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Around The

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 17, 1940.

Courses

MATCH FOR RYDER CUP TEAM

Good One Veteran Gene Sarazen Nominates Team

Professional Opponents

(By "Birdio")

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

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While Wilson (U. S. 5. Dindanao) fouling a plich from Bill Chang (Chung Hwa). The ball can be seen above and between the heads of the batter and catcher (Tuffy Chinn), "Doc" Molthen Is umpire. The Mindanao won 3-5.-Mer Cheung."

Eastern Holds

First Gala

On July 27

Athletle

Association

Bowls Pairs

Field And Chittenden In Third Round

W. V. FIELD AND V, CHITTEN- EASTERN Bathing Club will hold their first DEN, the Kowloon Football Club swimming gala of the season on Dair, entered the Third Bound of the Saturday, July 27, commencing at Open Pairs lawn bowls championship

dent of the Association, had consent-Silva and F. X. Soares. ed to donale the prizes.

The score, 20-

wore ongaged in a match, on Monday (July 15) with a team of professionals, selected by veteran 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 | captain of the challengers, and selected the following:

Lawson Little, the new National Open champlon. Jimmy. Demaret, Ben Hogan, Ed Ollver. Clayton Haefner, Craig Wood, Lloyd Man- Jimmy Thomson and Tonimy

cum. Armour.

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Members of the Ryder Cup team

Walter Hagen, non-playing cap. tain, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard,

. Bick Mciz, "Jugs McSpadden. Horlon Smith, Ralph Guldahl, Vic Ghezzi, Jimny Ilines, Sum Snead and Paul Runyan, "There" claimed Sarazen. "There

BNI Chang,, on the mound for Chong Hwa, can do things with the ball-Mee Cheung.

Rifle Association's Annual Report

THOUGH MEMBERSHIP shows a decrease of 103 over that of last year, this being due to the absence of members of the Senior Service owing to the war, the Hongkong Rifle Association reports quite a successful

Cup tenim a trimming, and we hereby Association will be held at the Hongkong Hotel on July 7.30 p.m. Mr. Chan Lan-Fong, Presi- yesterday at the expense of C. M. is a teman that could give our Ryder year ended May 31. The annual general meeting of the

challenge, with all the re- 23. 20-12,

was a very fair issue a challenge, wit

to the Red Cross." refeetion on the game. The winners ceipts to go to

Walter Hagen,

who has captained

Accounts, for the first time in Included in the programme are two led all the way, and though Silva and all of America's Ryder Cup, teams,

within three shots of

the history of the Association, open events-one a 300-metres six-Soares came men freestyle relay, and the other their

The Colony might expect the re-show a-loss, but this is not so opponents at the 13th end look up the gauntlet, and Fred Cor-

Professional Golfers' Association, sult soon. 100 metres freestyle open to foreign 13-10-that was the nearest they evercoran, Tournament manager for the and Chinese Pressmen in Ilongkong. came to challenging.

Immediately wired four cities for bids

The programme is:

300 m. six-men relay (Open).

100 m. Freestyle (Open to foreign i

"C" Division Tennis

and Chinese Press).

50 m. Freestyle for women mem-

bers.

The following is the "C" Division 100 m. Beginners breast-stroke race.programme of the tennis league to- 100 m. Backstroke (men).

day:

50 m. Arithmetical race for girls Kowloon Tang

of Chee Hung Girls' School.

50 20. Novelly race,

50 m. Breaststroke for members'

sons,

Water-polo.

V. Army

V.

Becreto ""

V. C.R.C.

K.LT.C.

K.C.C. Jewish R.C.

V. C.B.A.

Recreio "B"

V.

University

South China

V. Police

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serious as would seem, as two-

for the match. way to go to that ARAZEN does not criticise thirds of the loss represents the the selections, but he does depreciation on the Club-house.

HONGKONG'S SUCCESSES criticise some of the younger

city that could guarantee a gallery of at least 10,000,

Sarazen said that he put forward

the Ryder Cup selections, but be- make up the greater part of the the Colony has recorded muc- the suggestion, not as a criticism of players in America, and who!DOTH in the Far East and at Home, enuse several new names had hit the team. He says he can still beat cesses. Hongkong was unable

put in a team for the Junior Kola- headlines since the selections, but because several new names had hit many of them.

The match was to be played under Ryder Cup rules, with both singles and fourball matches,

fow

at

10

(Morning Post) and Junior

the Headlines since the selection was "There's no reason why, at my pore mide, and it was only deserving that age, I shouldn't still be good enough Mackinnon matches, but in a "Junior A Kolapore" Veteran's match, instituted who they should be given a chance to to win," Sarazen told "Reuter."

tournaments and some practice to give an opportunity to those show what they could do.

home and I'll be ready to go. nd left the Colony, under precisely conditions to the Junior and similar that's because Walter Hagen Booby Jones and I learned the game Kolapore, Hongkong won the trophy differently from the youngsters com-presented by Lt. Col. D. II. Steers, founder and former Secretary ing up to-day.

RE These fellows such GS Sam of the Association. Snead, Ben Hogan and Ray Man- In the Far East, a Postal Match trun, can all hit the ball a mile between

the Federated Singapore, -of-the-tro-and-straight, too. Still Malay States, Coylon and Hongkong, win for Hongkong. they're not shotmakers. They're resulted in a

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not well-grounded in fundamen- Neither the FMS. nor Ceylon were tals.

able to put up teams, and in the match longkong beat

I don't believe they have the S.R. (b) type of game that will serve them Singapore by one point-752 to 751. Singapore won the S.R. (a) match as well at 35 as it does at 25. Yet a good golf game should hold 678 against 607. up that way-just as a man with a ANNUAL PRIZE MEET good physique can, with proper care,

INTRIES for the Annual Prize be just as healthy at 40 as at 30."

Sarazon 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, cover expenses. H.E. amateurs. The courses and equip-sufficient to

ment have been vastly improved, the Governor's prize was won by greens are watered the moment

heni Lieut. (now Capt.) A. J. Le Scelleur. there's a chance of their getting even R.E.

In the N.R.A. Overschs Postal little too fast, and there's a club Match for the Duke of Gloucester's. designed for practically every shot you have to hit,

Challenge Cup, S.R. (b), the loen! "I'll withhold my final opinion on tean was 8th with 1,011 points, and these boys until they're past 30," 50 with D35 points in the Empire sald Sarazen, "That will be the big Day Cup S.R. (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 golfers."

to concede they're fe Shoots have been well attended.

Agenda

He believes, too, that the players to-day face u definite hazard in the number of tournaments they maite.

The Agenda for the "Not that I'm not all 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 stars, but the boys should pick their sports better. it they don't and try to make every tournament and practice be- sitles, they'll be all burned out before they ever reach 30."

ONE would have thought that

Annual

Consideration of the Annual Re- port and Financial Statement,

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

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

of Dempsey Beats

with the stopping of the rain and the appearance of tho 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

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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 locking pion, Jack Dempany, to-day flat- for balls, and as often as not they toned his grimacing, grunting proved either indiscernible in their opponent, Bull Curry, the wrestler, muddy coverings or were plugged and after a minute and ave seconds of hidden In the miry surface.

the second round of their scheduled

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