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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 17, 1940.

The Courses

MATCH FOR RYDER CUP TEAM

Good One Veteran Gene Sarazen Nominates Team Of

Professional Opponents

(By "Birdio")

IF ARRANGEMENTS in America, went ac- cording to schedule, the U. S. Ryder Cup team

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Willie Wilson (U. S. S. Mindanao) fouling a pitch from Bill Chang (Chung Hwa). The ball can be seen above and between ile heads of the batter and catcher (Tully Chinn). "Doo" Maltben is umpire. The Mindanao won 7-5--Mec Cheung.

Eastern Holds

First Gala On July 27

Bowls Pairs

Field And Chittenden In Third Round

EASTERN Athiello Association

W. V. FIELD AND V. CHITTEN- Batting Club will hold their first DEN, the Kowloon Football Club swimming gula of the season on pair, entered the Third Round of the Saturday, July 27, commencing at Open Fairs lawn bowls championship

were engaged in a match on Monday (July 15) with a team of professionals selected by votoran Gene Sarazen, with all the receipts going to the Red Cross.

"Due to the war, there probably will be no Ryder Cup matches for several years," said Sarazen, "and the least. we can do is help the Allies by helping the Red Cross."

He named himself as playing i captain of the challengers, and selected the following:

7.30 p.m. Br. Chan Lan-fong, Frest- yesterday at the expense of C. Mis

dent of the Association, had consent- ed to donate the prizes.

The

score, 20-12, was a very fair

Lawson Little, the new National Open champton, Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, Ed Oliver, Clayton Haefner, Craig Wood, Lloyd Man- gum. Jimmy Thomson and Tommy Armour.

Members of the Ryder Cup team!

are:

Waller Hagen, non-playing cap-

B Chang, on the mount for Chung Hwa, can do things with the ball-Mce Cheung.

Rifle Association's

Annual

Report

tain, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, THOUGH MEMBERSHIP shows a decrease of 103 Dick Metz, "Jugs McSpadden, over that of last year, this being due to the absence of Horton Smiths. Ralph Guldahl, Vic members of the Senior Service owing to the war, the Ghezzi, Jimmy Ties, Sam Sacad and Paul Runyan.

Hongkong Rifle Association reports quite a successful "There"

Sarazen. cinimed

"There

team that could give our Ryder year ended May 31. The annual general meeting of the Cup team a trimming, and we hereby Association will be held at the Hongkong Hotel on July bent challenge, with all the re- 23, ceipts to to the Red Cross."

go to

#1

Silva and F. X. Soares.

reflection on the game. The winners Included in the programme are two led all the way, and though Silva and

Walter Hagen, who has captained open events--one u 300-metres six-Soares came within three shots of tuberica's Ryder Cup terms, men freestyle relay, and the other their opponents at the 13th end took up the gauntlet, and Fred 100 metres freestyle open to forcim 13-10-that was the nearest they ever and Chinese Pressmen in Hongkong. came to challenging.

The programme is:

300 m. six-men relay (Open),

100 m. Freestyle (Open to foreign and Chinese Press).

50 m. Freestyle for women mem- bcrs.

100 m. Beginners breast-stroke race, 100 m. Backstroke (men).

50 m. Arithmetical race for girls

of Chee Hung Girls' School.

50 m. Novelty race.

50 m. Breaststroke for members'

sona.

Water-polo.

"C" Division Tennis

The following is the "C" Division programme of the tennis league to- day:

Army

Kowloon Tong ካ K.LT.C.

K.C.C.

V.

Recreio "A"

". C.R.C.

v. 'C.B.A.

Recreio "B"

V. University

South China

v. Polico

Jewish R.C.

Accounts, for the first time in

The Colony might expect the re-show n loss, but this is not so the history of the Association,

serious as would seem, as two-

corn, Tournament maanger for the Professional Golfers' Association, sull soon. Immediately wired four cities for bids

of at least 10,000.

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for the match. It was to go to that SARAZEN does not criticise thirds of the loss represents the city that could guarantee a gallery

the selections, but he does depreciation on the Club-house. Sarazen sald that he put forward criticise some of the younger HONGKONG'S SUCCESSES the suggestion, not as a criticism of players in America, and who the Ryder Cup selections, but be- make up the greater part of the the Colony has recorded suc- ¿OTH In the Far East and at Home, cause several new names had hit the team. He says he can still beat cesses. Hongkong was headlines since the selections, but because several new names had many of them.

unable put in a team for the Junior Kala- the headlines since the selection wasi "There's no reason why, at my pore (Morning Post) and Junior made, and it was only deserving that shouldn't still be good enough Mackinnon matches, but in a "Junior they should be given chance to to win," Sarazen told "Reuter," "A Kolnpore" Veteran's match, instituted show what they could do.

few tournaments and some practica to give an opportunity to those who The match was to be played under at home and I'll be ready to go. had left the Colony, under precisely Ryder Cup rules, with both singles that's because Walter Hagen and sirailar conditions to the Junior and fourbull matches.

Bobby Jones and I learned the game Kolupare, Hongkong won the trophy differently from the youngsters com- presented by Lt. Col. D. H. Steers, !!ng up

to-day.

R.E., founder and former Secretary These fellows such Sam of the Association. Snead, Ben Hogan and Ray Man- In the Far East, a Postal Match grum, can all hit the ball a mile between Singapore, the Federated of the tee and straight, too. Still Malay States, Ceylon and Hongkong, they're not shotmakers. They're resulted in a win for longkang. not well-grounded in fundamen- Neither the F.M.S. nor Ceylon were able to put up teams, and in the don't believe they have the SR. (b) match Hongkong, beat type of game that will serve them Singapore by one point-752 to 751. as well at 35 as it does at 25. Singapore won the S.R. (a) match Yet a good golf game should hold 678 against 667.

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Sorazen contends that things have.

meeting at Kowloon City were

been made too easy for the present not as large as previous years owing day players, both professionals and to the war, but were, nevertheless, amateurs. The courses and equip-sufficient to cover expenses. H.E. ment have been vastly improved, the Governor's prize was won by greens ore watered the moment Lieut. (now Capt.) A. J. Le Scelleur, there's a chance of their getting even R.E.

a little too fast, and there's a club In the NRA, Overseas Postal designed for practically every shot Match for the Duke of Gloucester's you have to hit

Challenge Cup, S.R. (b), the local

"I'll withhold my final opinion on team was 8th with 1,011 points, and these boys until they're past 30, 5th with 935 points in the Empire said Sarazen, "That will be the big Day Cup SR. (a),

test. If they can keep winning then, Individual membership on May 31 and winning the big ones, I'll be stood at 423, and Spoon and Practice ready to concede they're fine Shoots have been well attended.

golfera."

Ife believes, too, that the players

to-day face a definite hazard in the

Agenda

number of tournaments they moke.. The Agenda for the Annual "Not that I'm not nil in favour of Generam Meeting will be: winter tours, he explained. "It's a fine thing does a lot for golf and brings out many new stare, but the boys should pick their sports better. If they don't and try to make every tournament and practice be- sides, they'll be all burned out before they ever reach 30."

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ONE would have thought that with the stopping of the rain and the appearance of the sun for the greater part of last. week, the courses would have! been dry for the week-end: But it wasn't so. The Country! Club course, Sheungshiu, was still water-logged, and the 8th green totally unplayable. It was a peculiar thing, too, that though the hill beyond the 3rd

Consideration of the Annual Re- port and Financial Statement.

Amendments of Rules. Election of Counell, President, vice- Presidents, Auditor, Legal Adviser, Hon. Secretary, and Hon. Treasurer.

Any other business is to be for- warded to the ion, Secretary not later than Friday, July 19, after which date no proposal can ho considered at the meeting,

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Another Wrestler

DETROIT, July 16 (UP)-In green is small, water was still seep- the second contest of his come- ing through at the base and covering back, the former world cham- part of that green.

A lot of time was spent in looking pion, Jack Dempsey, to-day flat- for balls, and as often as not they tened his grimineing, grunting proved either indiscernible in their opponent, Dull Curry, the wrestler, muddy coverings or were plugged and after a minute and five seconds of hidden in the miry surface.

|the second round of their scheduled

It is not a question of draining so six-round bout. It was one of box- much as the quality of the soil. Itsing's wildest burlesques, day properties retain the rala on und

just below the surface for an un-presume it means borlig holes in the believably long time.

manner of a note.

The "Golfer's Handbook" has i The dictionary contains a definitión that "mole" drainage is the only of a mole plough" which has an thing for such soll. An architect I fron head and burrows a trough asked has never heard of it, but I|beneath the ground for drainage.

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