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Can Women Enter Open Golf Tournament?

Question Raised By The Action Of Well-Known American Woman Star

(By Geoffrey Simpson)

London, June 26.

That well-known Amazon of the track, Miss M. Didrickson, who is in Sydney with her, wrest- ling husband, a big, tough American named Zaharias, has raised a breeze in golf circles by entering for the Australian open.

ex- Derif, and the authorities, though This event is regarded as clusively male as our own golf open, much surprised, could And no Just for which Cotion, Whitcombe, and cause for excluding her. She played, Co., will be shouting their hardest at but did not get past the qualifying St. Andrews next week, so, naturally, Į stage.

there was a rush for reference (noks¦ Mile. Le Derft was professional at whether the athletic Mrs. Forqueux, near Paris. The course to ce Zaburins was in order.

also had á man professional, and the There were whoops of delight | arrangement worked admirably, When they discovered that she was.) So it did also in the case of Poppy Not that she is feared by Australian Wingate and her brother Sydney professionals, but they simply do not when they shared the professionni ike the idea of a woman "gate-duties at Temple Newsam, Leeds, crushing" their championship,

Women members liked the choice of However, the golf authorlies have playing a round with a professional searched the regulations, and there is of their own sex. not a word anywhere spcesfying the Possibly Poppy Wingate might sex of competitors.. So unless they have had a shot at the open if she ean think gond excuse for leav-bod fared better with men tournu

ing her out, "Babe" Didrickson, as mest players. She entered several we called her in the Olympies, will professional events in Yorkshire, but have her chance of "showing those usually went out In the qualifying Australian boys how it's done."

ALL-ROUNDER

She has certainly showed the Aus- tralian

running girls. She kus thrown Javelins, hurdled and sprinted In astonishing style. Juoking as formidable as she did when she was winning three Olympie ties and| tleing for a fourth at one meeting.

A swimming and diving she equally brilliant; In fact, there are few sports at which she does not shine,

stages.

SWIMMERS BEATEN BY

Surging with the spirit which made the nation great, Darryl | F. Zanuck's 20th Century-Fox masterpivec, "In Oki Chicago," "presents Tyrone Power, Alice Faye and Don Ameche (left to right) in the leading roles of a human drama. The pleture is now belog phon at the King's

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Four Players

Players Share Lead In British

CONDITIONS Open Golf Tourney

Warnemuende, July 25.

As a golfer, she has convinced The long-distance swimming race Sydney folk that she is no false across the Baltic Sea from the Danish alarin She has played some brilli- seaport of Gjedser to the German aut rounds on the New South Wales seaport of Warnemuende came-to-w course, which is as dimcult as any premature end this afternoon when m the city.

Jenny Kommersgaard, the Danish giri

The Governor-General, Lord Gow-swimmer, gave up after being in the rie, was there the day she went round water for 19 hours.

Sully Bauer, the Swedish girl, who in figures. He was so impressed that he asked for personal ile-was regarded as favourite of the 17 monstration of various shots. She entrants, had abandoned the race iwo obliged with an electrifying exhibi-hours earlier in the afternoon.

All the switnmers complained of the exceptionally low temperature of the water, accompanied by the rough anens.-Trans-Ocean.

ton.

reason.

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Copenhagen, July 25.

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By Leo Munro

St. Andrews, July 6.

Irish Horse Carries Off Stewards' Cup

London, July 25.

The Stewards' Cup run at Good. wood to-day resulted: Kaight's Caprice (Canty) Fast Step (Gethin) Linklater (Perryman)

Twenty-three ran, Won, by three lengths; a Вела. Betting: 100-8, 33-1, 25-17

Other starters: Cuertopile (Deary), Shalfeet (Carlslake), Carnival Boy (Simpson), Neuvy (Smirke), Roulade (Harry Wragg). Antecscient (Gordon Richards), Lynedoch (Sirett), Mix- ture (Sam Wragg), Harmachis (P. Evans), Quartier Maitre (Clu

Richards), Scotland Forever (Wes- ton), Cosaque (Nichardson), Gunter (Lynch), Genesis (D. Smith), Rue de la Paix (Lowrey), Davy Dolittle (Nevett), Serclin (Sibbritt), Ethiand (Bartin), Gold and Blue (Little- wood), Mind Your Step (Mullins).-

Reuter.

FAVOURITE FAILS

Goodwood, July 25. Knight's Caprice, the Irish horse which won the Stewards' Cup to-day. was particularly sprightly at the start, and the jockey Canty was so far in front that he was able to take his mount scross to the favoured skte of the course.

Knight's Caprice had drawn No. 3 position nçar the stands, but finished against the fur rails three lengths ahead of Fast Step, who beat Linklater by a head.

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Neuvy, the favourite, which started That's exactly what The weather was fine and the golng you will say about your Gabardine, Palm-

good.-Reuter,

Important beach. Sharkskin and

Tennis Tie Interrupted

The important "B" Division League

ket Club "A" and South China Ath-

former's courts at King's Pork yes-

tennis match between Kowloon Crie- tetic Association made a start on the

This promises to be a desperately close Open championship. Four players share the lead on the first round of the competition proper here this evening, each with a score of 70 for the Oldterday evening despite the rain which Course, after a day of thunderstorms and violent rain.

tell shortly after 5 o'clock, bulan-

other heavler shower at about 0.5 p.m. caused the match to be abɔn- doned.

N. A. E. Mackay and D. J. N. An- Three of the leaders in a thrilling The Irish boy thrilled the gallery derson were leading their opponents International battle are English. right away. His pitch to the first 5-3 shortly before the final shower, They are Ryder Cup player, Dick green landed a yard past the pin, but the latter eventually squared the Burton, frum

young came back' u few inches and left hini |issue nt 5 games all and 15 all when Lancashire, Surrey golfer Max Faulkner, a pro-un casy putt for a three.

| rain intervened. lessichal who has turned

A grund beginning Indeed, ond A. V. White and F. Grose also led and Henry Busson, of Formby, who though Bruen dropped #t stroke W. T. Leo and C. S. Dew 5-3, but to-day defled the handicap of having through a weak chip at the sixth had to be content with sharing the

hole, a score of 33 to the turn gave | set, to wear spectacles in heavy rain.

promise of a great roundi.

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farmer.

Now, it is possible for American woman to enter for the Australian Open, what is there lo

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A long distance swimming race stop anyone e Pam Joyce Wethered entering the British from the Danish town of Gedser on Falster Island, across the Baltic Sea Open?

Germany, dis- I have looked at the playing conto Warnemuende, ditions, and there is no stipulation tance of 42 kilometres, began that the entrants must be min. But Monday night with outstanding long there is a rule stating that all entries distance men and women swinners

And level with these three a But Bruên weakened on the way shall be subject to the approval of participating. The competitors in- the committee, who reserve the right cluded the Swedish swimmer Sally Bobby Locke, the twenty-one-year-home, dropped another stroke at the wonder-golfer from South short eleventh, and could do no to refuse entries without giving Bauer, who last year swain across the old

Kattegatt and the Anland Sea, and

better than finish in 72 ofter taking the Danish long distance champion

three putts for a six at the seven- A host of other players are so close teenth Jenny Kaminersgaard. The arrival

on their heels that the omens point The storms served il terms to Warnemuende will probably take

to tie on Friday. But the leaders number of players. Catton, thus place on Tuesday evening. Each u

have, for the moment at any rate,[cuught early in the day, did pretty swimmers is accompanied by a

of pegging backwell to return a card of 74 after jeutter, and the control committee is the saltsfaction

such hot favourites as Boy Bruen, playing through, thunder, lightning His golf was bet- Cotton, further behind with 74, and ter than his score. He played, In- American challenger Lawson Little.deed, only one bad shot, a bunkered away off with 79.

second which led to n six at the Chief thrill of the day promised to second hole.

Score be a great duel for the lead between Bruen

played and Locke. Both superb golf to the turn, both were held up by thousands of hard-to- marshal spectators, both had their troubles on the way home-and Locke won the duel, despite one inajor disaster.

I presume, therefore, that they would put the bar up to women under cover of that rule. Or is it the cuse that, so far, no woman has tried to enter the British Open to put the

question to the test?

After what has happened in Aus- jacompany the race in a motorwhose score to-day was 72, Henry fand vicious rain.

tralin, I should be curious to sco what effect woman competitor's application would have here.

NOT EXCLUDED

It is a fact that the French open championship once included a wosnan player. She was Mile, Genevieve Le

INDOOR BOWLING

Third Round Game In The Ewo League

boat.

. The favourite is Sally Bauer, who swims with crawl stroke and is mucts fister than the others.-Trans-Ocean,

Incredible Jack Doyle

Leading Scores

M. Faulkner (unattached)

70

J. 11. Dusson (Formby) ... 70 R. Burton (Sale)

70

In the remaining encounter, W. M. Gittins and B. Soltau found the exist-

ing conditions all against their style of play and lost their Arst set to N. K. Ma and W. H, Ho 4-0.

The match will be replayed next Tuesday afternoon on the

K.C.C. courts,

Cricketing Honours Go To O'Reilly

Sydney, July 17. For the second season in succes- sian, and for the sixil time since 1031, W. J. O'Reilly took the New South Wales Arst-class bowling honours, his average being. 3.89 for' 40 wickets.

Locke seemed set for a magnificent: score when, after reaching the turn brilliantly in 32, he had a two at the A. D. Locke (South Africu). 70. eleventh, which helped towards an 11-1. A. Whitcombe (Paristone)

Ho bowled in acven of the 13 average of six under fours, with five (holder), W. IL Davies (Wallasey), matches, his best performance be- to play.

A. Perry (Leatherhead), J. Falimning 14 for 42 against Paddington. In But the 1-omened fourteenth, (Huddersfield), ML Posso (Argen- | the Brat innings of this match, he took 5 wickets for his position "hell" bunker included, lay in wali tine), D. J. Rees (Hindhend). for Bobby. He decided to use an 72-L 0. Crawley (Brancepeth O'Reilly has resigned extra heavy driver here, hooked his Castle), W. J. Branch (Leicester- on the teaching staff of the Sydney tee shot into a trap known as the shire), W. Shankland (Temple New-Grommar School and will join 6, 3. "beardies," and failed to get out at sam), L. D. Ayton Jun (Stoneham). McCabe, the Test batsman, in the the first attempt. "Hell" claimed his J, Bruen (Cork),

sports store he opened in Sydney re-

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nounced one headline quoting his then wife, Judith Allen way back in 1037. Playing in the third round (third "Dayle to wed-and quit ring," tourney) of the Ewo League at the Bays another. Hongkong Bowling Alleys yesterday, "Doyle seeks a quicker divorce," the "Champs" beat the "Strollers" by says a third. 295 points. Ldg. Stoker Taylor net "Doyle Arrested Again," says a as substitute in the first game for E. fourth, a reference to a litle trouble Zimmern, who was delayed owing to with

American Immigration fourth shot, he still short of the 73-E. Bertolino (Argentine), S. cently. n lawn bowls match engagement. authorities Inst year.

green after playing six, and finally Falzweather (Malona), J, II. Ballin- The "Champs"

And then "Doyle Marries Movila, dreadful eight went down on his gall (Balmoro), D. McBride (Glas Ernia Hearther..

ate Movita being a 170 170 159

Mexican movie card.

gow), A. J. Lacey (Berkshire), J. Gene Foggiano... 171 1863 140

Adams (R. Liverpool), W. Anderson Dick Venezia

136 151.180

(Murent), F. Taggart (Wilmslow), A. G, Harrison (Hill Barn). E. W. I Kenyon (Beaconsfeld).

Doc Mouillien .......... 185 154 180

Total

Tinker Leo

The "Strollers"

151 153 162

E, Churn...

A. Zimmern

E. Zimmern

Ldg. Slo. Taylor

Tolof

145 139 127 123 115 102

110

100 132

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404 actress and his present wife.

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If there is one boxer in the world

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HE WAS SHAKING

459 who does not need a press agent i It was bad luck for Bobby, con- 1,012's Mister Doyle. He may not be able sidering how well he played the rest

to box, he might swing like a barn- of the round. "I was shaking like a 74-II. Cotion (Ashridge), J. C.

the fourteenth said Wilson (Cawder), IL Thomson (WI 430 door when he tries to hit his op- | lent after

411 panent, and he might get knocked Locke. But he pulled himself to lamwood), C. 11. Ward (Printe), 8. 340 out first round as he was against gather like a man and, finishing in L. King (Knole Park) 8. Easterbrook (Knowle), R. Swomy (R. and A.), A. but 70, is still an insistent challenger. 292 Phillips and Buddy Baer

whatever he does, It makes the lead Bruen, meanwhile,

being T. Krie (Sand Moor), 8. B. Roberts 1,017 lines,United Press,

cheered by the St. Andrews crowd!!(Prestatyn).

Wha

This is O'Reilly's first venture in bualness. Formerly a teacher in the Educational Department he resigned on returning from the 1934 South tour to join the Sydney Afrient Grammar School staff.

McCabe, who had received several other States tempting offers from

some and from overseas, decided months ago to go into business on his own account...

The venture ensured that O'Reilly and McCabe will be available again for New South Wales.-Reuler's,

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