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GREAT FEATS WITH BROKEN DOWN PUTTERS RECALLED

If past history can be relied upon, it would seem that expensive putters have not always inspired their wielders with confidence, writes L. B. Stanley in "The Field." Often the contrary has proved to be the case. Time and again, for instance, we find that an armoury of the finest matched clubs includes a rusty old hickory putter whose days of active service look as if they had ended with the guttic ball

The presence of this ugly duckling is interesting. It shows how men who base their play upon the strictest scientific lines sometimes become almost superstitious in this most vital department of the game.

Here is an example. While part in the winning of two national spending an enjoyable afternoon, itles.

in the Dollymount Club 1 Many instances come to mind of noticed a small figure on the players, experimenting with strange home green practising hard at patters just before a major cham- putting. It proved to be Paddy Plonship, liking the feel of the club and using it with evident success in

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Macao Interport. Hockey Toam

The Macao Hockey Club have selected the following to meot Hongkong in the Inter- port hockey match on Sunday, March 24:

C. C. Almada; R. Rosario and L. Costa (Capt.); J. Nolasco. Alax. Alrosa and J. Santos Ferreira; Fred Nolasco, Alberto Alrosa, Pedro Angelo, R. Angelo and A. Angelo.

Reserves. A. Basto, M. Soares, G. Silva and J. T. Silva.

Seven-A-Side Rugger Tournament

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February 28, 1940.

CLUBS Build up your strength

Lightweights Livened British Boxing In 1939

Not many years have produced so few. British championship contests as 1939. The best boxing' was provided by the lightweights.

Big tournament met with mixed financial success. The Harvey-McAvoy and Phillips-Doyle bill at White City drew the largest crowd ever known at a boxing show in England. At the other extreme failure of John Henry Lewis to defend his world light-heavyweight title cost Wembley a lot of money.

This Week's Football Fixtures

The Armstrong Roderick world-title bout and the Boon- Crowley contest were also finan- cial "flops."

First sensation occurred on the Iust day of January at Leicester, when the Belgian, Raoud Degryse, weighing exactly 8st.. floored British dy-weight champion, Peter Kune, in the opening round for a count of "nine."

Following is the League football stendily, and if Degryse had managed programme for this week:

Royal Scots

R.A.S.C.

Entries for the annual Rugby Fool. Mahon who not so very long the actual event. The final of what ago was listed with the second is regarded as the P.G.A. Match-hall Seven-a-side Tournament are best average of the British play Championship at Stoke Poges now coming la and it is anticipated professionals. This intensive two years ago between James Adams that 20 teams will compete of whom

and Perty Allies was one of these about 10 will represent various Army, activity, I was informed, was occasions.

Units. due to recent indifferent per-

LIKE A MAN BEWITCHED formances on the greens.

The Royal Navy are not at their Mahon confirmed this inter. He' Putting has never been the strong- urun numerical strength this year, declared

his that

putting touchfest feature of Alliss's game, yet in but will be able to enter at least two seemed temporarily tu desert him, this tournament he charmed the ball

Other teams will be but he had at lust found a cure; he into the hole like a man bewitched. od novena, hird changed his pulter. Upon Nothing was too difficult, and every drawn from Hongkong Police, who handling the club in question my putt was struck with deadly occur- are the present holders of the Trophy, first Impressions were that it might jury. The secret of this phenomenal R.N.V.R., Civil Service, R.A.F., Hong- be used for almost anything except display was almple. Just before the tong Bank, Butterfield and Swire and putting. The grip had gone and event Alliss borrowed quite an the shaft was hopelessly warped, yet dinary putter from the Secretary and Rest of the Club. Mahon used this club throughout a obtained such remarkable results later championship and undeniably with it On the greens that, christen- recaptured his cunning on the greens, Ing it "Black Magic," he "putted" Truly, faith is a wonderful thing.

way to victory.. This putter, however, is not the fret to have inspired Alliss; in fact, A similar case occurred at Troon I should think he must have quite remember last year. I was talking to Charles a collection by now. 1 Yates, the eventual, winner of the him showing me a pulter in the Open

Proceeds this year will be devoted to the British War Organisation Fund, championship, and observed that his of the previous year which he was putter looked somewhat the worse confident would solve all his pro-and it is hoped that there will be for wear. He agreed, and went on blems. In appearance i bore a dis-more than the usual strong support Club to say that it had belonged to a friend tinct resemblance to Mahon's club, for the Tournament, on this account. who had died

if anything. three years beforo. but was

one degree The clubhead was loose und, He had left his clubs to his caddy, worse, but Yates had bought the putter for when it came into contact with the one dollar and a quarter. An in- ball; emitted A disturbing cracked valuable investment, so he declared, sound, Most golfers would have us through it he had gained Walker hesitated to have used it at all, yet Cup recognition. No idle calm, for Allis contrived to wield it through- this battered club played a decisive out that championship,

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Tennis

DRAW FOR COLONY'S CHAMPIONSHIPS

The draw for the Colony tennis the championships, organised by Hongkong Cricket Club, was made: yesterday and resulted as follows:

OPEN SINGLES

Byes into second round.-9. A. Bumjahn VI. C. Fay: P. 5. Leong v. 9. A. Gray; Kwok ifing-chung v. O. Rumjahn: Lam Kwan v. 3. W. Leonard; 11. D. Rumfehn V. Firdos Khen.

First round-Marsland Ma v. E. Zutaut; II. Y. Ho v. A, R. Kitchell; Paul Kong

The Golborne youngster rose, un-

to land another heavy punch Kine would have been knocked out.

However; Kane, with locus- tomary courage, pulled himself to- Helher and clearly out-boxed the Belgian in every one of the rounds that followed..

On February 9 Tommy Farr or rived at Southampton full of hope. He had earned a fortune in Ameri- ca, and was confident of regaining the heavy-weight title he had re- Inquished and now held by Harvey.

Len

But Harvey could not be per- sunded to defend the crown unless muaranteed £6,000, No · promoter has shown interest in this nancial Idemand, and the match is still as far

off as ever.

OUTSTANDING MATCH

Then, in February, was decided what is considered the outstanding match of the year-the light-weight title battle between Boon and Arthur Danahar at Harringay. The build- ing was packed;

It was a highly dramatic cham- pionship

who struggle. Danahar, hitherto hand taken part in only eight-round contests, was matching his consummate skill against the strong rugged and exceptionally uitle-holder.

Danahar had scored many points during the early rounda, and then made the vital mistake of leading with his right. He paid the penalty, terrlic Boon caught him with a punch that sent him to the canvas.

He

but rose manfully enough, Boon, realising the situation, gave him no rest, and Danaher was fre- quently floored. The referee right- ly stopped the fight in the 14th round, leaving Boon a decisive winner.

This was Danahar's last contest in the light-weight class. He

had evidently experienced difficulty getting down to Bat. 9lb., but he had revented fine ability and sterling grit, and although detented was far from suffering disgrace.

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He compensated for this disaster when later he brilliantly outpointed Roderick over 10 rounds at Earl'a Court.

Then, on March 10, Len Harvey beat Larry Galns, and a week later, ot Anfield, Liverpool, Ernie Roderick won, as generally anticipated, the British welter-weight title from Jake Kilrain (Glasgow).

During April Tommy Farr had a return fight with the American, Red Burman, at Harringay, and avenged previous defent in New York by outboxing Burman.

LEWIS' EYE TROUBLE

On May 4 John Henry Lewis reached Southampton with the pur- pose of giving Harvey a chance of the warld light heavy- Winning

weight championship.

Eye trouble prevented him from carrying out his contract, and cost him the lle.

A fortnight later Farr beat Gains

Lt. J. 9. Theobald: W. C. Hung v... G. in five rounds at Cardiff, while in Chan: 8. A. Hussain V, Chan Kwong-tu;

Den Loula V. O. Umatan; Trul Yan-pui the same ring George James was

T. J. Could: J. . C. Pearce v. Poler k.o. by Manuel Abrew.

U; T. A. Pearce v. Wong fluk-nangi R. Later in May, at Harringay, Henry

G. Biesel Jr. v. J. RL. Turner; Y. C. Lau Armstrong retaled his world wel-

w. Wel Chung.

yes into second round-M. Pagh; Tennie Kwok v. I. M. A. Razack: A. Crawford v. o Koon-lung Pang Ol-lam v. Les flus kek: Leung Ping-chla v. J. Gonzalves; 1. Agaturoft v. Tsui Wai-put,

OPEN DOUBLES

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ter-weight crown, giving on tonishing exhibition of speed when outboxing Roderick.

This match was "flop" for the promoters. Instead of an expected 12,000 crowd, there were less than Jock McAvoy kept 4,000 present.

Byes into second round-Trui Wal-pul and Taul Yan-pul, 8, A., Hussain and his middle-wolght championship by O. Rumjahn: Dew Shing-cheong and Ip outpointing Ginger Sadd at Man- Koonshing v. A. R. Kitchell and L. 24 chester.

V.

On July 10 unprecedented scenes

A. Razack,

First round/T. and B. Agaturo?? Wong Fook-nam and Lam Kwan; Hok-Hang and Les Chl-man were witnessed at White City, Lon- shown Gould J. Gonzalves on. A record attendance for a and A. V. Remedios v. Kam-chuen and fight in England watched Jack Doyle Tao Ping-fan: Faul Kong and D. Beto knocked out in the first round by v. Hin Ka-lag and Lee Yue-wing E. C. Eddle Phillips. Harvey

the won Fincher and W. C. flung A. Chan and world light-heavy-weight title (ac- J. Bau: Kwok ling-chung and Lui Kwal-

fan v. C. II. R. Hyde and J. J. Ferguson; cording to the British Board of T. A. Pearce and B. C. Fay v. T. C. Chan Control) in a contest with McAvoy, end Marsland Ma; F. H. Kwok and 8. W Linng v. Lt... 8. Theobald and 8, Ger- with another financial failure, when Big boxing closed down the year

Ford.

Tyes into second round-Fang Ol-lam Boon again beat Crowley for the and Leung Ping-chiu v. . . C Pearce light-weight title at Harringay, the and D. I. Bosanquet; Les fun-kek and Londoner straining a tendon when 3. Leonard v. §. A. and 11, D. Numjahn,

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Annual Sports

The annual aports meeting of the *Kowloon Junior School will be held on the Kowloon Cricket Club ground to-morrow morning, commencing at 10 a.m, Mrs., J. R. Higgs will present the prizes.

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