1941-01-15 — Page 14

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 15, 1941.

Around The Courses

SOLUTION TO HANDICAP

Assiduous Practice By

Which Professionals

Maintain Standard

Grooving The Swing

(By "Birdio")

THE BEASTLY WEATHER of the past week- and upset most of the golf competitions that were to be played. A few of the hardier souls braved the cloments and went around, but everything was far from pleasant.

The Captain's Cup competition of the Country Club was postponed one week, as were the first round matches of the men's Foursomes.

Incidentally, with regard to ticipation in as many tournn- as possible, but the these Captain's Cup competi-ments tions, there arose an interesting grooving of a swing by repented question on handicaps. Some shots off a practice tee. were of the opinion that a player played through the whole com- petition at the handicap with which he qualified, while others held that he should play in the match-play stages at his then handicap.

alx at least usually six

There is not one of the American professionals to-day, it seems, who dves nát spent more time on the Boxing practice pitch than on the course. They even go as far as playing a whole round before starting on a championship match((match play, of course).

They get to the practice ares, drop To most people it reems obviously their bug of balls on to the ground most fair that the latter should be and try every club in their bags. the course to ndup!, for in a com- Then they wunder to the putting petition such as the Captain's Cup green and try sinking them from all the Qualifying Rounds extend over

les. several months-

Following the recent Anthracite --and there is every likelihood that Open Tournament at Scranton, Part- a player would reduce his handicap denn, Sam Snead left the 18th green between the time of qualifying and after his first round match and went the time for playing the matches.

The Royal Hongkong Golf Club, 1st to the practice ground where

went at the ball for two and he understand.

ruled that a player half have

hours correcting what be in the match play stages tain's Cup plays at his hundicap at thought was wrong with his swing.

the Cup-

the time of the draw for the Grst too! round. This, too, I believe is the procedure

the Kowloon at

Greek Wins

Light-Heavy

Wet Weather Softball

PROBLEM

UFS

Canuckettes In Line For Second League Pennant Cardinals Blitzkrieged

By "Ball Fan"

WITHERING RAINS which put in its bolated ap- pearance last Sunday forced a postponement of all but three games, scheduled in Hongkong's softball leagues.

However, besides the damp, inclement weather, fans were treated to a real shower of baschits dished out by (the Maple Leaf lassics as they overwhelmed sailor Dixie

Walker's chug-chugging Redbirds.

Ella Chinn's Chung Hwn)►•‹

Maroons played true” to form,

keeping ahead "down-under",| League Standing

with a 14-6 defeat by Baby

Panthers. In the Junior loop

Cosmopolitans tamed South Canadian-Chinese

China 12-7.

Wildcats

The sparks that the Canadian-Wahoo Chinese cuties have been giving off Baby Panthers

as they sizzle in their stendy dash to- Cardinals

Rourelo

ward their second straight pennant Las Florinas

turned into red-hot conflagration, out Chung Hwa Marcons ..

there in the ball park Sunday as they

played masterful ball to whip Dixie

Walker's Red-legged Cardinals into

jline, to the tune of 14-1.

Behind the steady hurling of ace Hong

Mary

rationed Walker's

Ng, who wandering

willow-heavers to two measly hits, the

defending champions looked every inch like softball royal- Cyclones RING BRAWL-A Policeman has to restrain angry, as they blitzkrieged lonky Redbird Recreo pain-wracked Fritzie Zivic, right, welterweight champion, Zimmern from the mound in the Filipinos from taking a punch at Al Davis, after the referee had fourth frame with a stopped the New York bout. Davis was disqualified on fouls. timely baschits..

Basketball

Championship Women's Open

Salica Retains Title

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (Reuter),

Antoine Christoforides, 23-year-old Greek, became light-heavyweight champion of the world at Cleveland to-day when he outpointed Mello He had just shot ds-under-par 65, champlon, in a 15-rounds bout for the Bettina, of New York, a former Dick Chapman, winner of the 1940 title, which was declared vacant by Golf US National Amateur Champion- the National Boxing Association re- Club

and it has been adopted at the ship prepared for. the tournament cently. Country Club.

some months ahead of time. The The Greek gained a well earned Peculiarly, the problem had never venue was the Winged Foot Goit unanimous decision. arisen before at the Country Club. Club, N.Y., and Chapman joined the and the Committee had recently to make a ruling on the matter.

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His

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Lone Tally

V. K. C. THE Cards scored their loue tally R. A. F. THE

in the first stanza when Betty Recreio B. Clarke, stylist first sacker, rounded Cosmopolitans the bags and came home as a result South China

peg Mabel Alice Liga Portuguesa Mar, with three hits Scots

Leag the plate and Ullan Khop with a Royal Artillery

Starts On Feb. 8

"Y" Court Enlarged To Accommodate Spectators

THE HONGKONG Women's Open Basketball League under the sponsorship of the Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A. will open their schedule of matches February 8.

TWO matches in the Captain's

Cup were played off at the widest margin since 1805. Duff Shoungshui, T. Y, C. Lee (10) eight of the last nine holes to be of Philadelphia, lost

Physical Instruction director, beat E. J. M.Churn (13) 3 and beaten 11 and 9 in the 30-holes final Brooklyn, retained the world bantam- Mr Sek Chen-tack states that This is the stuff of which present weight championship, by outpointing entries will be received between 1, while A. W. Ramsey (8) bentj

day champlons are made. The stan- Tommy Fort, a locni youngster, in 15 January 21 and 31, at the Club- W. C. Hung (13) 4 and 3.

The final of the women's Cham-dardo are so high-made so by rounds. Sallen, whose left eye was pionship was held over until the modern clubs and balls-that only closed in the sixth, fought a savage house in Waterloo Road. coming week-end. Miles A. Sequeira with the most assiduous practice and flash and narrowly gained the verdict and Mrs F. E. A. Remedios meet by the utmost cold concentration in again their last match being in the matches do the top-notchers hope to Anal of the Ladles Cup which was survive in the top tournaments. won by the former on the 19th.

·

AT the entrance to a South THE prodigious amount of west London Golf Course practice that goes into the there is a black-board on which making of a professional golfer is this notice: formed the subject of a very interesting article I read recent- ly, Practice does not mean par-¡

"Will members please pick up any shrapnel on the course. I might damage the mowing ma- chine."

KEEP CLEAR OF KARLOFF...HE'S CURSED WITH A MONSTER'S IR- RESISTIBLE IMPULSE TO KILL!;

BORIS

The blood of a hanged, murderer courses`mad. y through his veins)

KARLOFF

BEFORE I HANG

with Evelyn KEYES - Bruce BENNETT

Sureen play by Robert D. Andrews

Directed by NICK GRINDE

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

TO-DAY

AT

THE

KING'S

Billiards

Volunteers Win Soldiers' Club Tournament

Medical Corps Annex Challenge Cups

Many of the Colony's leading quintettes are expected to enter, including South China A.A., Fong Lam Girls' School and the South Seas Girls' Academy.

circuit clout

and two

power brigade of two singles, led the C. B. A.

champs in their Royal Engineers ninth win of the season.

Playing in a continual drizzle, the Baby Panthers retained their hold in Hong Kong Bank the first division of the girls major Shell league by, subduing Ella Chinn's Lacas Maroons, scoring seven runs in the Texaco third frame

to clinch the issue, Chartered Bank However, the Chung Havn lassies Greenspois celebrated what amounted to almost Cables a minor miracle at the ball park when they led the Baby Panthers 2-1 at the end of the first inning..

Surprise Start

sticks, allowed the weak willow- holding Panthers only two hits, but issued eight passed bails and a cor-

'Ladies' league scores→

on PLAGUED all season by a weak responding number of free passes.

staff and labelled or just about the weakest lineup ever to appear in local organised ball, the Canadian-Chinese Chinese belles started off in surpris-

Four Years' Chess Match Nears Its End

LONDON. Two doctors, There is a possibility that the one in Nottingham and the Canadian Chinese softballers will other in the U.S.A., have been enter an aggregation, together with playing a game of chess by a team composed of Portuguese post for four years. girls.

Cup For Competition

From the start Dr II. F. Weber, at Professor of Philosophy at one of DR C. T. Wang, former Chinese the American universities has been Ambassador to Washington, has pre-in dificulties against Dr W. B. sented a real classy cup for competi- Blandy, of Nottingham. Dr Blandy top, and will also get as one of the Jean now mate in two moves, but honorary patrons of the League, the American refuses to resign.

The basketball court of the "Y" has

THE FINAL of the Soldiers' Club billiards tournament last night resulted in Volunteers sity size, and new stands have been been enlarged to the standard univer- defeating Signals 1,600 tó 798. erected to accommodate spectators.

Allen, 133, Pitcher 138, Langley 40, Brakenbury 72, Hutchison 130, Liley

107, Pearson 64. Blount 116. Total 756. Gunners' Rugby Team

Rokusen 200, J. C. Itemedios 200, Hickman 200, Silva 200, J. D. Remedios 200, Sequeira 200, Pereira 200, Baptista 200 Total 1.500.

The following will represent Artillery against Club A" in a rugby match to-day

the outbreak of war it has been more the average in peace time, but since

Three weeks per move was about

like six or seven weeks.

Latterly all the letters have been censored, and, on one occasion Dr Weber wondered if a move B-KR3 would be passeil

He thought the

censor might

071

The best break was 63 by Illckman, an Use Club ground at 4.45 pm-Lleut possibly read into it "Bomb Paretra scored 27, 28, 20 and 34 and Lomax; farah, Lieut. T. A. Pearce, Capt. Baptista had three breaks over 20.

Challenge Cup Final

For the third year in succession, R.A.M.C. won the Garrison Challenge Cup this year by beating Military Police 783 to 642 points at the Soldiers' Club on Monday.

The winning team comprised Dixon, Terran, Wyre, Harvey, Whybro and Howe. The losers were While, Hyde, Whitton, Thomson, Teggarty and Cit The winners won four of six games.

"Y" Beat Customs

Skipwith. Richards: Capt took, cut. King's Road!" Wedderburn: Lieut. Smith, Liest, Delder- Beld, Evena, Cooke, McDermott. Tumer.

Dr Blandy has just made his Lieut. Danner, Hicks. Reserve, Gar | forty-fifth move and his opponent

Keeble.

Both Ary Large Unit matchen oche-is in check-Our Own Correspon- duled for yesterday were postponed. dence.

Exiled Free Frenchmen

Will Live To Conquer

LONDON, Jan. 14 (Reuter).-Tho remarkable growth of pro-British sentiment in France to-day was the text of a broad- cast by Mr Alfred Duff Cooper, Minister of Information, this

an opportunity to show upon whose side they are and for whose victory they proy.

At the European YM.C.A. last evening. night, the home team beat Clinese Maritime Customs 850 to 528, Chiu Bze-po won the only game for the

Ho spoke of evidence from Chinese Customs team, beating de sources of "absolute accuracy, Casier 150 to 100.

that in Franco despair had given The YMCA team, comprised Jenos. place to hope, resentment to rea- Fager, Bykes, Champelovier, Ingleby son. People there saw that the and do Casler. The Customs team was Kemp, Cheuk Gul-nan, Ogden, Tang only hope for the future of & Mut-ying. Whitmore, and Chiu Bie-po, France free and independent was

In British victory.

COUNT THE.

"TELEGRAPHS”

EVERYWHERE

Tribute To De Gaulle

Mr Duff Cooper paid high tribute Free Frenchmen and their leader, General de Gaulle. Ho said, “They have given up all for a cause which means more to them than all the world: it is the principle of honour' deeply implanted in the souls of all Mr Duff Cooper told of a French soldiers which has made them refuse boy who built an aeroplano in a to surrender: it is love of liberty Cowshed and on a stormy day when deeply implanted in the nouls of all few German aircraft were about, took Frenchmen which urges them to off and landed safely in England. He continue to fight. Theirs is now the was now fighting for the cause of the hardest of all lots to bear, but in the Allies in the Free French Force, days of victory, theirs will be the This boy, said Mr Duff Cooper, was greatest of all glories when exiles will able to give effect to the desire intent come home as conquerors, restoring In the hearts of millions of brave to their own people the freedom they Frenchmen to-day who only awaited had forfeited,"

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Ing fashion, but quickly reverted to Redbird Cardinals their normal routine of issuing pass- led balls and free walks, finishing as

100000-us 1 2 10 batteries: Mary Ng and Dot Loule:

usual, at the short end of the scor- A. Zimmern, Emte Babida (5) and ing. after the final round-up. May Marie Rosa,

Chung, hard hitting shortstop, play-Chung Hwa Maroons Ing in her farewell game prior to

20201- 3' 0 leaving for Oakland, California next Baby Pantherd week, made two of the losera three ·

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batteries: Fungle Law and Lily Rookle slab artist Fungle Law, Cheung; L. Xavier and Therese Mar- drafted-up-to-the majors from Uic ques

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