1959-10-23 — Page 77

HENRY LONGHURST on GOLF

AUTUMN CHESTNUTS

The Ryder Cup team, whose prospects I hope to examine on the eve of my own departure overseas, were last portrayed exercising themselves with deck quoits on the Queen Elizabeth, it being not much good, as their captain observed, hitting golf balls from a moving platform. Anyone who has tried this will confirm how right he was, whether you do it in a net or follow the pattern set by the immortal Hagen and drive balls-new ones, of course, in this casel-into the ocean.

were out

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This is a bumbling as well as I wontlerest, have polices been gone over it time and fine ngaln expensive postinic, You forex to remove their pullovers and cannot make out how my estimate that the ball will pitch and ties in England on October own unaided score could ever, somewhere out by "tho Bixth 16?

at the nost conservativa wave, beside that white bird There has never been such estimato have been lower than perhaps that has been following a year for the chestnoty AL 27. I is significant perhaps

the us for so long, damming

Worplesdon - the eating that while my partner has, I surface of the water. In fact, variety--and several parties understand, been snapped up'

The COLESC puny are the powers of man

fer every mixed toursoma beside the vealness of the Atlan- gathering them by the basket-tournament of 1960, I have my- Uic that a full drive seeme

ful. Why this should be. Inself received no offers at all. barely to eiear the edge of the ⚫ year when we have had no vassel.

rain si all. I cannot why. Talking of chestnuts tha aldest in golf is of the men whb was seen alternately hitting his ball and kicking it and said he was "rrecting to the mixed foursomes." gross libels which are still per- relation to women petrated in golfers,

The Worplesdon

While the learn were de parting from Southampton, I could not help contrasting the scene in which I found myself with the one to which they were proceeding they on their way to the desert of California, I at Worplesdon,

This is one of two

The other relates to their Jooks Perhaps in the earliest days when fashion compelled them to lay th straw boaters, mattorialezved blouses and voluminous skirts drawn in by an elastic band known as

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The mixed foursomes, though nut "important" like the cham- pionships or events in which someone muy win £1,000, ore a Holing Institution and have "M'ss Higgins," some may have a trife plain-though xen su fortunate meteorologi-fermed

talk of from ancient photographs I cally at people "Worplesdon weather" and ex- judge many to have been very

much the opposite. pect to get it.

Werpleaton, incidentally, mu have been one of the find clubs to run a six-club competition. It champion, who began in 1933, and the results halls from Northern Ireland, Ismay be iluminating to those 22. Не turned professional who stil pall 14 clubs round on a

hortly after gaining a bantam- perambulator. weight boxing bronze medal at the 1958 Melbourne Olympic Games-AFP.

RUGBY RESULTS

Lundun, Oct. 22. Results of today's Rugby Union und League matches

W*27**

The first winner

was R. de Quincy with 69-3-64. Two others have won with net 65's, and in 19 starts there have been 12 winning scores in the 60's and four of 70, and the highest winsing score was 73 in the year after the war.

Superb Scene

the 311

The scene this year was the superb, with the trees and jaeighbouring gardens glowing in

the autumn sunshine, und Whitehaven

condition of the course, which I played a friendly round Ledford 18 Cambridge U. 16. on the day after the final, fully matched the setting. How often, Rruto.

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This period was followed by Stwzedy** ern, practical rather than decorative, but I must say for them that the golf- ing grin of today, now that they have made up their minds who can wear trousers and who can', could hold, their own in any sporting company.

As to their play, I have long ago come to the conclusion thot meny a score is done in mixed foursome which the allegedly senior partner knows very well b he could never do by himself. Douglas Sewell would probably

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**What do you mean, Vot

demanu à re-canut ?

London in 19

Cooper-Erskine

Bout Accepted

"As Eliminator

do the first nine at Worplesdon For World Title

from time to time in 31 without the aid, of Mrs Marley Spear- man but many a proud male

"Cour reelly-that they were announcing no doubt under fours when they won" must have known in his heart that his score by himself would have borne no relation to this Agure

I speak

since

the

Inveigled into

with some feeling. other day I was playing in a mixed foursomes tournament on the ladies course at Stm- ningdale

Napier, with Lady whose handicap is, or WAS then, 15.

Imperishable

and

CX-

On this exceptionally difficul!

strict par 31, course, naturally sgainst an ceptionally fine ontry, her lady- ship and your correspondent won the tournament with a groAS 05:

This achievement seemed escape the notice of the national Press at the time, but every stroke of it remains imperish ably in my memory. I have

London, Oct. 22. The British Boxing Board of Control will recognise the forthcoming Henry Cooper versus Joe Erskine British and Empire heavyweight champion- a final eli- ship bout as minator for the world title.

The Board have notified pro- moter Harry Levono they had de- cided to recognise the Cooper- Erskine bout as the world title eUminator "after giving the mat- ter ccretul consideration."

Cooper and Erskine meet at London's Earls Court Stadium on November 17 in a 15-round bout for Cooper's British and British 'Empire heavyweight

crowns.

Levene said he hopes to fly to the United States soon after the night to try to match the winner

against the victor of the Ingemar

Johannsson versus Floyd Potter- son return bout for the world title.-UPI.

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