1941-02-19 — Page 14

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 19, 1941.

Around The Courses

Competitions Offer Problem

Lifting "Plugged" Balls: Misconceptions Of The Stymie Rule

(By "Birdio")

WHAT WITH RAIN AND VOLUNTEER CAMPS, Golf competitions in several Clubs are experiencing a most difficult time. I know that at Kowloon the men's Foursomes has been can- colled, partly through lack of support and partly

because other competitions started some months ago have not yet been concluded,

The men's Championship at the Country Club, too, seems in for a long delay, for I know that at least two of. the players remaining in the competition will be unable to play matches for the next two or three weeks.

The rain has brought up the hote-a short hole-and the making problem of plugged bulls. On of a new tee behind the fist green There are one or two things about the first fairway at Kowloon this new tee that seems to have es- there is quite a chinnce even dur-caped the notice of members. The ing the dry season of having rat is that it was made to avoid the one's ball plugged, for it is in a necessity of having to cross in front valley where water collects and of the first green on the way to the stays. At the Country Club, Sheungshui, the ground, for- tunately, has been so dry that the recent fails have only soaked into the earth, but further ralas are going to affect the second and third

oriontsly. Local rules usually get around the plugged balls, but it seems problems of to me that it should be a general rule that they be lifted and dropped. The professionals say that a bad shot is not the fault of the lie but the fault

fairways

second,

There is a path running around the first green, and if the back of players made use of that, others playing to the first green would not have to hesitate.

"The secund point to bear in mind is that the tee averlooks the green, and to play from it while others are on the green can be dangerous. A topped hall.can inflict considerable pain, if not damage.

UNDERSTAND that experiments of the player, but few in Hongkong are being conducted at Fanling Claim to have attained professional for the extinction of lizards. These standards.

reptilian pests (1) burrow and sprend sand and gravel over quite some area of the fairway. The same trouble is being found on the fifth, fairway at Kowloon, and one of the means (so

Arising out of this also comes the problem of balls on the greens. With these well watered, it is odds on that the ball will stick, and stick well. Last week-end, I had the unfortunate experience of having to put out of a "pock" which had been made by #lofted iron (my own).

The Rules lay it down that the green must not be smoothed out, but I wonder if it refers to these holes?

I

the

understand) of combating ponchers is to allow the grass to grow

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greater length. This will. course, interfere with one's 'shol, butį it in better to play off gross than sand and gravel.

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SHOULD Imagine that one of the CEVERAL players are apparently! most monotonous duties of under the wrong idea of what is

rule. There are twel Secretary of any Club is to be con- the stymie

R & A rule is that tinually reminding members of the rulings. The etiquette of playing from bunkers. when balls are within six inches of mnurks should be each other and in line with the hole Footsteps and all smoothed out-not because it pre-it is permitted to lift the ball nearer serves the beauty of the sand, but the hole.

for the consideration of other players In America they have added a that follow.

In some cases it seems that the only solution would be to erect ittle boards at each of the bunkers giving appropriate advice!

But it does preserve the beauty of one's course to refrain from dropping odd bits of paper and such like.

and

further Improvement (?) that is that If one of the balls is within six inches of the hole and Interferes with the putt the nearer ball may be lifted.

The Americans, too, lift the balls when they are within six inches of each other, but I have met players who have confused the American rule [MPROVEMENTS-at-Kowloon-in-about-the ball within six inches of

clude the bunkering of the second the hole with the t & A ruling.

Jel. 28151.

GARDEN TOOLS..

"It has been said that it in the bad

workman complains

who about.

his tools; but there

is no doubt at all

that with better tools a finer job can be done...

First-grade SHEFFIELD

STEEL---

Forks and spades, Trowels, Shears, Scythes, Reap Hooks, Hoes, and Watering cans. Revolving Sprinklers.

Lawn

Ransomes

LAWN MOWERS

"The Finest in the World"

HARDWARE SECTION

Ground Floor

2 LANE CRAWFORD'S

The House of Quality & Service

Leading Owners And Jockeys

JOE WINS AGAIN

Dorazio Knocked.

Out In 2nd Round

The following is the list of successful owners?,

Cire

T. K. L.

Eve

Lon

Li Po-chtin Necan

Eu Tong-sen

L

Shields & Stanton Weetoo Young Bros C. W.K.

Mrs A. . Graselt PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18 C. F.

Klo Orn (UP). Joe Louis retained, the, M. Hoo world heavy-weight champion-Hollandia ship for the 14th time in the C. II. Convention Hall to-night when S. K he knocked out Gus Dorazio,

G. Tson local Italian-American, in the second round of a scheduled Lee Bros

Louis weighed re Chi-chol

Culture 15-round fight. 2031-16 and Dorazio 193į.

Wal Shiu-pak

The blow which levelled Dorazio was G. A. Harrimon an explosive straight right to the chin. Dynasty As the second round started the chal- Kong lenger missed with his left and Louis C. N. K. His right then connected with Dorazio's smacked several lefts to his forehead. Morber

Pearslur

chia and he was counted out.

When he was revived Dorazio Quartermaster asked "What happened? 1 didn't S. S. know I was hit."

Toots Vilaja

Despite the bout's quick ending. Mrs Chuong Ho-yen Durazio was given an ovation by the Gredmakn crowd of 10,000 because he had shown Manelta

fear of the lightning blows and

Brklge great courage in tearing Into him in such a fashion that they fought on W. S. even termes in the round. He was still W. T. Stanton boring in, bobbing and weaving when T. 1. he met the chuimplon's right the C. H. Chan second.-United Press.

Reuter adds that the crowd was the largest indoor crowd in the city's his- tory. It was the first world heavy- weight title bout in Philadelphia since Tunney beat Dempsey in 1920,

Engineers Overcome Middlesex

1st 2nd 3rd

Jockeys

HOLDING THEM TO FOUR HITS

JU

Gerry Gosano pitching for the Rambling Recs against the Filipinos at the Kowloon Football Club on Sunday last. The Recs ran out winners 12-5.—Ming Yuen.

Softball Players Answer Wet Weekend With Fast Scoring

Canuckettes Still Head League With Snooker

Weak Lineup Against Panthers

(By "Ball Fan")

GARRISON LEAGUE RESULTS AND TABLE

Latest results of matches played in the Garrison Snooker Leaguio are:

R, A. Station Sergeanta' Mess, (Stanley) -3, Royal Anny Medical Curps, 3; Royal Engineers "A", 4. Royal Signals Corps

Royal Simals "À”, 2; Royal Army Pay

TABLE TO DATE

Mrs. Royal Engineers Sergennis' Mess,

R.A.M.G

E. Sertta Mess

C. Poilea

A, Sergi Stanley Rimals pla

RA.P.C..... Royal Signals

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SWEEPING ACROSS the ball park in a Sunday morning prelude, drizzling showers put the well-corps. 3. Corps of Mlitary Police, 3. known damp sign on a week-end softball session at the Kowloon stadium. High rùn-piling was carded in all games and the soggy terrain produced a slide-slushing brand of ball which had the chilled fans in a vociferous state along gashouse row. The star-studded Wildcats embarked on scoring crusade coming through with a grand-slam 37-5 triumph over Ella Chinn's game but hapless Chung Hwa Maroons. Dixie Walker's red-legged Cardinals took another step toward their established "finish in a blaze 10 of glory" policy with an overwhelming 19-1 victory over

the Little Flower brownies.

The following is the list of leading jockeys:

V. V. Needa

C. B. Moller

11. C. Ph

W. H. S. Davis

S. C. Liang

Kul-ying

1. J. A. Hearne

F. Noodt

W. G. Poy

P. Y. T. Wel

D. H. S. Craven

Played under difleult condilons on

H. J. Holden a rain-sodden ground, Engineers de- B. L. Tao fenied Middlesex a try (3) to ni al Soo- P. P. Botelho kunpoo In the Army" Iarge units rugby L. B. Chno

M. M.

Sokoloff league. honours fairly even. The try was scored D. G. Woo

The ganie proved ding-dong with A. D. Coppin by the Sappers right-wing three near I. W. Fung the touch line, resulted from a good movement and was well deserved.

RMV

Wool.. The second half was played under S. L. Sung much worse conditions and the ball D. Black became very dimeult to handle with any L. J. A. Fielden degree of accuracy.

Tang Man-wa The handling of the Sapper outsides was superior, but Middlesex forwards were belter in the tight.

To-day's Programme

5. W. Tang it #. S.

Chang

M. F. L. Haynes

J. Barrow

G. W. Cooper

G.Chan

c. c.

S. W. Tang T. W.

Chatter

The following is the programme in S. W. Lee the Seven-A-Side Rugby Tournament B. A. Proulx

for to-day, all

Club ground:

matchies

of

Ip the K.

F. A. Sequeira

4.50 R.K. v. 8th Heavy "g"

5,10

eung Wing-kwn! Combined Small Univ. 12th C. Gregory

Referee: Lt Cride Harrison.

Heavy "A"

Referee: Bojor Curran,

5.10 Civil Service v. Police, "B"

Referee: Lt Pirie,

5.20 Club "A' 'v. Middlesex "A"

Referee: J. 9, Riddell.

Colony Chess

Championship

Results

Chat Chi-tan

H. K. C. Chul

Ho long-ping

Hoo Pak-ming G. Treverton

S. L. Yuen

1st 2nd 3rd in

2

C. M. Sequeira drew with Welss,

8

10

B

The Maple Leaf Canuckettes took a hard earned 16-12 doci- sion from Cesar Xavier's snarl- ing Panthers. In a men's senior loop fracas, Recreio's rough

a

Leading Standing

riders coasted in with an easy Canuckettes 12-5 win over Dave Amper's wildcats Filipino Clubbers while the Wahoon C.B.C. VS. Canadian Chinese Cardinals

Panthers match was postponed to a later

Recreio 5 dato.

Las Florinhos Chung Hwan

ย

12

Run Making Session RAMMING across ten tallies in the

initial three innings, the red bird Cardinals started their run- making session against the Little Flowers in rapid time.

GIRLS

W.

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run-

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ANNUAL RACE. MEETING, 1941 Postponed to:-

*irat Day Second Day -

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- Mony, Third Day Wednesday, 9th February Fourth Day Saturday, Fifth Day

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The programme axed for 16th. February will be run off on Monday, 17th February, and the subsequent P.C. lays programmes in consecutive

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.017 On Monday, 17th, Tuesday, 18th, 750 Wednesday, 19th, and Saturday, 22nd .538 February, the first bell will be rung 538 at 11.00 am, and the first race will .250 be run at 11.30 am. On Saturday, 083-ist-March,-the-first-bell will be rang .000 at 1.30 p.m., and the first race will be

run ut 2.00 p.m.

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MEN

First Division

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P.C. .818

Eddie Bahlda, toeing the hillock St John's

Indiang for Walker's maidens, turned in her

Mohawks first no-hit effort of the season and

Recreid had the brown uniformed girl Cyclones foozled with her steady hurting. C.B.C. Betty Fitzgerald and Glady's Hut-

Filipino Club chison led the strong Cardinal clout-

Canadian Chinese ing attack, sinking the flower girls further toward the bottom.

Light Drizzle

Second Division

W.

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Chung Hwa

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Wrrit a light drizzle steadily bear- V.R.C

ing down on

the ballpark, R.A,F. Grandpa

Leung's

1lwa Recreio B. Chung Marcons took a terrifle battering Cosinopolitans from the star-studded Weldents in a Liga Portuguesa

oosely played struggle. The

un-South China yet star-lighted felines tore R, Scots tamed,

| across seventeen markers in a ter-R.. Arilllery ride first inning bombardment, leav: C.B.A.

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One dend heat for 1st place.

L Karpovich beat D. E. Carvalho.

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ing the Maroons in a jaggered mut Engineers

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at the outset, Neille Lee, Chung

Hwa left fielder, covered her terri-

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tory, out in the lamb pastures, In steady fashion, snaring nl Wildcat fty-threats clouted in that directloit. Hong Kong Bank

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Canuchettes On Top

Shell

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THE champion Maple Leat. Canuc Chartered Bank

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kettes retained their spot at the Cables

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top of the league standing with a Greenspot

416-11 win over the panting Panthers:

Fielding a weakened lineup, the tille

L. Karpovich.. 3 ↑ C. M. Sequeira. 4 2 G. S. Coxhead

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holders played loose.ball in the open-

The tin interval will be after the Afth race on the first four days of the Meeting.

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.750 Members are reminded that they

wear

727 and their Ladles MUST 600 their badges prominently displayed 545 throughout the Meeting. .373

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE 182 WILL BE ADMITTED TO .000 MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

P.C. .000

.607

THE

Badges admitting non-members to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax-or $40,00 including tax for the

900 Meeting (ladies $5.00 and $20.00 respectively) are obtainable through the Secretary upon the written or 667 personal. introduction of a member, .000

such member to be responsible for all chits, etc.

Badges will

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27794) WILL CLOSE AT 0.45 .. ON THE FIRST FOUR DAYS, and ́P.C.| at 11,45 a.m, ON THE FIFTH DAY. 1.000 A Himited number of tifflna will .800 bo obtainable each day at the. Club 730|House, provided they are ordered la .300 advance from the No. 1 Bay, (Te). ,500 | 21920), - .000 NO CHILDREN WILL DE 000 ADMITTEÐ ΤΟ THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEET- ING.

Ing frames, allowing eight Panther Gosino, on the mound for the win- tallies to cross the old platter; butners, had the Rame well in hand, tightened gradually behind the delimiting the Islanders to four scat ceptive hurling of ace Mary Ng to tered hills. anlah in a mere breeze.

Khoo and Homers by Ulian Mary Ng featured the Maple Leafs' fourteen hingle assault.

The Panther keystone duo of L. Xavier and "milk” bottle" Marques; felded. brilliantly for the lasers, showing consistent improvement with each game.

Sunday's Stars

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PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The price., of admission to the Publie Enclosure is $2.00 per day including tax for all persons includ- ing ladies, and is payable at the Gate. and Sallors in uniform aro Soldiers admitted to the Public Enclosure, at

EFFIE Babida and Belly Fitz- $1.00 per day including tax.

gerald, Cardinals-Former hur-will not be permitted to operate Bookmakers, Tie Tac men, etc., fed her first no-hit victory of the

senson. In subduing Las Florinhas; within the precincts, of The Hong. Winsome Belty paced the red bird Kong Jockey Club during the Race attack with a double and two singles.

Irene Pereira, Wildcats-Clouted two doubles and a single to lead a pulverizing Wildent run-scoring 868-

sion.

Three In First Stanza

MARKING up three runs in the first stanza na Wiif. Lawrence and Eddie and Gerry Gosano romped home on two sizzling singles and n Ulfan Khoo and Mary. Ng, Canuc- walk, Harry Noronha's make-shift ketten-Former's homer spotlighted n rough riders sailed in with a clean savage Maple Leaf willow attack; cut 12.5 triumph over

ver Dave Amper's Mary hurled steady ball to set Pan- Jaland gnng from the Filpino Club, thers down with another loss.

Featured by Michaelmus Mendon- Mike Mendones, Recrelo Mike's ca's blazing circuit clout in the 2nd ruthian clout in the 2nd inning frame with one on board, the cham-climaxed Brilliant "comeback" Plon's battering brigade connected game dished out by the veteran cam- for thirteen solid blows. Gerrypalgner.

Meeting.

Tiina will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Publie Enclosure.

SERVANTS' PASSES

Passes for Servants will be insted to Privato Box holders ONLY. an application to the Secretary, 1st floor, Exchange Building.

Any persone found loitering with Servants' passes in their possession will forfeit the same and will be removed from the Enclosure.

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By Order,

O. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hongkong, 10th February, 1941.