1952-08-23 — Page 13

Planning Saves Strokes

By MAX FAULKNER

So far, in this serics of articles, we have concentrated mainly on the best ways of striking the various shots of golf the technical and mechanical side, as it were. We have done that because the majority of golfers are most interested in that side of nifairs.

But this week I want to discuss an equally important feature of golf-the planning of your game. Don't be afraid of the term. It is important, but not terrifying. A plan is the best shot-saver of the lot.

DON'T CHANGE YOUR MIND

In these days of so much snatch shot results, Instead of planning and organisation the accurate recovery required. know that a great many people | object to the very word and idea of "planning." So perhaps It would be better to suggest that Instead of planning your round,

or

In thete eircumstances train yourself to be slow and deli- berate. Walk slowly, to your ball to give your annoyance time to

Relax you subside.

before

you strike, and you will be surprised how often you can retrieve the lost shot.

how to play a hole, simply apply Intelligent thought and commonsense to it. It amounts to the same thing, al- though you would be surprised how few handicap golfers really

Another thing-don't change your mind in the middle of your shot. Think the thing out BE- do apply their commonsense FORE you take your club from this way. They will spend hours and pounds on perfecting their swing, but scarcely spare a minute on the art of stringing their shots togelber to make the best of them.

SURVEY THE COURSE

tuurnament golfers When we go out for a week of practice

rounds before a major tourna-

your bag and then go through with it. Don't suddenly decide to spare it a bit or force it. It is far better to stand by decision you have worked out,

the

In fact, this questión of de- cision is vital throughout the game. And I think one should be "positive" rather than "noga se, her than say to your self, ns you play your approach, " mustn't into that

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1952.

By Reg. Woot'nu

SPORTING SAM

London Express Service

Lawn Bowlers'

Bowlers' Interest

Now

Focused On The Open Championships

By

"TOUCHER”

With the Second and Third Division Leagues already completed with the ex- ception of one Second Division match between Recrelo' and IRC “B”, and the Final Division fixtures now a matter of routine, lawn bowls interest is now focussed on the various events of the Colony Open Championships.

The Open Pairs and Triples are now in their quarter-final stages, the Open Singles in the séini-finals und the Open Rinks in the Anal.

Highlights of last week's games were the Open Rinks semi-final at Taikoo when the two Recreio rinks were ell- minated by Indian Recreation Club rinks.

the defeat of Connie

s's rink by that of U. A.

Rumjahn was not considered an upset. the triumph of the all- Second division rink of M. Y.

Sadick,

A. M. FL

0.

ment, it is not so much to per- (ker." you should take the line in and S. Yusuf over the

fect our

shuts-we

use the "I must watch the ball close- practice ground for that toly, play slowly but firmly survey each hole thoroughly, and through." Then play it irmly through. Eliminate the bunker take note where shots can be

from your thoughts altogether. saved or wasted.

note the

out-of-bounds

พ่อ danger here, the full of the fairway there, the depression in front of the sixth green which makes the approach look shorter than it is, we observe that we must be well up to the pin at the seventeenth, because there is no trouble at the back and plenty at the front-and so on.

class I know several · top players who actually note these things on their curds in early They want to Impress rounds. the details on their memories because they know it can save them half a dozen shots a round. And if YOU would plan your game more you could save half a dozen shots on your rounds too.

We all know that one's mental state in any round affects one's scoring if you are upset or rattled in any way, the strokes pile up. The idea of planning a game helps to counter such a state. It helps and, in the end, so many people temperament.

The same thing applies when "out-of-bound}}" or other prob- lems crop up. Nole Liem, of course, but when you are strik- Ing don't think of avoiding the trouble, but of where you in- tend to hit the bail-and Ko right through with it.

Another point in this planning business you know you can't reach the green with your your accond shot, why take brassie off a tight lie and risk

there with not getting

your third? Far better to take a spoon or an tron and place it for your next shot to the pin.

And if you are in a bunker, and can't possibly reach the green, why take a big club and try to force it a long way? I doesn't gain a thing, and you

are more likely to stay in the sand anyway. Take your blos- to: and get out of trouble, and then go for the green.

concentration, In other words, golfers, plan produces what

your garne.. think about it, and call the right

use your commonsense. It will save you shots galore, and win you matches.

Most of us know the extreme irritation which rises within us when we have played a bad shot-and some of the words tool We know, also, that if we are still swearing as we address the ball again we are more than likely

to make things cven WOTEC. Anger tightens and quickens the action and a hurried

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OVERCONFIDENCE

Overconfidence might havo b:en a

factor in strong

the Recreio rink's downfall, who after trailing behind on the first few heads found themselves up against a rink playing right E the top of their form.

S. Yusuf, the winning skip, game through- played a great out and not only held his own against the Colony's leading skip, Joe Luz, but had the

GUTIERREZ SHIELD

Lawn bowlers are re minded that lists are now up on the notice boards of their respective clubs for the Gutierrez Shield International Competl-

tion.

Train yourself to be slow and deliberate." Max Faulkner carefully lines up a shot before playing it.

POP

ROP'S SORRY

TO LET YOU

- DOWN-

BUT HE'S GOT

A SPLITTING.

HEAD

better of him on a number of and K. Bodie: G. Hong Choy and occasions, being largely res-G. A. Souza v F. X. Silva and ponsible for the single and a C. E. Passon,

At KBGC: M. J. Divecha and thre: on the 10th and 17th heads that turned the tide of battle. F. Kermani v R. M. Hlbeing and

The

Reerilo rink

A. A. Lopes, with: opened

At KCC: P. Hughen and R. Robertson v J. A. Luz and R. F. Luz,

a single but at the beginning of the 7th head wire at the tali- end of a 7-2 score. At the end of the 12th had they were 5-15 down. A six on the 13th reduc- ed their deficit to 11-15 and o single and a two brought thim to 14-15,

The Indians pulled away with ⚫ single and a three to 17-14, and held on to a trad of 19-17 when a controversial incident happened

on

THURSDAY

+

Open Slagles Semi-finals At KCC: J. A. Luz y W. C. Simpson.

At Recreio: T. E. Baker v W. Howard or R. Robertson.

SUNDAY, AUG. 31. Open Rinks Final At KBGC: A. R. Rahmon, K. With the lit in their favour M. Rumjahn, M. B. Hassan and the 20th tead, Raul Luz U. A. Rumjaha v M. Y. Adol, Decidentally kicked the jack O. R. Sadick,, A. M. Rumjahn while surveying the position of and S. Yusuf. the woods, He picked up the jack and tossed it back for a replay.

It was an unfortunate incident, and there was no doubt that Raul did as he did with tha host

sporting of intentions. Under the circumstances, how. ever, the correct procedure might have been probably better adopt- ed, that of giving the opposing skip the choice

of restoring

THE SCOURGE OF INDIA WAS ONCE REJECTED BY A COLLIERY CRICKET TEAM

By GEORGE WHITING

The wide-shouldered, black-browed Yorkshire miner came off the carly shift at Maltby Main, slapped down his 58. subscription, and de- manded, with all the assurance of a 16-year-old, to be admitted to the colliery's Saturday afternoon cricket team.

He got short shift, “Run away and come back when you're a cricketer. We've too many of your sort already,” sald the club secretary,

man and

Today, five years later, that secretary can reflect that he turned away, fast- bowler Fred Trueman. The rejected of Maltby Main hus become the hope of England, the scourge of India, and the rod-in-pickle for Australia.

Trueman's right-arm-over- | high, His Test matches bring his cricket achievements some→ the-wicket thunderbolts have | him-275 each. shot cut 24 Indian batsmen at a cost of less than 15 runs apiece this season,

with 1 yell- compelling climax of eight for 31 in the first innings of the third Test at Manchester. That per- formance conjured for every cricket lover the roay vision of a | well-whacked Australia In 1954-

55.

have

thing like this:

"Test matches?' Nothing to When he ceases to be Aircraft- man 2549488 of the Royal Alrem. No more exellement than in a county game, and not half Force in 1853, a normal season of

play would much as we get in Yorkshire Yorkshire county carn him, say, £750 a year. Test. Lancashire. cricket would booя; it to £1,000, "Fast bowling? Well, I always with another £1,000 for

a tour were a bit quick, 1ke. But I'm of Australia.

not really fast yet. I hope to bowin lot faster before I'm much older.

em

If, at the end of 10 years, he Had Trueman brought of on

can collect a tax-free Yorkshire equivalent feat

benet of £10,000, he will have

"They pay me to bung as a baseball pitcher in the USA they would Maltby Main

done pretty well for a lad whom down, so I bung 'em down. If

thought not too | l'ball hits t'wicket that's ine for. hud hun hog-tled fortune by now; surrounded by middling as a collier at £4 185.clouts

to a hot as a cricketer-but fair-to-me. I chap nt l'other end TV sponsors, mowed under with

me for four, that's fino for him—and he gets the next in enoughi gifts, and dripping dollars to lost anyone born in the Broad Acres

A Iltetime. Especially with D name lice Trueman.

It

an

Ameriena publicity man no time

would have taken

at all to get rid of that middle and claim for his client at least a distant relationship with Harry S.

£75 A MATCH

For Yorkshire's Fred the -e- wards will

not come quite so

Sportsman's Diary'

the Jack to its former position, **** allow it to remain where it resta and play the end to a finish, or 'play the end anew in the sam

direction.

A two by the Indians on the 20th head practically nullined the Recreio bowlers' chance of winning and they were only able to collect a single on the last tead.

Deadly bowling by K. M. Rumjahn and M. B. Hassan and stendy

and consistent play by skip U. A. Rumjahn pulled them through to a comfortable win in the other semi-final against a completely off-form Recreio rink of A. P. Pereira, M. A. Bup listo. 3. C. Remedios and C. C. Pereira.

FA Expected To Sanction Night League

One of these days, maybe—and maybe not the big clubs of the Football League, Arsenal, Spura and the others, will play competitive floodlit soccer. I hear that some of the smaller clubs are about to ploncer such a movement.

They are to write soon to the FA asking for sanction for a floodlit soccer league. They expect the blessing of the ruling body.--

WITHOUT COMMENT

Peter Smith, sceretary of could be the greatest winger in The Anal between the two Headington, describes as "highly the world in either code. rinks on Sunday, August 31, at successful" the series of the KBGC should provide a close mental matches his club. game and although U. A. Rum- lest year against Jahn's rink is heavily backed to League clubs. Joining win, S. Yusuf's Second Division Headington

are and

another club rink will not be incapable of re- | belonging to the Southern cording a historical win.

League, Kidderminster Harriers.

TODAY'S GAMES First Division League

Recreio

PRC

KCC

KBGC

FC

v HKFC

V KDC

V TC

V CCC Second Division

V IRC "B" Third Division

HKERC

v HKCC

·~ TOMORROW .Open Triples' Quarter-finals

At CCC: P. Kennedy, H. F. Shield and W. Williamson v A. A. Remedios, A, Silva and C. Danenberg.

F.

At KBGC: M. J. Diyecha,

R. Kermani and W. Hong Sling

W. Colledge, F. Howarth

and W. Cowie or O. R. Sadick,

M. B. Han and A. K. Minu.

At KDC: F. Francis, M. S. McKay and E. Greenwood v R. Basa, C. R. Romelot and J. $. S. Landolt,

At Recreio:

D. C. Alves, F. X. M. Silva and C. E. Pass VF. G. Luz, R. F. Luz and J. A.

Luz.

TUESDAY

Open Pairs Quarter-finals At HKFC: L-5, Silva. and A. E. Coates v G. C. Norman

with

From Mr T. Fenwick, of Bond Street, W. 1, comes this letter:

How

"A Soviet magazine warns Others will join in, though the Russian youth against the dan-

gers et rugby football. evening competition will be absurd. kept entirely separate from the Southern League fixtures,

I take leave to doubt whether. floodlit football will

ever be- come a major sport in Eng- lond Why? Winter rein, tog and frost make watching out- door football at night an un- inviting business. For better watch it on television.

'BROWN_FLASI!' LEVULA

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one a bit quicker, That's all They told me Trueman's rese- there is to it. tion to his Test match triumphs was "quiet and modest." The "My old Dad taught me first modesty 1 accept, but, having of all in the Aelds found our spent an effervescent half-hour house. Stow left arm, he was. with him, I refuse to believe that Won a cup and a medal for each Fearsome Fred can keep quietot us six kids. He's a miner. long enough for anybody to Watches me in the Tests. notice it,

does our Mum.

So

Energy sparks off him. A

A LOT OF FUSS constant flow of broad and

"Excited? What for? Mum vowels en- friendly Yorkshire

thinks I'm a smasher, but there's zulfs everybody within earshot. nowt to get excited about. l'a

Don't talk to me about dour Yorkshiremen This particular specimen is about as dour as a bonare in the breeze,

Within five minutes of an explosive entry into the cocktail bar of his hotel

sooner have people tell ma straight when my bowling is awful than have a lot of fuss when I'm getting a wicket or two.

"No, I do no special training. in Cromwell I used to weigh 14st. 5lb., but

of my

the fat off the back trousers."

Road, Trueman had removed his shoes, complimented a slightly I'm 13st. 10lb. Cricket kreps shooked but obviously gratified old lady on her appearance, in- formed a waitress that steak should be grilled and not stewed and announced that the rod roses on the counter were an Insult to the whole of Yorkshire.

Australian cricket crowds, they say, have an intimidating effect on the most ebulliont of visiting players.. Wait till they meet Fred Trueman.

Only two things disturb the bubbling tenor of the Trueman tale. A newspaper suggestion that he takes a 30yd., run up to the bowling crease causes in- dignation. Any suggestion of romance in the offing brings a howl of laughter.

"My run-up is nearer 18 or 20. yards, I tako 15 full strides.“ Don't tell me I go two yards at

No typewriter could cope with ¦ a time,” sald Trueman, ... the accent that' Trueman let

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