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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

MARCH

1997.

Clubhouse Chatter

By "Veritas" BADMINTON SEASON DRAWING TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE

UNSUITABLE COURTS STILL

OFFER A PROBLEM

BUT GAME CONTINUES TO DEVELOP

HONGKONG'S badminton sea- enabled one new club to "put itself son is reaching its climax on the map" so far as badminton is and before the end of April the ing originally in the junior division, concerned. Chinese Y.M.C.A., enter. Association will be able to write discovered

discovered before Christmas that finis to a winter of encouraging they were of "A" Division standard achlevements. The steady and

and made successful application for transfer. Their achievements among growth of the game has been the senior teams have been some of maintained, additional impetus the features of the season, and it is being lent by the successful ur-safe to predict that the team will ganisation of the Colony's first become an even more important fac- tor in local league badminton in the open championships. Though, future. when this tournament was first

monted, players appeared to bo Better Courts Nooded slow in giving support, the final entry list was highly satisfac.

UNFORTUNATELY the problem

tory, while the unthusiasm with been omnipresent and has caused a of proper playing facilities has which competitors have fulfilled certain amount of worry to the As- their ties has done much to sociation. On the other hand it is cement confidence in the hope pleasing to note the efforts made by

existing con-

that this will become an annual me clubs to or example, adopt-

sports event in the Colony.

League Continues

Strongly

NEIT

ditions. Recreio

the

ed new lighting at the

e season and vastly Binning of improved their court. If Recreio only had a

a higher ceiling. It would be a first-class court. Chinese Recreation Club have also taken the plunge and have gone in for "cluster" lights from the centre otherwise

but

new

Eu

disappointment awaited players, who discovered that

it

uce,

OCEAN WINNEIL-Bending to the breeze, on her 184-mila ocean course in the fourth annual Miami-to-Nassau race, here in Stormy Weather, 84-foot yawi officially declared the winner, the is owned by Robert W. Johnson, New York Yacht Club, and was skippered by Roderick Blephens, Jr., of New York City, Bho was also the winrer of the trans-Atlantic race to Norway last year.

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR GOLF

A Few Useful Tips From Jack McLean'

IN

a talk with John Grime, of the Daily Express, Jack McLean ex- pressed opinions and gave hints on play which may help many golfers to improve their game. The interview is reproduced in the form of question and answer.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT STANCE AND SWING?

EITHER has there been any fall-of the court, but the

ing off of interest so far as the is still for from satisfactory, girders league is concerned. The Associa- and electric fans continuing to tion acted wisely in splitting the vide unhappy impediments to men's doubles into two divisions, and shots. The use of the the only regret of the season is that sen gymnasium at the University for Insumleient teams were to be found badminton was hailed with pleasant to continue the

ue the ladies doubles league. anticipation, One sincerely hopes that next season awaited it will be possible to resume this the whitewashed walls cast a dis- event. Recreio have already won tressing glore over the court, making the mixed doubles league (for the third successive year), while King's extremely difficult to follow the

flight of smashes or overhead

drop College,

threat with their one big

threat shots. In every other respect the Tumoved- Chinese Y.M.C.A.--com- fortably annexed the "B" Division masium provides ideal require

ments for badminton. It can sent te, though they were surprised by hun

hundreds of spectators comfortably, John's Cathedral who beat them has a roof which is almost impossi- at the Cathedral Hall by the odd ble to hit :

to hit, has b wood surface, game. University "A" are virtual and

only the champions of the "A" Division and adequate lighting.

A lot. Let's talk about stance first on walls could be distempered a ducker This is very important-which is pro- They need but Lo beat Chinese colo

colour! St. Andrew's have Y.M.C.A. on Friday next to win the

isobably why there are so many theories. mude championship, end-that they will dede attempts to improve the cun- One of commonest is to stand with

714013" "WHY?""""better" Kowloon Tong's agitation for a less apart. That is why you see so many with "beter" "bgming while your feet the width of your shoulders slippery floor has been rewarded

tall, thin men adopting a narrow with some attention to the matter by stance and big, heavy men a very the committee. If King's College wide stannee. had slightly stronger lighting it would make an incomparable court, where- as Chinese Y.M.C.A., though spacious, well lighted and excellent underfoot, is completely ruined by its maze of floor maridings which include bad minton, volleyball, basketball and a few other indoor pastimes so much favoured by the Chinese. The posi▾ tion is that the ideal badminton court has yet to be found in Hongkong.

this is a certainty. If the league has dong nothing else, it has this season

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EDDIE' HEADS

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A

WELL, WHY SHOULDN'T THEY?

There's every reason why they shouldn't. It's a hundred to one that they are not properly balanced on their feet.

WHAT IS YOUR METHOD, THEN 7 |

It's very simple. Ridiculously sim- ple. Suppose you are walking along, the street at your normal stride. Stop-with-your-left-foot--forward, then turn on both heels. There you

ND this particular court may be have your stance, ready made. Your

me. I hear that Kowloon Cricket can be. Club definitely have badminton In

to the hole.

IS THAT ALL?

THE BALL?

Japan Wants Olympic Winter Sports

Tokyo.

Declaring that "Japan lacks 'neither good slopes nor an en- thusiasm for skiing." officials of the Japan Olympic Com- mittee expressed hope that the Federation of Internation- al Skiing, now meeting at Chamonix, France, would choose Japan as the site of the 1940 Winter Olympiad..

St. George's Society

ANNUAL REPORT

ISSUED

The annual report of the Society

of St. George, Hongkong, states that the General, Funds show a balance in hand of $4,010.20, a re- duction of $1,206.48 when compared with the

The Income year 1935. derived from subscriptions and en- trance fees and donations for charity shows a slight increase, but in- terest has decreased. It was decided

Remember not to stretch after it. That makes the arms rigid. I just let the arms hang naturally from the shoulders, with the elbows about two inches away from the sides. Inci- dentally, that's another fault about the interlocking grip: it makes the to close the entertainment Fund and left arm too tense and straight, even

to transfer the small balance of when you are addressing the ball.

Funds. It $31.01 to the General will be noticed that the expenses of WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHT ARM1

the band concert held on St. George's Day were defrayed from these funds.

Slip a tin of She-ko into your bag. mind in connection with a new it will come in handy for the treat-scheme for the extension of sports

Hardly. The next thing to do is ment of cuts, scratches, bruises and facilities, First to receive attention, to square up to the hole. The things you have to think about are toes, the many other minor injuries which however, is lawn bowls and tennis. are invariably the sportsman's Io1. If, after these requirements have hips and shoulders. It may not

There is no more useful adjunct to been salistled it is possible to

quite possible do sound sense, but it a first aid outfit. Composed of something for badminton, something for your shoulder to be out of line blend of the finest curative, antisep will be done. Several ideas have with your hips. Toes, hips and tic ingredients, She-ko cools, soothes been placed before the committee and shoulders must all be at right angles and rapidly heals.

the matter is receiving serious con- Equally good for skin complaints sideration. If anything does mater- such as ringworm, eczema, itch, pim-ialise it will mean that a court will WHAT ABOUT DISTANCE FROM ples, boils, ulcers, sores of all kinds be constructed specially for badmin- and external piles. Medicine dealers

ton, and due attention can be pald everywhere can supply

to the necessary requirements for an ideal court. What is more, Free ree Lances, the

former Fire Brigade ployers, who have participated in the league this season without a court of Healing..their own, are negotiating for the use of n new hall for next season. I am told that if things are satisfactorily arranged, Free Lances will boast of the best playing conditions Bome

The right arm should work so that available in the Colony. -All-- of

the elbow remains very close to which is sufelent indication that

the body. You can be sure then of badminton has definitely established hitting inside-out, which will keep itself as one of the most important winter games here, and that is the ball straight, instead of outside-in, result in a hook or a which will s development is new almost auto-

slice or anything. matic.

A good

od idea on testing how close you are keeping right elbow to your side is to place a letter or a postcard underneath it. I keep my elbow so tucked in that not even 2 stomp would fall to the ground until after the ball ins been hit, and sometimes not

Even then.

THAT OVERDOING IT? Not a bit.

It results in a really compact swing Of course, you can hit further by giving the right elbow more freedom, by letting it go, but that would mean a longer swing with margin for error. And you wouldn't be sure of keeping the ball straight. I could put another afteen or twenty yards on my drive it chose to. But I don't choose

DO THE AMERICANS SWING

SLIKE THAT? Yes. When I was over I asked some of them if my style was too they are unlikely to make the trip. tight. Bobby Jones, Shule, Horton Now the Australian association Is Smith all advised me not to change. not rich like the L.T.A., but their They all hit past the chin, too, whil last balance-sheet showed them to be WHAT IS "HITTING PAST THE

BRANCHIN?” worth over

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WIMBLEDON PROFITS ARE DOWN

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dimcult to defend, especially. foreign associations can well afford thelr to provide full expenses for teams.

Even now there is a dispute going on over one of the Dominion teams. The Australian women players who plan to play at the next Wimbledon have been offered a grant of £250 by the L.T.A. The Australians re- tort that unless the offer is increased

ford

to

pay,

more

£7,000. So they can of It If the result of the compact

you

swing I have been explaining to combined with looking at the ball with the left eye,

y

If these grants to visitors were stopped the need for economy at homa would disappear. But the stars from abroad might then start a That is, to say, keeping your head boycott, and in year or two Wim- slightly turned to the right so that bledon would deteriorate into a the left eye is immediately over the minor tournament So a better ballo method possibly might be to arrive Yes, Then your head is once in this position it most important me an aquitable expenses arrangement this pos don't move In As the

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grania

Expenditure under the head of and donations reached o figure of $2,450,07. This figure is admittedly high but, members may rest assured that all cases were very carefully considered before assistance

In was granted. certain instances refunds have been received and this should prove that assistance render- ed is appreciated.

Your Committee regrets to report the deaths of C. Bulmer Johnson, M. A Cooper, E Jones, A. Kelib, A. Colbourne Little, L. E. Longbot tom and A. G. Plle. During the year, 37 new members were elected to the Society and 19 members re- signed. After taking into account members known to be absent from the Colony, the present active st Is 404 compared with 424 last year. The accounts have been audited by Mr. S. Hampden Ross, to whom the thanks of the Society are due.

INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY

It was announced this morning that the International hockey match between, Ireland and Portugal would be played this afternoon on the Club. ground, King's Park, bully-off at 5:10.

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The Second Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 27th and Monday, 29th March, 1937, commencing at. 1230 p.m. ·

The First Bell will be rung at 12 NOON on both days.

By Order,

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Hongkong, 22nd March, 1937,

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