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REVIEW OF JUNIOR CLUBS McNeill's Brilliance & Improvement Earn Recognition

LEADS PAVED WAY FORK.B.G.C. PROMOTION

By "Skip"

KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB HAD TO FIGHT EVERY INCH OF THE WAY TO SECURE PROMOTION AT THE EXPENSE OF KOWLOON FOOTBALL CLUB AND TAIKOO CLUB.

Much of the Austin Road team's success was due, I would say, to their excellent leads, for Pope, Syices and Morton were as good a set as any three I can think of. Added to this was the experience of such players as Bob Duncan, deadly at home, Henry Lockhart, who played for Civil Service Cric- ket Club for years, Drew Waterton..

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and Bob Leigh made progress and should do well next season, when I think the former might make his way into the premier team.

Hsu And Castros Shine

Kowloon Tong's shining lights were Hsu and the brothers Castro, who both came on splendidly, Henry playing some deadly games as lead and Ted more than pulling Bovaird's Improvement his weight as second man. Step- hens, as skip was also very con- Some of the Taikoo players, sistent and he saved or added notably Hillon, Main and especial- | many shots. ly Bovaird, showed vastly im- Mackay was excellent on oc- proved form but on the other hand | casion but not quite consisterit one or two other fell off consider- enough though he has a good idea ably. Jimmy Chalmers and Donald of the game. Munro were never quite the force of the previous season, the heavy greens seeming to upset the latter, whilst such consistent players as Melrose and Keown rarely failed to come off,

Regular Skips

who

Kowloon Football Club, were runners-up on shots average, fielded

only four regular skips during the whole of the season and I cannot help thinking that this had much to do with their success. Younghusband and Simp- son played in practically every match, while Chittenden and Field shared the position in the other rink, the latter frequently being on duty.

Although Simpson proved to be their most Improved player,

Recruits At Recreio Not much can be said of Club de, Recreio except that they have some very keen new players com- ing along and could I think easily raise four teams should they feel disposed to do sc.

O. P. Remedios did not meet with the success of the previous year when he lost only once, but those sort of years come only once in a while.

Age And Enthusiasm

Eddie Souza skipped a rink re- gularly and had a good run mid- way through the season, though four losses in a

row at the end

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SELL-OUT FOR BIG MATCH

All the reserved tickets at $1.00 in 'the uncovered stands for the League game between Eastern and Sing Too have been sold and very few of the $1.50 for the covered stand jare left. It is expected that all reserved tickets will be sold out by this afternoon. 00000

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PRISON OFFICERS DESERVE PROMOTION

By "Skip"

PRISON OFFICERS, deservedly won Third Division and promotion although they were only a couple of points better than Kowloon Bowling Green Club. Against which they can point out that they were getting on for a 100-shot better credit-balance than the Austin Road team.

'Three players were outstand-| Scard, Elphick and Patrick ing in the Stanley team and all showed excellent form for the improved greatly on past per-Austin Road team who will be formances. Firstly, McGrath, sorry to lose Patrick on transfer who not only did well in League to another station when he re

mes but made a brave show covers from his present illness. in the club's competition; se-Len Jorden got the banner head- condly Tiny Freeman, who used lines early in the Season by se rather dirtled hs copybook.. Dick to play, without any conspicuous curing an eight but I think he Alves' brother has taken to the success I may add, for Kowloon played more consistently when game and shapes well as does F.Cricket Club, and thirdly Web-relieved of the responsibilies of X. Monteiro, who is very pro-ber, who unfortunately was not skipping a rink... mising.

able to turn out in every match,

Hong Kong Cricket Club had a The last named is better on his H.K. Electric Fall Away mixture of experience and en-own green than away but will thusiasm, the former provided by improve with time. Dat Davies, who did quite well when he took over a skip's job, and several of the old Yacht Club players like Brown, Cornell and Costello to mention just three.

The enthusiasm and not a little skill came from Alec Mac- kenzle, who took to the game naturally, Jimmy Mouat, Ronnie Eddwards and of course our old friend "Z.B.W." Hansen!

C.S.C.C. Disappoint

Civil Service were again dis- appointing though one or two new players like Walker and Gard- ner shaped well, while I can say little kind about the Police players for the team won only

one match!

Joe Eastman and Tony Lapsley BOWLING ALLEY JOTTINGS

also made excellent progress. and should. do well next yeas when the battle for promotion is resumed.

McNeil' Promoted Craigengower, although finish-. ing fourth in the League, did not; seem to be as formidable as in the past but they had one or two outstanding successes,

man,

AN APPRECIATION

OF C.P.O. SPENKO

By "Strike"

UITE a good five-game] match on Sunday, the match re- Ten Pin match be- sulting in a win for Tulsa by 79 tween U.S.S. Tulsa and

pins.

Duck Pin matches are always keen and interesting to watch,

McNell was positively bril- Bant as skip, losing only one game out of 10 before hê vir. tually played him self into the first team, where he did equal- ly well as number two, Bill Way, I thought, was not as brilliant as of old, while Herbert the Alley Team was play-particularly when Tulsa visits port Randall, general ultility played pretty consistently, losing ed at the Alleys on Friday. and clashes with the Signals or only one game of five when he The Tulsa

the Alleys representatives. team were skipped a rink.

This match was no exception without that veteran The teams were:- Chief Petty Officer Spen-A. Vasko, K. E. Bellor, H. R. Hol- U.S.S. Tulsa-Q. F. Drewes, J. ko, who has left the China den. Station, and it was doubt due to his absence

no

Signale-J, W. Wright, A. A. Borg, F. Johnson and W. Wathen. Blount was unable to turn out

Tribble For Promotion

Kowloon Cricket Club have one or two promising players, among whom I would especially pick out Major Parsons, who improved a lot in the off season. Both Tribble that they lost by 178 pins. and A. A. Borg of Tulsa substitut- In passing I would like, on beed capably. Drewes, who is pretty half of all bowling fans, to ex- consistent, did not disappoint on press my deep sense of regret at this occasion, being the star bowler losing this genial, laconic sports of the match with a brilliant 514. man, whom we had come to re-

Vasko, veteran Duck Pin bowler gard as part and parcel of the that he is, was not far behind with Alleys.

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T. W. Wright did fairly well; and got 492, to maintain the steady improvement in his Duck Pin play. I expect great things of this player,

To revert to the game mention- ed above.

With

Doc the exception of Molthen's effort, the scoring all round was much lower than usual..

Johnson who is new to Duck Molthen secured top score of the match with a good 848-rather Pin match play, impressed me lower than his usual and without very much in his first turnout for one score of 200. Watts for the Signals, while Holden, whom I do Alley team, was second with 778, not remember having played in a just about the lowest score he similar match before did quite has put up for some considerable well to make a useful 443,

time. He could only manage a very

poor 128 in his fifth game, so he must have been out of touch!

Return Match

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Hong Kong Electric tied Kow loon Bowling Green Club on points and at one time looked like winning this division buti a little after aj brilliant and even sensational- start.

GRAPHIC GOLE they faltered

.PREVENT THAT SLICE

LINE UP OF TEES WILL DISCLOSE INCORRECT HITTING

Grooving The Clubhead's Path

By BEST BALL'

If one is slicing it is more than likely that he is coming onto the ball in the wrong manner. An outside.In stroke, cutting across the ball and adding left to right spin is the obvious cause. However, even is wrong, it is sometimes dif when the player knows what ....

ficult to remedy the difficulty, If some definite path were out-lined for the club head to follow in the hitting area, the cure could be more easily accomplished. Such a. plan is possible by the mere use of tees.

For example, at distance some seven or eight inches be- hind, and in front of the teed ball, plaçe tees at either side of line of direction to the hole. The two on the outside path should be two inches to the right of this linc, while the rear left tee should be about four inches inside the line. The front inside tee should be three inches to the left. If the clubhead

Gardner played some excellent, games as lead and was by far the most improved player, though Sloan, who got a possible against Doctor Lam's rink, was very cons'stent as a skip as was Tarbuck his lead. V. Sorby was not called upon to play regularly. but did quite wel' when he alled a gap.

"Chico" Wong made a name? fór himself in Kowloon Foot- ball Club's team, as did Ogden, whilst Dock Smalley enhanced his reputation considerably, play ing some great games as.. skip..

Talent At H.K.F.C. Although the team secured only fifth place. in the League, there were one or two prúmisir, Ing players in the Hong Kong Football Club's team. ·

Charlie Needham was the most Improved", player in the club and has a skip's tempera- ment, whildt both „A, and J. Watson did well, the latten especially.

Craigengower seemed to chop and change their team' a lot but managed to win half their mat-

to ches; no name comes

my. mind as being at all above the others unless it is Esmail, who' played in the first team towards the end of the season.

CLUB WITHOUT GODFREY

Club will be without G. B. Godfrey Ter their Quadrangular Rugby Tournament game against Navy to-mertów at the Valley, at 4 p.m.

Godfrey has injured his knee and is at present under doctor's: orders.

G. G. Davies will take his place at wing-forward.

J., C. Charter may also be un- available as his injury has not responded to trefitment as fast as 'It might have done. In the event of his absence D.. G. Day will bo

comes down in a brought in at centre-threes Ver

wrong path. It is certain to topple over one or more of the tees and disclose the er- ror. Practice in steering a clear path through the tees will groove the swing cor~- rectly.

·Next Article:-Smoothing Out

....... The Strokej post

More Army Changes

Army have had to make some. more changes in their team, to meet Police in the tournament at Sookunpoo to-morrow at 4 p.m. The team is as followET COL The return match between the Norg of Tulsa was not very far Alley team and Tulsa was played

Barclay, Picton, Willis, Coombes and McDonald; Hook and Wedder- behind Watts with 731. The ron December 3, and resulted in a second highest score with 840 burn; Sutherland: Ford, Bompas. can do so by learning to maining players trailed away be-win for Tulsa by 70 pins, the which included the highest in Millar Eddison; Pinkerton, Duke bowl Bowling furnishes just hind to make scores of between teams being enough exercise for office workers .702 and 731. and home-makers. And it's casi to learnl: We'll give you all the Instruction you need. to-day.

I cannot recollect Peterson of Tulsa ever putting up such a poor Try score the lowest of the match. He mado 687, including a miserable 102 in his second gumel

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dividual score of the match, 200 and Gillata.

U.8.S. Tulsa-Pete Peterson, A. in his fourth game, ... Borg, came Reserves --Keeble, Foley, Ber- A. Borg, E. J. Moore and C. W next with 833, while Moore was ry, and · Heath. Engles

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Changes arò: Picton for Rl- * Alley Team-Doc Molthen, J. H. | Engle of Tulsa,was the only chards, Willis for Douglass and Watts, S. A. Ismail and H. B. WII-player on his side who falled to Eddison for heath, while Bar- kins?

roach the 800 mark, his total being | clay is at full-back ̧”. Molthen was again top-scorer. 784. DE

The team as it now stands is with 859 and he also had the dis-・ This: player is new to match not an impressive one and the Vosko and his Tulsa men were ́tluction of being the only player play, but: his -- improvements has game should be very oven, with in action against Royal Corps of on his sido to top 200, bagging 203, been clearly noticible, Watts, with Army, forwards just carrying the Signals in a five-gama Duck" Pin | if his chita game. Peterson was 822 was consistent.-

day.

Another

her Tulsa Win