1936-09-08 — Page 9

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 8, 1936.

Is The Golf Ball Being Driven Too Far?

Restriction Is Necessary Say Several Players

White an analysis of the letteraj dora not my so far ci lo spend his I have received clearly Indientes ↑ Lino wading knee-deep in the that the mass of golfers are op- rough. Con there be any doubt as posed to a redueilan in the pre- to his answer?" 1 agree; no doubt sent power of tie ball as at all exists. suggested by a Special Commilites MAXIMUM BOUNCE TEST. appointedt by the Royal and The correspondent concludes with Ancient club to investigate the o suggestion." "It is that the present subject, the views of the minority size and weight of the ball should are not without a certain interest. Le retained, and that a maximum Alarm 1 expressed at the ever-bounce test should be added. He Increasing distances which the anticipates no diflculty in construct modern ball can be driven, and log "rebound tester," and feels

that unless restrictive measures certain that restriction on these are introduced most golfing holes | Ines would limit length and so solve will degenerate into a drive and the problem. The proposal infers

i that a pitch."

manufacturers would strictly This is the substance of some of und faithfully adhere to the test. the lotters from correspondents of We now come to the other side varying degrees of sic. The of the question. A correspondent following letter from a Leeds cor- from Repion, Derby, agrees whole- respondent, who confesses to being heartedly with my view that to cul a "rabbit," though he once played down the carrying power of the ball down to a single figure handicap, in will detract from the pleasure of typical: "Most the arguments in favour of vetalbg the present ball

based pre

the assumption that the chlet terest uf the ordinary player is mere length, very much doubt this.

I

Mr. Kwok Hin-wang, Chairman of the Chinese Bathing Club, who gave Away the prizes at the annual aquatic *ports during the week-end,

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER BY

95 per cent. of golfers. He contends "VERITAS"

that the same argument applies with additional force to the proposal to tighten up courses. He says--

"If all courses were beset with

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the difficulties of Pine Valley, 1, for "The touchy point is his length one, should be compelled to give ube for the B.K.L.T.A. to circularisy as compared with that of his usual the game. The course of which clubs enquiring whether they would opponents. The actual fistance is a member is sufficiently trying be prepared to put up certain gunran- only of importance by conpurison as it is, and at this time of the year tecs to obtain the services of a first

around is spolit by the ir- the yardage of the hole.

class coach, say for twelve months, Imany lengthened ritating delays due to narrow fair- ball i artiflctolly

These gaurantees would probably suit,ways hemmed in by long grass. If, courses usually follow with the result that the poor rabbit in addition, we were afflicted with

lankered. left in much the same predien-heavily

with the then

is

That this hiking businesi has already been carried far enough was obvious at Hoylake."

frum

Num

and to England, und n postage-stump taining fee per ranth for the year.

have tu cover passage and re-

ment as before, except that he has greens, there would be a riot, Those The couch's profits would be derived are legion, who took | from his pupils, the charges being to walk further between successive of us, und phots.

upon Sunday morning as an occa-roet by arrangement

between the sin for a pleasant blend of sport, coach and the HK.LT.A. There are exercise, and social contact do not half a dozen alternative

arrange- want to return lardily to lunch with ments, but whichever was attempted ENGRAVED IN THE PYRAMIDS

frayed tempers and minus a pocket-î

would prove #big The correspondent sith

am sure it whyful of bails." golfers should be expected, in res

success. gard the 1.62 Agure regulating both

ameter and weight as having been advocate Barrow fair way hemmed Seok Homeside Advice foundi engraved in the Pyramids in with long grass, in which balls "If the main object of galf the OCS are last, On the contrary, 1 cọn- on) is the self-glorification of the

S to whether such a venture would demn the practice. poor performer, why ne

nothing to recommend it. Golf is be worth while from the view- the restrictions altogether and let! the makers to their worst? I played for pleasure and recreation, point of improving Bungkung temis. drive am confident that it would. So far

remove

A PRACTICE CONDEMNED Do not let it be supposed that I

was

bever

las AS which

Incant to

Kure they would sou produce un peuple into lunatle asylums, But as I know there is not a single frst- even longer ball. The wording of small greens cunningly constructed, class, second-class, or third-class the 1.62 specification shows that and with the sides falling away, | player in the world of national or in- not necessarily into bunkers, lend spice and interest to the game, and eucourages skill in the execution of the shots.

£1734

.com

this

The correspondent Roes

|ternational, leanis to-day, who bas not, at some thine or another in the course of his or her career, enjoyed the benefits of professional coaching. The good coach does not go on the cart and bang a ball about with you. le rands aside while two pupils

lose erime. Let, us

was not introduced in order to standarise the ball but to reduce power. As it has falled in ubject why bother to retain 1122

The correspondent's suggestion to remove the restrictiuas as regard

Players of the sub-tiger class, lice weight and size is a subtle one. Ir

that myself, commit many golfing crimes Is quite right In supposing manufacturers would compete within the course of a round. Penulise

another in producing:

us by all means, but let the punish-play and closely watches them, after- ball

wards pointing out their mistakes and that anyone could drive three hun ment f the

advising them how they can be cor- dred yards. There would be much strokes, but not balls. To be envi

rected. Constant Practice orgy of lung driving that the compassed by unnerving hazards isto

absolutely necessary if

al merely to make us hook, and slice, tennis is, to be attained, but that pro-

progress Royal and Ancient would be com- pelled to step in to prevent the and top. :mplore you, therefore, tenn

gress will be considerably retarded in uiter ruin of the game. Justificat tread femly on any proposal to

spite of hours of

of intensive practice. If tion for the introduction of restrit make courses more difficult.

right "If it is a matter of national im- the player, because he lacks the tive measures would be nonitely

10 the person reveal his should win portance that greater than is the ease at present, ¦

technique, stroke production or foot- The correspondent agrees, with Walker Cup, then let the tigers be

work, continues to make specially tigerish

same me that no undue importance need segregated be attached to the fact that the ex- course, which-to-the-long- handicap stroke wrongly day after day. It would be a nightmare of would be foolish to rush headlong pert is constantly scoring

in the player low sixties. At the same time, he attenuated fairways, vicious, rough, Into such a venture, and the safest deplores the fact that in playing nerciless bunkers, and maleroscopic and most obvious course would be to

But even the tigers might approach the English LTA.,

request. round the average course the experiens. hus no occasion to play many of the be conceded a green or two with the ing advice in the matter of a suitable comparative spariousness of an en-professional coach. It is the crewed finer shots of the game.

PERPETUAL DRIVE AND CHIP

"We are told (he adds) there are} so few experts that they enn be i ignored, and yet hundreds of thou-}- sands of people. annually watch these players in chumpionships and tournaments. The people who pay are entitled to see the gure at its

to

errors int

the

velope. for, after all, it is putting principle of the English L.T.A.

that wins championships."

AREA WATER POLO

to assist in every possible way her amliated Assocititions, particularly those in the British

Dominions, Colonies und Dependencies. kong L.T.A. can therefore confidently turn to the parent body for assistance in this quest, while, I for one, would be very surprised if Hongkong

best. With the perpetual drive and East Lancs. Too Good For tennis clubs and players did not come

chip this is certainly not the ense to-day.

"There would rightly be an outery

jf in other gamen, such as tennis,

The Other Units

for example, playing conditions Without losing #1 single unt were so altered as to eliminate the during the whole competition, the difficult and scientifle shots... Battalion, the Enst Lancashire anyone suggests that the hole. be

Regiment, won the Hongitong Area

forward to give the necessary guarantees to entice a first-class coach to come out here. In any case 1 Is worth thinking about.

London, Sept. 7.

made larger or that the siymie beWater Polo League for 1936 with a abolished he is treated as à crank.

The Intest enllover for the St. Yet In the last five years the ball total of 23 points.

The Royal Engineers were second | Leger at Doncaster on September 9 manufacturers have altered the with 18 points, and the 8th. Reavy was as follows: balance of the game to a far larger Brigade, Royal Artillery, third with: extent than either of these changes 16 points. Would have done. Further, this The Anal standing of the teams

balance has been so changed thai

was as follows:

still greater emphasis is laid on 2nd. Balt. East Lanes..... 23 points putting."

Royal Engineers

10 points The correspondent does not agree that the balance can be restored byth. Heavy Brigade. R.A. 16 points

Batt Royal. Welch tighter Lunkering and smaller 2nd,

Fusiliers greens. Such measures he con-

the lost th. Anti-Aircraft Brigade, tends

will not restore

INA. brassic and the No. 1 iron shot to the game, "Ask the average golfer 1st. Batt. Royal Ulster Rifles whether he would prefer a ball that Combined Small Units

10 points

8 points

5 points

+ points

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

Rhodes Scholar 11 to 8 and n. Mahmoud 7 to 2 o, 75 to 20 Raeburn 100 to 8 t and o. Boswell 108 to 6 1 and D. Fearless Fox 100 to 6 o. 17 to 1 t His Grace to 1 tund o. Esquemelling 33 to 1 t and e. Thinkerton 33 to 1 o. Columcille 40 to 1 o, 45 to 1 t St. Magnus 50 to 1 t and a. Fox Field 50 to 1 t and o Magnel 66 to 1 t and o. Haulfryn 80 to 1 and o.

FOOTBALL CHANGES New Training Methods

ARSENAL DANGER

(By Arbiter)

Afr. Stanley Rous, the secretary of the Football Association, has scor- cd a big triumph in persuading the League clubs that there may be something new to learn in training methods. Itc has even convinced some to introduce fresh Ideas,

For as long as I have been asso- ciated with "Football it has been drummed lato me that there can be nothing new in the game, and to break down this obstinate bellef is an exceptional uchievement.

It is ittle more than year ng since Mr. Rous suggested that the players might be inde ́ Atter and better altuned to the game.

"What does he know about it?" asited the managers, "Is he going

to teach us our job?"

TACTFUL

TORQUEECURESENCIALMAUNCHERMALATINATACI

Hedgehog Before Wicket

Newton Abbot (Devon),

Aug. 17.

Newton Blues were playing cricket against the Old Brin- stonians at Newton Abbot to- day when a hedgehog saan- tered on the pitch.

The game was stopped. The wicketkeeper-wearing his gloves-removed it. And the game went on.

Afghan Olympic

Hockey Team Defeated

London, Sept. 7.

In match at Cambridge to-day. the Hockey Assocation beat the Afghan Olymple hockey team, which

Mr. Hous's reply was to organise | is at present in England, by five goals

his "refresher course" for trainers, to one.~British Wireless.

truly a tactful way to describe the

school, and already he has broken.

down al opposition.

with the MAX BAER SAVES HIS

schoolboys.

I has been the same

for coaching scheme Lust senson 60 old players, thankful for the chance to car £5 a week or more, visited about 400 rebools and aroused great enthusinam among the boys. The only Daw in scheme was that the visita coaches were too infrequent,

The scheme is to go on with the extensións which I have no doubt Mr. Rous foresaw would be inevil- uble when it was launched, and the work is bound to produce splendid. results.

FATHER'S LIFE

of the Quart Of Blood Taken

From Ex-Champion For His Father

One result of the visit of the trainers to the school nt Leeds last month is that the players are like- ly to be given a new knockabout costuine. It was Brst worn, be- Hleve, by the albletes of Americu, and they called it a "sweat suit.' It is made of wool, and with zip fastenings can be put on and off in a few seconds.

The Arsenal already have these suits, and they may come to be gen- erally worn, not only during train- ing but on entering the field before a match on a Severe winter day.

Still another now idea-players should have a few minutes' physical Jerks in the dressing-roam before going out to warm and loosen their inuseles, I believe this might pre- | vent the strains which are SO strangely able to occur.

INSURANCE

The Arsenal players were surely among the Attest inst season, olher- wire us the most overworked mea in the game, having regard to the

· ន Internationals

other extra matches in which they had to take part, they could not have survived the strain to win the cup.

It is unlikely, too, that they will obtain much relief this season, and the danger of the crack witleh has been persistently predicted will be greater than ever, I do not, how~ ever, anticipate it. The strength of their defence is an insurance against

But I will be hard to keep the team up even to last season's stan- dard, and everything will depend on the forwards. The fact that they have tried hard to persuade Wol- verhampton Wanderers to let them have Jones, the inside left, sug- gests that the official view is that an inside player is required. They may be correct If Bastin is to go back to the wing but this would mean the sacrifice of his construc- tive work, and I think wing for- wards are the chlef need.

Four players have left without new ones being obtained, but the resources of the club have not been weakened.

San Leandro, Calit. Max Buer, the former playboy champion of the world, is credited by doctors with saving the life of his father, Jacob Baer, when the old man war weakened by loss of blund from a severe nasal haemorrhage (nose, bleed) which began during a baseball game and went on for three days,

Max's mother gave blood for three transfusions but her husband was still in a serious condition when Mux returned from his "come-back" tour. A fourth transfusion, consisting of quart of Max's champlonship blood, seemed put "Papa" on the road to recovery almost immediately.

"I feel Ane," Max remarked to re- porters after the transfusion. "I am going to regain the heavyweight championship of the world."

SWIMMING GALA CONCLUDED

Chinese Bathing Club Championship

ALHAMBRA

• TO-MORROW ·

TWO BIG FEATURES IN ONE

'PROGRAMME!

SPEED! THRILLS!

CRA

Adelph Ziber genannte i

"AND

She heard her own swastheart convict her of murder...send her to prison for lifel

SUDDEN DEATH"

*

RANDOLPH SCOTT · FRANCES DRAKE

Tom Brest, Fetty Knight, Effly Les, 'Directed by Charfar Bertan, A. Paramount Piders

TOGETHER WITH

A Better Than Ring Side Seat For

The Heavy-Weight Battle of the Century !

MAX SCHMELING

VS.

JOE LOUIS

With Every Second of the 12 Exciting Rounds Shown Upon the Screen & With the Sensational Fourth 'Round Repeated in Slow Motion.

The heavy rain which fell yester-SSSSSSSSSS day did not deter the Chinese Bath-

Club from holding the second part of their annual swimming gala at-their-pavilion, North-Point-The first part of two programmes of events was swum on Sunday. The items on the programme swum yes- terday were all championships.

At the conclusion of the contests Mr. Kwok Hin-wang, the Chairman of the Club, congratulated the win- ners in a short speech, and after- wards distributed the prizes.

The full results were as follow: Men's 100 Metres Free-Style: 1. Tsang Ho-fook; 2, Chan Wing-kal. Time: 68 secs.

Ladies 100 Metres Free-Slyle; 1, Miss Leung Yuk-chun; 2, Miss NE Shun-ying, Time: 1 mln. 35.1/5 secs.

T.T. RACE TRAGEDY pont); 2, Wong Won-kec (150).

Death Roll Increased To Eight

London, Sept. 7. The accident which occurred on Saturday, when during the Inter- national Tourist Trophy Race on Ards Circuit, Belfast, one of the racing cors skidded into the spectators, was much more serious, than was at first re- ported.

Early this morning the eighth vic- tim of the disaster died, and some of the 24 injured are still in a critical condition-British Wireless."

Dated 1878

Men's 200 Mietres Backstroke: 1, Chan Man-po; 2. Chun Yuc-hing. Time: 3 mins. 13.3/5 pecs.

Diving: 1. Wong Kok-kit (175

Ladies 400 Metres Free-Style: 1. Miss Loo Po-kum; 2, Miss Leung Yuk-chun. Time: 7 min. 40 secs.

Men's 3,500 Metres Free-Style: 1, Trang Ho-fook: 2, Chun Lol-pek. Time: 25 mins. 23 sees.

100 Metres Free-Style for the em ployee of the shed: 1, Lo Kum; 2, Ng Foa. Time: 75.3/5 secs,

ARMY RACE POSTPONED Owing to the rain and choppy

the sen,

Army harbour race, scheduled to take place' yesterday, was postponed until 4 p.m. to-day, commencing from the Railway yard seawall, Kowloon, and finishing at the R.A.S.C. Camber, Hongkong.

Five unit will participate, as al- rendy nnnounced,

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