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GOLF.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1931,

THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA. RUSSIAN RELIEF MEASURES.

The Erst admissions of a devastating famine in Russia which have been made in the new bulletins circulated in the Far East by, the Hosts, and Dalta News

SCOTTISH SPORT. DERBYSHIRE VISITS GLASGOW.

A FORFAR-PERTH DRAW.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

EDINBURGH, July 6th, A two-days' match between Derbyshire Agencies appear in bulletins receivað and the West of Scotland resulted, assesterday and read as follows:-- might be expected, in the defeat of the chosen" team by their more ex perienced opponents. Where the Scots men failed was in the lack of combined experience, their fielding being far too Weak, making presents at one or two big

scores.

Moscow, August 22nd:

EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY.

ESSENTIAL OF THE GAME, America, by the win of Barnes in the national open championship, regains pos- #ession of the title which was held by Britain owing to the sucers of Edward Bay last year." That Barnes is an Eng. lishman does not apparently count with America, as he entered as a representa

All Russing Executive Committee has tive of that country. This is perhaps

given vast powers to the famine relief understandable. especially as golf is a

sixty-three committeo in Soviet Russin, comprising representatives from all comparatively new game in the States,

classes. The committee is similar to a and there has only heen just time for the

governing. It is empowered to secure Red Cross organization and is self- American-born players to be seriously reckoned with. That the people in the

The most interesting game of the week stuffs,

independently Russian and foreign food- medicines and other articles, States are leaving no stone unturned to

was the meeting of Perthshire and Forenjog priority in railway facilities, and establish stations for distributing relief, give the players every encouragement' is

farshire in a Scottish Counties Cham- to find employment for the stricken beyond doubt, With this end in view pionship engagement. The scoring was people. Donations and subscriptions, they are willing to pay the best price envy, and the cricket of more that both in money and in kind, and Govern- average quality. The outstanding per tri get the leading British players to go sonality was the Perthshire captain, W.mittee. The activities of the committee ment grauta are received by the com- over and each them. When and where Lovat Fraser. After he got the measure 4 not subject to Government control, a zame starts is always ditheult to find the bowling he secret rapidly, and bub the conumittee reports directly to the out with any exacttitude. A stick, a A. J. Stewart and Captain Ritchie also ganizing and administrative methods of put together 72 before he was leg before. All-Russian Executive Committee. Ото ball, and a mark, and there is the prin int out, well, and with the total at the committee are ciple of golf fully indicated. Mr. Horace 271

determined at re- Hutchinson states that there was no golf Forfarshire made a good reply. Bucken. ment has been organized for issuing

the innings was declared closed. Bular meetings. A publications depart | in America when he first went there in 1887. He also states that when he r. R. Cleghorn laid about him and oralenko, the famous writer, has been ham led off with a capital 38, and then entlets, appeals, bulletins, etc. Mr. tarned in the fallowing year there was gered-60, with the result that at the elected honorary chairman of the depart not, to knowledge, such a thing as end of the day Forfarshire had scored ment, and Mr. Marin Gorky has been golf club or golf ball in the United 240 for the loss of 7 wickets. The two sent abroad as the sole representative States. Canada had at that time its rivals, therefore, finished with a draw. established clubs and courses at Queber

Mr. Kamener has been elected chair- and Montreal. The former statement is

Forfarshire, 104. Edinburgh Univer qualified by a sunnige by Mr. Hutchin

sity, 158. son that, probably, somewhere in seëret places some few Sects were pursuing their national pastime on very natural courses in the States. On this second visitt had been suggested to him that he should bring some clubs over and show the people bring some clubs over; and show the people what sort of n gane it was. This he did. Some holes were cut in the soil with a knife, and Mr., Hutchinson proceeded to instruct them by precept and example as to what golf meant. From all accounts they did not think it meant very much. They tried shots for themselves, and the most favourable criticism obtainable was that it might be a good game for Sundays. Mr. Hutchinson is wrong, however, for Mr. Garden C Smith in 1897, when Mr. John Reid and Mr. Robert Lockhart, two expatriated Scotchmen, started to play the game on some-pasture land near the Oity of Yonkers, N.Y. Ten years be fore that. Mr. Charles B. Macdonald had tried to introduce the game in Chiengo, but made no converts, and finally gave it up in despair.

RED MES AT PLAY,

Hunting about for statistics about the early history of American golf, the following by Mr. Henry Lench is in-

Stirling Co.. 101; Grange, 102 for 5. Loretto; 150: Carlton, 171for 2. Sedburgh, 118 and 196; Grange, 205. Paloe, 44 for P; Glasgow University.

87.

Glasgow .S.: F.P... 187 for 7;, Drum

pellier, 90. Derbyshire, 214 and 169 for 4; West of

Scotland, 189 and 135.. Grange, 193; Drumhellier, 188. Glasgow University, 108; Cartha, 38. Glasgow H.S., F..P, 128; R.H.S., F.P.

25.

scOTTISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP.

Perthshire, 271" for 8; Forfarshire, 25

for 7. Aberdeenshire: a, for 6; Fifeshire, 45. Clackmannan Co.. 138 for ; Stirling

Co., 127.

WESTERN UNION."

ydesdale, 222 for 7; Kilsanock, 130. Ayr, 17 for 6; Kelburne, 142. SCOTTISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP. Merchiston Castle, 175 and 145; Loretto,

225 and 08 for no wickets.

THE S.A.AA. CHAMPIONSHIPS.

mian.

Moscow, August and

While abolishing, food taxation in the famine stricken provinces, the Al Russino Executive Committee has autho rized the local authorities to colleebitaxes in parts of those provinces yielding a sufferers. fair harvest for distribution among the

Moscow, August 2nd.

in response to the Government's call for help in the famine districts. the "Centrosuyus "(Central Co-operative claration to the All-Russian Executive Society) after a conference sent a de- Committee, stating that they appreciate the problem caused by the famine in several provinces and demand the utmost exertions. The Centrosoyus is ready to strain every effort for the relief of the unfortunate people.

Moscow, August 5th.

The Council of People's Commissars: has issued a deeres abolishing the re- quisition of meat, introducing instead a specified tax in kind. The total amount of meat to be taxed this year is six and

half million poods (36 lbs.=1 pond) whereas the amount requisitioned was formerly twenty-five" million poole, The amount of tax varies in the different dis-

If asked to single out the best per-tricts. Districts where cattle are scarce formance at the recent S.AAA. Chamare exempt from taxation. All owners pionships, we would instantly fix upon are required to pay a certain tax on the 5 sec.in quarter-mile by G. T. their cattle, sheep, and pigs, excepting,

than Stevenson's.

"

DISARMAMENT QUESTION.

BRITISH HOSTAGES.

coming Conference on Disarmament shows Mr. Archibald Hurd in an article on the How Great Britain has led in the limita tien of naval armaments in the following paragraphs:

No capital ship has heen laid down for five years,

2-When" the Armistice came, can- treets for 617 vessels then in course of:

struction, including three capital ships of the Hood design, ware cancelled, and the material which had been pre pared was destroyed."

various types have been disposed of

3.-Upwards of 200 ships of war of

tensely interesting: remember tear-Stevenson, of Shettleston Harriers those not fully grown. ing several years ago a visitor to one There were other meritorious efforts, of the reservationa found several of the such as E. H. Liddell's 22 3-5sec. in the red men playing golf, of a kind, with 220 yards, and Duncan McPhee's Imin. real clubs and balls. 'Purple Colud 58 3-5sec. in the half-mile; but these pale was the champion of the braves. Then alongside the quarter-mile achievement, in 1903 another white wanderer looked in mainly because this is a distance that upon the Indians in the reservation at is not much encouraged in Scotland, and. Montana and reported that he had wit- therefore, the opportunities for develop nessed very spirited" game. Golf, said ng efficiency are few. Not since be, is much better suited to the Indian Halliwelle, the Highland Light Infantry of to-day than his old game of lacrosse, officer, have we had a finer quarter-mile He noticed few subleties in the game, When the champion, Spotted Horse drove off, there was a long stretch of clear prairie, with only here and there

shrub, so that the game resolved itself petitioners. Since this time it is re- into a chase of the ball for a couple of ported that the Ameer has had a new miles and return, the one who did it in course made for himself at Jelalabad, the fewest strokes being the winner. He that he has had it made without any saw some really capital drives. Several bankers at all, and that he has instituted well over three hundreds yards, he custom of having tea served on every thought. The only thing that was very green.

4 The mumber of officers and men, new and characteristic about these red men's golf, so far as he could see, was

which stood at 131,000 in 1914, will by that the spectators made a most infernal tive way golf was played there in the to 121.700, including seamen, coastguard In a primi the end of the year have been reduced row all the time that the play was in seventeenth century, and, as in Britain, marines, as well as cadets and boys progress. When a brave took his stance the earliest references to it that remain training. for a tee shot, it was looked upon as a take the form of warnings of the punish-

5. Whereas in 1914 this country Ead signal for a perfect bedlam of yells and ments accruing to the players who de thirty-eight capital ships in full commis howling, which should have disconcerted parted from such severe restrictions as sion, the number has now been reduced: the player, but did not do so. And with were imposed. It was not proclaimed to sixteen, my own eyes have I seen the modern what advantages would be yielded men Indians playing for the American cham who played, as is done today, but what waters has been withdrawn and cruisers 8.-The squadron in South American pionship, and it might be claimed that penalities they should suffer if they have been recalled from the North though laws be made at St. Andrew's played it when and where they should Atlantic and South African squadrons. and interpretation thereof in the council not. The times and places that were 7.-One of the destroyer fotillas of thei chamber of the white men in New York, forbidden appeared, to be many in pro- Atlantic Fleet has been placed in re- this, after all, in essentials, is a game portion to those when the game might serve., that is native of the soil.".

be enjoyed by those who liked it: Than. ne now, and in America as in England, those who did not play golf rather look. ed down on the men who did play. As Mr. Bailour once remarked, it was a lucky thing, they did, or there would soon be insufficient space to accommo-

ite the golfers.

OLD-TIME RESTRICTIŪNS," To revert to America.

newspaper:

8Two of the Royal dockyard are being closed.

9.-Eight more capital ships are being disposed of, reducing the number from thirty-eight to thirty (the being to keep fourteen of the older ones intention in reserve) and it is proposed to replace only four of these vessels.

To digress for a moment from Ame- rican golf, the following somewhat urious story was reported by the corres ondent of a leading newsagency from Asia:-The Ameer of Afghanistan has taken up golf, and finds it very good, indeed-this was in 1016-especially in these days when tennis, to which he was

There were laws and ordinances of the

10-The two-Power standard which addicted, requires more activity than he New Netherlands of 1889 in which, be this country has maintained for over a is now capable of. It appears, however. that the ruler of Afghanistan had taken Fort Orange and the village of Berwyck standard-ie, that our Navy should not cause of a complaint by the burghers of century, in theory if not in practice, has golf two years before that time about the damage done to their windows, be inferior in strength to that of any been abandoned, and the one-Power and was more or less crazy on the game, and the dangers to which they were ex which he had played on a course that posed of being-wounded by persons who other Power-has been adopted. The he had made for himself at Kabul, one played golf along the streets, the golfers Firat Lord has announced that the or two. Scotsmen in the place acting as his instructors. The humbler Afghans come. Clearly the game was played in standard in no mechanical spirit nor were threatened with consequences to Admiralty are interpreting the new wondered greatly at their rulers' enthus South Carolina in 1785, for at that time with insistence upon numerical equa iasm for this strange pursuit, and they an advertisement appeared in the local lity, eventually came to the conclusion that they might turn it to some profit to Carolina Golf Club will be held at Wil 182123making allowance for the depre Anniversary of the South 11. The comparable British estimates. themselves by placing in the holes such as Colloo House on Thursday, the ciation of the currency amount to about petitions as they had difficulty in bring 29th inst., when members are requested £34,500,000, whereas in 1914-15 they stood ing before the Ameer's notice by any to attend at 2 o'clock precisely that the at £53,500,000. other means. They had observed his business of the club may be transacted engerness and determination to play his before dinner. In 1888 the following ball to these boles, and no matter what notice appeared in happened, he did reach them in time. Times (unfortunately only parts can be the Philadelphia At night, when it was dark, they stuffed given): No man should attempt to the holes tight with their petitions in play golf who has not good legs to run

sublime confidence that they would with and good arms to throw with, sa cently, resulted in the complete defeat The Queensland municipal elections re come before the monarch's attention well as a modicam of brain power to ofthe Labour party. The anti-Labour when he played again in the morning, direct his play. It is also, by the nature candidates secured approximately 500 But when golfing the Ameer considered of the game itself, an aristocratic exer-seats ne against only 30 seats for the himself a golfer, and not a monarch, andise, for no man can play who-has-cott Labour candidates. In all the cities and het was very angry when he saw these a servant at his command to assist him. large towns every Labour candidate was portions in the holes. He gave orders it is probable that no sport exists in defeated. Those who were successful in that they were all to be burned anresd, which the services of a paid assistant are the smaller boroughs only secured elec and the threat was spread that if there so essential as in the national game of tion by the narrowest majorities. The were any mart of this sort of thing it Scotland. The truth is that the servant elections were fought on adult suffrage, might go badly with the necks of the is as essential to the success of the game and, therefore, possess the significance of

(Continued at foot of next column.) a the player himself."

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