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War Admiral, winner of the Kentucky Derby, is ready to try to repeat the feat of previous Derby winners and add the rich Preakness to his string. He is shown with a stable boy on his arrival at Baltimore, Md.

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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 8, 1937-

HECTOR THOMSON NOT DEFENDING

WITHDRAWS FROM AMATEUR TOURNAMENT

GOLF WORLD SURPRISED

(By George Greenwood)

London, May 17.

HECTOR THOMSON, the British amateur cham- pion, acting on medical advice, will not defend his title when the championship opens at Royal St. George's, Sandwich, next Monday.

Thomson's withdrawal has taken the golfing world by surprise, particularly as it was known that, in preparation for the event, he had been prac- tising assiduously throughout the winter months at many of the great Scottish courses St. Andrews, Carnoustie, Leven and Troon.

APPARENTLY THE STRAIN OF PLAYING TWO ROUNDS A DAY HAS BEEN TOO MUCH FOR A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS NEVER BEEN VERY STRONG PHYSICALLY. HIS DOCTOR HAS NOW ORDERED A COMPLETE REST FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. THOMSON'S FATHER, A GLASGOW PROFESSION= AL, STATES THAT HIS SON HAS RECENTLY SHOWN SIGNS OF BEING OVERWROUGHT AND EXCESSIVELY TIRED DANGER SIGNALS OF A BREAKDOWN.

Thomson hopes, however, to play in the Open championship at › Carnoustie in July. Withdrawal from the Amateur is a keen dis.... appointment to the champion, for he cherished hopes of winning the title two years in succession, an achievement which has fallen only to one man-Harold Hilton- in the last 37 years.

Thomson, who is 23, won the championship last year at St. An- drews, where he defeated James Ferrier, the Australian, at the 36th hole.

In the ranking list Thomson

is Britain's No. 1 player, and in the race for honours, which fell thick upon him, he outstripped his close personal friend, Jack McLean, who recently turned professional.

Thomson is not the first cham- pion to withdraw when the time came to defend his title. As re- Michael cently as 1984 the Hon. Scott, who had won a year pre-- viously, did not play at Prestwick.

DATES OF NEWMARKET AUTUMN HANDICAPS TO BE CHANGED THIS YEAR

London. The Jockey Club has, it is understood, agreed to the pro- posal made last December by Mr. James de Rothschild to switch about the dates of the big, autumn, handicaps at Newmarket.

Thus, in future the Cambridge- shire will be run before the Ce- sarewitch the argument being that, with, the shorter race first, there is more opportunity for owners to have a shot at the double with the same horse.

Dates of the Champion Stakes, (14 miles) and Jockey Club Cup the latter being in future run at (21⁄4 miles) will also be reversed,

the First Octobér meeting.

AKOMBIN

The withdrawal of Thomson is yet one more instance of the terrific strain-mental and physical--of modern golf. During the recent English Championship at Saunton. I had occasion to refer to the col lapse, through nervous prostration,† Compston, and Leo Diegel, John of Leonard Crawley, who told me M'Dermott, a famous American that he had done with match-play player, who twice won the U.S. golf. To go on from day to day Open, ended his daya in an asylin for a whole week was, he said, too The latest victim of strain is big a strain, and was not worth the Allan Dailey, of Wanstead, who has candle. However, having entered, withdrawn from this week's, $1,000 » he will compete in the British Ama-tournament at Southend. He is teur next week.

“DEVILISH TORTURE”

still suffering from the effects of the constant pressure associated with the British team's tour in South Africa last winter,

THROUGH WITH GOLF,

Such was Bobby Jone's condition during the progress of a champion- ship that he could never: partake of either breakfast or luncheon, and In women's golf:there is the case at the end of a round I have seen of Miss Joyce Wethered, who par- him in a state of absolute exhaus-tially collapsed after her memor- tion. Collapsing in a chair, he could able struggle with Miss Cecil Leitch neither move nor speak for a con- in the final of the championship at aiderable time. Unable further to Troon, in 1925. withstand what he described as "this After winning the American devilish torture," Jones retired from championship three years in

BUC competitive golf in 1930.

cession. Mias Virginia Van Wie. Even professionals are not im-retired from the game in 1984, be mune from the effects of present cause the strain was undermining - day conditions. Among distinguish- her health. "As nothing compen- ed professionals who have suffered sates for its loss, I am through for in health are. Abe Mitchell, Charles ever with golf," she said. Miss Van Whitcombe, Henry Cotton, Archie Wie has not played since ::