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HAVE WE LEARNT SOMETHING?

IN SWIMMING

(BY THE EEL":

HONG KONG

DAILY PRESS," WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1936.

Two Things That Count At Golf-Putting, And A Quiet Mind

BY HENRY LONGHURST

London, May 11.

out and practised: on the other The more I see of these big pro-hand, I know one or two others who Iessional tournaments the more I am convinced that success in them depends on two things. The Erst is putting,

between the

The great event of the week has been the swimming at the V.R.C. between the Philippines Olympic team and Hong Kong. We came That is from oft a bad second.

point of view. the comperitive From the swimming point of view the exhibitions on Monday were only equalled when the Japanese

passed through glants-Fadyham included-is, as I Olympic the Colony and gave an exhibl-am sure he would agree, very small Indeed. He has proved himself be-

tion

team

The difference

·

In the Silver King tournament at Moor Park it was a quarter of a stroke.

J. Adjaluddin won the 100 and yond question to be Britain's pro- fession golfer No. 1. In match as 440 yards. Free Style events in a manner that could not be but en-well as medal play, but even so his does not possess a margin of victory has only once this vied. He

classic particularly

or pleasing 1 year exceeded an average of half a style yet his ability to cleave the stroke per round water does not leave much room very for improvement. He has a powerful arms action coupled with

One long putt in the hole-and a vigorous kick. Where the Fil- pino swimmers gained on us every there you are. Or if you prefer to the turn. Law-look at it from the other man's time it was rence is not slow at this important tiem yet he was made to louk slow by the flashing brilliance of the Fipinos turning.

Incidentally.

at

in turning. noticed that Lau Po-hel, while backstroke, was swimming the prone to turn on his breast and take off as in the free, style or breast stroke. Not only this but infringed to the extent of making

point of view, one short putt out of the hole and there you are not! It is a very slender margin.

I do not believe it would be a Imatter of insuperable difficulty. to a healthy man in the prime of life. to play the long game very nearly as well as Padgham-provided. of course, that he devoted his life to it. But that would not alone ft him unt of the rut. He has got to learn to putt as well-and that is where the real fun begins.

stroke under the water while on lis breast. He should correct this faul which I am sure is only an strict unconscious action. but a judge would disqualify any swim- mer doing this sort of thing in a backstroke event.

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PARALYTIC PUTTERS

As to putting. I believe that it is a matter of insuperable difficulty to some people, however healthy they may be. Quite a number of professionals who are bad putters could mend their ways if they went

CRICKET STEALS LEAF FROM BASEBALL BOOK

FOUR CENTURIES IN A REAL SLOGGERS' DAY

London, May.11. As if to answer the challenge of baseball county cricket on Satur- day went all bright-really bright.

have practised until they could hardly straighten their backbone again at the end of it, and yet re- main paralytic putters to this day. For a long time it seemed that Padgham was going to be deprived of many of the spoils that, judging

Four centuries were hit; Somerset from his long game, seemed to be

and Derby ran up totals only his due. At Bramshot early this

Just short of 500 and Leyland put year his putting was far from sa- tisfactory, so he resorted to the sim-together the second double century ple expedient of holding the club of the new season. much lower down the shaft. It worked wonders-and he is still do- ing it. If you are putting badly give this a trial next week-end,

At each of the last three tour- naments that have formed his re- markable har'trick, he has had one round during which every putt has dropped, and always that round has been where it was most want- ed--an the last day. Sixty-eight at Bramsbot, 68 at Moor Park 67 at Southport-wonderful scores, all of them, but due in each case to ex- traordinary putting.

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KEEPING. SELF-CONTROL The second of my recipes for suc-

of one's self cess concerns the old question of "taking it out

these tourna- Padgham finishes

scampering ments, followed by a mob of anything up to 3000 people, and knowing that a single bad shot may cost hundreds of pounds, fresh and calm and collected, His heart may be beating a bit faster than when he began, but his pace has not quickened, and the easy- In the Hundred yards. neither

-----going, philosophical expression re- mains on his features. He is in I. wrence

Chan Chan-hing, Took part, the honour was given

should be observed with the feet control of himself and therefore in Norman Léa and H. L. Ozorio. Needless 10 say came third using them as a whip. Inciden-, of the situation. and fourth though Lee was al-tally in the medley relay Onial in the 50 yards free style used the most level with Oblai until the last 25 yards and then the Fill-American crawl. pino's ability to spurt gave "them

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THE RACES

or

We

Our Breast stroke men were no Had Filipinos. Kwok Chun-hang been here the

"Rivals for the

post of captain of England, Bob Wyatt, E. R..T. Holmes and G. O. Allen. were well to the fore on this day of brighter cricket.

Holmes is going great guns with his hard-hitting batting. fashion- ed in the old-time mould. Many. ericketers return jaded from a tour abroad, Not so Holmes.

He made a packet of runs at Lord's last week, and on Saturday saved Surrey with a typical 19. If the first duty of a leader is to inspire his men in the Percy Chapman style-here's England's captain.

DAVIS CUP TENNIS

Australia Beats America

Philadelphia, June 1. Jack Crawford (Australia) beat Wilmer Allison 4-6, 6-3, 1–6 6–2, 6-2, and Donald Budge (US.A.) beat Adrian Quist 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 This gave the Australians the lead by three matches, to two in the Anal round of the American Zone of the Davis Cup, the Australlans thus entering the European Zone the winners meet

against challenge round Britain.

to

for

the Great

Crawford volleyed recklessly, yet was due to the forcefulness of his with precision, and his success game. He took many risks, despite the importance of the occasion, not play up to but Allison did championship form.

Quist often nested his returns and lacked Budge's stamina and speed.- Reuter.

FRENCH TENNIS.

TITLES

Allen's first outing for Middlesex Like was decidedly promising. Holmes, he saved his side with his "Hong Kong Daly Press" Speela particularly deadly, he stood up to batting, and if his bowling was not

a long spell successfully. And fit- ness is the main doubt about Allen.

SLOGGER NO, 1

Paris, June 1.

Cramm. von Gottfried Baron

the German

Tennis "ace," won

Tennis French International Championship of men's singles or Monday afternoon for the second Slogger No. I was Leyland. His

time, having beaten the English And he's Champion Fred

Perry, who was hitherto undefeated, and reputedly still not out. Another 30 runs to- 218 was hit out of 364.

day will enable him to set up a new

the world's best player. The match personal high-scoring record. Wor-lasted tre exciting sets, the score thington, dealing mostly in bour-being 6/0, 216, 6/2, 216, 6/0 Von daries against Oxford, was runner- up with his 174.

ar-

But, most pleasing to those If he leaves himself a four foot past, he takes no longer about. Ixiously looking for new blood for our Test teams, were the successes than he would at home-and so it probably goes in. If it does not, he of the young brigade-imblett, the Somerset meteor. Hutton. the wanders to the next tee and gets

Yorkshireman for whom Sutcliffe on with the game.

has predicted great things, Keeton,

first and second places. We did match for the

New compare the case of the not expect to win this event bu! had Lawrence and Chan Chan-medley relay might have been a

much closer thing. Chan Chan-highly strung player, like Cottor bing swam we might have given

hing did not lose any ground to. By the time he has looked at the better fight. They visitors a also were possibly studying form. Obial over the 50 yards and Lâu jline front both ends, consulted his stance, and then stood like a broody Full credit must go to Lee and Po-hel lost but one yard, to Chris-caddle, shuffled about with his hen for ten seconds, the putt has Ozorio for the good fight thatthansen.

cheer The contest did nothing if it they put up against immeasurably

bursts out if he boles it. But the greates! better swimmers than they. One did not point out to us the direc- become so difficult that glaring fault was our inability to ilon in which le our

or not, he has nearly killed him- enter equal the Filipinos turning. We errors. The greatest being that point is that, whether he holes it The accu- of turning. We did not lost ground at every turn,

The time was 55 1/5 seconds with any idea of beating our visi-self in the attempt. and this is not exceptionally good tors but with the sole view of see-mulated strain of doing this or considering they are contestants ing better men perform. we did. every green for 72 holes may well in the Olympic Games. I have we can build on what we saw if be imagined. .my doublts as to whether they

we take the parience and training |

were going all out, I noticed that necessary. despite their, great burst of speed

In the last 25 yards. the Filipinc swimmers finished quite fresh.

In the Backstroke Event Lau Po-hel lost very badly on the last 1. Christiansen was only lead-, ing by a yard all the way. until the fatal turn. He finished about with a four yards in the lead, time of 65 seconds. It was in this event that I noticed the doubtin! turning of Lau,

THE DISAPPOINTMENT

T. Ildefonso was unable to parti- cipate in the Breast-Stroke Event and this was a great disappoint- Ildefonso holds ment to many.

the National and Far Eastern re- cords for this event and was also placed third in the 9th and 10th World Olympics. It is rumoured that he has equalled the world's record for the distance. Never- tbe-less A. Alpad compensated for the disappointmesnt by hibition that left no doubt as to tremendous his "superiority. Hig

an ex-

pull with his arms was remark- able and gives our breast stroke

to

think swimmers something about. He literally hauls himself out of the water with his pull.

swam to the Adjaluddin again fore in the 440 yards Free Style and this time against the hither- to unbeatable Lawrence. He won the event by about a length and a quarter, in the time of 5 minutes 15 1/5 seconds. I have always thought that Lawrence was fast the tura, but Adialuddin showed him something about how to do it." The Filipino- gained on very turn with the great lead already men- tloned. Norman Lee, the other participant was sadly in the rear.

and

finally finished

He was still feeling the effects of the last race but gamely struggled

to a finish.

THE RELAXATION Another thing that was notic- able in the style of the Filipino swimmers was their relaxation of their hands while moving over for the next stroke. This is advocat- ed by the famous Weismuller, who also says that a similar state.

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A quiet mind is worth almost as much as a steady hand at golf..

Cramm led all through, Perry often catching up, but having to make such great effort to do so that he was not able to sustain the pace,

so that he did not win any game in the last set.

..

In the final of the French In- ternational Ladies Tennis Cham-

FISH MONGERS TO RESUME WORK

Strike Called Of: Demands Accepted

By Market

SCANTY FISH SUPPLY

AS RESULT OF TROUBLE

เ

the

Shanghai, May 27. After one day's strike in which without numerous markets were their fish supply yesterday, Shanghai fshi mongers will resume business to-day. The decision was reached after the Fish Market au- thorities had promised to accede to their demands for better treatment as soon as they were passed by the

directors.

The demands are: that the new Chinese standard (market) weights be adopted and that mongeta be permitted to check the weight: that out from the fish ice be sorted. cargo before weighing: that one third of the commission be set aside for the construction of a guild und that the commission should be rated at one and a half per cent. that the brokers be cordial to the mongers and not oppress them, and on the that safety equipments wharf be improved.

The dispute between the mongers and the new Fish Market on the Point Island had been going on for some time as the former had com- plained of high commission rates, inaccurate weights and inconveni- ences, such as cash payments, etc. They were also opposed to the re- gulation of the market requiring to purchase içe when buying fish,

TRANSPORTATION QUARREL Yesterday's trouble started when the management of the Point Is- land Market decided to charge the mongers. Afteen cents a trip for alag the trucks operated by the

other authorities, and forbade means of conveyance from Ting- hai Road Bridge to the Market. More than 2,000 mongers had ar-

RICKSHAW PULLERS' SAVINGS BANK

AMOUNTS FROM ONE CENT TO

BE ACCEPTED

Shanghal, May 30.

now being Arrangements made, in accordance with a resolu- tion passed by the Board of Ma- nagement of the Pullers Mutual Aid Association to establish in each of its Ave centres a Petty Savings Bank for its members who may wish to make deposits in small quantities at a time. This, it is hoped, may save for these hard the few working rickalaw men coppers they may have left in their pockets atter they have paid their daily expenses, and promote thrift and better habits of life. some of the simple rules controll- ing this new phase of work of the P.M.A.A, are as follows:-

1. Deposits.-Deposits in dollar units (from one cent upwards) can be made at any time and same be entered into the passbook with the seal or signature of the responsible officer of the Association.

2. Interest-Interest is allowed at 1 per cent. per month on the amount during the minimen month, for deposits amointing to not more than $50 (no puller is allowed to deposit more than $50 per month). Amounts exceeding $50 may be accepted at the rates of interest to be specially arranged. No interest will be given if de- posits are entirely withdrawn with- » in one month and interest will be calculated to the nearest cent.

3. Withdrawal.-Withdrawal can be made on three days' notice. The left thumb print together with the depositor's rickshaw licence proving card are required for identity.

This. as one of the first petty ever started in savings banks

time, and allowing a good Shanghal accepting as low as one

sort of subsidy from the Associa- rate of interest, may involve some Mon.--(N.C.D.N.).

cent at

of Notts. Smith, of Derby, and the plonship Singles, Frau Sperling ved at the market, and as a pro- | halkwan, Race Course, and Sinza

Hampshire amateurs. Moore and Paris.

Gimblett, who won the Sir Walter Lawrence trophy for the fastest century last year with his sixty- three-minute 100 during, his county debut, this season is the first man to take a century off the Indians.

The tourists conid not get loose down in Somerset, A cold wind stiffened their bowling arms, and the county batsmen helped them-" selves. We shall not see the best of the Indians just yet,

Krahwinkel.

Denmark

defeated

Madame Mathieu. 6-3, 6-4, thus becoming Champion for the coming year-Transocean News Service.

NO BASEBALL

New York, June 1

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several markets, including Shan- Road market. went on strike, and

test against the new regulation, they decided to suspend business. many other markets were without fish supply. A case of intimida- Meanwhile several junks loaded

tion was reported at Tungchow with fish reached the wharf and as

Two men, carrying the cooltes started to unload the Road Market.

a tin of kerosene, were arrested by cargo, they were prevented from doing so by the strikers, resulting the police. It was said they had threatened" to pour the kerosene on in a fight This was, however,

to fish stalls. stopped by the authorities before it assumed berlous proportions. Con- sequently, only a very small per- centage of business was done.

The trouble had its repercussions in the Settlement as hawkers of

The Fish Market authorities nnally decided to abolish the trans- portation charge, thereby removing the main obstacle towards a set- tlement of the dispute.-(N.C.D.N.)

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