1951-06-09 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1951.

The Sportsman's Diary ABOLITION OF THE STYMIE

IN GOLF WILL BE

GENERALLY APPROVED

consternation in

Abolition of the stymie in golf may cause some quarters; but its passing will be generally approved. We want no tinkering with it; a clean cut,

Under a proposed new rule-one of several revolutionary changes which are likely to follow the suggestions for uniform laws of the game made by the negotiat ing commillees of the USA Golf Associati on and the Royal and Ancient Rules of Golf Committee the obstructing ball can be lifted while the other is played.

Their recommendations will now co me before the various governing bodies for ratification.

Former open champion Fred Daly: "If a mim tuys himself a stynie i would make him play it otherwise

should Le obalished,"

|

I sought opinions of leading | States last year. Richardson, Bft. "I guess we struck our necka! golfers on this important issue, tall, has ambitions in be a cham- out,"

said Dortman. "We This is what i was lold:

plou, and when American junior should have got permission te title hoklers have s bent that extend our tour, "I'm going way they usually go far to home in a fry days and will bet a lieving it.

playing in tournaments again Rare for a prospective cham-soon- I hope." pion, he is not a Californian, but Both hope that the suspen- from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. sions will be removed when Oddly, he is like those other they report to the USLTA A great players Billy Talbert and third player under the ban, Fret Lennari Bergelin being a Kovaleski, is in Brussels. diabetle

Hyder Cup player Bill Cox: "Excellent idea. It should have been done years ago."

COTTON'S VIEW

Henry Colton, three times Open Champion, said: "I am not alto- gether in favour of the complete abolition of the stymie, but if it ha everybody's

usat wish

it should go, then think it is: right. The only thing I do say is that all air will tend to be- come medal play-- stroke-by- atrake affair for ench hole,"

Cation.

will And I

think, plenty of golfers in disagreement with him on this lust point; but there is wisdom in his view that the jority should bo 1251- sidered. At least 05 per cent

women

other

il

on

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

Managers And Coaches

Are Out On The Hunt For Softball Talent

By "GRANDSTAND"

Adverse weather conditions which washed out the week's games have given managers and coaches time to reflect on their probable start- ing nines when they get down to serious playing in the regular season.

In a gruelling season several things can happen which will throw a team out of gear, the greatest hazard being sudden epidemics of hitless stretches which can plague the heaviest slugging outfit.

A cagy bench boss will have plenty of reserve strength to make substitutions at the correct time, and woe befall the team that cannot rake up a hit in a clutch situation.

arc

niting

reach

The sooner the International "But don't feel sorry for me." Lawn Tennis Federation make he says.

"I just have to watch expenses gal the whole year round the sooner they will con- ing diei, that's ull,"

theor wit practice. His mother is seeing to that, form

rime unkier A She has shipped 7016, of steaks Players who to England in readiness for strict national aseelution are unfairly deak with compared Wimbledon.

with others whose tennis or- VERSATILE

Ruritanian The practice of pinch-hitting the Warriors, particularly to the understanding of the other ganisation

of vacancies in his eight men, but Wei is gradually is nothing new to exponents of a couple Feature of the Australian Ines.

smooth ma- into the are pitching staff, which fell on one the sport, and yet there RUGBY UNION ACT Cricketers

visiting

managers who neglect this vital man's shoulders last year. chinery by working out during England is their versatility in

Parliament Questions In

Summer This problem will probably the current series. certain Service aspect of the game. besides cricket. plying that b

The two South Ching teams Eports

participants are alive give the veteran some anxiety equipment and ground League Eight of the 16 have represented units

around to being shuffled long in the

the coming year as the other are to this fact and, in the to Australia

facilities were being denied

best or their State in

the

combination a cutits

on concentrating those who wished to play the run, the months of toll on

which will meet with the ap- sport other than cricket,

burning diamond will pay strengthening their mound staff, Mrs Myrtle Bayliss, left arm Rugby League game have led to

Added to Figueiredo's worries proval of coach P. K, Lau who Zealand the Rugby Union taking action. toured New

Tumour spinner,

that peppery has been the guiding spirit be- At their annual-general meet- Australion

TWIRLERS WANTED

short-stop Junior Remodios may hind the creditable performance with

Friday, June 22, the RU ing on

in the last of the Caroliners In as much as batting plays, be missing when the roster ja basketball

AND cricket teams committee will propose altere

campaign. the

which a vital part in winning games, called in Augusi, sume year Betty tims to

Number 11 chpitching is no less important, Wilson, who made a century will amend present rulings and managers who are satisfied

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES Frankie Barros of the Jaguars England team is bring them into line with all

to, come up promises

with They have given a lead to all against the

Programme for the week, all with their willow power are

Kames commencing at 0.00 p.m. international sport. Itules can be her first Test in 1949, and has reasonable

the super-duper outat in the next requirements. In

Tuesday several centuries

chase mare easier for the players by

made

penrant future no member of the Forces casting searching orbs in

Reds diot of reasonable discussion, cricket, plays golf, baseball, shall be deemed to have broken direction of promising twirlers positional whanges which have Ragg Mops

been tested during the current

Thursday badminton, tennis and squash Rugby Union rules if in the of the horsehide.

US Navy Braves' mentor and - coach quality as her cause of his duty he is required

series, to organise or provide facilities Charlie Figueiredo has been out

Overseas for the playing of football under at the park regularly casting his Feagle eye over possibilities to Rugby League rules.

edition of Loton Erpress Service) bolster up his new

of golfers have long demanded! that the styntie should go,

S1 say: "Full marks to Mr Is B. Grainger (USA) and Doctor H. Gradiner-1 (8 and A. for their work towards simplifying the rules,”

RELSINKI HOPE

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in

+

22

women's

in

club

of the same VALTER HESKETI (Man- cricket. WALTER AUSEL of the

EIGHT TO THE BART English National Junior Cross-) G. O. Nekalls has wrillen a country title for the past two full – length

comic

opera, Fiesta, based years and fourth män home in Regatta the International rare last Edwardian Henley. An abridged March, will concentrate on the version will be broadcast over six mites during the coming a 45-minute

during period track season.

Hesketh

ת!

Henley Regatta. G. O. Nickalls,

is hoping to be son of the famous Guy Nickalls,

- Relveted for the Olympic 5,000

| has won the Grand Challenge

and 10,000 metres. So keen is Cup at Henley seven times.

he to achieve this aim that

ships,

third in 30min, 19.4sec,

TAX FLATTENS SPORT

The Rus steamroller

con-

times to Zatten sport.

Worst formed.

hit is greyhound facing, Latest casually is "Newcastle's White

City.

ง

Small

10

dividends.

Sports Don't

Grow Up In America

By CORNELIUS RYAN

New York.

are far less

:: the

with

Panlas

V

Friday

Y

The Week-End Cricketer

The surprise move will be 13 15 switch speedball hurler Vic Blues Fedruco to the windy-alley.

This

is by no means an in- lost dication that Pedrico

has any of his mound skill for Vic but is still as effective as ever, but | it seems that Jaguar boskinan Barros will be able to sign on Jocy

Franco

nce of St. Teresa's and will thus have sufficient pitching utilising afford strength

the strong-armed Pedruco in short stop position.

Igmar Eriksen is also on trial in the hind-catching position, and it is understood that he will don Jaguar Every this year.

to

SECOND TO NONE

two

some foun

ti

One would like to hear more than this book tells us of what the author has in mind.-London Express Service.

This year he published a poem

Controversy, as well as lots of information about the clubs and he may decide to give up cross- about the Boat Race, in which

their players, enlivena u new country next scuson,

he rowed 1hree times tor Biggest test this

departure in books. The Week- Reason for Oxford.

end Cricketer (Hutchinson,. 151.). the 20-year-old runner will be

SECOND OPINION

written by AC. L. Benneti, the AAA six miles, when he Charile Oukces, the Sussex

known throughout Southern Three things are needed for excellence in any sport. will meet the reigning cham-cricketer, is worried. At the

England as one of that enviable pion and English Native record- start of the season he received money for the sport, time for it, and people to play it.

type himself, holder

Dr Frank Aaron, who blow on the left hand when The USA is the world's richest nation, has more leisure

The Jaguars of recent years

League Cricket has a strong have been known for their last year clocked 20min, 73.8sue, making a catch and splintered a time than any other nation, and has 150 million people.

in Bennett. but he It

Hesketh's first bone in one of his fingers. will not be

Goes allow himMert to make So why doesn't the USA have world importance in all pitching staff which is second topponent

this.

admission appearance-at-the-champion-played-against-Middlesex-at

Though he did not run

possess Pedruco and Brown, Lord's when

"maintain chat

introduc- the finger seemed sports, large and small, just as it does-in-lawn-tennis,none in the senior loop, for they

of the best in the circuit. Should tion of last year, He was entered in less paintel and he was able to boxing, swimming and track und field?

competi- Franco append his name on the

Hive 1949 when only 18 and finished bend it. Now the joint hus

It the cricket

league stiffened and

The answer lies in the third fencing, cycling, scecer, all these dotted line together specialist hos

with variety would be a good thing sold him it may remain like ingredient for excellence-peo. and many more, this, even if an operation is per-ple to play any given sport. It Important in America, with all-coming junior leaguer Tony far present-day club cricket." would seem that in a nation of its advantages, than in various ay, Barros will have four men

to rely on in the clutch. be other nations. America never He is to get a second opinion

150 million, there would

It is not likely that St Teresa's interested enough

in 'will be prople

a strong rival for Swil- and hopes for betler news.

side in nor will will be able to field a

chase, badminton to enable the USA to zerland in shooting,

and their ONE BOXER, ONE TITLE

auccessfully with the USA worry French or Italian tie next Decision of the British Box- compete Closing of a track at New-

break-up will undoubtedly leave several top rate players avail castle may not worry greyhounding Board of Control that no Malaya, but such a supposition cyclists.

wrong.

fact. the USA of late has able to the other teams. In the In followers in the south. But the professional boxer, may hold "out of that 150 million, been hard-pressed to keep its free for all player grab, it is the threat to their sport is growing. more than one national title at

laurels. Australine weight-lifters major-sport When the 10 per cent totali-

there enough that never again are

alert that gets the best, ence means

von the Davis Cup in tennis, The Overseas Chinese, who men like Jackie to make the USA a strong com. sator tax was imposed in 1948 shall we see

been kave

completely the National Greyhound Racing

Paterson.

Erle Roderick, Len petitor for team honours at any Argentina took the recent world basketball tournament title, and

the acquisition international meet. Society had 77 licensed tracks. Harvey or Jack Petersen.

Hironoshin Furuhashi Juvenated with

of several On a warm Spring night when Japan's

ct the Junior Now there are only 69.

All these, having outclassed

Champion

Dragons Tamworth closed down, and every rival at their own weight, 60,000 New Yorkers go to a base- und Australia's John Marshali

swimming headlines. other

are under the watching eye of: bruke Away from the fought their way to the top of ball game at Yankee Stadium, win

Showboat All, who has seen perhaps two dozen watch n table United Press. on the heavier division. NGRS to carry on racing

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exhibition in Mid- tennis

of diamond unlicensed tracks.

Cruiserweight Freddie Mills

couple of decades

und judging from per- Manhattan.

Showbout ap- successfully The 1951 National Badminton

When proves of the players. Tournament at Dallas at times.

coach gives than 10 specta-

the experienced had no more

his personal stamp of approval tors watching the nation's star

the label on a young player, players.

elicks. Amateur wrestling often at- tracts

at no spectators

all. national sport Soccer football, of some 40 other countries, regularly plays to crowds of o few hundred in America,

AUDIENCE NEEDED

tax

50

Is

There me now about 120 was the last to attempt it, but unlicensed tracks, but 30 of Bruce Woodcock these

have found the 10 per cent warded off Mill's heavyweight

costly that they have challenge. dropped tale betting,

Having thus established their But it was the last Budget "one boxer, one tille" principle that dealt the crippling blow at home, the board are now on the additional 12 per cent (mak-firmer ground when it comes to ing it 60 per cent) entertain-expressing views on world

hampionship matters. men: tax..

Who gains from increasing For instance, they will now on sport? In greyhounds, recognise that Ray Robinson certainly not the Government. forfeited his world welter- In 1948 the State took £9,930,- weight title when he took the In many other nations, 000 from the sport. In 1950 tmiddleweight championship from athlètes compete for the sheer dropped to £7,000,000 and it is Jake LaMotta. still falling.

tax on

not be justified on these figures.

measure

In

love of the sport, and this is

· In true

some At one time, the BBBC seem-

too-with on the America,

this ad- dition: A youngster Isn't likely

with to fall in love

in Thwa disconsolate American unless it is a popular one

Irvia which he has a chance to excel

If the reason for the tax is to ed a little uncertain raise revenue, it certainly can- point.

TENNIS STARS WATCH

BOY WITH AMBITIONS

are

sport

A 17-year-old American with players in Paris a combination of build, good Dorinary and Dorothy Head. before an audience. looks and tennis skill is going to Both are under suspension by Thus the small sports make a hit at Wimbledon.

No new blood, He the US. Lawn Tennis Associa- stall. Hamilton Richardson, whom ton for contravening the eight least a very small trickle, comes John Horn beat in the United weeks' expenses rule,

into the sport. Badminton,

stay

or at

THE GAMBOLS. Barmy Appaly

PAINT ALL THE SAME, GEORGE IF HIG BROTHER IN-LAW IS A JOCKEY AND TELLS HIM WHAT'S ODING TO WIN DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S A PAINTER....

mathe

Nine

PITCHING FAMINE

rc-

hord

The Pandas, 100, were hit by the pitching famine last year ond their one and only weak spot on the mound was the direct cause of their failure! lo enter into the final

Southpaw Wong Ding-Kwok, j who was discovered inte in the season,, was unable to make up ground, but with

for

the

the recent arrival of Jackle Wei from the north the addition of thele former team-mate should difference spell the

between

triumph and defeat,

A pitcher by himself will never win a ball game without

Arthur Peall says: Look for snags in 'free-ball' leaves

Poker can be a

OTTINO 188 nominated DAY AT

A. Sykes, of Wembley, hud a "tzeg ball" on diagram blue, a non- nated

pink

BLUE

BLACK

POPINK

played a cannon from blue to pink and pink entored the middle pocket.

Foul, not Penally 5 points Striker mat "hit

CRIS

I nominated ball Aral.

Had no noned the other way round m nominated pink 20 blue-and potted blue, the

hot was tatr.

Ita d both

coloum gone down from his pink Arst cantion Lite score counts 6 painte and bike stays in the pocket.

P

There's Always Hope Right Up To The Last Hole

Says BOBBY LOCKE

Most golfers playing in medal competitions set out intent on bagging as many birdles as possible. I play for bogeys, and when a birdie comes along I accept it gladly- and still keep going for bogeys.

The golfer who over-striven for birdies is setting himself an impossible task. In my view,

medal play over 36 or 72 holes is the fairest, and the only, test of golf. How do I play a medal round?

On the first lec I make aj always a chahce, right up to the quick survey of the weather, last hole. studying the wind, whether the course is fast or slow, checking the card to see if the course is a short or long one. 1 decklo whether the scoring is likely to be high or low-then I set out to try to do every hole in bogey,

"SATISFIED GOLF"

Look what happened to me in last year's Tam O'Shanter tournament in Chicago. I was last out in the final round and

heard, with five holes to play, that I needed four birdies to the with Mangrum,

A 35ft. putt on the 14th, a Gft. This does not set me an easy putt on the 15th, a 30ft, putt on task, but at the same time, given the 18th, and a 15ft, puti on tho even breaks of luck, it is not ton 17th provided. the. four; birdies, dimcult. It is what I call play- and a good par four at the inst

geir-plug hole "satisfied

gave me ing

and conser ng everyone, including myself, felt within myself the energy which is 1. ded for there was no chance. the final nine holes of a really light Bnish.

the the

when

THE SECRET OF WINNING

The secret of winning gold tournaments is not only to glory, when things are running your way but to be equable when adversity comes along.

Having a bad hole or two in the first round does not mean the loss of a tournament.

As an example of that I recall me at the what happened to

at Troon last short Afth hole year in the Open. My tee shut missed the green and eventually

missed a 4ft. pult, giving me always figure that for nine holes a disastrous six. It was a haru! will have to struggle with pill to swallow. This was the things going wrong; In 38-holo 23rd hole of a 72-hole event, tournaments I feel, that at least six holes are going to give me a But I still felt I had a chance.

great deal of trouble,

I determined to forget what had happened, and completed that round la 72 sticts. Hnd lost my temper or become men- tally disturbed I could have had anything to an 82 or 83.

Many golfers I have played If they lake against feel that three putts during any of the Arst four or five holes they are

out of the race,

My outlook is that provided I don't get too far behind there is

In a 72-hole

tournament I

Starting off expecting those degrees of trouble, I flad they often turn out to be much less.

No gelfer can have things running right for the duration test. Bobby of a long medal Jones sets it out in his bock that whether taking part in medal or match play he always played against bogay and never tried to beat the Colonel by too much. I follow the same principle,

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