1938-07-07 — Page 17

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

BEHIND THE

THURSDAY,

JULY 7,

1938.

THE SPORTS THAT MILLIONS ENJOY

2-GOLF

By Charles Buchan

Now thousands flock to an open competition. In 1925 more than 20,000 swarmed over the course, preventing the players from taking their strokes properly. This led to the charging of gate money for admission.

"tiger" will carry any number I can get them wholesale."

One Department

ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLAND ELEVEN

(Continued from Page 8.)

fast medium, G. O. Allen is apparent-

LEADING CRICKET AVERAGES

FIGURES UP TO JUNE 14

BATTING

Times

Not fighest

ly not at, and Gover and Copson (Qualification: Seven innings, average: 37) seem to be doing little. Unless the wicket is rain-soaked I think that Nichols must play and Smolles as W. B. Haminond

he

P. A. Hib Sutcliffo Grestory

Paynter

Verity of Iddon certainty. This leaves C. 8. Dempster B. H. Valentine place for either Wright

Anca Goddard. The Australiano know Complon (D.) Wright by now and he has only taken seven wickets at a cost of $1.71 runs aplece. It is not a match-winning proposition.

MY GUESS I will venturen guess that given, O. Allen fine weather the English olde omit Edrich and Wright with

will. w. Whitehouse

the Gibbons former standing as 12th man. if

Dollery Hardscaff Fishlock

WHEN the Scottish noble- with minimum of five or six, but going to buy them replied, "Oh, no, wingers quite fast, though we at Hutton

men who accompanied from 10 to 20, according to his means It falls to few of the professionnistimes bowls off breaks. King James to London at and playing ability.

to make money out of competitions. Course is a Last year the total prize money paid the union of England and 400 Men In

in professional tournaments Was Scotland in 1603 introduced

£12,730. Of this, the leading 35 pinyers took £0,000, leaving very golf to this country they

little to be divided among the lesser fold me I CAN, however, genero gia started what I unhesitating-

A top-class player curate idea of the number of that he estimated his expenses for ly describe as the biggest balls used. In 1936 a grand total of tournaments at £200 o year. So 12,870,000 balls were made and sold with the exception of the fortunate sporting industry.

by the various manufacturers. At few, competitions are a debit rather Golf has

grown to such an average cost of 1a, 64. the sale than an asset. dimensions that it is practical- of balls amounted to approximately ly impossible to find out the £1,000,000. One big firm employs Rival to Other total number of players. It runs into many millions, so it

This does not by any means ex- can justly be called the univer- haust the matwy spent in equipment. Sa sporting attraction golf sal game of the people.

There are such things 25

A has become a serious rival le bugs. Jumbrellas, pullovers, leather hald- cricket and other summer Kames.

that

means ♫

more than 400 men in its ball depart- ment,

Summer Games

World-Wide Appeal an they possibly can be. Machinery mission.

Of the Game

quarters.

There

Inns, Out R. Scor. Ayer.

80.00

17 3 1182 243 02.28

15 1 1204 237

10 3 350 180

11 2 589 134

70.03

85.44

1 003 20 50.00

0 0 620 107

350

161 300 170

50.20 49.57

104 47.03

103

47.33

189 47.00

97 17.00

72

47.00

770 144 43.70

374 10.1 44.it

3 503 118° 4320

1

632

141 43.00

029 1204 41.03

| Staples

241

70 41.00

J. M. Lomas

410

124 41.03

one

E, D, R. Bagor Parks (J. H.) Langridge (Jemen) Prentice Mariin

0

072

147 40.03

GO

109 40.00

• 403

118 40.50

Townsend (L. F.) it Cropp with ກ In a wet wicket

doubtful | Hopwood weather forecnat, I think Nichols Oldfield might stand down and bolh Wright and Goddard play. There is thing against this. Nichols on

the whole in quite a good bot, if I have to make a straight bet I should leave out Edrich and Wright.

R. ABBIT.

OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS

Mitchell (A)

Dyson

Yorkshire 9

Löngruige (John) 1. E. 9. Wyatt Genry

Nenie

Harris

H. Dixon

1 243 154 40.00

110* 30.00

503 17.12 131 37.50 1 37.09

(Qualification: 20 wickets, nyeregte

700

T20 40.32

200

100 40.00

0 440

140 30.00

10 1 503

$10 39.00

10 3 605

14 30.04

10 2 493 141 558 400 02 1

Not out.

BOWLING

D

M. R. W. Aver.

Bowes

101.1

220 20 11.44

Butler

171.2

419

J. C. Clay

174.2

Copson

244.3

049 40 38.22

Verity

422.4

603 53 16.20

Pollard

415.2

1033 02 18.00

102 35 17.00

30.1

948

10,34

19.02

23.00

20.45

20.47

21.34

20

21.40

21.47

21.57

21,69

1172 33 22.11

Stephenkon

Sims

In Great Britain alone there alls, waterproof trousers and jackets. Before 1900 crowds gathered tweed are nearly 2,000 recognised golf peg tees, printed score cards and a watch challenge matches between clubs. With an average mem- host of other things. They all mean noted professionals like Harry Var- bership of 500 (men and wo- more expenditure and more employ- don, Jack White, Douglas Rolland men}

and the old-time artists. million ment. people paying subscriptions to Besides fluse employed in making Now Bouannds flock to an open clube. Add to this the number cupment, there are thousunda more comptetition. Disgraceful scenes like of artisans and players 08 14 sm job keeping a course than 20,000 people swarmed over the needed for the upkeep of the coursea. thot at Prestwick in 1925, when more public and municipal courses in good playing order. The bunkers course, preventing the players from and the total is almost doubled. have to be safided, the fairways cut taking their strokes properly, led to and the greens kept as neng perfect the charging of gale money for ad-

"When Thief Meets Thief (King's estly business, 15 make it a

The Drst time admission Wats

Theatre). With the performance of churged Was at Muirfield for the Douglas Fairbanks, in the "Joy Cornford The rest of maintaining a course 1926 Amateur Championship. The Of Living" still fresh, one naturally Wellard ∞0 from a small beginosing golf varie

Mayer Some sepsiste links are well same year £1,365 was taken at the compares that with his work in the Nutter has developed into a colossal kept t renzunable cost, but an open championship at St. Annes At current attraction ist the King's J. W. A. business. It is played in the most infand course, with drainage, etc. Carnoustic inst July the open chum-Theatre, Fairbanks's reputation dues unexpected

that acklitional expense, requires pionship receipts were £1,543, while not suffer by the comparison. He is Pope (G. 1) course in Bolivia, the La Paz Chubs, more labour and money. The - £1,800, exclusive of tax and ex- in most entertaining form and helps Berry 13,500ft, above sea-level; another in boud cours an which play keeps penises, was taken at the Ryder Cup to erent

erenie a picture of pronounced Mitchell (T. B.) Tibet one, the Polar Bear Club, in 10 men bany

Dmith (Pl There is an annual match between Britain and America qualities and entertainment value. Smith J the Arctic region, with Eskintos ad tem on the biance sheet of £1,890 Southport.

"Hunted Men" (Alhambra Theatre). Caver playing members. In all quarters of for course upkeep.

The gangster theme is dying hard the globe golf has become a favourite In stating the above. I hope I have sament were £11,000 taken at the in the American studios, but this Nichols pastime.

not given the impression that golf U.S.A.

inplcture presents a slightly new angle, Flameon Unlike most of the the games. is n

Stafleld quality costly game to play. For from 1930,

great and has the additional when the

**Goddard golf requires individant equipment, cheapest formas of recreation and "Bobby" Jones

sincere acting and imaginative direc Paine won four majure The only thing that 11 common exercise that it is possible to indulge tiles, British

Lion. The tempo is pulsating from Wright Amateur and Open Each player in

and Partridge property is the course,

start to finish. Everything depends upon

Lloyd Nolan the champlonships, and the U.S.A.

the

featured Jackson Mary Amateur and Open chiunpionships. content

players. [+ polies

"All Quiet On The Western Front" (Queen's Theatre)-One of the talk- ing screen's classics revived. A tre- the imendous document emphasising

D. G. Bradman degradation and suffering caused by L. Hansett faithful rei C. L. Badrock war, it is regarded as production of typical 1814-18 scenes. J. Fingleton

W. A. Erown The direction is ippressive and, the

B. 4. Barnett lute Lunds Wolhelm does his greatest 2

6. J. McCabe work.

must provide himself with clubs, bag, but whe is

balls and the necessary clothing. It

he or she spent only the modest round the course and enjoy himself amount of £10 a year it would inean in his Own Way cat do so very

The record receipts at a golf tour

amateur championship,

the year

an annual expenditure of something cheaply. An old set of clubs, the OLYMPICS MUST

like £30,000,000.

or four dozen balls, a pair of stout

Most of this, of course, goes sm shors and his club subscription is clubs and balls. I will not attempt all that it need cost him. He cun to estimate the number of clubs play a year's golf.on provincial bought in a year, for It would entail course for less

than £20 weeks of work.

It is when the player gets the real But I can say that the average number of clubs used fever that the

cos: increases. He is eight or nine. A player may star geta a set of the latest matched

Plons

DECS Clubs,

one of two new balls cach round, employs + caddie dresses properly for the occasion and the yearly bill, up

Then, grant, golf can be expensive. And It becomes even more so if the player reaches the sernteh marit and enters tournaments and open competitions. A yearly expenditure of £300 is moderate for some of our leading| amateurs.

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BE HELD IN TOKYO

San Francisco, July 8. The vice-chairman of the Olympic Committee stated to-day that the 1940 Games must be held in Tokyo unless Japan voluntarily withdraws. although, he added, "In rather sorry they must be held in Tokyo." United Press.

TO-DAY'S WATER POLO MATCH

The following have been sclceted to represent the Victoria Recreation

Club in a friendly game against the 6.15 p.m., sharp: Army to-day at the V.R.C. pool at

M. M. de V. Soares, W. F. Kerr and

Roza Pereira, A. A. Guterres Stanley Lec.

arad

DESPITE the enormous amount of money spent on the game the professional side is n blot on its fale name. Many are ppt to judge the earnings of a professional from J. Hussion; W. Lawrence; C. E. the amounts received ty

Champions like Walter Hagen and Gene Alf Padgham and Charles Whit- combé in England. Their earnings give a totally false impression. In fact, the golf professor Is the worst paid professional in all forms of sport.

On the books of the P.G.A. there

Reserve:-W. Sprinkle,

MANILA SHARES

The following quotations were re-

Bre 1,127 professionals and 455 ceived after the close of the morn- assistants. Some of them are lucky tng session through Reuters:

if they earn much more than £2 per

week

The average earnings are £3

per week.

A professional usually receives a Antamok

retaining fee varying from £2 to £5 A

*** Baguio Gold

per week. The remainder he makes Benguet Consolidated

and from the Coco Grove by giving lessons

Business Done

July

Prices in Pesos

July 7

20

20%

Unq.

.40

Und.

Ung.

27 Unq

ung.

Unq.

Uny.

43

43

17

URE,

29%

Unq. "TiConsolidated Mines . prosts on the sale of equipment Demonstration is sad to think there are some clubs tem who do not pay,

a retalning. fre: Paracate Gumeus..

San Mauricio

andder still to realise there are many Suyec, club members who do not support United Paracalu ****

their professional, but purchase their The following is Swan, Culbertson goods elsewhere. I have just been & Fritz report on this morning's told of a case where a member tried market:

out three specified clubs and when Prices were slightly higher in ກ the professional asked him if he was dull session.

Carlisle

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14.41

45) 20 13.10

604

22.00

712 33 22.25 107 35 22.73

1204 03 23.10 [176 37 21,07

330,1

409,4

321,4

Perka

305.1

R. J. Crisp

2013

202.4

of

471.3

10013

200,1

300.2

019 30 21.18

230,2

731 30 24,30

277.5

734

£78,4

543

AUSTRALIAN AVERAGES

BATTING

Walker

White

E. L. McCormick L. O'D Fleetwood-

21,40 21.03

Times

Not Highest Inns. Out it. Sear. Aver. 2 1050 274 130.09

10 1 708 2:30 10.CU

12 0 709 183 03.20

1 000 124 50.00

604 194 50.000 3 221 120* 05.25

$ 3 07 31* 43.50

10 1 301 130 33.44

274

54 35,44

200

104 20.00

20

20.00

23 12,00

The Bis Broadcast of 1938" M. G. Walte (Oriental Theatre)-W

C. Fields, AG. Chipperiicid who as a comedian is in a class of Ward his own on the American stage and W O'Reilly the way in mirth- secen, leads provoking manner and receives fine support from a well-balanced cast

Raye which includes Martha

and Dorothy Lamour.

"Everything is Thunder" (Majestic Theatre), Colourful and dramatic, W. J. O'Reilly 245.3 this picture strikes some new notes, s. While hind is notable for some outstanding. L. McCormick performances by Constance Bennett, M. G. Walte... 170.3 50 303 11 25.03

Homolka Oscar

and Douglass. J. McCabe

Also bowled; A. G. Chipperfield,

10.1-7-34-2. Muntgomery.

23 10.20

12 1.03

Smith 0 2

20 18 100

• Not out. BOWLING

O', Fleetwood-

Smith 100.5

47

320 42 12.07

+30

170 44

14,50

220.4

66

GID 40 15.00

#

44 144 0 15.00

10

370 16 23.30

Ward

74

0. M. R. W. Aves.

24 102

&

27.00

Luiss Rainer and Paul Munt as they appear together in the classic film "The Good Earth", which re-appeare In Hongkong to-morrow at the King's Theatre.

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