1941-05-06 — Page 15

LAWN BOWLS SWEEP GRAPHICCOLE YOUNG DEFEATS

STARTS THIS WEEK

By "Lead"

THE LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION are again running a sweep on the highest aggregate Club win in the Lawn Bowls League and hope, with the co- operation of all bowlers and friends, to be able to raise a larger sum in aid of the B.W.O.F. than last year when more than $2,500 was realised.

GUARD TAKES HONOURS

The

By A Special

Correspondent

Rifle Association

Last year the sweep was only started after 12 League games had been played. which was almost half way through the season, but the weekly response from all cul was most satisfactory.

The sweep will this ver be th on identical lines to last year and The draw will take place every Friday al Messrs. Gande Priec Co Ltd. the offices of Mr R. P

!!! Plains, huu, secretary Ate ation.

The

hsts

til

have already been renal to a't affiliated clubs and it is esmeled that the first week will

bring good support.

A sum of $4at has been realised

day

The Chief Justice, Sir

Atholl

wound up their shooting season on Sunday with a on the raffle of a set of woods and Meeting in aid of the the draw will take place on Fri- B.W.O.F. Fine weather brought a large of competitors to the range for a most enjoyable shoot and easy conditions made for a high standard of shooting.

number MacGregor, is the Hon. Treasurer

Spoons and cups were presented various

For competition by the

AMinted Clubs of the HK.R.A.,

and resulted in keen competition.

of the Sweeps.

JUNIOR CHESS TOURNEY

The Colony Junior Chess Cham- came lo u virtual standstill during the past games Dockyard weeks as only two more Rifle Club headed the shooting | were completed.

In all $70 was realised for the Red pionship Tournament Cross.

Mr. Guard of

with a good 87.

the

beating

Sgt. Un Kwai-yung beat R. C. Dan- Cole of Stonecutters, with theenberg in one of the two matches same score, on a count-out. The played, and in the other A. Kur- Jatter's 44 at 200 yards is worthy, rik beat J. H. d'Almeida,

****

STEWART

MAIDEN

ADVISES AGAINST HAVING WEIGHT

ON HEELS

IN GOLF

ENCOURAGES SHOULDER

TURN ONLY

KEEP WEIGHT FORWARD

4.4

BY BEST BALL

While many golfers are of the opinion that the weight in the golf stroke should be back toward the heels, Ste- wart Maiden advises the weight be placed a bit for- ward. Stewart Maiden taught Bobby Jones how to swing. His contention. is that the swinging balance is similar to that employed in walking and in walking the weight is well forward on the balls of

This the feet.

allows the player to lean slightly forward in the stroke and aids a full turn of the body, meaning the midsection as well as the shoulders.

With the weight concentrat- ed on the heels, the legs are inclined to stiffness. In pivot- ing the hips do not turn in the same ratio as the shoulders because of this tenseness in the lower body and the shot Jacks power.

Next Article:-One ment,

of note.

Wall's 46 at St yds, was the best score at

500 the

TABLE TO DATE

longer range.

there shooting

A Y. Birukoit Un Kwai-yung

for

A

Kurrik

P. W D L Pts

1 1 8 0

01 8 6 0 2 ki 10 4 3 3 5

7 4 2 1 3

7 5 0 2 5

8 4 2 2 5

8 4 2 2 5

B 2 2 4 3

9 306 3

6 2 1 3 26

South China will meet

5 0 1 4

to-morrow in a friendly.

3 0 0 3 0

7 V 1 7 0

In the team were two competitions, one the "A" and "B" Class shots and To Yu-lou the other for the "C" and

J. Tausz shots. The former was keenly, J. Grefalda contested and was won by the R C. Danenberg Hong Kong Police with the V. V. Kolatehoff Volunteers second. The latter Wm. Lee

have shown

vast

recently. In the

Improvement M. Petrove Junior series R. C. Gardner

A. Murton

the Royal Scots triumphed over d'Almeida the Middlesex "B" team.

Miniature Shooting

the

A prominent feature of day's programme was the Minia- ture Rifle shooting, organised by the R.A.F. who kindly donated a number of spoons for competition at 25 yards. This shooting was run concurrently and relieved the usual monotony of waiting

between ranges.

In these competitions the Raj

puts were very prominent and It was a pleasure to see so many of them out for the first time at an Association shoot.

Move-

LITTLE DADO IN SURPRISE BOUT

a

DAVID YOUNG, Honolulu Chinese, won unanimous decision over Little Dado, Filipino flyweight champion of the world, in a non-titular 10-round bout at the Honolulu stadiunt recently.

Southpaw Young nearly scored a knockout in Dado the first round but he failed to follow up. made a gradual recovery in the late rounds but it was insufficient to overcome the lead piled up by the Chinese boy.

Superior punching power gave Young the first ve rounds. Dado wus credited with three and two rounds were even. It was Dudo's American soil.

first defeat

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Both lightweights fought as ban- tams with Young weighing 117 pounds and Dado 118% pounds.

Little Dado, the slugging Fill- pino, is recognized as champion of the world by N.B.A.

yweight BOWLS PROGRAMME

A crowd of 7,000 tans witness- ed the swatfest,

Little Dado, weighing 1184 pounds, forced the fight during the Arst six rounds.

FOR SATURDAY

Following are the Lown Bowls

He swarmed¦League fixtures for next Satur-

all over the Honolulu battler but day- in one frame Young, employing a lightning-like left uppercut, upset Dado for no count. Dado out- smarted Young throughout and effectively counterpunched but David, weighting 117%, fought progressively better from start to Anish.

Small Montano of the Philip- pines, former world's flyweight boxing champion, lost a question- able 12-round decision to Luis Castillo of Mexico.

The

clever Filipino's

boxing appeared

edge to give him the during most of the bout, although he was floored for an eight count with a left and right to the chin in the sixth round.

A large crowd in the sports palace booed lustily when the re- feree raised Castillo's hand after the fast bout. Each fighter weigh- Royaled 112 pounds. soccer

FIRST DIVISION Kowloon C.C, v Recreio "A". Craigongower v K. Docks, Police R.C. v Civit S.C.C. Recreio "B" y Indian R.C. Kowloon B.G.C. "A" v Kowloon

B.G.C. "B".

SECOND DIVISION Kowloon Tong v Recreio. Prison v Kowloon C.C.

H.K. Football C. v Craigéngower. Talkoo R.C. v Kowloon F.C.

THIRD DIVISION Kowloon F.C. v Cralgengower.

H.K. R.C. v Indian

Club. Recreio Police R.C.

Football

H.K. Electric v Hong Kong C.C.

The last monthly Meeting of Fritzie Zivic. world's welter- the Hong Kong Football Referees' Scots at Caroline Hill at 5,30 p.m. weight boxing champion, knocked Association for the season 1940/41 game.

WAR BRINGS NEW HAZARDS TO GOLF

THE WAR HAS INTRODUCED a lot of new hazards to the game of golf. To begin with, air- craft obstacles designed to prevent landing of any Axis 'planes dot the British courses, writés

R.A.F. won the 22 Team Shoot a correspondent from London.

from a large entry.

Many of the best layouts near likewise suffer from demands for London are scarred and pitted by national service. With prices rising bumbs. You have to play out of well ahead of wages the average bomb craters, too-no lifting. man can't fork out $2 for a prize- fight seat or 75 cents for the en- trance fee to a race course with- out feeling it.

The Revolver shooting was keenly contested, Sgt. Puran Singh of the Hong Kong Police just beat Sgt. Breese of Stonecutters who

Of eight major British sports, was firing extremely well. There were more than the usual number only soccer and racing cling to firing and it can be said that shoot-any semblance of their pre-war ing with the "hand-gun" is becom-glory, and a comparison of current ing more popular than in the past. Sate receipts with those for the On the Claybird Range the An-Winter of 1938-39 for soccer and nual championships were

racing shows that total attendance held, Capt. Hyde carried off the two ma- is off between 65 and 70 per cent. Participation in sports has fallen jor events, the "Newton Challenge off nearly as much despite the Cup" and the "Services Individual

widespread athletic Claybird Championship." Head- quarters Team won the Inter- Unit Match from the Middlesex.

Here's a quick outline of what is happening to the major sports:

Racing Dwindles

Racing dwindled last Summer but reopened again late in Sep- tember. Despite charges that it programmes diverts money from the war effort of the fighting services. Golf, and places a strain on transport, tennis, Rugby, cricket, track, row it has been going on since. There ing all big amateur participant is never more than one meeting, thre Blitz C.P.'s Encouragement sports of the pre-war days--are at however, and since

their lowest levels since 1917-18.

began, the tracks near London have been quiet. · Bombers Are Blamed

In all about 130 members were present at this closing shoot and

It was pleasant to note that the Commissioner of Police took an ac-

Sport bigwigs name bombers tive part in the shooting. He will and national service as the main be a great asset to the already reasons. strong Police Rifle Club.

f

Steeplechasing is in high favour at present, but the bookles téport betting light. The Grand Nation- al Steeplechase at Aintree, how- ever, will not be run this year for the first time since its incep tion 104 years ago.

4.

At the conclusion of the morn- "A man doesn't have time or the ing's contests Mrs. White, wife of inclination to play eighteen holes As in 1840, Britain will run a Major Simon White of the Royal of golf or run cross-country any substitute, Derby, the Oaks, the Scots,

graciously, presented the more," said Geoffrey Sharpe, pre- Two Thousand Guineas and the prizes and

Was accorded" three sident of the Blackheath Harriers, St. Leger The nominations for London sports club. "Not after these are surprisingly high, con=" hearty cheers,:

at his sidering the circumstances. There Reviewing the past season in the he's worked eight hours light of present uncertain,cond-office and then done six or eight are 65 for the Derby 34 for the tions it may be safely said that hours as a fire fighter or an air Oaks, 58 for the Two Thousand the Rifle Association has suffered raid warden,"

Guineas and 81 for the St. Lege

of Three top owners of the British Ittle under the present stress and The comparative expense

and tiff Miss Dorothy Paget Fred. may look forward with confidence golf clubs, tennis racquets to the future, Tid absence-bf the other things also limits the num- | Darling and J. V3 Rank, dll have eventfies for the Derby, but many Royal Navy has, however beeh ber of participants. keenly felt Thế H.KR.A la sup Jack Hobbs, once Britain's owners have sold their horses to ported by enthusiasts whose even premier cricketer, declares he Irish stables or-are-racing-in Ire

should has not sold any large orders of lawa For the first time in eleven tual use to this Colony. never be doubted and their staff cricket equipment for months, years the Aga Khan's name is dard of shooting improves each Expense also is a factor in the missing from the list of owners of

decline in spectator sports which Derby: nominees. year beyond measure.

out Dick Demoray of Bismarck, will be held at the Hotel Cecil to- N.D., in the fifth round of a non-day at 8p.m. The speaker will title fight. The bout was schedul- Mr. Hugh A. Beard, Chairman of the Association, who will address The champion weighed 150 the meeting on "Human Nature in pounds and Demaray tipped 149.'Association Football".

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