U. M. OMAR SETS ALL MINOR
K.B.G.C.
TIME LEAGUE BOWLS CHANGES RECORD: 100 PER CENT.
By "Skip"
Kowloon Bowling Green Club are making only minor changes in both their “A” and “B” First. Division Lawn Bowls teams for to-morrow. In the "A" combina- tion, who last played, on Septem- |ber 14, only change made is in Division, taking the place of Drew Duncan's rink, Wallis, of Third at No. 2. In the "B" team Jordan will be No. 3 to Meyer instead of Drew
The selected teams are as fol- lows:
Hall (skip); W. L. Walker, C. Walls,
ALTHOUGH POLICE BEAT KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB BY 3 POINTS TO 2 IN
And he THEIR THIRD DIVISION LAWN BOWLS LEA- GUE GAME AT AUSTIN ROAD A FEW WEEKS Paline, R.C., home, 4. p.m.):— AGO THEY WERE GENERALLY CONCEDED L Guy, G. W. Deacon, A. Hyde Lay and A. M. Holland (skip); RP. EVERY CHANCE OF WINNING BY AT LEAST
Phillips, H. White, Bower and A. J. 4-1 IN THEIR RETURN ENGAGEMENT ATB (v Kowloon C.C.. home, p.m.):
E. Levett and R. Duncan (skip). THE VALLEY LAST SATURDAY,
-A. Rogers. V. C. Dixort, P.: A. Peckham and L. Sykes, (skip); H. All the experts-not the $1.50 a day kind J. McKelvic (skip): P. Holloway, I. Lockhart, B. A. Atkins, J. C. C, and Newton, L. A. Jordan and 3. G. Meyer thought that the home team would be cele-skip). brating their promotion as the result
of this match, but the visitors upset, everything by de- servedly winning on two rinks and gaining four of the points at stake.
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this!
Electricians also had an excellent win in division, Indians falling narrowly to them at Ming
Yuen.
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closing day comes round. I mere- ly suggest it.
BOWLING ALLEYS AUGUST RECORDS.
scores at Hong Kong Bowling Alleys for the month of August
RADUCK PINS: Ladies Mrs. Stevenson
Men's Sgt F Moore TEN PINS Men's: Cpl. J. Gracle Ladies:-Mrs. Stevenson
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 20,, 1041:
JORDAN BEATS AITKEN IN NEEDLE MATCH THIRD DIVISION
IN
By Skin
IN A MATCH OF WHICH I HAD NO PRE- VIOUS NOTIFICATION PRISON OFFICERS BEAT HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB 5-0 AT STANLEY, LY DESERVED SUCH A CLEAR MARGIN, FOR THOUGH ONE MIGHT ALMOST SAY THEY HARD-
TWO OF THE RINKS WON BY A SINGLE SHOT. ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THE TRUTH OF MY PET SLOGAN THAT EVERY SHOT IS WORTH A POINT, WHICH WOULD BE MORE MATHEMATI CALLY CORRECT WERE I TO SAY HALF A POINT. Tommy Pile and Ken Robertson T may have been, because there were were neck and neck until the two teams playing at home, but Home skip had a little run of there was certainly a nice little crowd shots in 3 heads to lead by that at Rolice Club where the battle of tho number, but the footballers came Kowigen Bowling Green Club was day-their Third Division team met back strongly and just failed to being staged. Although; Hugide Nish pull it off... ́ ́ Walter, Gill, on the also won, Len Jordan was the hero of
Following were the highest other hand was always fighting the day ts. he and his wine ahots a losing battle against McCutcheon redoubtable Jim Aitken, by three, shots. and after squaring at the 2016 This was especially gladdening as the probably considered himself in their previous meellag..
tatler carried his team to victory, at 120, lucky to go down. Gowland and Jordan was in excellent form and 152 Willie Macfarlane also had a often, improved the situation, whilst ho close fight for 12 heads, but the had good.support, from George Elphick, I have put the cart before the
196 home skip then forged ahead gra-his lead. Nolan was the best of the horse so will continue by con-
257qually perhaps, not quite the PPoEllon, though itken sent down menting on Second Diviston games
word--to win. by a dozen, the blamed for the narrow defeak da
some lovely, shots and, could ; - not be. naxi Kowloon--Football-Club lost AM Omar K. M. Umar and R. the Shanghai Tennis Championship in the last 10 heads.
The other members of the rink, I Wang will meat Kho Sinook invisiting rink scoring only a couple remer, feading for Too CaRy Anyth what may prove to be a valuable Basa, should also be mentioned for, Final. In the
an uncanny, game, I hear, and lay the point at Chater
semi-finals Wang beat Road, when though it is the skip who usually
shots and often two on every head. Younghusband" lost to Brown, "takes the can back"-no skip can
"Busty Bower, back to this division Kowloon Tong meanwhile gaining carry a
after a brief sojourn amongst the Ash rink which is poor, how! a clean sweep win against Taimo ever good he may play. So 'gratu-
good game, as did high. The latter.. and B. ponies, had a hard job to undo- to sustain their challenge and lotions to all of them!
Pennell's work, but he played every thereby add spice to the meeting
put up his best show in weeks,
Macdőhald saved a point by beating
a
❤
Rasa's Inspired c
Game
of these two clubs to-morrow."
Chief Interest in First Division centred in the lowly-placed clubs. of whom only Club de, "relò "B": were able to score as much as half
point Craigengow hada THEY had a great fight with Me simple task. against Kowloon 16
Kelvie on Saturday, and. It Bowling Green
,whilst was possible, right up to the last Club de Recreio were all wood for them to lose,, though Indians U M last one made it very Soo, difficult for McKelvie to score a five. He had probably four shots. when UM bowled to secure ti certain fourth, leaving the visitor with the option of drawing an-
the Civil Serv Kowloon Dock
as was expected
Omar's Brilliant Feat BUE the outstanding feature of the day to my mind was Omar's triumph over McKelvie, not so much for that result in it
as for fact that it enabled him to go through the League season, undefeated. This is a re markable record and, despite what
other to tie dor endeavour to carry the jack a little for five. He chose the latter course but was just too heavy and got only two.
Poker". Tang G, and Kho beat Harry K. F. L1 3-0, 6-2, 3-4. * 3-4 F. Arnvig is in the Junior 6-1 2-0 (Fong pulled a muscle and Final, having beaten B. Fong 3-6, 6-2,
had to give up).
HANKS largely to Bill Field, whose Brownie Two Sixes.
rink, were in devastating form against George Costello, Kowloon Toats F. Cochrane, récent, winner of the ball Club Were, always; sure of boating Wallis, and corned further famo by..gett world welterweight championship is Hong Kong Cricket Club An lead of ting a bottle of John Hale, on, which reported to be prepared to defend his 10-1 at the 4th and, then 17-2 at the 7th the demolition, squad got busy, afferi utle against the winner of the coming must have knocked, all the fight out of the match. He always had his none in fight between Ernle Roderick and A. the home team, who were à couple, as front and won by 4 Danahar, who are meeting on Septem-dozen to the bad when the curtain fell! ber, 29 at the Royal Albort Half for Vic. Chittenden poly, just managed to Roderick's British title. It must be beat Frank Goodwin to secure, a very lengo a British champion with his title spite of some good bowling by both unique for a world champion to chal-valuable point? but Younghusband, in at stake.-Reuter.
KF.C. Om-Top
Road, always had a slight edge on OWLOON-Football Club, at Chatham Ogley and Simpson, "Zound A. W. Brown their cricketing visitors, from too good for him, by 4 shots. The homo Road and managed to retain all the vertising man, connected for the long end and repeated this big score, inter on two rinks.
William A. Greene, a New York ad-skip had a count of six at the second points, although the margins were close hole-la-one in golf records, on August 11 pn after Younghusband when he drove, a ball 340 yards into the lead- with. nap cup of the 11th green at the Apawamis Country Club Rye, N. The shot. on the fly, went out of sight and appar- which carried approximately 225 yards
ently, landed on the green. When Greene and his partner, Art Brashers
Dick Basa, of whom I have not written enthusiastically this season and justly is jelayed in for New York, arrived to putt, Greene inspired game and saved the situa-ers caddy, lifted the pin from the hole tion repeatedly. Lockhart was good and the original ball came with it.
1 said to the contrary many as lead to McKelyle, but his side. thanks to those who have pointed rarely scored when he lay close to out my error in saying that C. G. the "Jack" KM and Basa saw Silva recorded it last year has to that. Both Gill, and McKelvie never previously been achieved in were good, especially after the in- Bradbury simply, galloped away from. Meyer, who never had
(Continued at fool of Next Col.);
the Colony Something more tan gible than thanks would be gesture on the part of Hot Lawn Bowls Association
terval
HEIL HAWKINS!:
Heil Hawkins! Well
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* Welcome home, Mr.
Hawkins, that I have
VS my.
and in a big way.
in wartime
Cint you
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half
congratulate you warmly, Mr. Gerald. Doubtless you purpose to celebrate tha pecation in the appr viriate manna""""
“Soo I discovers
when they made me Quartermas Sergeant in the 1917
malhing urale sbout Roja ́s Line Juice.” Ash 210's, and, enjoy the purb julge of the lime
a
look in, and the latter was, to put for his loss by over a dozen it in the reverse way, good value
Charlie Rosselet similarily got a huge lead on Sykes and had little difficulty in winning.
Recreio Again Provo TomGood-
ALTHOUGH McGowan put up a good fight against Johnny Ribeiro and actually had a lead at one time the Civil Servants never had a look in against Club de Re- creio "A" at King's Park and lost all the points Bill Hillyer had a small lead on Charlie Roza-Peraira as late as the 12th end, but then collapsed badly to lose by a dozen. Arthur Rakusen, had a very thin time of it against Dick Alves and, though he scored at 9 heads he Host by: 20 shots....
Indians Nearly Lose
On Two Rinks. BOB Craig, who used to play
such a good game for Kowloon Cricket Club, turned out for Kow- loon Dock against Indians, and his side, skipped by Ferguson, very nearly won, as did Alec Calman's against A. K. Minu, but Fred Gul- Jen 2adimo chance, with Khan, who piled them up more or less at will,
Shepherd's Rink Fight Back
WHEN Rodrigues led Jim Shep
1
L.R.C. Go.Very Close
THE Electricians" record against the Kew's Fine Win
Indians at Sookunpoo was WLOON. Tong, meanwhile were and 2 up on the third so it is not unfair
square on one rink, 1 up on another-
frauses, and use, ultimately an oft fucky to lose 50 per cent of the points
keeping just comfortably ahead to say that the home team- wese un- clear winners. By some 20 shots Pot S. M. Rumjahn got a 6 and a 5 Which "Hope Kow had the major against Dan Gardner, but the latter. portion. As ho was pitted agalrist after trailing 11-19, pulled, up, well for. Jimmy Chalmers, he has reason to be the narrowest win. Paul led Suffind rated Dick Keown turned out for all the way, whilst Jim Lunny needed only three shots. Watson, see, and the rink lost by a singleton at the last end to the Madar,
Land. got it.
Easier Golf
MOST IMPORTANT GOLF HAND.
By Best Balli
Golfers in the main are. right handers-and・ for this: reason careful attention must be given, the left hand, if it is to be trained properly, to carry out its assignments-in the stroke The hand is all the more important because it is really the controlling factor in the proper, clubhead alignment and the swing It- self. Experiments have showIL, "that to function most efficient -~ ly the left hand, must, be placed ..well on top of the shaft with two or more. knuckles visible as the player glances, down The grip faci- litates the pushi back Band pulling down club motion.
GOLE STARTING.
TIMES
Following arg,the Royal Hong Club starting times Cor
Sunday:
OLD COURSEME
0.10 am. J. Linaker J. Harrop
herd by 11-3 as late as the 0.20 11th bead it looked as if he was 24 -going to win, bul,thic, pll-Scottish| 9.28
opposition.never give up trying |
0.32 and blanket out the Porty guese
0,30 four for the Inst 8 huuds to win D40 comfortably. Bill Hollandu, for 0.44 whot, Cameron wag a useful lead, was in fine fettle against, John | 9.46 Bastos shoes fcore homore than doubled, but Corey Pureira had a fine fighting, finisie with Jock" Fendar a brace of threea on the last two onds enabling him to steal: 10.20 half a point for his widas «
10,13 10.10
'S, 8. Church, 1, H, Geávez CW, D. "Bishop, R. Torrent, R. PAL Glugante, T.; Bl Pearer.
1. 1. Highet, P. Morrison, ||J. C., Jelsoní. M. A. Annòlfu
A. D. Putves, V. Howitt, R. K. Collings, O. G. Alt. 'kenheadph
\\J, A. Blackwood, F. A. Rods,
Capt. Thursby, R; G. Parker::
B: kr Lloyd G. M. Park..
JL. §, W. PARÇA
FROW:
INCORRECT
BACK
OF LEFT
HAND FACING'S
HOLE
KEEP LEFT." HAND WELL AN.. TOP-OF SHAFT GRIP FIRMESTING
THREE SMALL INGERS
THREGA KNUCKLES
Having the back of the left hand presented squarely to the hole reduces, both, power. and controle The Ormest point of left-hand pressure should rest in the smaller. Angers of this hand. As can be noticed in the illus the grip in this portion of «hand is firmly, opplied.
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