THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961.
Beginning today: The China Mail's special series on Golf TERRY DOWNES IS GIVEN
GOLF IS MY GAME
Basic conceptions
of the swing
-By BOBBY JONES, Jr.
difficult that golf is a It is a popularly accepted notion
qame to teach and a difficult gamme to learn. It doesn't have to be either. It is all a question of the level of skill to which the learner aspires or upon which the teacher intends to insist.
very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared ground and into a hole which is of sufficient size to accommodate it by a good margin.
Considered objectively, it is quite obviously a
Simple, that is, provided there Is no limit upon the fire or the, aumber of strokes required.
vantage of adult understand- leve, and then to focus my on- ing. In a few minutes' study tire concentration tipon prodne- of the material of this chapter. ing the desired result in front of Jr can learn as much about; that wall. I wanted to leave my The matter further sim-1
the carnet
possible means plified because many
of Poning to take care of itself. 1 ple have spent a int of that, trolling a golf ball as a boy was confident that the movement adlust thought and money upon the| could learn in years of play. Behind the ball would
itself to the proper striking. development of rih: and balist
Too technical
wm not one who rintetle
It en me
chpracter
enjoys the
Only results
Tan Joe-hok to play in charity exhibition match
In response to numerous requests by local badminton enthusiasts, unofficial world badminton chom. pion Tan Joe-hok, who was originally scheduled to leave Hongkong tomorrow, for Singapore and then to a civle welcome in Indonesia has ex- tended his stay here to Tuesday in order to play a tenst another exhibition match.
Mr Tan told the China Mall this morning that actual
ly he had all this while been waiting for word from the Hongkong Radminton Association re- garding arrangements for another match, and was surprised to hear that the HKBA were walt- ing for him to contact them.
However, he hopes that arrangements will materiallise between the Indonesian Club, whose guest he will be during his extended stay here, and the HKBA, for an exhibition match this Saturday, possibly in aid of some local charity.
Patterson
taking it easy
y suited to the prosca, and of greens-keeping methods which heaping assure thr! the Intervening average golfer. Kronand will be
than that those proltuque more
I am very certain that when- we see in cartons are rare in
thej achieve reasonably well prepared
HI! real life. The un dalled golfer, ever 1 Buffet Jacks wenfriable, detachment. my swing would, strained, busure, sometimes even slow down do it: proper rhythm,
Spring Valley, Jan. 31. ever and its effectiveness would be
I restored. I must insist, therefore, that, tnbuppy, but he hardly
As often huppenest, | Heavyweight champion Floyd sels out with the presents a hardierons aspect. our who
which hmtl enured RS. Patterson. In no hurry to A game objeci of learning to play gol! And I think
reach peak condition, sparred it: practice would! great concOSTAL
easily for three rounds in 10 enough pleasure and benefit from there of his discomfiture is pulled together by the strain of
whereby anxiety! workout before newsmen to. ¦derived from his conscione, ellorts, competition.
day. game has a very good, if not to follow a prescribed routine, was proved to be a mere power.
hundred per cent chance to look and movo By sounerne fat force than the wil of snerre, provided he sets for himself exuelly this goal, and no oiler.
well
Krt
both
that a
1.
ons he has been told nink he would pre ent a unes! natural appearance if he minould y Since I have not been able to put his mind upon riking th tay for more than ten years, ball, rather than upon swinging
the club
have had that much more time
1 think. Mart of my thinking!
ha bern of golf and how best tol
tach or to learn the gaine.
It seems obvious to the that
Essential facts
The first and antiad
be!
If one has put Jearned enough of golf hy the time he steps anto the first ter he has run out of tinr. Ir must realise that he has to play the game or the match with the equipment be has. There is tline for tinkering with his swing. Only results count from this point on.
no mere
I cannot Show
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Patierron boxed a round each with 205-pounder John Henry. Wilson Hannibal, 190, and his amateur brother Ray Patterson, 185.
a
Since he pitched camp nt
etub here In Hd. untay
champion Detable, the
get about 40 rourkis
has
He doesn't intend to overdo one may the boxing in preparing for his with Sweden's
www.ting about the golf swing has faet for the golfer to hx in his! Lone to trchuteal and roan-mind is that a straight shot down i
ated, and even the most the fairway or to the green is avoid the conclusion det any: Mird title tight
and play Ingemar Johansson at Miami! low directly on player must swing professionali produred by Jumest traching
he maltes every Beach, Florida. on March 13. presents the game to his pupil, line in the torget, with the race better when
OVER-TRAINED club aligned precisely move of his stroke with the aim of getting himself into position cute to the line of play.
to Lirike in o clearly defined
a
a far more timeult thing than nf the
il vently la
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that equally obvits what the game needs most if it) i: to continue to KTOW 1:1 popularity fe a simplifiention of will which Teaching gitá present a les formidable aspect) to the beginner and offer to the average player nerosier propret of improvement,
If you have ever heen told way and delivering the blow in
clubhead should this way.
thut The strike the ball while travelling from inside the line of flight to the outside. forget 11.
This advice may have been of! Temporary helpfidness of
when the player, casion attempting to follow
NEXT
WEEK:
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HIGHER NBA RATING DESPITE RECENT DEFEAT
Province, Jan. 31.
Boxer Terry Downes of Britain was advanced from fifth to fourth in the middleweight rankings of the National Boxing Association today de- spite his defeat by Paul Pender.
"He rated the promotion on the strength of his fine showing against Pender," said Tony Petronella, who makes up the ratings for the NBA. Pender is recognised in New York and Europe as the world champion middleweight but the NBA recognises Gene Fullmer and rates Pender as No. 1 contender.
Petronella
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Others elled for strong gay'я the NBA notice on the leaders in the sircugly favours a decision division of his ability to climbformances during January were this situation by a bout be even higher in the middle-lightweight L. C. Morgan U.S.. for his upset triumph over Eddie tween Pender and Fulm., weight class," Petronella said. with the winner to be gencrally Archie Moore
of Chicago: ton b.. of San Diego, Perkins
as weight Howard Winstone. recognised as champion,
whom the NBA dethroned
ght-heavyweight champion for England for his defeat of F his failure to malte a defence of Robertson of New York; Junior the his crown in a stipulated time, welterweight Jasz Stable f
Hi
for the Cuba
វ៉ន tríumpli over I was ranked seventh
Lane, Кеппу
U.S.; and (heavyweight division.
featherweight Danny Valdez of Los Angeles for his one-round
Monroe of Chicago. knockout of Boals
Petronella named Florentina Fernandez of Cuba r 1C January "Boxer of htonth for his eighth round knockout of Rory Calboun
U.S.. in Fernandez's debut as 'Liston on top
́s middleweight.
In
The 24-year-old left-hook "The NBA is convinced that is Anding it more two Moore, who specialist, who has only 105x0s
30 bouts, niso was and more dieult making thei
-light-heavyweight the 175-pound the ninth spot in given
limit, will fight strictly as middleweight rankings.
over heavyweight after his bout with served Erle Schoeppner of Germany,"
Petronnella Fait!.
"By Calhoun,
his
victory Fernandez
AUSTRALIA 116 FOR FOUR
Adelaide, Feb. 1.
A 100-minute fourth wicket stand of 82 between Norman O'Neill and Peter Burge helped Aus- tralia's grim battle to save the fourth Test here today and at lunch Australia, 31 for three overnight, were 116 for four.
Aus-
An exciting tussel between; Lance Gibbs and Alf Valentine
spin accurate
bowling by and dour defence, by
Helion batemen featured this morning's play.
them.
Professional soccer
played
for Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Salisbury, Jan. 31. Professional football is to be the Federation of 13 Rhodesla and Nyasaland during be the 1961 season. The champion said over-trained and was stale when This was
devided yesterday the third at a meeting he was stopped
of the Rhodesia round by Johansson in thels fast and Nyasaland Football League. fight on June 26, 1950.
ill
In preparing for the
that
The League wi be multi- second
racial in character and It is light, Patterson spread his, box-
and expected to begin with 10 clubs ILE
carefully workouts
malty centres in second fight on June 20, 1960. Northern and Southern Rhodesia Nynyalang-Ching Mull In and
Special. The fifth round.-AP.
renched peak condition for the covering the thus Gripping the Club
erected a natural tendency to and Addressing the le knocked out Johansson
Ball.
The trouble could be, and hit across the ball from the out- think it is, that gol? Is Rot Laught as it is learned. It is taught ingre as a selence, or as
side. But the player whụ, ac- tunity succeeds in hitting Iron- inside ta out more often And
a prescribed set of calisthenic himself plagued by exercises, whereas it is learned | huck. usame.
The approach
a ducking
fact is
The second essential that any flying ball must have some backspin, and backspką results whenever the face of the
A good instructor can be help-thib contacts the ball below its
ful at all stages of a player al centre line while moving in t development, but it is most inflat portant that the doses of Instrue-simply
descending are. means that
This the player
in should be simple, directed never have to lift the ball
into the air, but may rely upon and practical.
the loft of his club to get the
Most of our successful tourna=| ball up. ment players have cutie up as enddy boys, like Sarazen, Hogan!
and Nelson, or like myself, as
sons of members of golf clubs Turned out 10 pasture with a
Mental attitude
These are the basic concep- in the every time he
chub on two and 42 few bella.ions which should be They have learned to play goit, golfer's rain just as others have learned to lks at a ball in preparation for play baseball, by playing and playing a shot. He must have playing and playing because decided where he wants the ball They fited the game. In most to go. He should have a picture
eases, it has been only
after
In his mind of the light he hopes gaining considerable proficiency to produce, and then he must the very that thoughts of method have swing his club with
definite and determined inten- been of much concern.
tion of having the clubhend meet These players we see today the hall in just such I WAS. who have the appearance of This should be the object of his naturalness and ense in their intense concentration,
play are immediately identified Ay having begun to play 0% youngsters. I think they have this appearance because they first thought of the game in terms of striking the ball. So they sel about doing this with no more
Every move of the player,
in taking his stance, address- Ing the ball, and swinging his club, muni be dominated by the one ultimate purpose of reiting into position to hit Through towards the objective. self-consciousness than would Years ag I described the Associate itself with chopping mental attitude I tried to attain wood, throwing stones or bedling in a tournament round as a con-
entration apon producing TUES.
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I am confident that the desired result, so intense 03 to adult golfer can, and should, preclude any possibility of enn- approach
in the cera with the manner of swing- the game Kamo way. He may not have Ing. I ke to think of erecting the time avaliable to the wall, or other vertical plane, youngster, but he has the ad-jcontaining the ball and my lott
TAE
GAMBOLS
ITS BEEN ONE
OF THOSE DAYS
EVERYTHING'S
GONE WRONG
LINE OF TRAKEL
OF CLUB HEAD
D
INTENDED LINK OF
BESULTING LINK OF BLONT
SMICING CONTACT
by Barry Appleby
FIRST I BROKE THE LAMP
-- AND THEN WHEN I ĮSTARTED TO REPAIR IT
01
Barry Apfely
DRACTION
1 LOST
THE GLUE
INTENDED LINE of FLIGHT OF BALL
HOOKING Contret
You'll sleep well my par on a full length MIR-INDIA
Slumberete..
In
22 overs between they yielded only 32 runs and clained one wicket.
Valentine's Alexander
Burge went in first over, giving
his third catch of the innings, ife made 40.
O'Neill, playing very restrain- ed cricket for him. was 55 noi out. He took 117 minutes in reach his half century, includ ing seven fours.
Scoreboard
FIRST INNINGS West Indies: Australia:
SECOND INNINGS
303 366
West Indies: 432 for six de- clared.
Australla
1. Favell, e Alexander b Hall C. McDonald, run out.... N. O'Neill, not out
R. Simpson, e Alexander b
Hall
R. Burge,
Valentine
Heavyweight Alex Miteff. runke Argentina, previously seventh, was dropped out of the
J
ratings breause of his indefnite suspension in Cleveland o contractual dispute, It is a rule of the NEA not to rank fighters
Muore, still recognised as suspended in monber states. - Ught-heavyweight champion in AP
New
York, California andj
Europe, le slated to make a de fence of his title against Schoep- ner in May.
Nonny phia continued to hold the No. 1 spot among the heavy- and weight title contenders Sweden's Ingemar Johansson. who will try to regain the crown in his bout with elam- plon Floyd Patterson of New York at Nami Brach on March
ike 13. holds
third position,
Liston of Philadel FA
Victoria keep up Sheffield Shield challenge
Perth, Jan. 31. Victoria Furced their way back into the fight for the Sheffield Shield
cricket championship by scoring an unexpected win over Western Australia here today.
but
Needing 280, to win, Victoria lest four wickels for 71, John Shuw
and Bob Cowper
rth
wins
Cup for Burnley, Leicester
11-
Loudon, Jan. 31. Boll Firat Division clubs
gazed in tonight's English Football Association Cup-iles
10 the through
arth
WOR round.
Leicester City, after recover- Ing from the shock of conceding a carly "own goa!", scored live coals in a 19-minule spell just before half-time ugainst Third Division Bristol Chy in their rearranged tie at Leicester.
This completed the scoring, and winning 5-1 Leicester quailtybug to visit. Birmingham City In the next stage.
Ken
Jiminy Walsh (two), Leek (two) and Gordon Wils scored for Leicester, whose "own goal" came from full-
Englands quarter.
back Dick Norman, Burnley
penn Cup, had little trouble Cowper eating Second Divion. Brighton 2-0 in their replay at Burnley,
Burnley, whose scorers were,
Miller and Jimmy
took them to within sight of fasts in this, scaron's Euro- victory with fighting wickej stand of 187, went on to moke 114 not out.
Ron Gaunt and earlier struck
An important blow, for Victoria Brian
by taking five wickets for 57 in Robson, now entertain Swansea Western Australia's second at home in the fifth round.
Victoria new lead the Shield | competition with 40 points, bulį
New South Wales, second with Į
innings.
15
3
Alexander b
34 and
40s
1
season in succession.
Scores were:
110200 (M. Vernon 92, K. Sluter 50, Western Australia: 240 and
R. Benaud, not out
Extras
Total (for 4 wickets).
2
RESULTS
Resulta of tonight's English
two matches to piny, Fortbril Association Cup match- standi 4
good
chance of es were! winning the lie for the eighth
Fourth round Leicester C, 5, Bristol C. 1. (Leicester away Birming-
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-7, 3-31, R. Gaunt five for 57), 4-113.
Hall Sobers Gibbi Valentine
Bowling to date
1
ham city in fifth round).
Fourth round replay Burnley 2,
Victoria: 227 and 289 for five) Alblon 0.
Brighton Ilove
(R. Cowper 114 not out, . (Burnley at home to Swan- OMRW Shaw 82)-China Mall Special. sea in Fifth round)-Reuter.
7 0 43 2
15 3 30 0
0
15 7 23
'7 3
-Reuter.
Triple successes
for British boxing champions
A
London, Jan, 31. Three British boxing champions defeated Italian opponents on the Samo programme hero tonight in non-litte contests,
Fredate Gilroy, the Brilish Empire, and European bantam- weight champion, survived Arst round knockdown to score a comfortable points win over ten rounds against Ugo Milan.
Brian Curvis, Welsh holder of the British and British Em- pire welterweight championship, maintained his unbeaten record with
fourth-round defeat of
Ring Borro.
The fight, scheduled for ten rounds, was stopped when Borra
sustained a badly
left eye.
Britain's third success
cut
came!
when Johnny Caldwell the nn tional flyweight titleholder, de- feated Angelo Rampin in the eighth round of their scheduled ten-round fight. The referee stopped the fight to save the Kallant Italian further punish- ment-China Mall Special.
Sports Diary
TOMORROW
Annual dianer, dance of Hongkong Underwater Clad,. Paramount · ftes- taurant, a bh.
FAMAY Meeting IKTA ́ Managerġeni Committes meeting,sportavond, & Why
dear
sir
"TRAVESTY IN TARTAN"
It wid seem lae me that you and
n' yer
Ur- colleagues are ilberately trying the stir up
trouble between the Scots and their auld enemies the Eng- Hula thac
unfortunate
100x1
folk who were born on the wrang side o' the barder.
On Sunday
Post-Herald ike relegated mich arcat Alba' teams as Queen's Park, Queen o' the South, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir and a couple of Ithers infae the collection o
chancers trying tas Win
And
that these Tottenham Hotspur characters are pittin' van dribblin' display at the Edinburgh Festival.
If ye want a fight jini say D openly and the lege a' Wyndham-street can start as 500 Rs y'like.
"MeSTYI-RITUP"
Proof-reading error regretted--
Sports ed.
somethin' called the FA Cup CHESS
time Whit an insuli, Last
Queen's Park played in that! competition the Southerners got the wind up and disquali. fed theru fist because they looked like winnin' the Cup.
bad Sunday's mistake win
enough but when the China Mail yesterday had Scotland playin' aglu the Scottish League in an English Leaguo
FL seems match
there's Haethin' left tur it but declaration o' war with the #poris editors o' the Font- Herald and the Chitia Mali takin' the place of the Eng- Tinh as the enemy.
Let's hav Ado mair o'
Shin
#
carry on. Imagine Queen of tho Boull
low as the FA drappin' a Cup. Any day noo you'll be Stabley Johnny
and Arbroniła
tollen' · 120
that MacMatthews, this Mackaynes Tella and even Bui, Macwrighi have entered túr - the" "Brkemar kalhering
By LEONARD BARDEN
ilers is a position from agtunt Play: Binck to move and win. Solution No. 5971: 1 Q-KI? (icating). R any; 2 Rt--Kd, or ... K—Q5: 20-05_o$ 1 *** PXP ZQ-K?, The key changes several of the mater set
for Black sin the diagrammed position.
London Zagrid Berted,
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