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SPORTS GOSSIP

Golf Stars Are Tired Of

Seaside Courses

EADING golf professionals want evarions interested in frst-class cricket the greatest golf tournament of outside the Board of Control considera all-the Open Championship this suggestion one of vital importance. played on л course similar to

Wentworth, where, recently, they competed in the "championship of champions. This is not just idle

chatter.

All the stars were tremendously im- pressed by the excellence of the course. its strenuous test of accurate golf, and the perfections of the appointments.

*Why must wa always have the greatest of a golf tournaments played 71er a sosside course? Why not give the inland courses, many of which are vastly superior to the rika, an opportunity of singing the Open?"

These questions were asked of each

other by the professionals, and they will be asked again and again until the

1. and A. ngreb,

Best Time

Not Discussed

Bamount of time taken over the decision when it was made at a meeting

UT the Board, judulng by the

last winter, takes just the opposite view. I daratand that when the Tente matches for next summer were considered there was, no discusalon whatever, re-

arding the number of days to ba

allotted to each Tent. Almost with a wave of the hand the matter was dis fnlaunch

* Three days were long enough in my time" remarked a famous ex-England player "I suppose they need four now," and there the matter ended}

Two. Objections

IT is taken me a long time to And

out what the objections are to Ave diny Trala with Avratralla I have fin covered two,

Cerinin counly ometala are afraid that If a Test in started on Thuradas-an IL E profesionals have another re would be if they were increased to ave quent. They want the Open played days the Saturday gate inigiit be lett About September-October, which the weather an the bowlera ni they maintain, 19 the best Koling advantage on the first two days. Well

wrother.

it mbent rain aŭ day Saturday and the. gate would be lost just the same.

The naditional representatives of the POA. on the Chanipionship committer will be urged to got busy, and see what can be done about 12,

Unfortunately £21 administration of rolf, as in cricket, dawn tonnia and other Ramen, the "powern-that-be" scern to take little note of the flows and desires of those who play, and 20 responsible for making the champlan-

The other objection natounded me. It was voleed by a responsible offcial of a county ericket club. · We're agaiTINE live-stay Testa,“ fin said. “It would be the thin end of the wedge to Umefram Tenta which the Australians want. We're not going to play into their handia Ukr that."

shipn the outstanding success they are No Use

to-dar.

Test Change?

TAKE cricket as an example.

Lat

summer I rained the quration of Avo days for the Tests with Australin Boat trason, and suggested that even at flits intentage the change should nud might be made,

Since then the ball I not rolling has gallierad speed and strength. The ựg- geation was halled willa dolight by Test players in this country and immediately recolved approval in Australia.

Don Bradman, who will be captain of the tourists next summer, and it. W. V. tobias, England's probable skipper, ATO both strong advocates of Bredny Tests.

Still Hope

WILL there be any response from the

Bond of Control of Test mateties

at home when it mesta in November? Thore in still time to make the change. The counties have a majority on that exmmitten. If they don't let upan It, the responsibility will be their.

The amnaing thing, to mo, is that

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arguing with one who took that

attitude.

The espilulezi meid, wisher of the players, the distol Banco to be gained by an extra day la each Teat, and Thi prospect of more flatshed matches are naught, apparently, so long as the Adstralians are not given what they want.

Golfers Too

I HAVE always been told that golf and

cricket don't go well together.

1

zeem to havs got well involved in the two games, and inors and more cricke fers are turning to golf for their winter recreation,

The Yorkshire team will be meeting for their annual golf match abortly, and they have in Brian Belinen a two-handl cap-ployer and Maurico Leyland, Herbert Sutellife and "Ticker" Mitchell can hit a gond! Dal!.

Both T. N. Pearce and D. R. Wilcox, who shared the captaincy of Essex hi the summer were in the team which played a day's match at Frinton.

Pearce has only recently taken up

KOWLOON GOLF Qualifying Round For Club Championships

THE

HONGKONG

BY CHARLES BRAY

DON BRADMAN, an advocate of

Ave-day Testa.

golf, but he can do some amazing things

with a rusty old mashte-nthlick, his favourite club.

Good Idea

que luen of county cricketers playing

golf professionals is a good one, au the professionals would have to be on their game to win I they played of blus 2, and the cricketers of their etub handicaps.

Don Bradona, Brian Bellers, Lionel Lister, A. F. F. Chopinati, Drini Valen. Uno, Leslie Toud. Wally Hammont Leafard Crawley, Charlio Barnett and antaheil-Innes are all playing frat-chu cricketers who have handicaps below 0. Why not make it a triangular tourTIM- ment, and bring in a team of profes- alonal footballers, many of whain, ainen Kelf became such a favoured part of their trainion, inve rapidly brought their handicaps down to single #gurės?

TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937.

WEEKLY HOCKEY COMMENTS

BY "THE PILGRIM"

League Champions Beat Cup-Holders

London, Noy. 3.

In a Charity Shield soccer to-day, Manchester

match

City, last season's League

CORRECT NOTES

STYLE OF

CURRENT

champions, defeated Sunder- ROLLING-IN

land, the F.A. Cup-holders, by two goals to nil.-Reuter.

RUGBY

Surrey Defeats

Middlesex

Light Blues Score Easy Victory

London, Nov. 3. By 14 points to all, Surrey, to-day defeated Middlesex in the Rugby Union County Championship Richmond.

Many Halves Do Not Know It

C.

INTEREST..

ALTING, the former Dutch *** teach player, is inst rc~ covering his old form. Ploying at inside-right for the Y.M.C.A., he has scored four goals in two games. He will want watching once. he gets into bis 'stride,

Many half-backs (ladies and men) in the Colony are often at fault with regard to the ISS Stella West, St. Andrew's would advise Um- " Tadies left half, underwent a roll-in. 1 pires in local hockey to successful operation for appendicitis

is Friday. She penalise them whenover necessatisfactorily, but will probably be improving

out of the game for the rest of the season.

sary.

Here is the rule: "It is definitely forbidden to put the ball into play

la." except by rolling, it

Somo

roller-in

players jerk it or throw it, which is

incorrect.

The

or

lust

CAPT. Lock of the U.S.R.C. better

known in tennis circles as a

left-half, pulled a leg muscle a few weeks

ment. He hopes to be playing mens still under medical treat- again shortly.

TONY Alves, Recreio

right half) must have his hands out- League player, is also a brilliant ide the touch-line when he delivers hockey forward. He leads the the ball.

It is impossible to roll the Kumaon Rifles' attack and is very bell in at the spot where it went dangerous on a sand pitch. out if the hand which delivers the ball is inside the field of play. The roller-in, may not approach the ball or in any way take part in the game until another player has touched the Cambridge University scored an ball. This is to prevent the practice easy win over Guy's Hospital, by of some players who, as soon as they 27-5, and St. Bart's Hospital over had rolled the ball in quite slowly, came an Army XV by 27 points to followed it up and interfered with three-Reuter.

any opponent who might attempt to play it. The roller-in is entirely

Ladies were sur- out of the game until someone else

prised to hear that G. E. Clarke, has touched or played the ball.

Under the old rule, the roller-In the C.B.A. Ladies' couch, is the son had to "be outside the Beld of play" of W. G. Clarke, the well-known now he has to "stand", which means Shanghai Indica coach. As one of remarked. northern friends that he must be stationary when he jour delivers the ball. He must not roll "His mannerisms certainly remind it in whilst he is on the move. Un-one of his old man." This was last der this new rule there can be no Saturday week, after the C.B.A.- excuse for no rolling the ball in at Shanghai malch, when "G. E." was giving his ladles a lecture. A chip the exact spot where it went out.

BE CAREFUL OF STICK INTERFERENCE

Helen Wills Writes

Book Covering

Long Tennis Career

TELLS FRANK STORY OF HER

DEFAULT TO HELEN JACOBS

By Stuart Cameron

United Press Sports Editor

The interpretation of this rule is no difficulties. standing on

clear

no du

and prescers

Do not allow their sticks, as often happens the moment the ball is rolled in.

THE Shanglial

of the old block, is Nobby!

THE Radio Sports Club has can- celled its fixture with Macno .Sunday. Most of the Radio

next

Players are not then within striking men will be on duty and are unable distance of the ball. A player who to make the trip. Should any other team be willing to fill this date, it his own goal should get in touch with G. P. Lam- turns towards roll-in is usually obstructing an op- ponent.

PENALISE THIS Penalise the roller-in if he delivers New York. the ball will his hand inside the Helen Wills' story of Helen Wills' career in tennis, art and field of play; he must keep his hands society is told in an aptly titled book, "Fifteen-Thirty" (Scrib-as well as his feet and stick beyond ners). She prefers, it seems, to be known as Helen Wills al-the touch-line when the roll-in Is

being

made. Hooking sticks from though her manuscript was in the publishers' hands before her an opponent's left side is more fre- divorce from Freddle-as she calls him-Moody.

quent nt roll-in than any other ilme, and must be watched. Do not allow the roller-in to jerk the ball; must be simply rolled along the ground with no perceptible bending of the elbow and with the back of The hand to the groundl.

The story 13 picasantly and modestly told in straight-forward The qualifying round for the style. All of her doubles victories. Kowloon Golf Club Championship it seems, were achieved, despite her will be played on Sunday, November own pury and stupid play, solely by 7. The starting times are as fol-lhe brilliance of her partner. That's low:

an exaggeration, of course, but only

9.00 am.. O. Murphy. v. W. C. slightly so. It is inspired by a vivid Simpson.

recollection of Miss Wills' perform-

9.05 am.. D. Thonson v. C. G.ance in tandem competition at Forest Anderson.

-9,10...a.m.-J. F.-Smedley-v- A.-J.

Dennls.

0.15 a.m.-W. Taylor v A. W. "da

Razn

9.20 am.-R. K. Collings v. A. A. Lopes.

9.25 a.m.-S. Jex V. F. E. medios.

Ils.

9.30 un.-W. Groves v. E. D. da age of 17 and on through her final

Roza

0.35 a.m.-W.

A. Stewart v.

E.

Christensen.

9.40 a.m.-T. D. Paton v. F. Barry.

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Although the book is the story of. probably the greatest and most famous woman tennis player the world has known. It is no means recitation of tennis matches. While Ite-Miss Wills dees cover her playing career from the age of 14, her first United States championship at the

Wimbledon, triumph at

she takes space to tell of her reactions and her psychology. Her Impressions of Wimbledon, particularly of the hal- lower centre court, offer the best description of a place difcult to describe-difficult because is a virtual impossibility to explain to one who has not been there why Wimbledon is Wimbledon. That's something that must be felt.

FAMOUS MATCHES DISCUSSED 11igh points of the book are Miss Wills' report of her two most con- troversial matches. For the non- tennis-minded It might be set down here that in each case her opponent Was Helen Jacobs. Both are Call- fumlans and it is sute to say that neither likes the other although there are no oficial

quotations to

that effect.

Mrs. Helen Wills Moody ...no intention of turning "pro."

ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME Always make the roller-in give

mert

Macao.

immediately, P.O.

Box 222,

KOWLOON INDIANS

GO UNDER

BEATEN BY THE RAJPUT RIFLES

time to a player to take up his posi- ! On the Marina ground last evening, tion on the seven yards line, if that a scratch team from the Rajputana player is unintentionally off the field Rifles defeated the Kowloon Indian of play. Some rollers-in do not give C. by two clear goals. J. Pinto and sumelent time to an opponent who A. P. Souan were notable absentees

in-the-K.LT.C.-icam. has gone to retrieve the ball.

TRIANGULAR TOURNEY STARTS

Navy Meets Army This Afternoon

The Rifles enjoyed the best of the exchanges in the first half, and on resumption found the net on two occasions through their inside-left and centre-forward.

..

The KIT.C. attack, with Narain Singh and Pyara Singh, tried des- perately to reduce the score but the opposite defence proved too solid.

The Rifles were best served by their A brilliant game of hockey centre-forward, inside-right and right hould be · scen on the Navy buck. The Kowloon Indians would ground, King's Park, at 4.30 pm nelded a full team.

undobtedly have done better had they

this afternoon when the Army

will meet the Navy in the first en-

counter of the Triangular

Tournament.

I have watched the Navy players

in their last two matches and they

are combining well as a team-so well

that I anticipate a victory for them.

The Army at the moment is quita

a tough proposition but I have not

seen the players combine together as

#

real unit yet. They will be hundi-

capped playing on a grass pitch and

There was only a small crowd, as this is where the Navy will hold it The first of these controversial interest had died down because of distinct advantage. matches occurred at Forest Hills. the delay, Helen Jacobs was my

t is going to be a keen fight be

It was the finni of the 1933 women's opponent. I won the first set, 8-d.tween the Army attack and the for- national championship. At that which was long drawn out, and she midable Navy defence.

shall be

do not say it is incapable of doing so.

time she had foregone play in the won the second 0-3. We had long surprised if the Army wins though 1 Wightman cup matches because of rallies and she was very stendy. "sub-acute unstable fifth lumbar "It would have been a strenuous vertebra symptoms." This malady match for any player. I was trying overtook her while playing Miss to meet the competition of the match match would have ended in this way Jacobs, causing her to default after tralling love-three in games in the and the same time was carrying on no matter against whom I had been

another fight within myself one playing." Phird sot. This, of course, deprived tha

that was between my brain, which The ather match was the finals of "the other Helen" of an outright was commanding, and my muscles, the All-England chumpionship. nt victory, and became a great con- which were bound in an iron-clad Wimbledon in 1935. Miss Wills teils versational topic. Many fell that spasm trying to protect the injured of winning the "Little Poker Face" could have gone nerves

first set of this of my back. When the match, 0-3 and losing the second,

last point of the.

an and served faults and netted match went into the third set I had 3-0. Of the deciding set she weltes, selves from her rival. Anyway, to give up, as I know It was the end "Miss Jacobs then stepped one more here are some of the things Miss when the stadium began to swim ang Wals says about the match:

bhead to Jeud ni $ .to around in the air. I managed to 3, and reached wbat could have "My feeling was one of surprise get up, to the umpire's stand and said been the very that I had reached the semi-finals I can't go on A bost of features... your choice of two

Here she missed at all. My mind

match, point set. would tell me "I had fainted on the court, ita fairly where

ensy shot, a lob of mine go, but there was no would have been thought a more which she volleyed outside. I knew answering action. It was curious. conclusive finish to the match in the naturally, that the Nor could I tend over, as a strange eyes of many of the onlookers, for been saved, but there was no way

point net had allness had taken hold of my right then they would have been con- of telling that the match itself had leg and back, and when. I went vinced that I could not continue. been rescued. During the

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like rigidness was muscle spasm been able to think clearly I might however, I had never felt as con- which is brought on by the muscles have chosen to remain.

"THOUGHT ONLY OF MYSELF"

After the recovery of the set point, Odent in

any match within my memory. I was not sure that the

trying to protect injured nerves and Listuc.

It was to take almost two "It was unfortunate that Miss set was mine, by any means, because years to disappear."

Jacobs could not have had a con- looking ahead to the conclusion of WON. FIRST, LAST SECOND. plcic victory, as it would have been a match is beyond the demand of the Miss Wills then tells of the post-had I been able to remain a little moment. ponement of the final match because longer. on the court. But being of rain,

IN MENTAL DAZE naturally seldah, I thought only of Finally the rain stopped; and it myself.

"As we left the court, in order I could understand her to make sure, I asked the first person was possible to play the final match. feeling of disappointment, but the

(Continued on Page 8.)"

ALLSOPPO

"Y" LADIES WEAK IN ATTACK

Goalless Draw With Shanghai

Ladies

Some good hockey was seen at King's Park last Saturday when the "Y" Ladies enter- tained the Shanghai Ladies on their home ground. A goal- less draw was a fair result on the run of the play, but had the home team had the services of Miss M. Smith, their star in- side left, victory would cor. tainly have been their's.

Miss J. Ephgrove, in the Shang- haf goal, ngnin gave an outstanding display, frustrating many dangerous Miss Westcott in the "y" attack. The "Y" forwards played a more forceful attempts made by Mrs. Gardner and

game, but their finishing was not so good. Miss M. Westcolt missed

Miss A. Fowler

played well at left back for "Yu against Shanghai last week..

a splendid scoring chance when she took the ball, to within two yards of Mist Ephgrave and shot straight at the gol-keeper. So poor were the "y" Ladies when in the circle that the Shanghai goalie left her churge numerous occasions and smothered effectively what attempts the opposing forwards made.

Miss

on

Miss

W. Klein, the Shanghai right hall, was also very sound, keeping Miss Westcott well under control. Mrs. Rignell, at left back, was seen to_make_some_good_clearances: and P. Pelgura, as plvot, was al-

The ways on alert. The Shanghai uttack made spasmodic raids but with the exception of Mrs, Williams, their leader, who proved dangerous, the others rendered poor assistance, due to their hesitancy in getting rid of the ball.

REPETITION OF FIRST The second half of the game was more or less a repetition of the first, and here again Mrs. Gardner sent in a feeble shot which the goalie had no difficulty in clearing. Miss M. McCaw made her prezence felt with some Ane constructivo (Continued on Page 9.)

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