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Middlesex

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Forecast

TO-DAY

First Division

v: Royal Scots

· (Sookunpoo, 4.15 p.m.) Referee: Hinchliffe, Linesmen:-Barretto and Wyper.

y Kwong Wah (Boundary Road, 4.15 p.m.) Referee: Kossick,

Police

Club

(Club, 4.15 p.m.)

Referee:Omar,

A

GOLE STARTING TIMES

Sunday's Pairings For Fanling

The following are the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club starting times

for Fanling on Sunday:

OLD COURSE 9.16. a.m. H. N. Williamson, J. L.

· Pearce..

9.20

Linesmen:-Demmee and Somerville.

"

9.24

South China “A”

9.28

9.32

13

Linesmen:Gibson and Horlock.

9.30

Eastern

South China "B"

(Caroline Hill, 4:15 p.m.)

9.40

Referee:-Clarke.

9.44

19

Linesmen: Baker and Wilkins.

9.48

Second Division

9.52

"

Club

v. South China

(Club, 2.45 p.m.)

Referee:-Havelaar.

Middlesex'

v Royal Scots

(Sookunpoo, 2.45 p.m.) Referee:-Molyneux.

10.00

10.04

Police

Kwong Wah

(Boundary Road, 2.45 p.m.)

10.08

J

"

Engineers

10.16

V

5th R.A.

10.20

Referee: Phillips.

Kowloon

(Kowloon, 2.45 p.m.)

Referee: Ip.

(Caroline Hill, 2.45 p.m.)

Referee:-Silva,

St. Joseph's

"

C.

D. Forbes, P. Morrison. W. J. S. Key, W. W. C.

Shewan.

G. D. Nicholl, R. L. S. Webb. J. E. Jupp, A. S. Adamson. J. K. Bousfield, L. A. R. Duncan.

N. P. Fox, T. Low.

S. H.: Dodwell, K. S. Morri-

son...

L. R. Andrewes, J. H. Gcare. D. D. Forbes, H. F. Som-

mers.

*9,58. P. S. Delany, E. T. McMul-

len.

A. N. and Q. A. A. Macfad- yen.'

W. N. A. Smalley, W. S. Hillier.

D. K. Hislop, N. L. Evans.

phreys.

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 25, 1989.

Across Sea

Sarazen And Cotton Have "A Mild Tim

No

BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PROSPECTS

(By AIR MAIL)

TOBODY who follows golf affairs would be surprised at the source and Cotton had the other day. of that little tiff which Sarazen It was a case of words across the sea, and Barazen I need hardly add, began it. The little American has never been shy of print, and he appears to have cultivated the habit of saying something - in the winter that makes people talk.

Sarazen either has a live Press, expresses. One of these you agent, or he has an inborn instinct may remember, was that wives of himself for the right stuff of pub-professionals should not be al- licity Admittedly it needs lowed to travel on official tours. courage for some of the views he This time he used the Cotton

SUGGESTED

VENUES FOR

CHALLENGE GOLF MATCH

(By AIR MAIL)

London. London golfers may have the 10.12 J. A. R. Selby, A. D. Hum- opportunity of watching the whole of the £500 challenge match H. H. Mundy, W. A. Ste-over 72 holes between Reginald Whitcombe, Open Champion, and A. D. Locke, South African title

10.24

"

wart.

G. C. Worrall, R. Young.

W. Sharp, A. A. Bremner.

10.28 P. C. Jackson, E. Laidlaw. holder.

T. F. R. Waters, H. F. Phillips.

"

10.32

27

TO-MORROW

10.36

"3

Charity Match in Aid of the British Fund-for the Relief of Distress in

10.40

China.

10.44

Rest of Colony

V

South China

(Caroline Hill, 4. p.m.)

.10.48

Referee-Glover.

Linesmen:-Adlam and Ford.

10.52

First Division

10.56

17

St. Joseph's v Royal Navy

(Causeway Bay, 4.15 p.m.) Referee:-Goss.

11.00

11.04

11.08

Linesmen:-Dove and Wilson.

Eastern

Second Division

v...R.A.O.C.

(Causeway_Bay, 2.45 p.m.)

Third Division-“A”-

v Kit Che

Referee:-Farr.

Electric

(Sookunpoo, 2.45. p.m.)

Referee:Edwards.

P.W.D.

VR.E.

(Sookunpoo, 4.15-p.m.)

Referee: Mcllgrew.

Whitcombe suggested that the K. S. Robertson, S. C. Felt-match be played on May 30 and

Wentworth 31 at

(Virginia Cdr. Murray, N. J. Perrin. Water) and Coombe Hill (Kings G. T. Harrington, A. M.ton).

ham.

Mack.

Carre.

J. E. Richardson, R. M.

Wood.

I. H. C. Highet, G. Riddell "The dates are in the week fol- lowing the Amateur Championship at Hoylake," said Whitcombe, "and I am certain that Wentworth and Coombe Hill, if the committees of the respective clubs allow the match, will prove ideal venues.

A. W. Hodges, J. Forbes. S. J. H. Fox, C. M. Gee, J. D. Danby, C. J. Clackett: F. C. Young. R. J. Shrigley.

NEW COURSE

9.24 a.m. J. W. Mayhew, H. Raider. 9.82 R. J. Gairdner, J. S. Dun-

nett.

9.40

**

L. M. S. and Mrs. Lloyd:

10.04 Mrs. Smalley, Mrs. Hillier. 10.12 P. E. Annis, J. W. Clague 10.16 H. L. Carson, E. G. Fag-

giano,

10.24

D. S. and Mrs. Edward,

30:40

11.16 11.20

Mrs. Murray. Mrs. Perrin: W. Bell, F. G. Maunder, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Leighton.

guarantee for an American tour for a rap at British sportsman- ship.

UNINJURED

But British sportsmanship comes out uninjured. An effort by Cotton to assess his

in the State for a tour

by the way,

does not now look like materialising, has been criticised by Sarazen as undue devotion to the dollar, but looks to me like a perfectly straight forward business proposition.

Sarazen, and Hagen, Armour, others who have competed in our Open Championship, thought it well worth while to take that chance, for guarantees are, of course, neither asked nor given for the Open Championship, and those who took the Cup back to the States made fortunes. Nobody will take

stunt that puts him in the news Sarazen. Beriously with the latest when for the first time in years he is not in the "first ten" ranking: list." In any case, Sarazen's bark is always worse than his bite.

.

THE LOCKE PHENOMENON Sarazen, however, can be flatly EASILY ACCESSIBLE "Both courses are easily accessible contradicted on one point. Cotton, from London, and if arrangements so far as I know, has never claimed on those lines are completed. I be- to be the world's best golfer, that honour was a matter of fact given lieve we shall have a huge atten-him by the Americans themselves. dance.

He was No. 1 in last year's world Locke, who leaves for England on ranking compiled over there. The April 21. has agreed to take 40 per recent argument, however, brought cent. of the gate receipts, leaving out two interesting news items 60 per cent. to Whitcombe,

viz., that Sarazen is coming to St Andrews to take. back "that Cup,” and Cotton is ready to take a place in the Ryder Cup team that will go to the States. Cotton will, of course, also take part in our Open Cham- pionship, which will be exciting and spectacular with strong oversens challenges, including that of Bobby Locke. Sarazen at 87 cannot be written off the prospects, but the odds are definitely on the younger contenders, among whom the South African will be most conspicuous.

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Looke, who recently won the Transvaal Open and-beat Syd Brows by "the length of a street-his aggregate was actually 205 has measured up to the new standard bince he turned professional last year. Some of his rounds in the sixties have been phenomenal, and leave no doubt that at 21 he is one of the most extraordinary scoring forces the game has ever known.

NO CONTACT BETWEEN TOBACCO & MOISTURE Even a surface analysis of his re-

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cent, Transvaal Open figures, "the details of which are not available, indicates clearly the accuracy of his strokes to the green and his short game. If

tract 18 for example, you sub- strokes from a round » of 64. you leave. 46 for the rest of

INGENOHL'S CIGAR STORES "LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE the play, so that the knack of run-

and other tobacconists

ning three strokes into two is ob vious. Locke picks up strokes on the approaches and putts,