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SPORTS GOSSIP

Golf Stars Are Tired Of Seaside Courses

kfilm suggestion ena of vital importanco.

Not Discussed

EADING golf professionals want everyous Interested in first-class cricke 4the greatent golf tournament of outside the Board of Control considers all-the Open Championship- played on Д COUTRO similar to Wentworth, where, recently, they competed in the "championship of champlona." This is not just Idle chatter.

All the stars were tremendously im- pressed by the excellence of the course, ita strenuous tent of accurate golf, and the perfections of the appointmeala,

"Why must- wo always have the greatest of all golf tournaments played Over a seaside coures? Why not give the inland coumen. many of which are vastly superior to the loka, an' opportunity of staging the Open?"

These questions store waked of each other by the professionals, and they will banked again and again until the

it, and A. RETOO.

Best Time

the

BUT the Board, Judging by

amount of time taken over the decision when it was made at a meeting lant winter, takes just the opposite view. I understand that when the Tesis natching for next summer were considered there was no ductalon whatever ro garding the number of days to be allotted to encl Test. Almost with a wave of the tand the matter was cla Inland).

Three days were long enough in my time" remarked a famous ex-England layer "1 suppoas they need four now." and there the matter ended

Two Objections

IT has taken me a long time to and

ou want the objectiona ar to Ave- day Tests with Australia. 1 tavo dia- covered twa.

Certain county officiala are afraid thint If a Test in started on Thursday-an it would be if they were increased to five dns-the Saturday rate might be lost which, if the weather gave the. bowlers an golong advantage oil the fires two daga. Wall it might rain all day Baturday and the Hate would be lost just the namo,

U profesionala have another re

fucat. They want the Open played about September-October. they matlari, the best weather,

L#

The additional representativen of the 1.0.A. on the Championship comiliter will be urged to get busy, knu see what call be done about it..

Unfortunately in the administration of golf, as in cricket, Inwn tennis and other games, the "powers-thai-bo " scem to take little note of the viewn and desires of those who play, and are responsible for inaking the champion-

The other objection astounded me. I was volcks by a responsible official of R county cricket club, Wa're ngainat Ave-day Tenta" ko anid. "It would be the thin end of the wedge to timeless want. Tents, which the Australians We're not going to piny into their hands like that."

ships the outstanding success they are No Use

to-day.

Test Change?

TAKE cricket as an example.

Last

summer X rated the question of Rve days for the Teats with Asintgalin next Keason, and suggested that even at this late stage the change should and might be made.

ines than, the ball ¤ sot rolling kan

DAVE I up, for it was ttle uno arguing with one who took that attitude.

The oplulon and wishes of the players. the additional finance to be gained by an extra day in each Test, and prospect of more fintabed matches her fight, apparently, so long no the Australiana nro not given what they want.

Rathored speed and strength. The aug Golfers Too

irostion was hailed with delight by Teat players in this country and imehedintely recolved approval in Australia,

Don Bradman, who will be captain of the tourists next summer, and R. W. V. Robins, England's probabin skipper, aro both strong advocates of Avo-day Trats.

Still Hope

WILL there be any response from the

Board of Control of Text matches at home when it mools in November There is till time to make the chango, The counties have a majority on that committee. If they don't insist upon It, the responsibility will be theirs.

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good ball.

Both T. N. Pearce and D. t. Wilcox, who shared the captaincy ui Essex in 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

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TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,

NOVEMBER 4, 1937.

BY CHARLES BRAY

DON BRADMAN, an advocate of five-day Tests.

golf, but he can do some amazing, things

with a rusty old mashle-nibilek, his favourite ctub,

Good Idea.

THE idea of county cricketere playing golf professiounis te a good one, aut to professionals would have to be on their game to win if they played of pla off their club 2, and the cricketers handicaps,

Don Bradman, Brian Bellers, Lionel Lister. A... F. Chapman, Brian Valen tine. Lealio Todd, Wally llamthond, Leonard Crawley, Charlie Barnett and Mitchell-Innes are all playing drst-class cricketers who have handicaps below . Why not make it a triangular tourna+ ment. and bring in a team of profes sional footballers, many of whom, since golf became such a favoured part of their training, have rapidly brought their handicaps down to bingis figures?

WEEKLY HOCKEY

League Champions Beat Cup-Holders

London, Nov. 3.

In a Charity Shield soccer match to-day. Manchester City, last season's League champlons, defeated Sunder- land, the F.A. Cup-holders, by two goals to nil. Reuter,

RUGBY

Surrey Defeats

Middlesex

Light Blues Score Easy Victory

COMMENTS

BY "THE PILGRIM"

CORRECT NOTES

CURRENT

STYLE OF ROLLING-IN

Many Halves Do Not Know It

IC.

INTEREST

ALTING, the former

יימיי

Dutch

team player, is fast re- covering his old form. Playing at inside-right for the YM.C.A., he has scored four goals in two games. He will want watching once he gets into his stride,

Many half-backs (ladies and men) in the Colony are often at fault with regard to the

Indies left half, underwent a roll-in. I would advise Uma

local

to successful operation for appendicitis hockey pires-in

last

Improving Friday. She is penalise them whenever neces-satisfactorily, but will probably be

MISS Stella West, St. Andrew's

sary,

Here is the rule: "It is definitely forbidden to put the ball into play Some except by rolling it in."

out of the game for the rest of the season.

players jerk it or throw it, which in CAPT. Loch of the US.R.C., better

roiler-In (left Gr

*

known in tennis circles as incorrect. The

player, is also a brilliant right hall) must have his hands out- League

the forward lie leads side the touch-line when he delivers hockey the ball. It is impossible to roll the Kumaon Rifles attack and is very

it ball

went in at the spot where'

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 ator in any way take part in the game until another player has touched Richmond.

This is to prevent the practice ball Cambridge University scored an of some players who, as soon as they ment. He easy win over Guy's Hospital, by had rolled the ball in quite slowly, ngain shortly. 27-5, and St. Bart's Hospital over-followed it up and interfered with

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

came an Army XV by 27 points to 10: three.--Reuter.

Helen Wills Writes

Book Covering

Long Tennis Career

TELLS FRANK STORY OF HER DEFAULT TO HELEN JACOBS

By Stuart Cameron

United Press Sports Editor

New York.

"Y" LADIES

WEAK IN ATTACK

Goalless Draw With Shanghai Ladies

Some good hockey was seen at King's Park last Saturday when the "Y" Ladica 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- aide loft, victory would cer tainly have been their's.

Miss J. Ephgrave, in the Shang- lett-half,hal goal, again gave an outstanding TONY Alves, Recreio the pulled a leg muscle a few weeks display, frustrating many dangerous attempts made by Mrs. Gardner and agb and is still under medical treat-Miss Westcott in the "y" alinck. The

hopes to be playing

"y" forwards played a more forceful game, but their finishing was not so good. Miss M. Westcott missed

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

TIE Shanghai Ladies were sur- out of the game until someone elseprised to hear that G. E. Clarke, has touched or played the ball.

Under the old rule, the roller-in the CB.A. ladies' coach, is the son had to "be outside the field of play" of W. G. Clarke, the well-known now he has to "stand", which means Shanghai ladies' coach, As one of northern friends remarked. that he must be stationary when he mannerisms certainly remind delivers the ball. He must not roll

Dur

it in whilst he is on the move. Un-one of his old man." This was last week, after the C.B.A.- der this new rule there can be no Saturday excuse for no rolling the ball in at Shanghai match, when "G. E." was giving his ladies a lecture. A chip the exact spot where it went out.

of the old block, is Nobby!

OF STICK

BE CERANCE

The Interpretation of this rule is no dificulties. and presents

clear

moment

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Do not allow the players standing on eelled its fixture with Macao their sticks, as often happens the next Sunday. Most of the Radio the ball rolled innen will be on duty and are unable Players are not then within striking to make the trip. Should any other distance of the ball. A player who team be willing to all this date, it turns towards his own goal nt

should get in touch with G. P. Lam- roll-in is usually obstructing an op- mert immediately, P.O. Box 222, ponent.

Macho,

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PENALISE THIS Penalise the roller-in if he delivers the ball with 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-a well as his fect and stick beyond

being

made. Hooking sticks from ners)...She prefers, it seems, to be known as Helen Willa al- the touch-line when the roll-in is though her manuscript was in the publishers' hands before her an opponent's left side is more fre

quent

roll-in than any other divorce from Freddle as she calls him-Moody.

not time, and must be watched. Do allow the roller-in to jerk the ball; It must be simply rolled along the ground with no perceptible bending of the elbow and with the back of the hand to the ground.

The story

pleasantly and

modestly told in straight-forward The qualifying round the style. All of her doubles victories, Kowloon Golf Club Championship it seems, were achieved, despite her will be played on Sunday, November own puny and stupid play, solely by 7- The starting times are as fol- {low:

9.00 a.m.-E. O. Murphy v. W. C. Simpson.

9.03 a.m.-J. D. Thomson v. C. G. Anderson.

Onder kom fre

9.10 a.m.-J. F. Smedley v. A. Dennis,

J.¡

9.15 am.-W. Taylor v A. W.

da

Roza.

9.20 a.in.-R. K. Collings v. A.

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the brillance of her partner. That's an exaggeration, of course, but only sightly so. It is inspired by a vivid recollection of Miss Wills' perform- and in tandem competition at Forest | Hills.

that effect.

บ

matches occurred at Forest Hills.

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

ut

A

ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME Always make the roller-in give time to

to a

to take up his posi- player

KOWLOON. INDIANS

GO UNDER

BEATEN BY THE RAJPUT RIFLES

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 illes defeated the Kowloon Indian of play. Some rollers-in do not give TC. by two clear. gots. J. Plato and suficient time to an opponent who A. P. Sousa were notablo absentees

in the K.LT.C. team. has gone to retrieve the ball

TRIANGULAR TOURNEY. STARTS

Navy Meets Army This Afternoon

The Rifles enjoyed the best of the exchanges in the fret half, and on two resumption found the net on

Inside-left occasions through their and centre-forward.

Misa A. Fowler

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

a splendid scoring chinnce when she took the ball to within two yards of Miss Ephgrave and shot straight t the goal-keeper. So poor were the "Y" Ladies when in. the eircle that the Shanghal goalie left her charge

numerous

and occasions smothered effectively what attempts the opposing forwards made,

Miss W. Klein, the Shanghal right half, was also very sound, keeping Westcott well under control, Miss

on

to make some good clearances and Mrs. Rignell, at left back, was seen Miss P. Petlgura, as pivot, was al- ways-on the alert. The Shangha! attack made spasmodic raids but atta with the exception of Airs. Williams, their leader, whe proved dangerous, the others rendered poor assistance, due to their hesitancy in getting rid of the ball.

REPETITION OF FIRST

The K.IT.C. attack, with Narain Singh and Pyara Singh, tried des-

The second half of the game was perately to reduce the score but the

merc or lens repetition of the opposite defence proved too solid.

first, and here again Mrs. Gardner" The Rifles were best served by their sent in a feeble shot which the A brilliant game of hockey centre-forward, inside-right and right goulle had no difleulty in clearing. should be seen

The Kowloon Indians would Miss M. McCaw made her presenco on the Navy back.

SOMC Anc undebtedly have done better had they felt with

constructive ground, King's Park, at 4.30 p.m.nelded a full team.

(Continued on Page 9.)

this afternoon when the Army

will meet the Navy in the first en-

counter of tho 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 quite

a tough proposition but I have not

seen the players combine together as:

a real unit yet. They will be handi- capped playing on a grass pitch and

Although the book is the story of and most greatest probably. the famous woman tennis player the world has known, it is no means a recitation of tennis matches. While Miss Wils does cover her playing career from the age of 14, her first United States champlonship at the age of 17 and on through her final triumph at Wimbledon, she takes space to tell of her reactions and her psychology. Her impressions of Wimbledon, particularly of the hal- lowed centre court, offer the best description of a place dificult to describe-difficult because it is virtual impossibility to explain to' one

who hna not been there why Wimbledon is Wimbledon. That's something that must be felt, FAMOUS MATCHES DISCUSSED High 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- fornians and it is safe to say that neither likes the other although there are no official quotations to There was only a small crowd, as this is where the Navy will hold a

The Arst of these controversial interest bad died down because of distinct advantage.

the delay. Helen Jacobs was my : t is going to be a keen fight bo- It was the final of the 1633 women's opponent. I won the first set, 0-0, tween the Army attack and the for- which was long drawn out, and she midable Navy defence. I shall bo national championship. time she had foregone play in the won the second G-3. We had long surprised if the Army wins though I do not say it is incapable of doing so. Wightman cup matches because of rallies and she was very stendy. "sub-acute unstable Ath fumbar. "It would have been a strenuous vertebra symptoms," This malady match fur any player. I was trying .overtook her while playing Misa to meet the competition of the match match would have ended in this way Jacobs, causing her to default affer and the same time was carrying on no matter against whom I had been tralling love-three in games in the another fight-within

myself one playing." third not. This, of course, deprived that was between my brain, which The other match was the Bnals of "the other Helen" of an outright was commanding, and my muscles, the All-England championship at victory, and became a great con- which were bound in an Iron-clad Wimbledon in 1935. Miss Wills tells versational topic. Many felt that spasm trying to protect the Injured of winning the Grat set of this "Little Poker Face" could have gone nerves

my back. When the match, 6-3 and losing the second, an and served faults and netted match went into the third set I had 3-0. Of the deciding set she wriles, serves from her

rival. Anyway, to give up, as I knew it was the end "Miss Jacobs then stepped one more

at lend here are some

to swim tame ahead of the things Miss when the stadium began Wills says about the match:

around in the air. I managed to 3, and reactied what could have "My feeling was one of surprise get up to the umpire's stand and said been the very last point of the that I had reached the semi-finals | ́i can't go on.

match, point set. Here she missed at all. My mind would tell me "If I had fainted on the court, ita fairly easy shot, a lob of mine where to go, but there was no would have been thought a more which the volleyed outside. I knew answering netion. It was curious conclusive finish to the match in the naturally, that the point set had Nor could I bend over, as a strange eyes of many of the onlookers, for been saved, but there was no way sliffness 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. beon rescued. During

the last against there was a tremendous However, my choice was instinctive couple of games, my wind' returned. pain. I learned later that this vise rather than premeditated. Had I After the recovery of the set point, 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.

fident in any match within my trying to protect injured nerves and THOUGHT ONLY OF MYSELF" memory. I was not sure that the tissue. It was to ture almost two "It was unfortunate that Miss set was mine, by any means, because years to disappear,"

Jacobs could not have had a com- looking ahead to the conclusion of WON FIRST, LAST SECOND plete victory, as it would have been a match la beyond the demand of the. Mias Wills then tells of the post-hind I been able to remain a little moment. ponement of the final match because longer on the court. But belog

IN MENTAL DAZE of rain.

naturally selfish, I thought only of "As we loft the court, in order Finally the rain stopped, and it myself. 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 9.)

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