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WEDNESDAY, "APRIL 28, 1937.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

THE DERBY

GOLF: CRIME OR FOLLY GREAT SCULLING

One day recently I was reading. perhaps with rather a drowsy eye. the account of a match at squash rackets when suddenly an arrest ing phrase woke me up. I gather- ed that So-and-so might have on my head stood straight on end won but for making "shots of al-" when I saw him. Instead of knock- most unbelievable folly at mo-ing the ball up the slope with a a straight-faced iron. ments of great importance." putter or writes a Home" golf correspondent. I take out his mashie niblick,

; dormy one: both he and his enemy were at the foot of the bank in 2 and a 5 would in all probability be good enough for the half and the match. Every individual häir

It was a horrid little pitch to play at such a moment. and, sure enough, he fluffed it and lost the hole. When he had ultimately won the match at the 21st I ventured with infinite delicacy to ask what on earth had possessed' him. He an- swered that he had had such bad "jitters" on the green that he felt as if he would miss the globe if he took his putter. Only those who have suffered from that fear-

I experienced an instant feeling of sympathy for the poor fellow. I also thought that here was a writer who could enrich my Umited vocabulary against the next time when I had to describe the missing of a putt. "So I read on to find the

player accused of same "egregious error" and "l-timed eccentricities." By now I was al- most in tears on his behalf, but still I persisted. I wanted to dis- cover, however painful it might be,ful complaint can fully appreciate what were the dreadful things he his action. which, though unsuc- had done. Furthermore, since Icessful. may yet have been the I have a bad habit of translating wisest in the circumstances. everything into terms of golf, there might be some analogy between his crimes and those which the more black-hearted of golfers commit His chief offences ap- peared to have been two; the first that he tried to take a ball when he ought to have asked for a let:

"UNBELIEVABLE FOLLY”

A NOBLE ACTION

RACE

Eric Phelps Still Champion

Eric Phelps is still Britain's pro- fessional sculling champion. for, over the after a splendid race Boat Race course, he agala best Louis Barry by 6 lengths in 23min 50sec. The official time was given as 24min 50sec, but this was a minute too long. writes a Home correspondent.

There. Is every likelihood that

Phelps will now challenge Bob Pearce for the World Champion ship. though he will have to go to Canada to do so. If the match can be arranged, it is hoped that it will take place under the aegla of the Canadian National Exhibi- tion in July or August.

good

Water conditions were nearly all the way from Putney to Mortlake, and Barry, winning the' Last summer at St. Anderews I toss, chose the Surrey station. was very properly rebuked, by an-Mr. Stanley Garton, the old Ox- ford Blue, sent them away to a other eminent friend while watch-

Amateur good start, and Phelps at 33 in the the final of the Championship. In the first round Arst minute to Barry's 34 was half Ferrier held a good lead from a length up after 10 strokes. Both lost the best of a sluggish tide by keeping too close to the Middlesex bank, but opposite Craven Steps, when Phelps was a length ahead, they came into the stream again. At the Mille Post, 5min. 25sec.. Phelps was leading by a couple of lengths, and both were striking 24.

Hector Thomson after the 13th the second that being in one game

hole. Then he cut his tee shot he within a stroke of victory

over the wall out of bounds at the served my pen falters in the

gave, his transcription "straight on to the Long-hole-In and so tin." Heaven forbid that I should hardly pressed adversary a need- endeavour to excuse one of such cd and heartening opportunity. palpably criminal instincts. Doubt-stigmatized it as a foolish shot at less he deserved his rate, and yet such a moment, but my friend in other ways he may be a most would not have it. A man, he said, respectable man and i am still playing as well as Ferrier was then got into a frame of mind of such sorry for him.

concentrated confidence that be never thought of the possibility When I come to turning this sad of going out of bounds. To do so story into golfing language I am might admittedly be disastrous not sure that everything, can be but even So It WLS much explained by "unbelievable folly," more than worth the risk to at- There seems to be a distinction betain so happy a state. Being my tween the two mistakes, to use a miserably small word. To serve the ball on the tin at game-ball 18 fike topping the ball into a bun-any" rate a good deal to be said ker in front of our noses at dormy for the contention and I withdrew one when the other fellow is the "foolish.": ready in trouble. It is the most deplorable stroke and one which the Fates will not forgive, but is it, strictly speaking, an act of folly? Poor wretches that we are, we do not do it on purpose, and not even our foursome partner, justly in-played by foursomes, and on the

self of a timorous, and pessimistic frame of mind I could not speak from experience, but there was at

It is a shameful thing to con- fess, but I once very nearly called a major-general foolish. He and I were partners 10 3 War-time match-not a very important one

first green he was left with a putt of between 2ft. and 3ft. for the hole. Our opponents, as all well- disciplined young soldiers should. exclaimed smartly in chorus "That

censed though he be, can think that. It was simply that we could not act up to cur doubtless ad- mirable intentions. On the other hand, the not asking for a let was a deliberate act. A possible golf-will do, Sir"; but the general in- Ing equivalent is the playing of a bail out of puddle when we might lift it out instead That prould be a folly, even if of an herole nature.

His

sisted on trying that putt, and he missed it by several inches. was a noble action, worthy of the best traditions of the British Army. but from a base commercial stand- point it was not a wise one. for the enemy could offer to give us no more putts and we missed all the ones that we were not given.

CLUB TENNIS

TOURNEY

Golf being a cold, calculating sort of game gives perhaps more scope for folly than any other. We have all the time in the world to make up our minds as to what is the wise thing to do and then we do the foolish one. Yet even s it is often hard to say exactly how foolish it was. We see a man go out for a long carry over a bun- ker or burn when he is playing the phe off two, and we say in a furious whisper, "The man's a Tool! Play short, you idiot!" We do not know, however. What is going on inside his head nor how frightened he may be of a short pitch. He may have coolly cal- culated all the chances and de- cided that he was more likely to get over with a brassy than with tournament yesterday afternoon a mashie, I once saw a player" at when they defeated G: Polglase Westward Ho! who was dormy one and Mrs. Wood on the Stand Court

Sullivans Win The. Mixed Doubles

Mr. and Mrs. A L. Sullivan won

the Hong Kong Cricket Club Handicap Mixed Doubles Tennis

In the semi-Bual of the Champlon-by scores of 8-4, 6-3.

ship; although his enemy had The first set was very even, both been in all manner of trouble, he pairs playing very fine tennis, but

to the net and gave his opponents very few chances of returning his well-placed shots.

Bullivan was the better of the two men players, his smashing and spin services being a feature of the

Lashed out at his second with a In the second set Sullivan çame up brassy and he jumped the burp! That looked an incredibly rash ac- tion, and yet he thought before he eld it, and who shall say that he did not think rightly? He knew himself and the spectator did not. TÅKE LEAVE OF HIS WITS Last year in a championship at Deal. I saw. a respected and il- justrious friend of mine apparently fine game although Mrs. take leave of his wits. He too was tried very hard.

game.'

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan well de- served their win. as they played

Wood

Sporting Fixtures

TO-DAY

Shooting.-H.K. Rifle Association Spoon and Practice Bhoot (Army Range, Kowloon City), 2 p.m.

Tennis.-Open Singles semi-final; 6. A. Rumjahn v. E. C. Fincher (Stand Court), 4.30 p.m.

TO-MORBOW ··

Athletics-Wah Yan College Second Annual Athletic Sports

Boxing-Army Boxing

Finals,

FRIDAY, APRIL 30 Tennis-Open Bingles Final: H.

D. Rumjahn v. 8. A. Rümjohn.or E. C. Fincher (Stand Court), 4.30 mm.

SATURDAY, MAY 1

7.

Bowls Division I: C.C.C. K.C.C., Recreio v. C.SC.C., K.B.G.C. HKFC, KD.R.C. v. RKC; Division II: X.0.0. v. ¡C.C.C.,

Meeting. Kowloon Football Club HKFC, V. KEG.C., Recreló v Ground, 1 p.m.

· P.RU., T.R.C. V. 1.R.C. : Division III: CS.C.C. V. K.F.C., Yacht Club. v. Murray Barracks. 8 p.m.

V. K.TR.C.. Golf.-R.A. Golf Meeting (Fan-C.C.C. HEER.C HKFC. v. Recreio.

Ing.

Tennis-H.K.C.C. Championship Jingles Final: M. Fagh v. Sullivan (stand court): 430 p.m.

Racing HR Jockey Cinta 4th Extra Race meeting, Happy Valley, 2 p.m.

Fairford Made Favourite

London, April 28. Fairford was quoted at a ? to I favourite for the Derby in a call- over made to-night, the principal quotations belly, as follows.

7 to 1 Fairford (0) 15 to 2 (t) 10 to 1 Le Grand Duc (0) 100 to 8 Perifox to 100 to 7 Goya (0)

U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS

Red Sox Player Injured

New York. Apr. 26. The first serious accident in the occur- American Baseball season red, yesterday when Doerr, the Red Sox home-run clouter, was hit on the head by a pitched ball and carried off, his injury.necessitating his subsequent removal to hospi- tal. Bostom wan their American encounter against the Senators, however, by 12 rung to 5.

100 to 7 The Hour (o) 15 to 1 (t)

15 to 1 Foray (0) 100 to 8 (t) 100 to 8 Gainsborough Lass (0) 18 League

Hauter.

to 1 (t)

FORAY FAVOURITE

London April 26. · The short odds of 3 to 1 were: offered against Foray in to-day's call-over for the Two Thousand Guineas race.

The following prices were quoted. 3 to 1 Foray it and o)

75 to 20 Fairford it and o)

Keuter.

There was only one other en- counter in the American League, the Yankees trouncing the Athle- tics ensily. Two other games be- tween Chicago and Cleveland, and St. Louis and Detroit, were wash- ed out by ruin.

Only one, encounter was held in the National League, three games being postponed owing to rain. These were between New York and Philadelphia; Cincinnatti and Chi- St. and Pittsburgh and

Results as cabled by Reuter

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11 to 2 Fair Copy it and o) 17 to 2 Le Grand Duc it and o) 10 to 1. Goyä. (t and o) 100 to Diplomat (t and o) 100 to 8 22 to 1 33 to

cago; Louis."

The Hour (o) 20 to 1 (t) Sunbather (t and o)" Midday Sun (t and o

were:-

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston Brooklyn

R. H, E.

13 0

5 15 喽

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Philadelphia New York

1

6

2

7

13

2

"Washington

Boston

5

10

3

12 15 4

A few second later Phelps' head

sign of fatigue, but he had the had dropped on to his chest, a sure

THE FIRST TO CRACK

lead and the moral advantage. If From Hammersmith Bridge; 9-Barry had been ahead at this min. 34sec., Phelps was in trouble point it is more than Ukely that for a time (a repetition of what the result would have been rever- happened when he met Barry last sed. Phelps told me after the race Barry with the in- that he hoped that he would never have such a close call again. After Chiswick Steps Phelps drop- ped his rate to 20, one stroke Jess than Barry, but he went away fast, and at Barnes Bridge was leading by seven or eight lengths. Over the last half-mile Barry rals-

September).

side of the bend, and striking 24 to Phelps 23, had reduced Phelps lead at the Stork to a few feet. Right

past Chiswick Alt both made terrific efforts, and it was a question of which would crack frst. At Chiswick Steps Phelps was still just ahead, and thened his rate to 24 and picked up a Barty cracked..

couple of lengths, but that was all.

esterfield

IGARETTES

MLADETY & MYERS TOBACED

Linumia (left), and Tsukagoshi at Croydon after their flight

from Tokyo.

COLONY. CHESS

CHAMPIONSHIP

WEST HAM WINS

London, April 26. West Ham won useful football league points from Aston Villa to-day, winning at Upton Park by In the the odd goal in, three.. southern section of the third divi-

The members of the Kowloon and Victoria Chess Club held a meeting at St. Andrew's Church Hall yesterday evening, in the course of which the competition for the Colony's Open Chess Cham-slon Walsall lost at home at New- port 3-1 and in the northern sec- pionship was keenly contested.

home to tion, Halifax lost at AS SO far are

Oldham 1-0, and Tranmere beat Gateshead 6-1-

The results follows:-

3: T.

the ("Bossy"") Phelps, King's Bargemaster, "showed up" V. Rush his son from a launch, but Bert A. Weiss Barry, the former world champion. D.E. Carvalho Instructed his brother from the J. Fitzgerald bow of a Barnes R.C. eight, to which Lou Barry belongs.

A. T. Birinkaff T. Kaye

P. W. D. L. Pts.

11 9 2 - 10

8 6 11 6}

9 6 3:6

14 5 2 7 8 .....12 4 2 6 5

B

1 3 4

Reuter.

K. M. A. Barnett

R. T. Ellott B. C. Field Dr. M. O. Pfister

10 4 1 5 4· 10 3

7 3

7 2 -

5 2

9

1 1.7 14

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