1928-03-06 — Page 8

GOLF NOTES.

[BY R.H.H.]

Generally it makes very little difference if one takes out a card on Saturday or Sunday for the Cap tain's Cup or the Boger Pool at Fanling. Nos so last week-end, when on Saturday there was a really stiff wind blowing right across the course. It gavo a nasty jolt to most scores. I suppose one gets out of

THE KOWLOON

MARATHON.

PTE. TIERNAN'S FINE WIN

THIRTY-FIVE STARTERS.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, MARCH 6th, 1928.

LAWN TENNIS.

NO MATOHES YESTERDAY.

Weather, condikons did not per mit of any play yesterday and all matches down for decision in the Hong Kong Cricket Club Tourna- The 7th annual Marathon Racement had to be postponed. of the St. Andrew Young Men's tab was rau yesterday afternoon. The weather conditions were not 800d there being a slight drizzle, though the threatened downpour held of

the habit of playing in a wind out here; at any rate, a number of Of a total of 44 entries received, reasonably good gollers were horri-as faced the starter. The runners fied at the devastating results of were mainly Service men and in- apparently well struck shots.

The wind rather unkindly had if anything even more effect upon putting than on the rest of the game. Of course the greens were bit slippery already, even the shel: tered ones, so the wind had every chance to take effect. The only place where putting was much as usual was on the 11th, which in the one and only really bad green on the course. The Committee are ob- viously trying to get this green into proper order, but even at its best

it will always be different from all the others, as for some reason the grass is of an entirely different nature,

It it were not for the fact that the "Old Course must always overshadow, it, the New Course at Fanling would get quite a lot of praise. It really is a very fair course, though it needs a little extra length and further bunkering to make it any thing much of a test. One or two holes are rather unpardonably blind, rather the hit and hope variety, and the ground is a bit too rough just round the greens, but otherwise it is good.

cluded contingents from the 2nd | Batta Scots Guards, the K-0.8.B, Queen's Hegt., R.A.M.C., and R.A. There were also many entries from H.M Ships, Carlisle, Herald, Seraph, ambrose, Titania, Thracian and Marazion. Three civilians, Messrs C. C. Francis, R. Hannan, and, J. King, also competed.

The course was the mine as 'To previous years, starting from out- side the St. Andrew's Church, along Nathan Road, into Waterloo Road to Kowloon City, returning by way

Victoria Home through Hung hom, along Chatham Road and turning into Nathan Road by Middle Road and back to the et miles. Church a

Ia distance of approximately

# The Race,

Promptly at 430 p.m. the run- nets were ranged in one straight line and the starter sent them of smartly.

Right from the beginning Pte. Cranston of the KO.S.B., last year's winner, not a very fast pace and many soon fell behind la a very short time, Cranston had reached the first turning at Presi dent Appartments and the leading positions at this stage were Pte.. Cranston, K.O.S.B., Gunner W. Goodridge, R.A, and W. T. Stad- Bom, HM.S. Seraph. Following these three leading men were a binch hard on their heels.

By the time the leading rummers had reached the Kowloon Hospital, L/Cpl. Atherton, K.0.6.B., had forged ahead and was leading the pack. .

A few days ago I read some re marks about playing "iron shots through the green on a mini-soaked course. The writer advises players to remember to hit in a little way behind the ball and to take a little turf. This stems The positions changed at the to be advising a miniature ex Kowloon City turning and Pte. plosion shot from the fairway, At Tiernan, R.A.M.C., and W. T. a date when the explosion shot frora Staddon, H.M.Sc Seraph, were sand is admitted to be practically a leading. From this time Pte. Tier back number it seems to be rather nan never lost his lead but was surprising advice. The inmediato followed closely by L/Cpl. Ather- result of such a shot would upper-ton. ently be to put a thin cushion of gelatinous mad between the club face and the ball, which seems a poor method of hitting any shot in say conditions.

Next Sunday is quite a busy (ne in the local golfing world. At Fun- ling there is the 38 hole final of the Junior Championship, for which it seems to have become a weekly habit in these notes to tip Bruce as the winners his opponent is B. D. Evans. At Happy Valley the first round of the Junior Section Cham pionship is down for decision, and Judging only on the scores of the qualifying round, J. Laing, ought to be a dead certainty to reach the final in the bottom half of the draw. The top half looks more open. At the Kowloon City Golf Club they are playing the 30 hold final of the Hong Foursomes, between the Dairy Farm (Page and Thomson) and Mustard & Co. (McKnight 'and Cowherd). This match was to have been played last Sunday, but the Hong Kong Rifle League were using both ranges for their annual meeting, and in consequence golfers could not get on the course. To borrow an elegant epithet from a more eminent correspondent, it does scem dashed hard luck.

One important function of the Happy Valley course is that of pro- viding a little early-ish morning practice for those who do not get their fill of golf over the week end. I will not pretend for a minate that the course is crowded every morn ing with these enthusiasts, but there are frequently one or two couples there who are seen in the greater Spaciousness of Fanling over the week end This being so, and Itis so it does not seem too much to ask that all the greens should be swept by about 8,30, and the first few-greens at a rather earlier hour. Most of the greens are all right, but one generally cornes upon one or two from which the worm casts have

Passing Messrs.W. S. Bailey's Shipyards the position remained the same with Pte. Cranston and Gunner Goodridge following hard, "Arriving at Signal Hill Pte. Tier- han was running alongside Pte. Atherton when suddenly the former broke away from Atherton and with burst of speed gained a lead of about 50 yards, which he kept along Nathan Road and till the anish, touching the tape in just seconds more than the winner's time last year. His time was 34 min 13 seconds.

Although Pie. Tierran had com pletely surprised him with his sprint, Pte. Atherton was not for behind.

He was unable to catch his man but following the winner's spurt he maintained. the same distance till the finish, arriving at the tape a few seconds later. His time was 34 min. 83. aces

Immediately following the second man was Pte. Cranston, Inst year's winner, and he ran his race in 34 mig. 50 secs.

A

A number of others were not far behind and came in m quick succession.

The Winners, The order of the first 10 was as Fallows yo

34 min. 35 sers,

3rd. Pte. Cranston, XO.8.B., 34

min. 18 secs,

PRESS VERSUS CINEMA;

THE PEN MIGHTIER THAN THE

CAMERATARSK

INTERESTING DEBATE AT ST. PETER'S CLUB,

The Préss was compared with the The matches fixed for this after Cinema last night at the St. Peter's nood me as follows:-

** Open Doubles

F. 96jiki and T. Isomura,

Henderson and A. Brear-

ley.

J. Hale and Lt. Comdr. Month e. J. M. Remedios and F. Juda Silva A

Ho ai Hing and Chan Spe G. F. H. Bichard and Lt. Waters

Handicap Singles "B.!! H. C. MacNamara (rec. 13) v.

Barrow (owe 15)

J. F. Kennedy (rec. 4/8) v. G.

Johnston (ie. 15)2

Handicap Doubles

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Church Young Men's Club when the subjectThat the Cinema exerts greater influence on public opinion than the Press 'l was debated,

The Press rat

ran through the gaunt- let and after having been ruthlessly fired at, it came out seathless "and triumphed over the “* camera, 12:

Much was said against the Press. by Mr. P. Bands, the proposer of the motion. ~ He said that the editor'a „vitys'è were only his own and the general public must, neces sarily take them cum grano salis. GA word picture did not readily in

G. Miskin and C. Blaker (ser.) 7. A.-B. Raworth and A. D.

·Humphreys (owe 5/8).

ARMY TENNIS.

press "upon the maca of the public, but on the other hand a picture is one saw it in the cinema, sub. consciously worked its way into one's mind. It, therefore, had a better influence on the public, ta

"

Mankind came from monkeys," the speaker said, and if this was true, mankind, was also like the monkeys who imitated everything they saw. Basing his argument on the same line, Mr. Sands said one could not imitate what one read in papers, but one could certainly imitata a great deal from what one beat Home.

The results of the Other Banks Tennis Tournament arranged by the South China Comunad Sports Boards were as follow:

Singlon,

S/Sgt. Hardy Bld.0.0.. Corp. Bendall, R.A.0.C.

:: Doubles.

S/Sgt. Waterford and Pte. Lake, RAO.C., beat Set. Trumper and Sapper Adams, R.E.

Garrison Tennis League. Winners: R.E “ANES Runners-up: H.Q.9 X.O.S.B. RAM, CUTE TUMAN,

and

& Universal Language, Mr. G. 8, Zimmern, who second- ed, said that the Press could not possibis have the greater influence on the public, for the simple reason that everyons. could not read a paper. The Chinese were 80 per cent illiterate and what good would the Preas, do to influence their minds-Fa-vis to this was the Cinema, whose language was 6 universal one one that both edu cated and illiterate persons could understand. The speaker instanced the case of the Soviet, who were now adopting films to spread their propaganda, knowing well that' The following team has been printed literature was not influenc selected to represent the Clubing the minds of the persons that Lusitano de Shanghai against the they wanted to reach. The appeal Lusitano Billiard Association of the cinema was a natural one. Hong Kong leaves for the South Hong Kong, A

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THE SHANGHAI LUSITANO

TEAM.

per & Empress of data on March Katzen 15th next:

G. P. Remedios (Captain), F. A. Alvares A. 1 Souza, A. A. Silva, LR Barrers, J. Medina Reserve S. Rirer Manager 0. do Britto.

FANLING HUNT.

Owing to circumstances anfore seen it has been found advisable to interchange the fixtures at present arranged for the two week ende, Saturday-Sunday, March 10th and 11th, and Saturday-Sunday, March 17th and 18th The Hunt will be fore meet at Mr. Potts Bungalow on Saturday, the 10th, at 2.45 for a Drag, and on Sunday, the 11th, there will be a paperchase at Lok Ma Chau Cross roads at 11.30 at The arrangements made for these dates will hold good for the Satur day-Sunday following

THE OPTIMIST:

WHAT MIL. R. MACDONALD WOULD DO

HOW TO PUT ENGLAND RIGHT.

The camera was subjected to

And! The Fourth, Estate."!

gevere vivisection by Mr. H, G Hughes, who opposed the motion, He said that after the nobles, the clergy and the commons, the Press. was the Fourth Estate of the World Warwick was King- maker, but Lord Northcliffe was Premier smakers, land, frem of to- day was the Government maker and Fin this present: world of democracy a well-informed public, and no one practically everything depended on could impart more information, and thereby influence the public better than the Prean. During the great world war, the public morale was kept up by the Press and even in the strike of 1998 at Home, the Government saw to it that above all the Fress should be kept, and was kept up even when many other things were paralysed. All these, the openker said went to showr clearly that the Press was the most. vital organ in the life of the world.

Mra W.- Faid seconded the op position and said that one need not go farther to see that the Press had a greater influence than the cinema than by looking at the cinema advertisements.

On the motion being put to the voto, the Press was declared to have the greater influence on the public by 17 votes to 15.

CHAIN FOR ST. PAUL'S DOME

"I pledge you my word," said Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in a speech at Rochester," that it we have a Labour Government for four years we will straighten out the financial tangle, not for the pure made at Sheffield to support the A giant steel chain is now being pose of penalizing anybody or of 1st. Pte. Tiernan, R.A.M.C., 4onal and municipal work to go will be embedded in concrete so as hampering saving but to enable doms of Bt. Paul's Cathedral. It min. 13 secs. 3d L/Cpl. Atherton, K.0.8.B., 0, and to relieve industry of its to hold the circumferents of the burdens." He also said and dome rigid. Each Link of the chain A Labour Government, when it is 13) inches wide and 15 feet long. comes in, will consider what the tellect of the National Debt is

upon the distribution of national wealth," what is necessary to spend on armaments, penting an agree ment that will; chear themA --AR nearly so makes no matter "out of the way altogether, what is „necessary to put public health in- urance or a better footing, what is sectary to gaye fair play to the widows and orphans respect of peaODE.

4th. Gunner W. Goodridge, ILA

5th Sub-Lieut. F. W. Collins,

HMS. Ambrose,

6th. Sergt. Calvert, K.O.S.B. 7th. Pte. Woodard, Queen'

8th. Pte. -Gilchrist, K.0.5.B. 9th. Pie Barrar, K.Ö.8.B 10th S. J. Davis, H.M.S. Titania.

Presentation of Trophies. Immediately following the race, the trophies were presented to the successful runners by Mrs. W.-W. Rogers. Prior to this Ber. W.W. not been swept, and the Happy Rogers in a brief speech gave a low Valley greens grow worm a facts about the previous races. which make patting a poor sort of He recalled that this was the 7th -practical joke

Annual Marathon i Kowloon. The

The Deep Water Bay greens havex others were very successful the undoubtedly improved under the previous winners and their times care of the Committee. A month org

two ago some few of them were very

bad but the dressings which have 10°17A. Mair

min, sec,

been laid down do certainly seem

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be argued that those groens tre so "small that they ought to have every

difficulty added to them, to com- pensate for the Tact that a 20 yard putteis an impossibility, but again it can be argued in return that these tiny greens ate ax diffenlt to find from 30 yards as the ordinary green isfrom an icon shot. Anyhower expect the average player is content to find them as easy as possible...

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y ---- So much for debt re- demption, so much for the de fence services, for the Civil Ber- vices, for education, for social re- form and housing Total it up Then my to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Take the most scientific way possible of levying the sum of money." That is the

iquity of the surtax,

The Ber. WW. Rogers, Bue Igratulated those who had:

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