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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1988.
EARLIEST RULES OF GOLF
Notable Discovery
In Honourable
Company's Records
"OLDEST CLUB" CLAIM
(By AIR MAIL)
•
London, May 24. DISCOVERY which is claimed as the most interesting contri- bution to the history of the game of golf in recent years has been made in the records of the Honourable Company of golfers.
be-Played where it lyes Except it is at least half Covered with Water or filth When it may if the Player Chuses be taken out Teed and Played with any Club upon Loosing a Stroke.
OUR LONDON AIR MAIL SPORTS NEWS
Lynch-Jurich Mixup
Thomas Boswall, Cpn. EARLIEST LAW-GIVERS Special research in regard to Hon- ourable Company history, as a result An examination of the first minute book, covering the period of
A query regarding a purse-money which these rules have come
bond to
for the Benny Lynch-Jackie 1744 to 1781. in the possession of the Honourable Company, with light, has been made, and (says the Jurich world fly-weight title fight at the words, "Records of the Gentlemen Golfers," embossed on the special representative of The Scots-Paisley next Wednesday week (June outside cover, has led to the discovery of a set of rules which can-tunity of reading the notes upon them Board of Control by National Boxing 15) is to be put to the British Boxing man) I have officially had the oppor- not under any circumstances whatever be later in daïe than 1751, and upon other interesting aspects of
Association (the boxers' union).. and which may be regarded as having been entered in the minute the famous Muirfield club compiled by
Representations to Glasgow magis- book in 1744.
Mr. C. B. Clapcott, the editor of
trates by the Scottish branch of the volume published some time ago
association resulted in the withholding "The Rules of the Ten Oldest Clubs."
of permission for the title fight to be held in the city. Now the association
The significance of the unex- 8. If you should lose your Ball, by pected discovery lies in this- its being taken up, or any other way, that these rules are ten years you are to go back to the Spot, where older than those preserved in the And allow our adversary a Stroke you struck last, to drop another Ball, first minute of the Royal and An- for the misfortune. cient Club, and generally under- 9. No man at Holling his Ball, is to stood and accepted as the earl-be allowed, to mark his way to tho iest set of rules for the game.
Hole with his Club, or anything else.. The newly discovered
10. If a Ball be stopo'd by any par- read:-
son, Horse, Dog, or anything else, The Ball so stop'd must be played where it lyes.
rules
ARTICLES AND LAWS IN PLAYING AT GOLF 1. You must
Teo your Ball, within a Club's length of the Hole.
2. Your Tee must be Ground.
upon.
the
3. You are not to change the Ball whch you Strike off the Tee.
4. You are not to remove
Stones, Bones or any Break Club, for the sake of playing your Ball, Except up- on the fair Green, and that only within a Clubs length of your Ball,
5. If your Ball come among Watter, or any wattery fifth, you are al Li- borty to take cut your Ball and bring- ing it behind the hazard and Treing it, you may play it with any Club and allow your Adversary a Stroke, for so getting out your Ball.
9. If your Balls be found any where touching one another, you are the first Ball, till you play the last.
to lift 7. At Holling, you are to play your Ball honestly for the Hole; and, not to play upon your Adversary's Ball, not lying in your way to the Hole.
11. If you draw your Club, in order to Strike & proceed so far in the Stroke, as to be bringing down your Club; If then, your Club shall break, in, any way, it is to be Accounted a Stroke.
a
on
Golf
who
den all these years.
The discovered rules have lain hid-are to ask the Scottish branch of the No mention of BBBC if a purse-money bond will be of Robert Clark and Join Kerr, them is made in the well-known works demanded of the fight promoter, Mr.
George Dingley.
The association will also ask if it is was an authority on East Lothian the board's intention to put into opera- golf.
tion immediately a proposal making it Based upon them, the point is made compulsory for a purse-money bond to that the Honourable Company justly claim to have been the earliest promotion can be granted.
may be deposited before a licence for a law-givers.
Evidence in some detail, dated and documented, is set out to justify this assertion, and a comparison of discovered rules of 1744 with those the of the R. and A. of 1754 seems to show beyond doubt that the latter copied from the former.
were
BENCH'S ATTITUDE
The association's queries follow the meeting of a British Boxing Board of Control deputation with Glasgow ma- gistrates on the subject of boxing promotions in the city.
OLDEST GOLF CLUB
peared on the subject of the
Correspondence has recently
Bailie Mrs. Jean Mann, senior magis- aptrate, told the deputation, who were golf club.
oldest The Honourable Company Bench were willing to grant licences led by Sir Iain Colquhoun, that the
their own views on this controversial conditions recommended by them were and the Royal Burgess Society have for boxing contests provided certain question. But in the notes to which observed. I have been referring, the conclusion, based upon the whole of the relevant posit in the bank to cover boxers' purse These included the lodging of a de- evidence now extant and available for the first time, is that the Honourable Company possesses written evidence of of the British Boxing Board of Control She pointed out that the regulation its existence and proceedings over a on the placing of a bond in bank was longer period than any other club in the world, and is entitled claim that it is, the oldest golf
golf only permissive, and asked whether the to board would agree to make this rule club compulsory. now existing.
money.
12. He whose Ball lyse farthest from the Hole is obliged to play first. 13. Neither Trench, Ditoh, ar Dyke, made for the preservation Links, nor the Scholar's Holca or the of the Soldier's Lines, Shall be, Accounted a Hazard, But the Ball is to be out, Teed and play'd with any
takon Iron Chib.
John Rattry, Cpt. The 5th and 13th Articles of the foregoing frequent Disputes It is found
Laws having occasioned Con- centent That in all time Coming the Law Shall be, That in no case What- ever a Ball Shall be Lifted without Scholars holes. losing a Stroke Except it is in the
Sir Iain Colquhoun replied that he It is established, according to this thought the BBBC would accept the taken out teed and played with
When it may be historial account, that the Company proposal. Iron Club without losing a Stroke-known and recognised under the title any was in existence before 1744, and was And in all other Cases The Ball must of Gentlemen Golfers.
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Acted As A Caddie
Lost Amateur Cup
A. J. Myles, assistant golf club steward, took part in the open amateur competition at South Herts for tho Harry Vardon Cup, and won with an aggregate net score of 142 over 36 holes.
During his second round, however, it.. was discovered that after the age of 18 Myles had acted as a caddie. This automatically. debarred him from en- tering amateur competitions.
The South Herts committee had to disqualify him and award first place to Alexander James, former Arsenal and Scottish international footballer, who had returned the second best score of 145.
"Myles was obviously ignorant of the rule," said a club official, "but when we explained the position he took it very well."
Bradman Averages 236
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As a result of his 257 not out against M.C.C. at Lord's, Don Bradman brought his average for the season to. 286:661 So far he has scored 710 runs: in three completed innings.
Bradman, of course, leads in the race for 1000 runs in May. Next comes W. R. Hammond (Gloucestershire) with 688 runs and Hassett is third with 614. [Bradman, and Edrich were the only two to perform the Test --Sports Ed.].
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