1940-05-29 — Page 18

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

May 29, 1940.

Around The Courses

STUDYING

Home Regional Football

LONDON, May 28 (Router).—The following were the results of matches played in the English Iegional Foot- ball Leagues to-day: Rochdale Oldham

3 Blackpool

2 Blackburn

75,000 Watch Scottish Cup Final

THE

SOUTH AFRICAN TENNIS FINALS

AMERICANS Olive Craze And Sturgess

"They Are The Best In The World'

Says Australia's Jim Ferrier

Tips

Leading U.S. Pro.

Demaret,

(By "Birdie")

AMERICA is the University of the Royal and Ancient, and her players are the best in the world, says Jim Ferrier, ox-Shanghai boy and twice Australian Open and Amateur champion. This brilliant young player-he is only 25 years of age is now over there studying their methods. He has found the courses, averaging between 6,700 and 7,000 yards, as long as they are in Australia, but has Scottish Cup final between Glasgow not struck anything like the form that gave him his Aus- Rangers and Dundee Unlled attract tralian honours for two consecutive years. He has found Hampden Park, and that the first that the larger American ball tends to accentuate faults, leg or the Second Round Football and in the Augusta-Masters Tournament, which was won though 15,500 at the Arsenal match by Jimmy Demaret, he was seventh at the end of the first 36 holes with a score of 147, but faded out of the picture over the second 36..

LONDON, May -There is sill a pubilo for big football. This is

proved by the fact that on May 4 the

ed a maximum crowd of 75,000 10

League Cup-tles were well attended,

was the biggest crowd.

Hangers won the Scottish Cup- but only by a single goal scored by Smith lato in the second half. Dundee

United put up a great fight and In Il, was, incidentally, in this Ferrier, it will be remembered,

the end were unfortunate to lose.

(1) Lloyd won the championship that year. thirty-five minutes, but was given Mangrum shot his record break- The match was played in "gale a very high offside Our Own Correspondent, ing 64 for the first nine holes conditions, with

and led the field at the 18th with headwind and rain.

At one the short 140-yard holes 139, and (2) Jimmy Demaret took first place with 280 to win competitors failed badly with the $1,500, to becme undisputed longer rons. Normally, a No.

Baxter had the ball in the net in Tournament that

Women May

Hold Wartime champion of the winter circuit iron shot, on that day a No. 3 falied.

Athletics

capturing ΟΙ

to get there.

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on Ferrier walked

to the tee. Studied the wind and direction, and then set several people gasping when he asked for his putter! He drove off with that club, and with a shot that never rose more than five feet off the

French Favourite

Scratches.

PARIS, May 28 (Router).

Retain Singles Titles

LONDON, May 21 (Reuter).-Matches in a national championship were played by floodlight for the first time when the South African Championships were held up for eight days by rains Norman Farquharson, the former Cambridge Blue and south African Davis Cup player, and Miss Olive Craze won the first round mixed doubles match. Eric Sturgess and Miss Olive Men's Doubles Bertram and E. Craze both retained their singles Fannin bent N.G. Farquharson and

V. G. Kirby 6-2 1-8 2-6 7-5 6-3:

Women's Doubles Miss Craze and Miss Picrecy beat Mra. C. J. Rubbin and Mrs. E. Craig 6-3 11-9;"

M. Boussac, the owner, told Reuter's representativo to-day-titles. that Djebel will not be running in the Derby Substitute, for which race stie was favourite. War, is Enid, has interrupled her training,

$1,500 Bids For Blue Diamond And Musketeer

BLUE DIAMOND, Musketeer, Blue Field, Snowy River and Soldier of China were among the 15 pontes sold by pabila roup yesterday. The first two each fetched $1,500, which, was the highest bid attracted by any pony, while. Blue Field was sold for 51.000.

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ponics sold were. Zodiac, bought by Mr. V. V. Needo, $45; Lonuncious, Capt. E. Holmes, $15; poris Gesture MeV Needa, $553 Snowy River Mr. F. F. Li, $100; Lucky Eleven, Mr. C. I. Gregory, $100 Blue Diamond, Mr. S. W. Lee, $1,500; Blue Field, Mr. S. W. Lec, Mr. H. F. $1,000; King's Envoy. Shields, $200; National Dignity, Mr. VV. Necda, $75; Commencement Bay, Mr Yeung Wing-sing, $125; Musketeer. Mr. Li Chi-choh, $1,500; Catterick Bridge, Mr. C. L. Gregory, <250; Soldier of China, Mr. C. H. R. Oxlade. $70; Murray River, Mr. V. V. Needa, $129; and National Honour, Sports II, $130.

Many Thanks, winner, and placed many times, was also offered for sale. but though there was a bid of $1,000, the pony was withdrawn, presumably because the ḥld was not high canugh. Other ponler withdrawn were Golden Cow, National Pride, Rosa Perfect, Care Free and Morning Glory,

Manchurian Athletes For Tokyo Games

with a total of $7,652 (Ben Ho- gan $6,538), and take the lead in the race for the Harry Vardon Trophy with a total number of LONDON, May 1.- Wembley 267 points (Hogan 215). Stadium-home of the Cup final- Ferrier is a giant of a mun, stand-ground, came to rest on the green. may be the venue of a big wartime ing six feet four and weighing over sports meeting this summer:

200 pounds. His best fents away CHAMPIONSHIP golf in Aus-

home were the Mrs. Palmer,

tralia has been abandoned official of the from D11 Women's Amateur Athletic Associa the Gleneagles Silver Tassie and the for the duration, states an an- tion. Is interested in a plan to pro- Gold Vase in England in 1930, the

to Hector nouncement by the Australian mote a Red Cross fixture in which year he was runner-up

Golf Union in reference to the bath-men-and-women-athletics will Thompson in the British Amateur. be concerned and It is hoped to In a comparison he says: "A pro- Australian Open-and-Amateur-Jim Ferrier, ex-Shanghai boy who Meet to be held in Tokyo at the be-

has gone to Amerlea to study the ginning of next month-Domet. secure the use of Wembley's open- fessional in Australla collects only competitions.

of the money making £300 if he wins all purses, and for The New Zealand Association have methods The scheme is very much in the that reason I have no intention of followed suit, and all championships golfers over there. He thinks they ar at the morneni" sald Ars turning professional Higher sluices where, with the exception of the are the best in the world. Palmer. "The WAAA. does not in no small measure account for the North Island and South Island cham- want to organise a meeting for Americans playing a much

air arena.

alower

women only, becatise wêrbi to game. I never require more than pionships, have been cancelled, attract the best possible croi and two and half hours for a round,

to that end, it is proposed to viciads but out here they take from four N a special article written for the United Press, Demaret! races and field events for men. and a half to five hours!"

Wc. may..even have competitions "On the other hand, our amateur gives a few pointers on golf. He

at other sports-tug-of-war, basket- game is on a higher plane. It is says:

amil, etc to give maximum variety to the affair."

AUSTRALIAN

GIRL SETS NEW

CYCLING RECORD .

MELBOURNE, May 22 (Nenter).---|

Water-Polo.

At Y.M.C.A. To-night

rapidly repineing cricket and tennis,

"In leaching, we always consider even though we did win the Davis the golfer's physical build. The Cup. Sidney, with a population of

There will be two games of water- 1,500,000, has 72 Clubs in the im-short stout man will get far better

The tall man is polo at the European Y.M.C.A. this mediate vicinity-48 private and 20 results if he doesn't spread his feet

too far apart. public courses.

better balanced and relaxed if he evening. The will oppose the Americans, he says, have bullt up an intense concentration, fox a uses a fairly wide stance-but above Middlesex Regiment at & p.m. and the

all, both types should keep relaxed. Royal Scots at 6.30 p.m.

single missed putt can cert them the championship.

When not playing golf or selling Miss Pot Hawkins, an 18-year-old motor cars, Ferrier writes articles Australian, who took up cycling only for a Sidnty newspaper.

a year ago, has set a world record

for women by covering 1,546.6 mlies WHAT many people term the

in

oven-day ́ride, at Perth (W.

Australia).

be The "Y" Teams will chosen Try

relaxed practice from the an casy

following: atl pivot. If you feel free and

H. Eardley, H. Brokenshire, L. H. case you

have probably

your Chater, L. A. Bean, G. T. May, V proper stance and balance. You Karpusheff, G. Arnold. F. A. Weller,

lension can break

by slightly C. Goldman and F. Willis. bending your knees during the ad-

shot of Ferrier's career was

dress.

The previous record of 1,438% during the Australian Open miles was held by Mrs. Valda Championship on the Royal Mel-rearms are the first fundamen

Unthank, of Melbourne, Miss Haw-bourne West Course in August) should for these members must

Dairen, May 29.

A Manchurian party of 180 athletes left Dairen to-day for Japan to at- tend the East Asia Grand Athletic

The results of the finals were:- Men's E. Sturgess beat M. Ber- from 6-2 2-6 0-0 0-3;

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Women's Miss O. Crazo beat Miss S. Piercey 4-0 0-40-4;

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Mixed Doubles Kirby and Miss M. Morphow boat G. H. Hendrie and Mrs. Robins 8-3 0-4.

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