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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 81, 1988

Henry Cotton Is

Cotton Is Annoying

OUR LONDON AIR MAIL

SPORTS NEWS

Palace Of Learning

A FOOTBALL CLUB WHERE ALL THE PLAYERS ARE STU- DENTS OF ECONOMICS, AC- COUNTANCY, BOOK-KEEPING, &c., IN THEIR SPARE TIME. STEP FORWARD, CRYSTAL PA- LACE! THAT'S THEIR WAY OF PREPARING THEIR PLAYERS FOR A BUSINESS CAREER WHEN THEIR FOOTBALL DAYS ARE OVER.

Dunlop Southport

Golf Incident

TO-DAY'S

Alfred Perry's Challenge TENNIS LEAGUE

In British Open

HIS AMAZING PERFORMANCES

(BY “AIR MAIL”)

London, May 17.

PROGRAMME

Recreio Meet K.C.C. At Home

the

Three matches will feature "A" Division of the Lawn Tennis

esting is that between Club de Re-

ARE some of the British golf professionals trying League to-day and the most inter- to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs? creio and Kowloon Cricket Club, on Not so long since we had some threats to boycott the former's courts. the Open Championship in the event of a certain George Walker, former St. Mirren course being chosen as the venue. This past week centre-half and now the Palace cap- tain, arrived home in Palsley com- Open Champion Henry Cotton has stayed away plete with exercise and reference books.

ever the weather

kind.

.

The following is to-day's pro- gramme:-

C. de R. H.K.C.C.

He means to get stuck into them when-froin the Dunlop-Southport meeting because he C.R.C

is not the golfing objected to the 36 holes qualifying test.

Grumblers and folk who are "agîn the Government" are to be found in every phase of life, and, perhaps, we should not attach too much importance to the professionals who make their voices heard C. de R. above the others. But it is difficult to adopt that attitude when c.c.c. the Open Champion speaks.

"It's a great idea," enthused George. "Nothing compulsory about it, but all the boys are regular attenders at the twice weekly classes held in one of the

club rooms.

"We are tutored by two directors, who give their services gratis. One is a school teacher. The other is con-

C.R.C.

C.S.C.C.

The general reaction to Cotton's protest, I find, is not in his K.I.T.C. favour. He is at full liberty to play in or stay away from any

nected with the legal profession. Be- competition he likes. That is nobody's business but his own. But lieve me, they're great fellows.

"When the classes started we won-to absent himself with a criticism as an excuse is a different matter. C. de R. dered how they'd take. Nowadays

they're a recognised feature of the It should be remembered thats club. We're all for it.”

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if it were not for the big money | tournaments run by certain golf

Mrs. Moody's Brilliance ball firms, newspapers, and cor-

At Surbiton

porations the British professional would have a very thin time.

MRS. HELEN WILLS MOODY, These organisers expend vast WHO HAS GONE TO ENGLAND TO sums each year to put money TRY AND WIN THE WIMBLEDON into the pocket of the profes-ship with 70 and 67 at St. George's WOMEN'S SINGLES FOR THE EIGHTH TIME, PLAYED HER FIRST Sional golfer.

If, by unwise criticism. even the GAME ON GRÁSS THIS SEASON ON

should Champion MAY 16, AND BEAT MRS. J. B. Open PITTMAN, FORMER BRITISH IN- diminution in the number of TERNATIONAL, 6-0, 6-1, IN THE events, or in the value of the prizes, SECOND ROUND OF THE SURREY he will be doing his brother profes- CHAMPIONSHIP AT SURBITON. sionals a great disservice.

It took Mrs. Moody only 25 minutes

to win, but during this time she show-

cause

MAGNIFICENT GESTURE

a

those

By way of contrast to criticism

Hill; was second with 68 and 78 at Langley Park in the Croydon Alliance championship; won the £2,000 tourna ment with 71, 69, 70 and 74, and was joint second in the £1,000 meeting with 71, 64, 73, 70.

For a dozen rounds

C.C.C. H.K.U.T.C. I.R.C.

A.T.C.

C.B.A.

C.R.C.

C. de R. C.C.C. C.S.C.C.

·

To-day

"A" DIVISION

V. S.C.A.A. v. K.C.C. V. I.R.C.

To-morrow

"B" DIVISION

V. K.C.C.

v. I.R.C.

V.

H.K.U.T.C.

V. H.K.C.C. V. S.C.A.A.

Thursday

"C" DIVISION

V. A.T.C.

V.

v.

S.C.A.A.

K.T.G.C.A.

V. K.C.C.

Friday

"D" DIVISION

7. S.C.A.A.

V. R.S.C.

v. P.R.C.

v. K.T.G.C.A.

V.

.v.

K.I.T.C. K.C.C.

BELGIUM ELIMINATE

of first-clas INDIA

golf Perry has had the sensational record of 24 under 4's, one of the most scintillating performances ever Brussels, to-day-In the Third achieved by a British professional. If Round of the Davis Cup Competition

ed convincing form with a variety of am now able to reveal a magnificent he can keep this going until the Open strokes that bewildered her opponent.

gesture by the Press, but one,

Mrs. Moody had drawn a bye in the that was fated to be of no value in at Muirfield was no flash in the pan. dia by 4 matches to 1.-Reuter.

alas, is due he may well prove that his win Belgium yesterday eliminated first round. She is in the opposite half the end. When the Halford Hewitt of the draw to Senorita Lizana, who,

after a shaky opening beat Miss G. M. Cup was competed for at Deal a few Southwell, a Surrey player, 7-5, 6-0 weeks ago golf reporters were sur- Senorita Lizana played many loose prised to find the course in a dis- As the Open shots in the first set, but at the vital appointing condition. moment she sent over a winning ball. Championship was due to be played The Chilean girl completely missed a there in July the Pressmen agreed to service ball in the seventh game, and keep their peace and make no refer- Miss Southwell's solid baseline play al-ence to the state of the links, hoping most won her the set. Senorita Lizana that the passing of time would help tried her short spin shots successfully to repair the ravages of winter seas. in the second set, and she went away But it was not to be, and as you to win it without the loss of a game. now know the officals of the Royal Miss D. Stevenson, a member of the Cinque Ports Club had no alternative Australian team, beat Miss O. Craze but to ask to be released from their (South Africa). 6-1, 7-5, and Miss obligation to house the Open Cham- Freda James (holder) defeated Miss M. pionship in July. Trouncer, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in first round games.

46.

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Blackheath's New Captain

It was a difficult position in which the Championship Committee found itself, but the officials of the Royal St. | George's and Prince's Club came to the rescue, and the championship will go on at Sandwich, a mere seven miles or so from the course originally chosen.

NO BIG U. S. CHALLENGE The lack of organised American

J. G. W. Davies, the Kent cricketer, is the new captain of Blackheath Rugby: Club. While at Cambridge University challenge will rob the 1988 Open of he had the distinction of bowling Don Bradman. for a "duck".

some of last year's glory, and it will resolve itself into a question of Cot-

Dr. H. L. Glyn Hughes has been re-ton v. the field. In the early tourna- elected president of Blackheath..

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ments the champion has not set the heather on fire, but I do not suppose

Australian Golf Tourists he is perturbed over that. Retention

Arrive

of his title means more to him that winning big individual purses. If Cotton can work his game up to its zenith by the early days of July he In Scotland at the invitation of the will be as big a snag as ever in the Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrews, paths of his fellow professionals. At five Australian golfers arrived in Bri-the moment one feels inclined to pick tain on May 15 from France.. Tho party consists of Messrs. L. Nettlefold most dangerous rival.

former champion. Alf, Perry as his The Leather- (Tasmania), Captain T. MKay (Syd-head professional has had an amaz- ney), M. J. Ryan (Melbourne), H. Wing season so far much more specta- Hattersley (Sydney), and C. Rundle

cular than most people, realise.

(Sydney) manager.

The Australians were welcomed in PERRY'S PERFORMANCES -

London by Mr. Henry Gullen, secretary

of the Royal and Ancient Club, on be- To appreciate just how good he has half of the club and golfers of Britain. been run your eye over his perform- All the visitors entered for the Ama- ances since the beginning of 1988. He teur Championship at Troon on May 28, won the Guildford Alliance champion-

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