"Flying Cross,” son of "Pennant" and "Blessings," above, was entered by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in the renewal of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 1, 1937.
RICHARD BURTON'S GOLF TRIUMPH
TREMENDOUS DRIVING IN SOUTHPORT TOURNEY C. WHITCOMBE'S GALLANT BID
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(By GEORGE GREENWOOD)
Southport, May 8. DICHARD BURTON, aged 29, of Hooton, Cheshire, a member of the last Ryder Cup team, won the Dunlop Southport £1,600 tourna- ment on the Hesketh course here to-day. His aggregate for the four rounds was 280. This gave him a lead of three strokes over Charles Whit combe, who, with a wonderful 66 in the last round, fought his way into second place with 283. Out of the blue, each with a remarkable round or 66, came J. H. Busson, of Formby, and Norman Sutton, of
Surrey Amateur Golf Title Leigh, Lancashire, who occupied third and fourth
For Stevenson
London, May 8-W. A. Stevenson, of the 18th, however, his tee-shot went Camberley Heath, a self-taught golfer, out of bounds, and Stevenson won the won the Surrey Amateur Champion- | hole for the match. ship at Worplesdon yesterday. In the final he beat J. Walker (Coombe Hill) by two holes.
COTTLE RETAINS ARMY BILLIARDS TITLE
places.
BUSSON, AGED 29, THE ELDER BROTHER OF J. J. BUSSON. THE RYDER CUP PLAYER, HAD A TOTAL OF 284. WHILE SUTTON, 28. THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF WILLIAM SUTTON, THE WELL-KNOWN AMATEUR AND A FORMER ENGLISH CHAMPION, WAS ONE STROKE MORE.
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HENRY COTTON COULD GET NO BETTER THAN FIFTH Stevenson lost the first two holes,
PLACE, WHILE PATRICK MAHON, OF ROYAL DUBLIN, AND but won the next five, and he turned three up. He won the 12th in three, In retaining the Army Billiards DAVID REES, THE YOUNG WELSHMAN, WHO AT ONE his opponent pushing his drive into Championship, Sgt. A. J. Cottle STAGE WERE AMONG THE LEADERS, BROKE DOWN AND HUMBLE trees, and was four up with five to play.
Walker, however, made a fine rally, and took the match to the last green title on four occasions. In the final Being a northerner, Burton's triumph was extremely popular, Walker played à brilliant recovery shot from a bunker at the 14th to win the last night at the Union Jack Club, and as he walked off the 18th green, having completed his last round hole in 4, and he holed a seven-yard London, Cottle defeated Sgt. V. C.in 68 to lock and bolt the door against his pursuers, he was loudly putt on the next green to get another Anderton (Durham Light infantry) cheered. hole back.
by 1,151 points to: 948 in a two-ses- Having been twice runner-up The 16th was halved in 3, and then sion match, played under time-limit in this same tournament Walker, holing a putt of 15ft, won the 17th in 3, to be only one down. At conditions.
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Padgham beat him by a stroke last year
Burton's success was overdue. "A big, strong man, he lashes at the ball with tremend- ous fury, and reaches distances far ahead of most of his rivals.
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Among the professionals he is one of the longest drivers in the world. At none of the long holes for did he require a wooden club the second shot, all greens being reached with a driver and an iron. It was an astonishing exhibition of powerful and accurate hitting.
BURTON'S FINE FINISH Burton really clinched the mat- ter with an outward half of 32 in the last round.
or caring what he had to do Bur-
ton finished gloriously-3, 4, 3, 4.
As regards Whitcombe it was a
AUSTRALIAN'S BID FOR WORLD'S TITLE
Barney Ross And Jack Carroll For Welter Clash
Negotiations for a world title fight between Barney Ross," the world's welter-weight champion, and Jack Carroll, the Australian titleholder, either in America or -Australia are to be 'renewed by Mr. C. Lucas, the Australian promoter, who sailed for the United States on May 12.
Australia's light-weight cham- pion, Alf Blatch, is accompanying Mr. Lucas to America, where he hopes to engage in several con- tests.
GOLF BALL
different story. He knew what he KILLS BIRD
had to do a 63-in order to tie.
Rightly regarding this as an im-IN FLIGHT
possible task, he went all out to gain second place and succeeded- a very gallant effort. He was 33` each way, the figures being all 4's and 3's, with the exception of a 2. He finished in a blaze of glory-3, 3. 3. 4.
MISS HOAHING DEFEATED
AT ́SUTTON
Golf Tournament Incidents
Southport, May Two curious incidents occurred during the $1,600 Professional Golf Tournament on the Hesketh Course, Southport, to-day.
Driving over a high sea wall at the tenth hole. Alfred Perry of
London, May 6. Miss Sheila Leatherhead, the former British Paterson, of the Melbury Club, beat champion, killed a starling in flight. Miss Gem Hoahing by 6-0, 7-5 in Bird and ball dropped to the ground the third round of the women's together- singles at the Sutton Hard Court tournament yesterday.
FULHAM SECURE NEW WING HALF
Fulham have signed Evans, a year-old young wing-half, who wa with the Arsenal last season.
The other incident concerned Hargreaves, of Fleetwood." "After teeing the ball at the seventeenth, he turned to pick the driver: from the bag, whereupon a little terrier ran out of the crowd, picked up the ball; and ran off with it.
Neither ball nor dog was seen again.
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