1936-12-16 — Page 22

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER (16, 1936.

Scientists Who Solve

Golf Course Problems

WEEK-END CRICKET

WAR WAGED ON

Royal Artillery Team To LEATHERJACKETS

Meet Small Units

The following will represent the Royal Artillery against the Sinall

Units in the semi-final round of the Large Units Cricket Tournment on Sunday, December 20, at Sookunpoo commencing at 11.30a.m.:

Lirut, C. C. Garthwalle (Capl.), Capt. D. B. Michell, Mr. Gor. Sul- ivon, Sergeant Hiowe, Bombardier Baker, Bombardier Bancroft, L/Bdr, Hebden, L/Bdr. Milcs, Gunner Chaplain, Bombardier Sumner (24)

Appeal

From Clubs

Of All Nations

(Br G. W. N. Smith)

and Gunner Marshall (24). IT is seldom that the average golfer, when he has a

Umpire:

Sgt. Bloomfield; Scorer: Gunner Stakes.

THE TEST MATCH

W. A. Brown Dropped

For O'Brien

complaint to make about the condition of his course, goes further than casting a few aspersions on the ability of the club secretary or the greenkeepers.

of

For one thing, he knows precious little about the art grass culture, and is in no position to back up his complaints with reasoned remedies. His experience of grass is usually confined to a garden lawn plentifully O'Brien, the Victoria left hander, sprinkled with plantains, dandelions, and other local flora,

Sydney, Dec. 15.

repinces W. A. Brown in the Aus tralian team for the second Test Match-Renter.

Don Bradman (Capt.), S. J. Me- Cabe, C. L. Badcock, O'Brien, J. II. Fingleton, A. G. Chipperfield, M. W. Slevers, W. J. O'Reilly, W. A. Oldfield, R. Robinson, E. L. Mc- Cormick and F. A. Ward.

BROADCAST OF TESTS

EYE-WITNESS'S ACCOUNT OF REMAINING MATCHES As in the First Test, Station VK3LR, Melbourne, will brandeast "An Eye-witness's Account" of the remaining Test matches between England and Australia.

con-

The broadcasts will begin at 9.55 Hongkong time), alopping for tin at 11.30 a.m., and will tinue from 12.15 p.m. to 4 p.m.

A resume of each day's play will be given from 5 p.m. to 5.10 p.m. for the duration of the match,

Station VKILI will operate on a wave-length of 31.34 metres (9,580 kliocycles),

HOME RUGBY CAMBRIDGE LOSE UNEXPECTEDLY

London, Dec. 15. Cambridge University, who last week won the annual inter-Varsity rugby match against Oxford, were unexpectedly beaten in Scotland to-

they day when

played Edinburgh Academy.

The Academy won by the hand- of 21 points to 12.-

some score Reuter...

It would amaze him, I think, to see some of the work that is constantly being done behind the scenes in an attempt to rid golf courses of pests and plants that wage war on turf, and to provide perfect greens and fairways în moat unfavourable circumstances.

High up on the moors at Bingley, in Yorkshire, is the station of the Board of Greenkeeping Research, an institution maintained by the British golf unions for the scientifle Investigation of greenkeeping problems.

There are some twenty neres of land, offices, and laboratories, and experiments are carried out and mysterious diseases investigated for clubs in all parts of the world.

There is a staff of twenty, headed by Mr. R. B. Dawson, the director of research, Mr. R. B. Ferro, his chief assistant, and Including Ave scientists, one of whom is a woman, Miss Lovi- hand.

SAME

NAMPLES of earth and soll, parcels

of grubs and Insects, letters plead ing for advice reach the station by the thousand every year.

In the index room, where a card

Is kept of every experiment, there

nearer to the solution of extermina- tion, and thus save thousands of pounds to sports organisations the World over.

1

THERE are perhaps eight or nine

varieties," Mr. Ferro

told me. "and our task now is to get at the root of the trouble by tracing the natural history of the species so that time we can determine just which are the ones causing most damage.

Rugby Club Records

Pita.

W, D. 1. For, Aust

CHIEF LONDON.

Mickleth Mariequize Lid'n Telah L'd'n Beotilsh

L'd's Welly Richmond

Romlyrs 1k, WOLPE

Albion

Arch' Assn. Bantam

Beckenham Darenth

Starrow

Heidon

0 % 78 -100

B?

0 2 13 50 80.8 82 93 FOX 156 HP

59

OTHER LONDON

att

Finchley

dan Hall

P.

Kingston

Ta deh. of Ecum.

London Unie. en Van Park Hor

Orpington

Harstens Klettp Slough

Tee .

Twickenham Warlingham Wellery

Wratenme Went Itert

Civil Service

King's Own LRD.

SERVICES

R.C.M. Banth't ILN.C.. Kepam

us. Portam'h

****************=*~*GASPA.

"Drums", winners of the Inter-Platoon haskey competition of the 2nd. Datt, East Lancashire Regiment, The team has won this tournament for the last three years. (Photo: Mes Cheung).

THESE FIGURES TELL HAMMOND'S

AUSTRALIAN STORY

London, Nov. 21.

B

Far their moderate successes in Australia on this tour to date M.C.C. are chiefly indebted to Hammond, who has scored personal triumph in every match in which he has played. His present conspicuous success, however, is only one chapter of the story of his cricket in Australia which is recorded in the figures 28 given below by E. L. Roberts. These figures reflect

Ham. mond's wonderful consistency and versatility. They cover all irst-class matches in Australia from 1928 to November 19, 1936.

150

GT

1 108

.14 18 104

1 124 101

HOSPITALS AND BANKS

Barclays

in Coll Midland lik

Nat. Prow. k. St. Dom's......

Lerbury Metrovick

"We те treating experimentu)} . patches of turf with lead arsenate Cavendish which has proved effective, but, un- Ibis aro records of work done for fortunately, very expensive. It costs "ellenia" in Russia, Holland, 7 to £10 per acre to loy. We want | Palytechnie France, Spain, Italy, China, Austra-something which is not poisonous and Ila, New Zealand, South Africa, and cheap." Amerios.

Representatives travel all over the British Isles investigating complaints and often bringing back hundreds of sumples for analysis.

THERE are a number of laboratories

where insects and grubs are kept; in test tubes, each complete with a description of the pest's particular form of gruss-destroying vice.

A special war is being waged just now on the leather jacket-com- monly known as daddy long-lers.

This lille beast is in the special care of Mr. Ferro, who, working with Miss Lovibond, hopes to get

KENT CLUB'S SURPRISE

SHELVING OF FREEMAN

(By Frank Thorogood)

Kent County Cricket Club Com- mittee has decided not to re-engage "Tich" Freeman, their famous bow- ler, for next season.

Mr. G. de L. Hough, the secre- tary, announcing the decision, sald that in view of Freeman's excep- tional services he would receive £250 on retirement and would be puid his wages next summer.

com-

An offefat of the Kent club could give no explanation of the mittee's decision. but said: "Of course, we have got to make room for our young players,"

Speaking to me on the phone at his home at Maidstone, Freeman said:

"All I can tell you about this bombshell is that the news has simply staggered me, -

"The first and only intimation which I received about my dismissal sad word, isn't it?-came from newspaper correspondents over the phone.

It's

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"I can only say it will be a very great wrench Indeed for me, this separation from Kent after being associated with the old county for 25 years."

Writing the swan song of Freeman ja

I very much like writing the swan gong of Kent, for this great little bowler, at the age of 47. is still re- garded as one of the greatest ex- ponents of his art in this country.

For

a number of years he has had go on and on with very little sup- port from other bowlers.

to

But he has kept up his end with good humour and untiring enthu

sinom.

forg

A. P. ("Tich) Freeman.

frie

Zurich Ink.

Albernians IN the grounds of the station every hicadian known kind of grass is grown and Aakens tested

for golf course purposes,e. O.R. Countless soll experiments are made so that clubs can be told what grass best suits their particular area.

Birkadlan Brightoniasis Camp It. O,E Golfels Cranleighan Danatonian Grammariana

Weeds are cultivated, 100, in order that means may be discover-Mitchamiana ed to check or destroy their growth. | Stortfordiana Altogether there are about 1,000 Windsorias experimental ⚫beds.

MORE FUNDS NEEDED. MR. DAWSON told me that the [M":

expenses of the station are about a year. "With increased £4,500 funds we could do a great deal more," be added. "Last year we were con- sulted by 800 clubs, and the staff were kept busy all the time,"

Another important side of the station's work is the training of future golf secretaries. Every year numerous aspirants to this type ot Job go to Bingley for training in the laying-out and upkeep of courses.

HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

Army Will Not Be At Full Strength Against Club

Femundiana

Kabelban Elthamian

·Fulleriana Guldfordians Haberdasher

allerburiant Irvine K.C.3.

2 RO

* BT

0

1121

Berg

N.5.W.

Queensland Tasmania Other XI's

BATTING

34

Not

サウ

61

Versus, Australia

Inns,

18

out. Rune.

2

1,345.

0 7 06 149

W. Aust.

155

100's 50 Aven 2 84.06 77,50

1 8 159 ко

S. Aust

412

103.60

Victoria

400

92.00

400

07.66

13.50

26.00

264

80.00

Total

2 3,119 15 BOWLING AND FIELDING

A

77.07

Wickets.

Runs,

Aver.

Catches

14

378

41.28

3

04

31.33

151

151.00

2

104

62.00

17

310

18.23

43

211

27.00

1.412

35.30

HOUSE CLUBS

OLD BOYS

D 4

Maldatonina Bill Whiteift'n Nottingham

telentiana Ekinner Tinians Wandsworth'ns Wimbledon'as

SOUTH OF ENGLAND Ashford (Kent) Bournemouth Canterbury

Dorking

Dores Fastbourne

· Thanel W'd*m, Weybridse

Chilleen

MIDL

Crewe and N'ntwich

Harpenden Hinckley

Mid Heria Maneley Nuneaton Waleal! Whampo Nolla

Derby

99*4 0378*** ****===CROGERZ

0 121

36

180

so

4

61

0 7

133

40 BG

men.

Australia

W: Aust.

3. Aust.

Victoria

N.S.W..

Queensland

Tasmania

Other XI'S

Total

40

In 1928-29 Hammond kept la two matches and stumped three bats-

RIFLE ASSOCIATION

BIG MEMBERSHIP INCREASE

4

COUNCIL MEETS

A meeting of the Council of the Hongkong Rinc Association พร held yesterday evening at the Hong- kong Hotel, when the following were present: Major R. D. Walker, M.C., President (in the chair), Messrs. A C. Ford, W. Austin, Y. S. Wan, J. D.

Our Daily Golf Hint

The nervous golfer can never visualise his ball drop- ping into the hole. This is psychological; but try to imagine that you are pushing a marble into a bucket.

-Harry Fulford.

now be held in the

LAI WAH CUP

THE ARMY TEAM SELECTED

The following will represent the Ariny in the re-play Semi-Final match in the Lai Wah Cup Competl- un against the Chinese on the Navy ground at Causeway Bay on Sunday, December 20:

Fus. Rowlands (R.W.F.); L/Cpl. R.U.R.); Fus. Evans (RW.F.), Cpl. Swain (East Lancs.), Bugler Stevens Campbell (R.U.R.), Fus. Taylor (R.W.F.); Rima. Erwin (R.UR.), Pte. Sandford (East Lanes.), Spr. Howlett (RE), Fus, Talbot (R.W.F.) and Ple. Ridings (East Lanes).

Reserves: L/Cpl. Connor (RUR.); Rimn. Pickering (BUR) Fus. Keating (R.W.F.): Cpl. Wanklyn

Crowthers (R.W.F.),

(East Rimn, Lancs.),

Miller (R.U.R.);

Pte. Sraith (East Lancs.), L/Cpl. Duffield (R.A.O.C.), Rimn. Ferguson (R.U.R.), L/Bdr. Knight (R.AL) and Fus, Hughes (R.W.F.).

The kick-off will be at 3.15 p.m. but players and reserves are asked to report at 2.45 p.m.

GOLF COMPETITIONS".

A. E. Clarke Qualifies In Adamson Cup

The Adamson Cup December Qualifying round played at Happy Valley between December 4 and 12 resulted in A. E. Clarke qualifying with a card of B0-1307,

F. J. de Rome returned 72-7-85, but, as he will not be in the Colony for the match play stages in April, his score is not accepted.

COUNTRY CLUB TOURNEY The following were the results of matches played at the Country Club on Sunday December 13

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

B. Basto beat W. G. Williams 7 and 8,

C. II. Suen beat L. D'Almada 7 and $.

A. J. Kew beat C. E. Roza-Pereira 15 and 4.

A. G. Botelho beat S. J. Fong 4 and 3.

LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP Mrs. A. E. R. Castro beat Mrs. A.

Mrs. F. E. Remedios beat Mrs, L.

Clubhouse on the Army Ranges.

Association's 56 Pattullo, R. H. Woodman, A. C. Ber- Finnl detalls were decided as re-w. da Roza 5 and 3. 11lyn, Captain Carless, R.M., with the gards the opening of the Clubhouse

Honorary Treasurer (Mr. T. Gto-day by Mrs. A. W. Bartholomew D'Almada 5 and 4. Stokes), and the Honorary Secretary (wife of His Excellency the General 药监

|(Major D. H. Steers, R.E).

Omeer Commanding), for which Basto 8 and 7. ceremony, a

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64

1 76

targe

Mrs. A. J. Kew beat Mrs: J. J. ottendance of Miss L. G. Ablong beat Miss O.

members and guests is expected. 1 08

◊ 2 214 45 2144 10.

#02 101 k1 7 1 2 149 6%

0129

1576. 104

28

7 10 156

HT

D 2 121 ́b6

The Army will not be nt full Note Casual strength to-day in their Triangular Blackwell Hockey Tournament (second round)

NORTH OF ENGLAND match against the Club on the H.K. Birkenhead T S.R.A. Marina ground at 4.30 p.m. Blaydon

Bradford

Aughton 'k.

No fewer than four of their re- Brighouse R gular players are not available for Carlisle the game. Sapper Howlett (goal- Datham City keeper) and Sopper Brown (right Bride half) are on duty, while Bandsman Gateshead Foll Cox (right back) and Khan Bahadur

(left back) are sick.

The following will turn out:

Gosforth

Barrogate

Hartlepool R.

Hartlepool 0.1

Headingley

Hudderf 0.1,

Cpl. Boyd (R.U.R.); Rimn. Logue Kendal (R.U.R.), Kishen Singh (H.K.S.R.A.); Leeda 'h'mas, L/Cpl. Mooro (RU.R.), Capt. Staples Univ.

Liverpool fon (Kumaon Rifles), Alaf Din (Pun- 'pol Univ. jabist; Licut. Robinson (East Lancs.), Manchester Lleut, Garthwaite (R.A.), Rfmn. Mehr. Univ.

Morley Pataub (Kumaon Rides),

L/Nalk New Brighton was during lus last tour in Austra- Narain Singh (Kumaon Rifles), and Northern lla. He went through the whole Lal Singh (Punjabis). campaign without playing in a Test match..

One of the biggest disappolat- inents, I think, of his cricketing life

It is indeed strange that in an age | when slow bowlers occupy so pro- minent a place in the affairs of the game that Freeman has never op- peared for England against Austra~ la in this country...

SUSSEX PLAYERS' GESTURE

LADIES' COMPETITIONS

N. Durham Olliy Old Noves Percy Pk.

Medear

Tlockcliff Roundhay Arion Fialo

SEVEN--A-SIDE MATCHES TO BE Randal

PLAYED ON JAME DAY

Exeter

76

D

2 118 60

108 112 799.142

107

104 115

171

79 81

54 TL 62

After the minutes of the last meet ing had been read and confirmed, the Council approved of the applications for individual full membership from eighteen persons,

The application from the Hongkong Police Reserve (Chinese Company) to affliate as a "unit" to the Association was also unanimously approved.

The Honorary Secretary reported that the individual full membership

Basto 5 and 4,

Helen Jacobs Says I'm Not

Marrying-Yet'

to date now numbered 458, while the ROM a little thatched farmhouse in Long Crendon (Bucks), to

allated membership exceeded 5,200. He also informed the Council that 4411 enquiries had

received recently been from two units regarding amilation, and

there was a distinct possi- that 66 103 bility of the five hundred figure 308 140 being passed as regards individuo! full membership by the end of the EN 158 present year..

.00 .00 186 44

The Honorary Secretary was given

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8 authority

74 70

112

148 AZ

2 12 19

Bouthpart Bunderland Tybedsje At a meeting of the Hongkong Waterloo Wakefield Sussex County Cricket profession- Monday, it was decided to hold the Ladies' Hockey Association held on

Westo His great services to the county als have voluntarily agreed to accept Ladies' Seven-a-Side Competition on

W. Hartlepool mally began about 1020, although he a 5 per cent. reduction in their the Central British School ground on

WEST OF ENGLAND Joined the Kent staff two years be- salaries in an effort to improve the January 0. All the matches will be Bidmouth

Berkshire W. the war.

inancial position of the club. This His peak year was 1928, when he will icok 294. wickels and broke, the permean a saving of about £250 played on the same day.

Early this month Mr. W. scord of Tour Richardson, the old Knowles, Secretary of the Club, will be amalgamated with the Penree Torqua

per

The Knill Cup Junior competition mouth fast bowler of Surrey, la each of and Mr. W. Newham, Assistant Cup series, the former trophy to be Wermonth the following seven seasons he took Secretary, offered to accept reduced presented to the runners-up. The

malaries. In the past two seasons draw for the contest will be made Greyk ∙With one

exception, the margin Sussex have lost 23,000, and the on the ground before the commence Norwich over the 200 was very considerable, overdraft now amounts' to £6,000.

Ilford W. ment of the competition.

Bootbend

· over 200.

Stroud

Taunton

$9 106

69

KA 128

to

engage

additional

which reports of imminent wedding bella had trailed her all the way from California, Wimbledon tennis champion Helen Jacobs has announced:

"All this talk of my engage- ment is silly. I have come to England for another season of fox hunting, and incidentally- I'm going to try to write a novel, surprising as it may seem."

clerical assistance in view of the faci When the name of Herschel V. that the membership has now reached Johnson first secretary of the Ameri- such unlooked-for numbers, that can Embassy in London, was men-

work in the Secretary's Omeo has tioned,

Miss

90 60 assumed such dimensions as to make slightly, replied:

54 it necessary for extra staff to be

134

DR 18 employed

24

18

187"

I haven't

remember far

Jacobs hesitated

aro

"Mr. Johnson and 1

#101 great friends, but thal's all there is in it. He is in America now

seen him for I don't how long. Anyway, as as engagements are concerned, there just aren't any.

married to somebody,

"Eventually I suppose. I'll get But right now there's just fox hunting, my novel, and Wimbledon next summer."

Miss Jacobs referred to a Holly-

18 The Council heard with the 167 greatest satisfaction that the appen! made by the President at the first annual dinner has resulted in pro- mises of financial support for the Clubhouse Building Fund exceeding $1,300 in the aggregate,

Provision was made by the Council conduct of the spoon for the better cond 22 108 and practice shoots, (particularly, wood film offer following her win in

140 35

at week-ends), this year's British tennis, but added:

those taking place at 81 Es regards speeding-up the shooting "Don't think I'd be good for the 11907 and thus avoiding, as far as possible,

1 112 any members having to fire in

20 rapidly falling light, -

BANNED, SHE PLEADS

movies."

2 121

15942

158 25 apenschaw

It was

Freed that the usual

Shoot should be held.

on Boxing Day, providing that the

EAST OF ENGLAND

Troy (N.Y. State), Mrs. Eleanor Holm Jarrett, back-

Naval Authorities could see their stroke swimming champion, who was

| Miss Helen Hull Jacoba.

way to allow the Association to use dismissed from the American Olympic Instatement into the Amateur Ath- the Stonecutters Range, and that the team for infraction of training rules, lelle Union at the annual convention dinner which follows the shoot should will make a” personal plea for re- at Houston, Texas,