancock, and

writes a Dally carriage. window into the black expressed the hope they would come

Telegraph correspondent.

waters far below, It was a fearful back with "Aying colours."

That Armour is in great form is though necessary wrench.

Interviewed by a China Mail re-shown by his sweeping victory in His first big success as an ama porter, Mr. Hancock expressed the the recent Miami Open, in which, tour was in the French champion- opinion that the team was very well with a score of 285 for the 72 holes, ship at La Boulie, where he defeated balanced, and the best they could he beat the field by nine clear shots. Tolley in the final, after each had have got together. "They have no Ryder Cup player, won the four-ball how many drives into a cherry or Later, Armour and E. Dudley, started by alicing goodness knows reliable or outstanding batsman," he said, "but their two main points Farrell in the semi-final, and Burke, America drew Armour to the other championship, defeating Sarazen and chard. Subsequently the lure of are excellent fielding, and a great the U.S. champion, and Golden Inside, where, in 1925, he took the variety of bowling. They are a

The winners played plunge into professionalism. young team, very keen and should the final. do well. It will give some of them superhuman golf, having a best-ball,

There he came under the influ-; ¡experience."

score of 60, or twelve under 4's.

Armour is one of the romantic ence of that golfing genius, Douglas) figures of golf. Born in Edinburgh, Edgar, who met a mysterious death 37 years ago, he was trained as a in a country inne near the Druids musician, and played the violin in a Hill course, Atlanta. Armour de cinema orchestra in that city. I clares that Edgar, the originator of first met him in 1919, when he was the "inside-out" method of swinging competing in an amateur tourna the club, taught him more in one ment In the North of Scotland, week than he had learned in ten Armour struck me as a golfer of ex- years. At any rate, Armour's auc- ceptional ability, especially in the cess was both immediate and strik iron shots, which he played with ing, for he won the United States notable firmness

decision. Open Championship, the American Bobby Jones has often said, that Match-Play Championship, the Cana- Armour is the world's greatest iron dian title, and many rich tourna- player, particularly with the clubs menta. His crowning achievement of long-range:

was the capture of the British Open

SUMMER CUP AT KOWLOON.

Returns Good Card. J. M. McKnight

THE QUALIFIERS.

and

The qualifying round for the

He learned to play these tell-tale at Carnoustie last year. Summer Cup of the Kowloon Golf shots on the famous Braid Hills, From the world's worst putter" Club attracted a large entry last where as a young and aspiring he has become one of the beat and

consistent of Sunday when the following play-golfer ho paid his twopence per most

performers. era qualified:---.

round. But I never remember ä Armour probably possesses the finest |golfer so good in most departments, pair of hands in golf, the fingers so thoroughly unsound in one of not only being unusually long but the most important of all-putting, delicately formed. Coupled to a pair| | Armour's inability to hole any sort of steel-like wrists, the hands

of putt earned for him the descrip- develop amazing power, though thisli tion of "The World's Worst Putter." fa not apparent from the easy and Putters Dropped Over Bridge. graceful way in which he swings It was not unmerited, and on my the club.

J. M. McKnight

1. B. McCaw

A. T. Braley

G. H. Rusacil

J. E. L. Johmson

W. Kamsey

S. McNider

W. T. Taylor

G. Reid

J. D. Thomson

D. C. Winon

W. S. Hillier

J. McKelvie

...75-6=89 .88-18-70

765-71 .78 672 .85--18-72 .86-14-72 .88-15-73 6-78 87-13-71

.79-4=75 .80-5-75 .82-7-75

.82—7—75

As Mr. J. D. Thomson has with- drawn from the competition the following with a net score of 76 will replay for the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th places. R. G. Craig, W. Stoker, H. A. Linn, W. G. Groves

and H. H. Mundy,

The draw for the replay, to be played off on or before the 22nd inst., is as follows:-

W. Stoker and H. H. Mundy. W. G. Groves and R. G. Craig H. A. Liun and A. M. Other.

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DAVIS CUP.

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Poland Y. Holland.

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Middlesex v. Hampshire.

Durston 5 for 18. Peebles 5 for Holland) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

Hampshire: First innings 70 Tloczynski (Poland) beat Timmer

for 7, Hearne 3 for 10). 21); Second innings 71 (Durston Kax Stolarow (Poland).

Hughan (Holland) 6-8, 6-2, 5-7, 6-0, Middlesex: First innings 766-0. (Kennedy 5 for 82, Boyes 5 for North American. Zone Semi- 36); Second innings 18 for no Finals. wickets.

Middlesex won by 5 runs on the first innings..

A Friendly Match.

In a friendly match Surrey drew with Sussex. Surrey made 221 (A. Wensley taking 6 for 71), while Sussex replied with 174 for seren

Australia.... v. Cuba.

beat

Jack Crawford (Australia) best Ricardo Morales (Cuba) 6-3, 6-1, 7-5,

H. O. Hopman (Australia) beat Vollmer (Cuba( 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.

(3.9.A. v. Maxico. Wilmer Allison (U.S.A.) beat Ricardo Tapia (Mexica) 62, 6-3; Worcester v. Kent.

16–4. Worcester batted, first for 225,|

Ellsworth Vines (U.S.A.) beat, Kent having scored 74, for 2 Unda (Mexico) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. wickets when stumps were drawn. The points were divided...

Miss Nuthall & F. J.wickets. Perry May Be Included.

Great Interest has been aroused

in Johannesburg by the announce Rain at Manchester, mant that Miss Betty, Nuttall and FJ. Perry may visit South Africa

In the Davis Cup It is not only necessary to play well, but to play

Lancashire who have two Cham-supremely well. And my business towards the end of the year.pionship wins already, were un- and my home make it very dimeult

Mr. Rex Tucker, the president of able to secure a result against for me to obtain the con the South African Lawn Tennis As Glamorgan, rain) stopping play and sustained practice necesar sociation, intimated at the annual after the first day. Lancashire for such a contest-Bene Lacoste. general meeting of this body that made 196 for 7 wickets the English LTA. hoped to ac

MEGET have seen a man who could copde, to their request to send to

Oxford: Outplayed.

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