MONDAY, JUNE 20,
1932.
THE
CHINA MAIL.
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RESULTS OF WEEK-END LEAGUE TENNIS AND BOWLS MATCHES
GOLF.
BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
DE
FOREST'S PUTTER
WINS FINAL
FIDDIAN SIX DOWN AFTER SEVEN HOLES.
BUT STAGES AMAZING RECOVERY
UNLUCKY THIRTEENTH
CAUSES HIM
TO LOSE HEART.
Muirfield, May 28. John de Forest, aged twenty-five, a son of Baron de Forest, the millionaire financier, won the British Amateur Championship at Muirfield to-day defeating Eric Fiddian, aged twenty-two, the holder of the English title, by 3 and 1 in the final over 36 holes.
It was one of he wettest finala in the history of the Champion ship, continuous rain falling throughout the match, which occupied six and a half hours to complete, a record in the matter of time to play the 35 holes,
·
half. It is true to say that his putter saved him. De Forest was presented with the eighth,
THE LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE
First Division.
Civil Service Beat KCC.
where Fidian, after driving into Civil Service.
put, he completed the nine holes H. Westlake
in 39 and was 3 up.
Kowloom C.C.
..17
(Skip) ....11
P. Farrell
a bunker and failing to get out, E. W. Simmonds H. Gittins
Kern picked up. However, he won the J. W. Deakin
J. Gibson ninth in a great 4 after de F. J. Jones Forest had topped his second. A. W. Grimmitt
R. Lapsley (Skip) (Skip)....26. Giving de Forest a5 for the eighth, which was not played N. J. Bebbington H. Hampton
F. Goodwin L E. Longbottom A. Hyde-Lay Unlucky. Thirteenth. |J. Hoollidge
W. Hyde Fiddian won two of the next (Skip) ....22 three holes and was only one S. Randle down with six to play. Though S. Alderman his play gave encouragement to A, H. Oswick his supporters he could never J. J. Gregory
(Skip)....16 get square. Fiddian had a won derful chance at the short thir- teenth, where de Forest took 5. but the Midlands player did everything possible to present his opponent with a half, and succeeded. This was distinctly bad.
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A. C. Burford
H. McTavish J. C. Lyal
(Skip).
Cralgengower Beat Taikoo. Taikoo R.C.
G. McLeod J. Sloan
K.B.G.C. Beat` Recrelo. -
Bowling Green. Ashworth Whitto Gapding
Rose
(Skip)
....20
W. Venables
C. Hatt V. C. Labrum F. L Rapley
⚫(Skip)....20 Sherriff Farmer Hale Drake
(Sklp)
Recreio. F. Prats L. F. Xavier
J. J. Basto
A. H. Basto (Skip)
A. A.. Xavier
H.K. Electric Beat Yacht Club.
Electric R.C.
J. Sloan.
U. E. Gahagan
Yacht Club.
N.V. A: Croucher J. W. C. Bonnar
F. E. Duckworth E. S. Abraham
5. Deakin
**
8
A. Tarbuck
J. M. S. Rosario
E. M. Remedios R. A. Basto
(Skip) ...17 C. Marcos
F. X. Xavier
(Skip)....13
F. Normington A. Webster
W. B. Muskett
(Skip)
R. C. Butler
H. Hatch
L. de Rome
22
W. McFarlane
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J. Bentley
L. S. Greenhill
A. Stevenson
J. McFarlane
E. B. Reed
.12
(Skip)
A. Murdoch
J. G. Ozório
D. E. Maugham
G. H. Basto
.24
(Skip)....15
J. F. Lunny
(Skip)
Chapman
.26
(Skip)
.18
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40
61
60
Craigengewer Beat Taikos.
Craigengowar.
19
Medina
Abbas
47 W. Ward
M. A. Razack
(Skip)....22
Craigengower. W. T. Brightman
A. E. Costes
E. el Arculli
U. M. Omar
22
25
Fiddian Again Trapped. Fiddian seemed to lose heart, J. Chapman for he pulled into a bunker at D. Munro
(Skip) the fourteenth, and instead of being content to get out, tried for J. Watson distance and hit the face of the D. Bone
a 7. W. Weir hazard, and the end was De Forest became dormy 2, and W. Wotherspoon (Skip)....17 Fiddian, going all out for the
The match was won in the first seven holes, six of which were won by de Forest, who became 7 up at the tenth. Though Fiddian fought back courageously, and at one time was only 1-down, he could never get on level terms. He had many chances, but could not take them, and in general terms his golf, was a bitter dis-long shot over the bunkers at the A. Stalker seventeenth, topped the ball into J. Polson appointment. De Forest had several bad patches, but he overcame the same hazard in which he had C. Matthews them, and in the end always looked a winner. It is a great achieve-been trapped in the morning J. Russell
(Skip) ment for so young a player to be runner-up and winner in succes-round. He lipped the hole for a sive years.
5, and was beaten, De Forest took 38 for the last eight holes, and 77 for the seventeen holes of
A final which at one period had every appearance of ending in a complete fiasco was saved from disaster by a partial re-able weather conditions, turned 6 covery on the part of Fiddian up, his score being 36 to Fiddian's towards the close of the first 43. round. Instead of being 7 down ---the position at one stage Anished 4 down, a big deficit cer- tainly, but one giving promise of a recovery on the part of the young English champion.
eighth and ninth were halved the round.. each in 6, and de Forest, who had played heroic golf in the deplor-
he
Record in Finals? To be 6 down after playing Beven holes must be a record in the fifial of any championship. At any rate, I do not remember anything quite comparable to Fiddian's disastrous position be fore the match had virtually got under way. The only occasion at all similar was at Westward Ho! some years ago, when Robert Haris won hole after hole against & Devonian named Fradgeley, who eventually lost by 13 and 12 Disastrous Start.
Fiddian
lost
Although pocketful of holes at the start, there was never any indication, at any rate as the match de- veloped, that he would be beaten by so enormous a margin. Never striking his real game indeed, he has never played more in- decisively and with such little ригрове --
Fiddian lost the first four holes and then managed to halve one. The mournful proces- sion started again, the next two Roles being lost, and at the turn Fiddian was 6 down. This was not the end, for, losing the tenth, he was 7 down.
A Hopeless Task.
never ceased
Fiddian Cracks Up.
It was hoped for Fiddian that) the tide of misfortunes would now turn, but instead he was swept deeper into the morass. At the tenth he sliced into the rough and finally missed a short putt for a half in 5. Not only had his putting gone to pieces, i but everything else as well.
Two Holes for Loser. However, he won his first hole at the twelfth, where de Forest, who hitherto had kept an excel- lent line from the tee, sliced into the rough, and was then bunker- ed close to the green. Fiddian, who won it in four, had a won derful chance of winning the short thirteenth as well, where his tee shot was only three yards from the flag, Striking the putt timidly, he had to be with a hair in 3. The next was halved in 4, and at the fifteenth Fiddian won his second, hole of the match, holing a putt of five feet for a 4, while de Forest miss- ed one from a shorter distance.
content
Signs of Unsteadiness. By winning the next, where de Forest was showing signs of un- steadiness, Fiddian instilled a glimmering of hope into his aup- porters, who had journeyed overnight from the Midlands to encourage and to cheer their hero.
China Mail Sports Diary.
TO-DAY.
FENCING-Hong Kong Fenc- ing Club meet at 5.15 p.m.
LAWN BOWLS-Open Cham- plonabip
(on Recreio green)
F. Goodwin v. A. Chapman,
R. H. E. Marks v. A. A. Razack. (on Police green)
A. M. Holland v. S. Deacon.
D. W. Phillips v. W. H. B. Muskett. TO-MORROW.
LAWN BOWLB-Open ̧ Cham- pionship-
(on K.B.G.C. green) Dr. R. A. Basto v. E. W. Simmonds. J. J. Basto v. J. C. Lyal. A. C. Burford v. A. S. Goules.
on R.C.C. green)
W. Ward v. G. N. Mitchell.
WEDNESDAY.
LAWN TENNIS LEAGUE-
Mixed Doubles, Ladles R.C. v. Kowloon C.G. Chinese R.C. v. United Services
R.C.
Recreio v. Indian R.G.
"C" Division, Craigengewer v. South China. Indian R.C. v. Filipino Club. Kowloon Indians v. Hong Kong
C.C.
Army TC. v. Recreio.
Gradantes! A. v. Radio 8.0. Y,M.C.A. v. Chinese R.C. University. Polles R.C.
HOCKEY-Wanderers v. H.M.S. Cornwall on the Marina Ground ut 5.15 p.im.
THURSDAY.
on K.C.C. green) Frasery. H. Gittins.
de Forest Falters.
SWIMMING-Hong Kong Ama- Fiddiari was now only four
tear Swimming Association meet- The spectators, plodding along down, but an error of judgmenting at V.R.C. at: 8 pm. in the downpour of rain which at the seventeenth, where he
LAWN, BOWLS Open Cham throughout the failed in the attempt to carry plowship match, shook their heads, and the cross bunkers with his second De agreed that no man could ever shot, cost him the hole. hope, least of all Fiddian, to get Forest played short and won the seven holes back. However, byhole in 5 to 6, but he made a recapturing three he did raise terrible hash of the eighteenth,⠀⠀ slightly the hopes of the Scot-hooking from one bad place into tish spectators, who had paid their money to see a fight and another, and finally taking a 7 to not a debacle.
de Forest brilliant.
In detail the story is this Fiddian sliced his drive into the rough at the first, hooked into
Fiddlan's 4.
Fiddlan'a Improvement, "De Forest, taking 44 for the second half, had a total for the round of 80, while Fiddian, with
a bunker, at the second, took 40, was 88. From 7 to 4' down
;}
Luz v. J. G. Meyer.
J. J. Gregory v. W. Venables.
SATURDAY.
LAWN TENNIS LEAGUE-
“A” Division, South China v. Kowloon C.C. Chinese R.C. v. Indian R.C.
"B" Division South Chine v. Craigongower. Army T.C. v. Hong Kong C.O. University 'v, Indian'
three putts at the third, and was an infinitely better position.igengover v. Indian
again cut His tee shot at the fourth. Playing these four holes beautifully, de Forest won them all, his figures being 4, 4, 8,′ 8. At the third he hit a great iron shot over the sandhills to with in five feet of the pin and holed the putt. A
de Forest Lucky
RO Civil Service T. Kowloon C.C. Division Club South China Filipino
-E.C. Hong Kong C.G. v. Recreio. When the match was resumedowloon Indians v Army 1.0. in the afternoon it was felt that Kowloon G.G. Graduates' An Fiddian would make a supreme Pollca, R.C. Y. Chinese R.C.
University v. Y.DAN effort to wipe out the arrears. He
- LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE---- started by winning the first hole
-Pirat. Divielen, vaikken and reducing the deficit to 8.
Craigengower v, Kowloon Docks. Then, followed a series of lucky
Kowloo B.G.U. Kowloon 0.0. escapes on the part of de-Forest.
Roerele Police R.C. Talken R.C. v. Civil Service C.G. Otherwise he would have been caught
Becond Division Yacht Club Talkoo RC Kowloon C.C.. Craigengower O.C Civil Service Recreio
Kowloon B.GG B.K. Elgeta
Champion's Heroic Efforts, Fiddlan got it half in 5 at the fifth, but he again fell into ar-
Putter Saves de Forest. rears, mishitting his second shot
He holed a puff of six feet for at the sixth and bunkering his tee shot at the short seventh, and a half at the second, and although although getting well out be foozling his tes shot at the chort serar led a half in 8 missed a putt of a yard for a hall fourth
De Forest accomplished the holes by holing a downhill putt of ten
ards
In
and 3 respectively and won
them both to beco
6 up. The other,
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Summona
Mody Barros
Cavanagh
(Skip)
D. Kharas
Taikoo R.C.
D. Peoples Wald
T. Grimes McKechnie
(Skip)....19 Greenwood Swan
MacIndoe
S. Hope.
(Skip)....16
19
W. Brown
C. Summers
W. V. Field
G. Stewart
(Skip)....24 Duncan
G. Bachanan
M. O'Brien
C. S. Rosselet R. Bass
(Skip)....22
M. Souza
L. E. Lammert
D. Rumjahn
E. W. Bradbury (Skip)....23
Recreio Beat K.B.Ġ.C.
Recreio.
F. V: Ribeiro J. M. Alves "F. X. Silva
L. A. Guterrez
(Skip)....16
F. Xavier R. Roberts A. 8. Gomes R. F. Luz
(Skip)
H. A. Alves
Bowling Green. R. Duncan Phillips
R. Nichol
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Pearse
(Skip) .....28
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LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE.
Second Division. “.
P. W. D. L. Pts. Craigengower C.C.. #500 10 Club de Recreio 5 3 0.2 Civil Service C.C.
8 0 2 Kowloon B.G.C. Yacht Club Taikoo H.C. Kowloon C.C. Electric R.C.
5 2 0 3
1 0 4 2
Shots For and Against.
For Agat. Up Down
40 Craigengewer C.C. 820 288 Yacht Club......200 273 23 Kowloon B.G.C...281 268 Civil Service C.C. $10 286 Club de Recreto..207 200 Talkoo R.C........
..285 295 Kowloon 'C.C. .299 824 54 Electric R.C. .277 341
R. Keown'
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18
15
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SARAH PALFREY PRAISED,
Miss Jacobs Pays High Tribute To Girl Tennis Star In Article.
tennis
Kry
Mia Helen Jacobs, one of the greatest women.
recent players, In ticle paid high tribute to Miss Sarah Palfrey, who hag scored a victory over Betty Nuthall, the English star.
Miss Jacobs wrote: “Sarahs has the ideal temperament un der normal playing conditions, When she is pressed she is apt to become a bit excitable. Her errors do not tempt fier to tryi easier shots. When she, Mos covers that her drive is not working as well as it usually does, she keeps on playing to get it up to par.
"The score never seems to worry Sarah, however decided. ly it is against her, and, morė. important still, she has an endi less amount of determination."
Dr. Samy and T. K. Tam (G.A.) drew with Silva and In
Oppenheim
6-6
2 drew with K. M. Lo and
Salvoy
beat P. C. Koh and S. H.
Wong
6-1
W. Gittens and Dr. K. C. Yoo
THE LAWN TENNIS LEAGUE (GIA.)
"A" Division.
Club Draw With K.C.C.
E. C. and E. F. Fincher (K.C.C.):-
beat Silva and L. Oppenheim 6× 8: C. Y. Tso and C. L. Tsang beat K. M. Lo and Silvoy....64
(S.C.A.A.) :—
lost to Bradley and Pengelley
lost to McDougall and Balfour 4-.6 beat G. Bradley and Barrow 6- g Hong Kong Beat Kowloon.
beat P. C. Koh and S. H.
Wong ....
Recralo Beat South China.
W. N. Nam and H. H. Kan. (S.G.A.A.)
A. C. I. Bowker and T. C. Mona-lost to Gosano and Gonsalves 3. § han (H.K.C.CI) :—
drew with A. L. Sullivan and
G. W. Sewell
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beat D. H, Hazell and E.
Grimble
6- 3
A. M. Holland
(Skip)....22
beat C. A. Wright and W.
Williams
6-3
A. E. P. Guest and W. Hyde (ECC.) —
N.
and Owen
Worrall
best Kilgenbacker and Huber 6 8 beat Guterres and Noronha - beat 7. Dunn and G. Lee 68 beat Rocha and Noronha ... 6. beat Janer and D. S. Grean 6-4
L T. Kau and M.: T. Vin (S.C.A.A.)
G. N. Mitchell A. Taylor
J. G. Mayer
E. H. Holland
21
P. A. Yvandich L. C. R. Souza C. G. Silva
(Skip)
(Skip) ....21
H. E. Stoneham
J. S. Logan
.29
C. S. Beat W. Runsell -(Skip)
.20
66
63
Kowloon Dock Beat Police.
Kowloon Dock.
G. Docherty
Morrison
K. Greig
(Skip)....24
J. Lindsay 3. C. Brown
Police R.C.
E. G. Post
J. R. McWalter
lost to Sullivan and Sewell. 2. §]. (H.K.C.C.) :——— lost to Hazell and Grimble. 48 beat Kilgenbacker and Huber 6-1 beat Wright and Williams.. 6-2 drew with Dann and Lee ..
6- 6
P. Madar and G. C. Burnett drew with Janer and Green 6-6 (K.C.C.):~~
Gordon and Lloyd (H.EC.C.) :— beat Kilgenbacker and Huber 6-1 lost to Dunn and Lee 3-6 lost to Janer and Green ... - 6
lost to Sullivan and Sewell, 0-6 lost to Hazel and Grimble 1-6 beat Wright and Williame.. 61
"B" Division.
Craigengewer Boat University.
J. W. Leonard and G. Lai
A. N. Reynolda - | (C.C.C.)
D. Clow
Chinese R.C. Beat Recreio.
Lee Wai-tong and Tsui Wsi-pul (C.R.C).
Best A. V. Remedios and L. A. Ribeiro, 6-1.
Best C. A. Barretto and A. V. Goiano, 6-1.
6- 1
Best H. A. Barros and F. J. 6-4 Reisedios, 6—8,
J. McKelvia
A. Hollands
(Skip)
....18
beat Y. K. Ng and Dr. G. E.
Teok .....
J. V. Ramsay JR. G. Craig
McLeod
W. Glendinning
J. More
beat Dr. T. K. Lien and T, M.
Tan
beat Y. F, Chew and D. J. N.
Anderson
6- 4
J. C. S. Fender
E. Zimmern and K, Chos (C.C.C.).
R. H. E. Marks beat Ng and Yeoh
H. A. Cooper
.16
(Skip).....18
A. Calman
J. Kempton
F. Cullen
(Skip)
(Skip)....18
6- 4 F. E. E. Bookerlöst to Chew and Anderson.. 8- 6
loat to Llen and Tan W. Mair.
Ng Kar-chuen and Tool Ping-fan (C.R C.).
Beat Remedios and Ribeiro, 6-4. Best Barretti and Gosano, 7-5. Lost to Barros and Remedios,
36.5-7.
(Skip)...18
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W. J. Howard and A. Kitchell (C.C.C.) beat Ng and Yeoh
7.5
LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE.
First Division.
PAW. D. L. Pu. Olvil Service C.C. 5 5 0 0 10 Craigengower C.C.. 5 4 0 1 8 Club de Recreto... 5 3 1 1 7 Kowloon Docks R.C. 5 3 0 2 0
2 1 2 Talkoo P.C.
-0.3 Kowloon G.C. Kowloon B.G.C. Police R.C
lost to Chew and Anson.. 8-6 4-6 lost to Lien and Tan...
Indians Best Army,
3
A. H. Madar and A. R. Minu (1.R.(7.) 1----
lost to Col. Lecke and Capt.
Cannon lost to Capt.. Barry and Capt
Anderson beat Lt. Stocker and Lt.
Cresswell
3-8
4- 6
7.8
240 F. D. Pereira and A. Hoosan
0(LRC):-
Shots For and Against.
For Agit Up Down Civil Service O.C. 869 230 1280 880 Craigengower C.C. 884 246 Kowloon, D.R.C...294 75 Club de Recreio..808 285 280 Police R.O.
230 3210 Taikoo E.G.. Kowloon B.G.0.1..202 387.
0
21
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Kowloon, 288 298 0
Second Division.
Civil Service Beat K.C.C.
Kowloon C.C. F. Skinner Wow. Hirat FE. Lawrence J. Jack
(Skip)18 JA 8 Dinner W. Harrison!!!
1 Blackburn
F Herridge
lost to Lecks and Cannon 8 6
85 beat Barry and Anderson... 7′′ 5.
0 108 best Stocker and Cresswell.... 6- 2
Civil Service. H. Lockhart LAB Whantin T. Holdman" S. Eccleshall! (Skip).. Armstrong Knight McGowan Phillips! ***
(8kp) 15*(6kdp)*** W/Lamends C. Strange
A Kew TW. Cire
C F Tacchi
L., Luck
.25
1
S. A. and O. Ismail (LR.C.):-|
Chlu Tsun-tavi and W. C. Hung (C.R.C.).
lost to Gosano and Gonsalves 2- 6.
beat Rocha and Noronha ....... BB: lost to Guterres and Noronha 46
C. K. Man and L. C. Nip! (S.C.A.A.)
with drew
Gosano and Gonsalves drew, with Guterres and
Noronha
lost to Rocha and Noronha .. S-5
Y.M.C.A. Best K.C.C
R. B. Hambly and A. E. Collis (K.C.C.)
lost to 8. A. Gray and G.
Puncheon
beat T. J. and E. R. Price beat J. J. Ferguson and J. H.
Wilson
RS. Capell and A. Crabbs) (K.C.C.)
lost to Gray and Puncheon .. lost to T. J. and E. R. Prics, 2 lost to Ferguson and Wilson 18-
G. A. Whits and N. A. E, Msokáy (K.G.C.)
Best Remedios and Ribeiro, 8-8. lost to Gray and Puncheon Beat Barretto and Gosand, 644. lost to T. J. and E. R. Price B Beat Barros and Remedios, 7-5. drew with Ferguson and Wile
"C" Division.
IRC. Beat Kowloon Rivals.
Feroz Ali and Firdos (K.LT.C.):
lost to 3. A. P. Bux and
.M. P. Madar
drew with A. A. Rumfhan and
A. M. Rumjhan
beat DM A. Razack and
A. R. Sufflad
M. A. Khan and I. (KIT.C.) ;—
beat Locke and Cannon 4 lost to Bux and Madar draw: with Barry and
Anderson NSÍ
beat Stocker and Cresswell
South China Best CSCco
lost to A. A. and A. Ramjhan AMLAMA
6. 2 beat Razack and Suflad
KH. Chan and C. C. Lak (S.C.A.A-) :-
beat FW. Bradley and JA
Pengelley.
beat D. M. McDougall and R
Balfour
beat G
Barrow
Bradley
8. Salleh and H. M. (ELT.C.)
**
Radio Best Police,
A. R. 8. Major and W. le Bi
Sparrow (P.R.C.) "
lost to Haniwell and Plew
lost to W Woo and G. Singh 4- Khan best G. M. Khan and J. Daday 6-
G. A. Carruthers and B. Wynne 6- 4] (P.R.C.)
lost to Hankwell and Plew
6-6 drew with Woo and Singh beat Khan and Dad
B. G. Baker and C. Pile (P.R.0) Singh lost to Haníwell and Plew
lost to Woo and Singh 6-8 beat-Khan ́und“ Dad”-
M.
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Army Beat Cralgengower, 641 NEW HEWLE
C. Howard and N. B. Eltcha! Singh (CCCN
Post to C. Mitchell and WA
Danier
lost to Bux and Mader draw with A. A and A. M. lost to B. Paul and R. Lewis * Ramjban o
266 boat J. Jarman and Jost to Razack and Buflad 6-2 Matthew
Graduates Beat University. W Reed and R. Lee (CC.C.)
fost to Mitchell and Danler Chung lost to Paul and Lewis
61
Dr. pher (GLA) draw
beat
Silva candy: Le p
o and
lfour: 6553) beat P
Wong
Lee and S. Chan
lost to Jarman and Matthew
G. Kelly and Y C. Mox (0.0. lost to: Mitchell and Tatler lost to. Paul and Lewis
Jalaran and Matthew
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