1940-05-29 — Page 8

Wednesday

Around The

STUDYING

Home Regional Football

LONDON, May. 28 (Reuter).The following were the results of matches played, in the ́Engllat Regional Foot-

ball Leagues to-day:

Rochdale Oldham

3 Blackpool

2 Blackburn

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

May 29, 1940.

Courses

SOUTH AFRICAN TENNIS FINALS

AMERICANS Olive Craze And Sturgess

They Are The Best In The World' Says Australia's Jim Ferrier

Tips From Demaret, Leading U.S. Pro.

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( By “Birdio")"

"Birdie"T

AMERICA is the University of the Royal and

75,000 Watch Ancient, and her players are the best in the

Scottish Cup Final

world, says Jim Ferrier, ex-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 not struck anything like the form that gave him his Aus- tralian honours for two consecutive years. He has found that the larger American ball tends to accentuate faults, 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 Rangers, won the Scottish Cup 36 holes with a score of 147, but faded out of the picture but only by a single goal scored by over the second 36.

LONDON, May 5-There is still a pubile for big football. This is proved by the fact that on May the Scottish Cup final between Glasgow Rangers and Dundee, United' attract- ed a maximum crowd of 75,000 to Hampden Park, and that the first "leg" of the Second Round Football League Cup-iley were well "üllchard,

was the biggest crowd.

Inse.

Smith late in the second half. Dundee United put up a great fight and in the end were unfortunate to Baxter had the ball in the thirty-five minutes, but offulde.Our Own Correspondent,·

was

Women May

won the championship that year.. The match was played in gale conditions, with a very, high headwind and rain.

It was, incidentally, in this Ferrier, it will be remembered, net in Tournament that

Lloyd (1) given Mangrum shot his record break- Ing 64 for the first nine holes and led the field at the 18th with 199, and (2) Jimmy. Démaret look frst place with 280.to win $1,500, to becme undisputed

At one of the short 140-yard holes competitors falled badly with the longer irons. Normally, a

No. 6

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

Athletics

with'n total of $7.652 (Ben llo- gan $6,538), and take the lend in the race for the Harry Vardon Trophy with a total number of

to get there.

Ferrier walked on to the tee. Studied the wind and direction, and then set several people gasping when he asked for his pulter! He drove aft with that club, and with a shot that LONDON, Miny 1. Wembley 267 points (Hogan 215).

never rose more than five feet of the Stadium-iome of the Cup final- Ferrier is a glant of a man, stand-ground, came to rest on the green. may be the venue of a big wartime ing six feet four and weighing over sports meeling this summer.

200 pounds. Ella best feats way CHAMPIONSHIP, golf in Aus Mrs. Palmer, an officiul of the from home were the capturing of tralia has been abandoned Wumen's Amateur Athletic Associa the Gleneagles Silver Tussle and the tion, is interested in a plan to pro-Goll Vase in England in 1936, the for the duration, states an un- mote a Reil Cross fixture in which year he was runner-up to Hector nouncement by the Australian Golf Union in reference to the both men and women athletics will Thompson in the British Amateur. be-concerned-und-it-is-hoped-to- In-n-comparison-he says:-A- secure the use of Wembley's open-fessional in Australia collects only Australian Open-and-Amateur Jim Ferrier, ex-Shanghal-boy, who has gone to America to study the £300 if he wins all purses, and for competitions.

of The New Zealand Association have methods

the money making "The scheme is much in the that reason I have no intention of followed sult, and all championships golfers over there. He thinks they

at the

moment" said Mrs turning professional. Higher

stokes Palmer. The W.A.A.A. does not in no small meosure account for the there, with the exception of the are the best in the world want to organise a meeting for Americans playing a much slower North Island and South Island cham- women only, because we wish to game, I never require more than plonships, have been cancelled, attract the best possible crowd, and two and a half hours for a round,

air arena,

to that end, it is proposed to include but out here they take from tour IN a special article written for races and field events for men. and a half to five hours!"

the United Press, Demaret "On the other

amateur gives a few pointers on golf. He|

"We may even have competitions

hand

our

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

ball, etc to give maximum varicly rapidly replacing cricket and tennis, "In teaching, we always consider to the affair."

even though we did win the Davis Cup Sidney,

physical build. The the golfer's ney, with a population of 1,300,000, hus 72 Clubs in the im-short stout man will get far better mediate vicinity-43 private and 29: results if he doesn't spread his feet

too far apart. The tall man Public

Americans, he says, have butt belter balanced and relaxed if he up an intense concentration, for a uses a fairly wide stance-but above single missed putt can cost them all, both types should keep relaxed.

AUSTRALIAN

GIRL SETS NEW

CYCLING RECORD

MELBOURNE, MAY 22 (Reuter).—

courses.

the championship.

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

ia year ago, has set a world record

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dress.

for women by covering 1.540.0 miles WHAT many people term the In seven-day ride. at Perth

A

shot of Ferrier's career was Australia).

Australian The previous record of 1,438 during the

Open miles

by was held

Mra. Valda Championship on the Royal Mel- Unthank, of Melbourne. Miss Haw-bourne West Course in August lein's-distance also beats the Austra 1939. Even in recounting the Hian men'd professional record 1:507 miles, held, by Ossle Nicholson. story it is to be marvelled at. turn

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Claim For Return Of

£12,000 Bet

Judge's Comments On "Criminal Conspiracy"

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THE HEARING was resumei in the Try an easy relaxed practice pivot. If you feel free and at King's Bench Division, London, re-

you probably

"your cenily of a case in whichs City com- proper stance and balance. You pany director pinced £12,000 on can break tension by slightly horse. “Mr. Bernard William Mason, bending your knees during the ad- of Berkeley Square, London. W.. claimed the return of the £12,000-a

£6,000 each-way bet on the While the use of the hands and horse Another Greek-pald to Harry forearms are the first fundumen Parker, Ltd.. turf accruntants, of tols of the

of

swing, the hips

and

Commercial Road, London, E., and shoulders cannot be neglected or

or Mr. Abraham Stein, otherwise known overlooked, for these members must

nustas Harry Parlier. Icast enough to

to take them

He complained that he was wrong- vul-of-the-way-of-the-hands-and

There cannot be any ob- Mr. Parker's representation that ho

fully induced to place the money-by- struction to the smooth, flowing swing of the forearms. Thus the fould spread the bet so that the start- ing price would not be brought down. tall, thin player may acquire more power in a fuller pivot than the horse lost the race. Mr. Parker

denied stocky player, so if you are stocky

the DC for the Mr, Gilbert by all means develop prominently

defendants, ld that even if

sald the use of your forearms.

Mason's story was

true,

It contained "The amount

of turn in a golf shot two elements of legality, rendering naturally depends on the type shot. It impossible for him to recover in The wood club and long fron necesa Court of law. One was in regardl altate a considerably long turn with to putting on part of the bet with not a fuller backswing than the ap- fewer than 600 street bookmakers. and the other was the placing of a proaching frons,

quarter stroke.

Mr.

If you'll watch Byron Nelson, the fake bet on another hors to assist in National Open Champion, you will raising the price of Another Greek.- probably note that he takes full ad-

"RIGGING THE MARKET". vantage of his strong hands forearms. Starting his backstroke, Mr. Mason had accepted a descrip- he lifts the club immediately, using tion of that ns "rigging the market.** Mr. Justice Stablo-Supposing it be very little turn and about a three-true that Mr. Parker told Mr. Mason eight Remember, though, that Nelson 20 could "square" seven or hus tree

tremendous forearm power. The leading Jockeys, and preceded corn- pletely to deceive Mr. Mason with average player with less power this story of his balling organisation. necessarily must use a longer stroke supposing the inference I draw is that to secure almilar distances ›

the-real-ground of Mr. Mason's.com“. They drive for fun and putt for dough,' 18.

an old saying but one ence in having this enormous slake on this very moderate, astmal in this that certainly expresses the impor-very moderate race was his

beller tance of pulling. Developing a put that Parker was going to see that the ting style is up to the individual, Jockeys on the horses, HAL

threaten- but all putting strokes have, the same ed danger were "squared" then of basic fundamentalsu te puno

course 1 is a criminal conspiracy. Let's consider the action of the If there was a criminal conspiracy, putter blade on the ball. For a pult the evidence has got to be just us to roll true and firm, the ball must conclusive, before I can find it. ns IX be stroked squarely with the blade both these men were standing in the going in a straight line in the direc-dock at the Old Bailey, tion desired. A light cutting across Mr. Harvey Parker, giving evid- will put allee English on the ball, ence, said a week before the race in causing it to rim the cup or curl question at Nottingham Mr. Mason.

at Brighton

told bli fie wanted races, ort accurate puiters in 20.000 each way" bet on Another mort the game 10-day advocato a very Greek at Nottingham. short - backawing, close to the Mr. Mason #inted that his trainer. Kround, and a smooth forward had said It was a certainty, and wit- stroko." This type siroke redpoes viess agreed that he would take the the margin of error and will send Best and give it away, in a way in the ball rolling true and frid for which it would not get back to the the cup

away.

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Retain Singles Titles

up

French

LONDON, May 21 (Reuter).-Matches in a national championship were played by floodlight for the first time Favourite when the South African Championships were held for eight days by rain. Norman Farquharson, the former Cambridge Blue and south African Davis Cup player, and Scratches

Miss Olive Craze won the first round mixed doubles match. PARIS, May 28 (Reuter),TANG VIR VAIRST

Olive Men's Doubles Bertram and E Sturgess and Miss M. Boussac, the owner, told Craze both retained their singles Fannin beat N.G. Farquharson and Reuter's representative to-day uties.

V. G. Kirby 6-2 1-0 2-0 7-5 6-3; that Djebel will not be running

Women's Doubles-Miss Craze and Miss Piercey boat Mrs. C. J, Rubbins in the Derby Substitute, for whicit

and Mrs. E. Craig 0-3 11-9; race she was favourite. War, it 10 said, har Interrupted her training..

$1,500 Bids For Blue Diamond And Musketeer

BLUE PLAMOND, Musketeer, Blus Field, Snowy River and Soldier of China were among the 15 ponies sold by, publis roup yesterday. The first two each fetatied, $1,500, which was the highest bid-attracted..._by_any pony, while Blue Field was sold for 51.000

were Zolae,

The ponies sold. bought by Mr. VV. Needa, $15 $16

Loquacieus, Capt. E. Holmes,

Gesture, Mr. V. V-Noedu,-855; Snowy River. Mr. F. F. L. $100 Lucky Eleven, Mr. C.

L. Gregory, S. W. Lee, 100 Blue Diamond, Mr. S. $1,500: Blue Field, Mr. S. W. Lee, 1,000; King's Envoy, Mr. H. F Shields, $200; National Dignity, Mr. VV. Needs, $76; 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. it, Oxlade. $70; Murray River, Mr. V. V. Needa, $120; and National Honour, Sports II, $130.

Many Thanks, winner, and placed many limes, was also offered for sale. but though there was a bid of $1,000, the pony was withdrawn, presumably Because the bid was not high enough. Other ponles withdrawn were Golden Cow, National Pride, Rose Perfect, Care Free and Morning Glory.

Manchurian Athletes For Tokyo Games

Dairen, May 28,

A Manchurian party of 188 athletes lett Dalton to-day for Japan to a!- fend the East Asia. Grand Athletle "Meel to be held in Tokyo at the be

ginning of next month.--Domei,

Eric

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

Women's Miss O. Craze Beat Miss 15. Piercy 4–0–0–4 0–4;

Mixed Doubles Kirby and Miss | M. Morphew beat G. H. Hendrie and

|Mra: Robins 0-3 6-4.

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