1941-09-03 — Page 15

0. E. C. MARTON IN FINE

Grass Track Good SOLE ITEMS As Ever: Betting Facilities Improved

By "Rapier

AFTER AN INTERVAL OF THREE MONTHS, RACING WILL ON SEPTEMBER 27 AGAIN BECOME THE MAJOR ATTRACTION IN LOCAL SPORT.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE PONIES HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THEIR WELL-MERITED REST, AND, WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT RACE MEETING, THEY HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH INTENSIVE TRAINING, MOST OF THE PONIES THAT WERE SENT AWAY HAVE NOW RETURNED, AND IT IS CONFIDENTLY EXPECT- ED THAT THEY WILL BE IN FINE CONDITION FOR RACING IN GOOD TIME.

ST. LEGER BETTING

FORM AT ROSE BAY

SKILFUL ROYAL HONG KONG CLUB PLAYE

| ER, O. E. C. MARTON, WAS AGAIN IN FINE FORM . AT ROSE BAY, WRITES THE "SYDNEY SUN” OF JULY 27.

He started with a fine drive and

a birdie three at the first, and. had an eagle three at the 4831 yards 16th, in a card of 3 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 4-36, In 6 4 4 5 3 3 5 4 4-

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QOME of us don't get very far playing "In "golf tournaments, but we meet a lot of interesting people, writes Richards' Vidmor. "You've probably met the same types around your own course, for göllers can be classified as distinctively as clubs,

K.B.G.C. WIN AT

MING YUEN

Kowloon Bowling Green Club beat Hong Kong Electric Recrea tion Club by 21 shots in a friend- ly flood-lit lawn bowls game at MingYuen last night.

K.B.Q.C. H, Bicknell 80's, but he takes 5. C. Walker on all the charac C. E. Langley teristics of a fel-L. A. Jordan

playing Zor

(Skip) the championship A. Bower

For instance, there is "open cham- pton." He generally' plays in the low

“Open Champion" tow

During the interval the officials of Hong Kong Jockey Club have been extremely busy in making improvements. A new coat of grass has been laid down almost all round the track, and the Members' Pari-Mutuel counters, which were previously in the middle of the hall, have been moved back towards the wall, replacing the Members' "Dally Double" counter and thus al- Leger, to be run at Manchester on the ball. lowing more room to move about in.

Before I proceed to give a few notes on current training, I would like to refer to the loss which racing in particular, and sport in general, will sustain with the de- parture from this Colony of HE. the Governor, Sir Geoffry North- cote, and Lady Northcole. Ever since their arrival in this Colony they have made themselves most popular through the keen interest which they evinced in the various branches of sport. Lady North- cote was the owner of Gladiator. a China pony, and Devonian, an Australian pony, and had several I am sure I am only voicing the sentiments of my readers when I express the hope that Sir Geoffry will soon be res- tored to good health.

successes.

Confusion Bay Declining?

HAVE had several opportunities of watching the morning gallops which have been in progress for some time, and, although it is rather too early at the moment to state anything with any degree of certainty, I trust that the following pointers will serve useful purpose.

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Among the large string of ponies bo- longing to the Cire stable, Velvetlight appears to have reaped the benefit of a good rest. and its present appear. aner induces to say, without any it will prove itself a hesitation, that real menace at the coming meetings Racylight and Spicylight are looking very f Navylight, Glossylight. Rosy- light and Lovelylight are still up North

treatment, and nothing for

will

known about them until their return

View Ponies Not Yet Up To Their Best

MB L Lan Sang's three best ponies,

World

Fair View, Lovely View and Peaceful View, have yet to reveal their true form in training, but, under Pih. the capable handling of Mr H C. they will be up to scratch before the next meeting.

"The Marber candidates Johnber Jober, Hughber and Lilliber have all come through the Summer very well. but Charlesber and Palber have not yet been seen in action. These ponies are under the careful guidance of Mr. C. La Gregory, and it may be expected that this stable will enjoy a few wins.

Kong Bros. stable will rely upon Hopeful Star, Gay Star and Wonderful Scheme to carry their colours, and I most certainly prefer the last-named. which is in fine condition

at present in sprint and which should do well Champion events. wrong. but In my next article I hope to deal with

Ponies. Griffins training the Australian In

is Subscription Griffins,

There seems to be something wrong with Confusion Bay. the China Pony. I

be may observation of this pony gives me the impression declining. It has lost some of its fire, and I am afraid that its prospects of retaining the championship particularly bright,

that It

arc

not

Dolong, the Derby winner, and the best of this year's griffins, has evidently benefitted from the Summer rest and is looking extremely ft. If it can be kept in its present form, it will be hard to beat in the Hong Kong Autumn Champions. O-Lan, Dupont Bay. Hills- boro Bay, Calveston Bay, Odeon and

of which Mount Hope Bay, all always dangerous contenders, are com. ing along nicely, particularly the last- named, which appears to be slowly but surely regaining its old form after its Jameness.

BASKETBALL TO-NIGHT

are

Two matches in the Open y Basketball League will be play- ed at Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A. to-night, when Bank Union meet Trojans and Chinese Y.M.C.A. come up against Yu Leang.

and

Les Steers. champion high jumper, is not the and slender. He is a chunky fellow.

of the world. Even In a friendly G. W. Elphick match, if he gets some one he can beat 0. E. Turpin casily, he studjes every putt from both E. V. Searle ends, looks over the texture of the (Skip) green and wipes off his hands before J. Hurst faking a stance. On the top he steps W. M. Wilson up to the ball smartly, fixés his feet G. Thompson Yesterday's call-over for the St.Just so and holds his 'pose after hitting C. Willis

Saturday, was as follows:

Mazarin 6 to 1 o. 13 to 2 1, Chateau la Ruse, 6 to 1 o. 13 to 2 1. Owen Tudor, 15 to 2 o. 8 to It, Suncastle, to, and o. Devonian, 9 to 1. t and o. Royalist, 10 to 1 o. 11 to it. Bakhtawar, 100 to 9 o, 100 to 8 t, Orthodox, 100 to 6 o,

Lambert Simmel, 18 too, Dancing Time. 20 to 1 12, Ploiemy 20 to 1 o.

Starwort, 20 to 1 o. 25 to 1, Felous, 22 to 1 o. 25 tot. Firozedin, 25 to 1 o.

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THEN there is the jitterbug. His own

shadow worries him and if a cad-| die on the adjoining fairway should

nove as he makes a shot it is almost worth his life. He is the fellow who asks you to stand somewhere when he is about

The

else

“Jitterbug” to drive. It doesn't

matter where you

happen to be standing, he just doesn't want you there. He explains almost every shot he misses by the fact that

Royal Academy. 33 to 1 o. 40 to 1 ja bird chirped just as he was at the;

Felles. 33 to 1 m.

Ranger, 100 to 1 o.

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Totals

H.K.E.R.C. A. Edgar

A. G. Everett W. E. MacFarlang

A. G. Gardner

19 (Skip)

L. Sykos

G. W. Crawford R. C. Bütter - J. F. Lunny

31 (Skip)

W. E. Baker

R. W. Smith

115

14

J. K. Sloan

A. F. Paul

18 (Skip)

18

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POLICE ARE PLAYING

ON SATURDAY

top of his backswing, or a car passed dow the road, A quarter of a mile. There will be further call-overs away. on Thursday and Friday.-Reuter. **************00000 AND perhaps you've seen the con- R.C. have arranged

TO-DAY'S TENNIS

Following is to-day's Tennis League programme:--

V C.R.C.

First Division—S.C.A.A. H.K.C.C. v H.K.U.T.C.

Third Division-C.D.R. V A.T.C.: C.R.C. (1) K.T.G.C.A.; H.K.U.T.C. KCC: S.C.A.A. V KIT.C.

Following are the selected teams: C.R.C. (2)-W. T. Lee and Y. C, Ju; K. L. Ho and Y. Y. Lam; O. L. Fang and K. C. Ng.

S.C.A.A.-B. Szeto and K. Liu; K. H. Ip and W. C. Ho: F. N. Wong and Lam Kwan,

C.R.C. (1):-C. Wei and H. Chung: H, N. Chau and N. C. Tang: K. N. Lee and K. F. Fung.

K.T.G.C.A.:-A, H. Basto and S. T. Chan; S. Hsu and L. Chan; D. Kwok and E. Penn,

K.I.T.C.-S. A. Hussain and H. M. Singh; S. S, Hussain and S. A. M. Sepher; M. Ramzan and G. M. Khan.

Easier Golf

SHORT PITCH SHOT By Best Ball

In addition to the short pitch shot which hits the ball a descending blow, the loft of the clubface adding spin, there is still another method that is in more or less favour among experienced golfers. This is the cut shot, illustrat- ed above, in which the face of the club is opened and on contact with the ball drawn across it from the right to the left. In both instances sup- ple hand and wrist action is

Lady Wakehurst Beats Lindrum

Many thousands of pounds have Wakehurst, who declared that she been raised for various war funda and charities, and while golf heads the 1st in Great Britain, billiards and enooker are well in the picture. M

Walter Lindrum, too, has been raising thousands for War Funds, and he recently passed the

£20,000 mark.

"couldn't play billiards for toffee" scored a table length cannon and potted the red for a break of 5 which gave her victory by 103 points to 0.

~ Lindrum has also been sending the world record, under the new baulk line rule, higher and higher. In July, 1940 he set the record "at He has been giving fantastic 3,381, when playing against his starts, to rivals in his charity brother Fred. Last April he made games, and has, naturally not al- new figures of 8,735 but he has ways been able to beat the self since raised the total to 3,702, an imposed handicap. For examplo effort which took him three hours, he conceded 90. In a hundred to Another record of his has been Lady Wakehurst, wife of the the quick-scoring zone of "100 | Governor of New South Wales. points in 38 3/5 secs, heating his

FOR -QUICK STOPPING

SHORT

PITCH

SHOT CUT

"ACROBE BALLAN

FROM THE OUTSIDE IN,

2-25

desired. In the cut shot “the procedure is expedited by us- ing a slightly open stance, left leg slightly withdrawn. from the line of flight. This allows the arms and hands toʻ draw the face of the club- head Inward across the ball without. hindrance. from, the left side which is turned aside out of the way.

The backspin and sidespin imparted by such a shot has the capacity of making the ball rise quickly and stop. quickly. The ball is inclined to have a slight left to right: fade and at the finish bounce: a little to the right; Allow

when lining up the shot.j.

She failed to score on her first own previous best by ten seconds.ance should be made for this visit, as did Lindrum. Then Lady Reuter,

Although there are no League Lawn Bowls Fixtures officially arranged for this week-end, Police to play-off sultant. He's a very common type their Third Division game against

and found frequently in the rough. He always asks you what club you use and Craigengower Cricket Club on the then goes into conference with his latter's ground.

caddie about what

The

“Consultant" also

wants know if the

For this game only one position- club heal change has been made in the should use. He Police team, Johnson and Chan- toning, who played Nos. 2 and 3 green slopes to the right or the left respectively to Carey last week, when he's two brassle shots away and exchanging positions. no matter how often he has played a course he glances at-the card on each tee to find out what the yardage of the hole 15.

The Police team is as follows: J. E. Hayward, J. S. Riddell, F. Nolan and J. C. Aitken (skip): A. Sau- tur W. M. Smith, J. Orem and J. W. MacDonald (skip); L. C. Pennell. F. We hope to give you a few more next Channing. A. Johnson and A. E. Carey week.

(skip). Reserve:-G. E. Willerton.

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ARMY BEATEN

Jack Stackpool, University of Wash- ington 'Varsity full-back, is rated as Yesterday evening at Sookunpoo the hardest full-back to bring down Army

that the Huskles have had since Paul entertained and lost to

Sulkosky. Stackpool is surprisingly fast South China A.A. in a postponed for his height and weight-he stands "B" division League Tennis six feet one inch and weighs 100 pounds. match by 7% sets to 12.

He is a senior.

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