1940-10-29 — Page 15

New Golf Champion's LESLIE ADAMS LARGEST Bad Luck At The 13th

Tee Shot Out Of Bounds And Takes Seven

ALEC PEARCE'S golf triumph on Sunday-he won the Colony Championship by one stroke from O. E. C. Marton, four times winner was indeed a popular one, and the fact that his two sons--John, who has a similar swing to that of Alec, tied for fourth place were in the first five must have been a source of great satisfaction to "Tam", who was a brilliant all-rounder in his youth.

ALEC'S morning round of 80 bowls for Club,, is undoubt- would have been better had edly Hong Kong's leading all- he not run into trouble at the 13th, rounder.

where he had a seven as against He has played, golf for Hong a par three. His tee shot went out Kong against Manila twice, in of bounds and he took five shots1933, and twice against Shanghai, to reach the green, where he had in 1933 and 1934.

two putts. In the afternoon round ROSE'S BAD LUCK he had a good drive at the 15th (The Arm Chair), but, despite nice shot, was bunkered and took five as against par four. At the 16th he had an indifferent tee shot, but chipped up nicely, for a par three. He duffed his drive at the 18th, but had a magnificent second shot to the back of the green. He was on in three and took two putts.

O. E. C. MARTON, the favourite,

did very well indeed when bearing in mind that he has had little practice during the past four months, but he was fortunate that high scoring was the order of the day-J. T. Smith won last with 147-in spite being perfect.

year

of conditions

Dick Collings is to be congra- This is his first Open success, tulated on securing fourth place. his previous best being his success It is some time back that a visitor in à Jasper Clark Cup competi-secured such a high place in the tion which included O. E. C. Mar-list. ton among the entrants.

Col, Rose, who had a 78 on the Pearce, who has captained Hong Old Course in the afternoon, lost Kong's Interport cricket team two strokes as the result of a lost against Shanghai, is a very useful ball following what appeared to tennis player, has played soccer for Club, Rugby at Home, and lawn

TWO FINE CRICKETERS HONOURED

MESSRS. H. R. B. HANCOCK AND T. E. PEARCE, TWO OF THE FINEST CRICKETERS SEEN IN HONG KONG WERE ELECT- ED LIFE MEMBERS OF HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING YESTERDAY,

be a beautiful long shot to the edge of the green. His score of 91 on the New Course, at least three strokes easier than the Old, however, ruled him out, though he won the best round prize on the Old Course,

Following are additional scores to those already published:

A. L. Eastman

96 #t 177

E. P. Fincher ...

15 83 178

97 84 181

W. C. Simpson

E. J. M. Churn

E. J. R. Mitchell...

PICTURE GOAL

93 $9 182 07' BX 185

THE First Division football match

between South China and Sing Tao, who had a large num- ber of South China's players of last season in their team, failed to provide the keen rivalry expect- ed. It was not unlike a club trial In making the proposal, Mr. H. prior to the opening of a season, Owen-Hughes said that the arti- and almost everyone seemed very cles of the Club permitted only pleased with one another. This is six Life Members at any one time, all to the good, but it gave to the .and it was with the greatest plea-game a sense of unreality.

sure that he proposed the election Lee Wai-tong took no chances of two members who had done so much for the Club both on and off the field.

with his injured knee after being brought down heavily in the first 20 minutes, and South China's attack was badly handicapped as

terval, tapping the ball to

He went on to say that Mr. Hancock captained the Interport a result. For all that, however, cricket team in 1901 and played their second goal was a perfect till 1933, and those who had had one. Lee kicked-off after the in- the pleasure of playing with him

Lau will remember his easy and free Chung-sang, who transferred for- type of play.

ward to Lee Tak-kee, who passed Mr. Pearce, he said, played In-forward to Law and positioned terport cricket as far back as 1903, and all those who have bowled against Mr. Pearce will agree that there was no one who seemed to have a wider bat.

himself for the inevitable return pass, which hc converted in effortless style. Not one Sing Tao player touched the ball, and Lec Wai-tong was standing in the middle of the field watching this brilliant exhibition of ball control.

It was not only on the field, he continued, that the two had done service to the Club. Both had given their best in the interests FINE FULL BACK of the Club at all times.

Great Surprise

SING TAO are not an unbeatable

combination. Even with Lai Shui-wing in Chut Ah-fai's place at inside-left their forward line is not as deadly as that of South China, and an accurate-kicking defence will and hard-tackling hold them up, as Lec Kwok-wai clearly proved with a really out- standing performance.

GRAPHIC GOLF

JIMMY. THOMSON

KEEPS RIGHT.

SHOULDER

GROOVED

MOVE

UNDER

CHIN

IN SWING

OVERCOMES 'TENDENCY_

TO HOOK

ON THOSE

POWER DRIVES,

Curing A Hook

9.24

BY BEST BALL When one goes out for a little extra distance in his shots, he may without know- ing it let his right shoulder come around after his left. The result is a hook as Jimmy Thomson, hard driving pro- fessional, found out through. experience. He also found out through experience that if he made his right shoulder make a path under his chin as he came into the ball, the hook would go away. Such manoeuvre brings the clubhead

In reply, Mr. Hancock said that the proposal came as a great sur- prise. It was a pleasant thought, however, to know that what he had done for the Club had been appreciated, and explained that though he was no longer active at cricket he always had the in- terest of the game and Club at heart.

Kwok Ying-kec, who was a tare COOL: Mr. Pearce said that he joined opportunist, were the only ethers

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Lestle Adams, the Rugby Longue International scrum-half, has retired from the game, Adams has the unique record of winning ล Challenge Cup medal with three clubs-Leeds ·(1932), Huddersfield (1933), and Cat- tleford (1935).

K.G.C. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

The Qualifying Round of the Junior Championship of Kowloon Golf Club will be played next Sunday. Post Entries will be ac- cepted.

onto the sphere at right angles and dispatches it straight ahead along the line of flight.

Those golfers. who hooks, when they go all out on the power shots, might be making the same error which charac- terised Thomson's play. The cure is the same, let the right shoulder travel under the chin. If the action is too fast to give this point particular attention, try concentrating on a follow that will bring the hands high in the air. This will automatically make the right shoulder follow this path.

Next Article: Weighted Putter.

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FORWARD PASSES

THE RECENT DEATH OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL RUGBY PLAYER BRIG. H. C. HARRISON, THOUGH IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN ACTION, HAS BEEN ALLOWED ΤΟ PASS PRACTICALLY UNNOTICED, WRITES A. L. S. IN "THE DAILY SKETCH".

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Time was when "Dreadnought," as he was known to everybody, was one of the best as well as most popular forwards playing: Had his era been during the last. 10 years he would have been. chosen without opposition for: every England 15..

Brig. Harrison was the only man who played in representative Navy v. Army matches for both. sides. As a Royal Marine op shore he was in the Army scrum, but when he was afloat they used to land him to put on a blue jer sey.

The largest forward ever seen in any of our home union fifteens, "Dreader" played four times for England, in 1910 and 1914, which shows how difficult it was to get caps in those days.

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Brig. H. C. Harrison had a multitude friends' during his brief stay in Hotg Kong.

CLUB "A" FIFTEEN

Club "A" to meet Army “A” in the Rugby match at the Valley to-morrow, commencing at 5 p.m. sharp, is as follows: H. F. Hop- Although Ted Lyons has been bother-kins; H. van Leeuwen, M. G. Car cel by chronic appendicitis for four or ruthers, D. Hynes and P. B. Wil- five years, Chicago White Sox pitcher son; T. O. Morgan and F. J. C...... refuses to undergo an operation,

Clemo; J. Moodie, W. Stoker, A

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The Kowloon Chess Club's senior and M. Kennedy; R. G. Gairdner, C. Junior championships will commence F. Needham; J. M. Thomson, G. This weeks the former on Thursday and B. Godfrey and A. G. Dalziel. ·!

the latter to-day.

J. Redman will be the referee.

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During his review of the year,

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