1938-10-26 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 26, 1938.

OUR LONDON

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AIR MAIL SPORTS NEWS

S. Smith Leads In Gold Cup Snooker Tie

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The honours were shared by Willie Smith and Sidney Smith in the first session of their heat in the Daily Mail Gold Cup handicap snooker tourna- ment at Thurston's, London, each player winning three frames, but in the second session S. Smith won five of the six frames, and led at the end of the day by eight frames to four.

Safety tactics by both men do- minated most of the early session play, and the best breaks were only 88 by S. Smith and 22 by W. Smith.

Sidney Smith concedes his opponent seven points in each frame, in a match which extends to 71 frames.

Scores:~

First session (Sidney Smith first), 61-37, 58-50, 30-79, 52,58, 95-41, 27-90. Second session (Sidney Smith first). 69-49, 59-72, 59-57, 100-29; 77-20, 84-

Close of play: S. Smith, eight| frames: W. Smith four.

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Major J. S. Courtauld

An excellent action photograph of last Sunday's H.K.H.A. Tournament match on Recreio's ground at King's Park. Photo shows H. L. Ozorio (Recreio) about to centre with the reverse stick with Norman Whitley (C.B.A.) .coming across to intercept, while L. Gosario (Recreio) looks on anxiously in the rear.

MIXED FOURSOMES

AT WORPLESDON

Retiring From Racing Surprise Defeat Of Pam

Major J. S. Courtauld is retiring Barton And F. Francis

from racing. His horses in training:

will be sent up for sale at the New-

market Houghton meeting. He will confine his interest in the turf in future to breeding, and will retain his stud.

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He began to breed and racehorses after the war, and in 1930 was elected a member of the Jockey Club. He has not won a "classic" race, but his horse Cyclonic finished

INTERESTING 2ND ROUND

PAIRING

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London, October 11. third in the St Leger in 1928, and Lady Heathcoat-Amory (Miss Joyce Wethered) and her hus- subsequently won the Jockey Club band, Sir John, are to meet Brigadier-General Critchley and his Stakes. Solfo also won the Jockey wife, a championship winner as Miss Diana Fishwick, in the second Club Stakes for Major Courtauld last round of the open mixed foursomes championship at Worplesdon,

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Surrey, to-day. This match is expected to go far towards solving Harry Vardon's Brother the question of supremacy in the top half of the draw, although the winners will probably have to meet last year's victors, Mrs. H. M. Dead

Heppel and L. G. Crawley, in the semi-final.

year.

("Mall" photo).

DAVID BLAKE IN HOSPITAL

Sustains Fracture

Of Ankle

His many friends will be sorry to hear that David Blake, tro Kowloon Football Cluð centre- forward, who was injured in the First Division League soccer match against St. Joseph's last Satur- day, is at the moment an inmate at Kowloon Hospital.

Blake was injured shortly be- ford the interval "and had to be assisted off the field. Later an X-Ray examination showed that he had sustained a fracture of the ankle and will be unable to play football, again_this season. Curiously enough," Blake was in- jured two seasons ago sustaining a fracture of the same ankle and this kept him out of the majority of last year's matches,

St. Paul (Minn.) Tom Vardon, Yesterday's surprise was the defeat of Miss Pam Barton, form- brother of the famous Harry Vardon, er British and American champion, and Francis Francis. They won putt for a "birdie" to register her who died in England last year, died three of the first four holes in two under 4s against Mrs. Yonge and side's first and only success. on October 13.

Tom Vardon played golf for Eng-point the position of Miss Barton and Francis appeared to be im- J. S. Stephenson, and turned four up, with a score of 35. At that land against Scotland from 1903 1910, for the greater part of which pregnable, but their opponents accomplished the last nine holes in time he was professional at Sandwich. 34, and won on the last green.

With his brother, Harry, he was co- Francis contributed inventor of the "Vardon grip," with

to his

its inter-locking of fingers on the club side's defeat by weak iron shots, shaft, After 1910 Tom Vardon went but Mrs. Yonge had a great fin- to America, where he was engaged as ish. She holed a putt of three a professional.

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Won Golf Bet And House

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THEN A LANDSLIDE

C. J. Anderson, a London Scot, and Miss Dorritt Wilkins, of Chig- well, Essex, last year's runners-up, were beaten 2 and 1 by Miss J. Gordon and J. O. H. Greenly. Ander- son and Miss Wilkins started in fine style, and

with were two ahead eight holes played. Then came a "landslide," in which inaccurate play through the green enabled the opposition to win the next three A good 4 by the Scottish pair holes. From that stage there was a gave them a lead of one at the half-desperate bid for the ascendancy, way stage, and then they ran away and Miss Gordon and Greenly, with the match.

steadier in the crisis, went on to snatch a narrow victory at the seventeenth.

yards. to keep her side all square at the sixteenth, holed again from three yards to win the long seven- teenth in 4, and put down a chip shot of 20 yards for a "birdie" 3] Finishing his last round with the and the match at the eighteenth. course lit up by searchlights from a fire engine, J. Smith Ferebee, a Chica General Critchley and his wife, go broker, won a bet that he could despite a 6 at the second hole, were play 600 holes of golf in a tour across one under 48 for the first seven the United States in four days.

holes, and four up on Mrs. J. Gor Ferebee won the bet by an-hour-and- a-half when he holed his last putt at don and T. F. Blackwell. The Critch- the Salisbury Country Club at Westleys lost the eighth and ninth, but

Mrs. J. B. Watson, of Murrayfield, bury.

won the match at the fifteenth, with Ferebee won £2,000 in cash and the a score of two over 45. ́ ́··

An unexpected defeat was that of and J. B. Flint, lost 6 and 5 to Mrs. Miss Doris Park, of Gullane, and A. G. C. Grant White and her husband, mortgage on a house, which he valued

Sir John Heathcoat-Amory start- Stanley Anderson, a West of Eng-of Worthing, Sussex, Mrs. Watson at £10,000. He used airplanes to hop between the cities in which he played. ed his game badly by driving into land golfer, who has played for was the steadier player on her side, bushes less than 100 yards from the Scotland in the Boys' International.although the husband and wife of- tee, and his wife pulled her tee shot, They lost by a single hole against fered few chances, and won with at the fourth, but afterwards the two comparatively "unknown" golf-something to spare. pair were too good for D. H. Fishers, Mrs. Mouves and J. W. Chance.

J. Branch Lost Title By 2 Shots

.C. H. Ward, the local professional won the short course 72 holes', golf championship with an aggregate of 207 on the Torquay Palace Hotel links.

SURPRISE DEFEAT

and Mrs. Fish, and won 5 and 4. Miss Park and Anderson had an

HOW THE SCOTS FARED off day. Anderson could not get his EAST SURREYS

long shots working in proper order,

On the first half of the event Ward Scotland's only success yesterday and he was at fault at all the short MEET DIEHARDS” shared second place with C. A. Whit was that of Miss M. Robertson holes, failing to find the green from

(Crews Hill) and he

concinded hic effort with rounds of 52 Durham, Gullane, and J. L. Mit- the tee at each. Miss Park's play ON SATURDAY

and 61.

chell, Prestwick. They won by 5 and was also erratic, and the pair were W. J. Branch (Leicestershire) was 3 from Major and Mrs. R. L. Ken- in all kinds of trouble during the second with 209, and Whitcombe third nedy, of Liphook, Hants. Mitchell's first nine holes.

wooden club shots left little to be Miss

with 221.

Other scores:-

212.

W. H. Davies (Wallasey), 213. R. Dornan (South Staffs), 214.

Permission has been granted to Sheila Stroyan, Scottish the East Surrey to arrange friend- Alfred Padgham (Sundridge Park), desired, and Miss Robertson Dur- holder of the girls' title, and her ly football games with the "B_Ye" ham gave few opportunities when father. Captain J. R. A. Stroyan, Team each week in the First Divi- it came to putting. They were two also were eliminated in the first pion. Grounds, where possible, will up with five played. The Kennedy's round, losing by 6 and 5 to Mrs..J. be alloted to them. deservedly won the sixth, and the Gage and G. S. Micklem. The father The Middlesex who have received match was

on level terma three and daughter partnership were five a bye this week in the Senior League C. S. Denny (Thorpe Hall) and Wholes later, when Mitchell was over down with nine played. Their sole are meeting them on Saturday. The the green from the tee at the short consolation was at the tenth, where venue of the game will be notified

A. Easterbrook, (Exeter) R. H. Pemberton (Sutton Coldfeld), and D.

Curtis (Queen's Fark), 217,

J. Martin (Copt. Heath), 218,

H. R. Manton (Handsworth), 220.

G. R. Buckle (Ladbrook Park), 221, eighth.

Miss Stroyan holed a four yarde |later.