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HONGKONG TELEGRAPHO May 19415

Courses

Sacrificing Accuracy For Distance

Dry Weather Shots Apt To Prove

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Flattering: Frequent Misuse of Irons

(By "Birdio!") -

WITH THE WET WEATHER more or less be- hind us, the season is approaching, when, on drier courses, the length of one's shots is apt to be flattering. An observant golfer would have noted indications of this already.

Drives, particularly, can put on twenty or thirty, and occasionally even fifty yards, but it is not with these clubs that the ambitious get themselves into trouble, it is with the irons.

How often has it been known) for a player to use a. No. 6, say, just because the opponent has made the distance with that club, when in truth a No. 4 or No. 3. would have been the clubs. It is a great asset in golf to realise one's limitations. |

When the No. 5 fails, one uncon- sciously begins to press and take the ball further buck off the right foot. It gives a lower trajectory, but it sacrifices consistency and invariably accuracy, too.

Opinions on this, however, seem to differ, even among the profes- sionals. have

read that the drive

and wood shots should be taken off the left toe and as the clubs decrease so should the distance from the right foot, until finally one is playing with the No. 8 or right off the back fool!

Personally, I cannot see the ob- ject, for in moving the ball back- wards it must alter the angle of the club face and one loses the value of the lot. The days of the refined touch control went out with the ad- vent of the new clubs.

The ideal spot from which to hit is directly between the feel. Disregarding the fact that the hands are in advance of the club head at the moment of impact, this is the spot from which the loft of the club is as li should be according to the manufacture.

Hitting a No. 3 iron from this spot gives one a loft of, say, 15 degrees, but in moving the hali back to, the rear foot the face assumes almost the perpendicular-like a driver,

If one varies the place from which one hils one can just as easily

the dispense with half irons in the bag, for a No. 4 can be made to do the service of a No. 3 and so on, as far as dis- tance is concerned,

But in the variation of that dis- tance, one must snerillee a certain amount of accuracy, and that is where the practice is harmful.

Chip shots are invariably played off the back foot, but for all full "shots the position of the ball-in"Te- Intion to the feet should be con- stant.

CHEATERS-Behind those dark glasses Joe Louis hidos bruised oye ho gathered in recent bout with Abo Simon in Detroit. Joe's relaxing in round of golf at the Rackham course in Detroit.

or not.

Major Baseball

Philadelphia Humble Cincinnati

NEW YORK. May 4 (UP)—~Two matches in the American Baseball Learue were' spolled by rain tou day. In the National elrcuit, Philadelphia Phillies humbled Cin- cinnati Reds 4-2, whilla Boston. Braves nosed oot St Louls Car- dinals 5-4.

Complete scores were:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Battery: Blanton and Warren,

Cincinnat

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Ballery: Vandermeer and Lombardi. Philadelphia

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5 0 2

St Louis

Battery: Grodzicki, Naham, Lanier, Krist

and Mancuso.

Boston

Berres, Mail,

Hallery: Terrell, Bullivan, Lamanna and G. G. Aitkenhead, Hongkong Cricket Club, delivering a wood

Chicago

Battery: Passau and

New York A TrizD Battery: Hubbell and Danning.

Pittsburgh

4 1

0

2

0

Battery: Sewell Wilkie and Lopez. Brooklyn.............................................. 10

Battery: Wyatt and Owen.

New York

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Battery: Corsica and Tebbelts.

4

Battery: Bonham, Donald and Dickey. Detroit

7 11

Washington

日

1

Battery: Leonard and Ferrell. Cleveland

2

Battery: Bagby, Heving and Hemsley.

The Philadelphia-Chicago' and Boston-

St Louie gomes were washed out.

League Table

NATIONAL LEAGUE

St Louis Brooklyn

New York Cincinnati Boston Pittsburgh

Chicago

Philadelphia

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in last week's Second Division match against the Club do Recreio at King's Park-Ming Yuen.

Referees' Assn Bid Farewell

To C.S.M. Minihan

Suggestions To Hongkong F.A.

THE HONGKONG Football Referees' Association took the opportunity at their meeting last night to bid farewell to Company Sergeant-Major M. Minihan, R.A., the Army representative on the Referees' Association.

The Chairman, Mr H. A.;

714 Beard, said C. S. M. Minthan's

529 work on the Committee and as

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland

New York

Chicago

Detroit

Boston

Philadelphia Washington

St Louis

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483 Secretary of the Army Referees LETTERS TO THE

375 Committee was well-known and

333 had earned him the respect of 316 all genuine workers and followers

of soccer.

"During his sojourn here," Mr Beard .084 continued, "he had one object in view, .571 the betterment of the game both fron .556 the referees and administration point of 550 view. He has had sound ideas and al 520 though it is not gonerally known, he became non-active this season because .333

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Open Tennis Singles Final

This Afternoon

fis sense of justice did not see eye to eye with the appointments of oficials."

EDITOR

Open Tennis Tourney

Sir,-Despite this boycott by Chinese newspapers to report on the above championships, capacity crowds

Mr W. M. Glover, Secretary of the have been ättending the semi-final Navy and Marines Football Referees matches, and among them were at Association Committee, associated him-least 90 per cent Chinese. self with the. Chairman's remarks.

many

Mesars D. Kossick (civilian repre- Japanese and quite a few Chinese re- sentative), J. F. da Silva and Rev. S. porters.

Hinchcliffe also paid tribute to the always thought that the chief work done by C. S. M. Minihan,

Replying. C. S. M. Minihan hold what object of a newspaper is to direct he had done he had enjoyed, and people's opinions, but to boycott any though it was possible that the standard ws is, I think, deplorable and only of refereeing had not improved, that tends to show a weak and narrow- standard of administration was de-minded policy. A newspaper's editer finitely better.

cannot expect everybody to follow his ideas. After all, an editor is only one individual.

Several

FINAL of the Colony Tennis Singles Championship will

Suggestion To F.A. be played this afternoon at the Stand Couri, commencing at 4.30 p.m.

suggestions wero Teul Wai-pui will meet his younger drawn up by Mr Glover to be brother Teul Yan-pul, and many presented to the Football Asso- ciation for consideration at the annual meeting.

expect the Initer to win.

How much simpler, too, is it to be able to hit the ball from one spot while the second was too nippy than from several, for in the former

and got away. ease the position of the hands is: constant, while in the latter there! The caddies, there, seem well in- is a a continual variation and adjust-formed on these creatures, and at ment. Goodness only knows. golf is a glance are able to tell whether

Yesterday's Match difficult enough as it is!

they are poisonous

From personal observallon, there seem to Yesterday's match at the Hongkong SNAKES are making their re- broly kindswone a lightish C.C, was the Handicap Doubles and the other a brownish Semi-final in which C. H. R. Uxinde appearance at the Country green. From appearances, the latter and A. H. Barwell (-15/2) beat R. Club, and two have been seen kind appear to be of the viper H. Blake and H. C. D. Knight this year about six feet in species. I first thought they were (-15/2) in straight sets, 0-3, 6-1.

the caddies suy length. The first was caught they are harmless and feed on the Monaghan and T. J. Gould in the

grass, snakes, but

The winners will now meel T. C. and measured over six feet, frogs that abound in the district. Anal.

SPORTS ADVT.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

The FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 10th MAY, 1941, commencing at 2.00 pm.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.31, P.L

"MRMIDERS' ENCLOSURE

No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure Such must be worn throughout the darsiton of each Meeling in such a manner as to be readily identified,

The brown ones are the danger- ous fellows, and the one that was caught and the one that escaped were both brown!!

Billiards

Club de Recreio Easily Beat Kowloon C.C.

Recreio And H.K. Electric Bowls Selections

The following teams have been chosen to represent the Club de Recreio in League Lawn Bowls matches on Saturday:

"A" v. K.O.C. (away)—J. Luz, C. E. Marques, H. A. Alves and C. G.: Silva; L. F. Xavier, C. Roza-Pereira, Club de Recreio and Kowloon F. V. V. Ribeiro and F. X. Silva; F. Cricket Club played

return. Soares, L. J. Silva, J. E. Noronha billiards and mooker match at the and R. F. Luz. K.C.C. last night when the visitors

The suggestions Included an all-

Coming to the reasons for the boy- cott. Some argue that in other places British and Germans do not come together; but this is not true. In Shanghai we have just read that amongst the members of the Muni- elpal Council there are British, Ger- man,

Japanese, Chinese (some pro- round increase in foes; travelling Nanking), and other nationalities. expenses; as the Navy and Army and Germans are playing tennis to- In Canton, I am told that British had no local handbook, the rules for Kolewall Cup matches be included gether on the Shameen courts. in the HK.FA, handbook; the Re-

BOMBER FUND SUPPORTER. ferees' Association should receive written

ten information as to whether д referee was the sole judge whether

ground was it for.

play the grounds at Happy Valley should be marked off on the day of League games; official linesmen should be provided where teams were run- ning neck and neck for the cham- planship; fees or medals be given In charlly matches.

Referring to the muggestion that the ground at Happy Valley be marked off, Mr Hinchcliffe sald it could not be done, as there appeared to be a law against IL

Mr C. Guingam, of the Council, sald the ground was leased by the Royal Hongkong Golf Club and its use for football was only by courtesy,

Words of Advice

В talk.

Golf Dates Corrected

All dates published for the Junior Section Championship and the first Happy Valley Summer Singles are wrong.

They should all be one day later, on (Sundays Instead of Saturdays. The

correct dates are as follow:

The first round to be played on the morning of May 28, the second on June 8, the third on June 22, the semi-final on July 6 and the final on July 20,

F.A. Meeting

C. 8. M. Minihan gave Advice to Referees on re-registration Hongkong Football Association will be A meeting of the Council of the and promotion," with particular re- held on Wednesday, May 14, at 5,39 ference to young referees.

The Chairman gave a talk, "Human

p.m.

"B" v. I.R.C. (home).-H. R. Pinna, won by seven rames to one. Ee-C. H. Basto, E. M. Remedios and Nature In Association Football" He Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Club

Kac. players being

J. Hasto; F. A. Machado, D. C. Alves, said he considered one of the most im and a repetition would result in the Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and

mentioned first:

E. Sousa and B. Basto; A. F. Noronha, portant things necessary for a referee player being sent off $3.00 for Ladles (both including,

Billiards. J. H. S. Duncan lost to A. M. Xavier, A. M. Rodrigues and to possess was a sense of human nature, tax)

are obtainable through the M. Soares, 110-200 (Soarea's best A. P. Guterres.

and it was very necessary for raterees SECRETARY upon the personal or break 37); E C. Curtis beat C. Cunha,

to make a study of it. There were written application of a Member, Remedios, 198-200; . H. Martin Ieri L. Barros, F. X. Monteiro, A. V the referee to find out the tempera

150-110; F. R. Zimmern lost to J. O. 2nd Div. v. K. Tong (away)-E. games in which it was necessary for such Member to be responsible for to E. 4. Yvanovich, 72-150. all visitors introduced by him, and

Borros and O. P. Remedios; G. A. ments of the players within the shortest for payment of all chits, etc.

Snooker-J. R. Luke lost to J. E. Ribeiro, N. Beltrão, F. A. Xavier and possible time, Noronha, 60-104 (Noronha's best break J. R. Soares; L. A. Rosario, H. M. The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, 17); T. W. Carr lost to A. A. Noronha, Xavier, J. D. Remedios and J. A. Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will 62-181 (Noronha's best break 21); A Remedios. close at 11.45 a

Bono lost to J. C. Remedios, 46-163; Timns are obtainable at the Club J, Fenton lost to C. F. Rozario, 90, House provided they are ordered in 93. advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 21920).

Cases To Note

There was also the type who was up to all the nasty tricks when the referee's back was turned. With this type, said Mr Beard, the re- force should convey to him that he was being watched, and should ho be definitely caught,

the official should blow his whistle hard. Probably the most troublesome type A player might, on the spur of the was the one with the permanent air of 3rd Div. v. Pollon (home)-G, A. not allowed in the book, but with no often and that such a player was quite moment, bring a man down in a way injured Innocence. A reforea - would Pinna, C. A, Marques, F. J. A. Mar- real badness. In such a case a word aware of his limit and keep within it, ques, and P. A. Yvánovich: P. of warning was generally sumclent and very D'Almalda, E. Cunha, E. A. R. Alves In the same way, a friendly word to have to put up with a lot before he often a referee would and M. A. Carvalho; A. A. Lopes, R. player who charged or tackled with could find a definite case of ungentle- Alarcon.

curb his keenness. Such players were usually

Some players had a habit of blumns of litte trouble referees.

a referee, pretending to be tripped or burt, but if the official kept his eye In the case of a player who could open and found the player had made a The following will represent the not stand being beaten by a better somewhat quick recovery, he would be Hongkong Electrie v. the Hongkongman and showed his resentment in no wise not to let the player carry on a 0.0. at home:

uncertain manner,: It was very little second bluff. use giving a word of warning without Mr. Beard referred to incidents which petition for the Weall Cup durarron and L. de Rome; R. A. Owens, friendly word from a referes. It was make their own decisions and lick le W. Macfarlane, R. F. Gregory, J.T.stopping the game. The nature of such made it difault to act against human -matt would not, as a rule, take a nature, and migrested that referees MCB, BRÓWN,,/. [ing: May and June, odve

Secretary. Entries close on May 14 and entry F. Paul A. P. Tarbuck, J. R. Way, referee to inform the player on defigite the word of a player; however, honest W. Stonehouse, A. G. Gardner and advisable,In this Instance, for the thur, instead 02 keling,, sometimes,.OR. Hombong, Bah-May, 1941,

[llata are open at the Y.M.CO

RC Butler and C. E. Galayan.z? "terma", that he had sterf, the offence, the latter might be, DINA METALL

No Children or mahs will be admitted to either Enclosure,

PUBLIC KNCLOSURE

Y.M.C.A. Tennis A Campos, M. Mendones and M. ote zu intention of hurting would manly conduct.

The price of ·Admission to the Pubilc Enclosure is $1.00' including At a meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Tax, for all Person, including Ladies, Tennis Committee held on May and is payable at the Gate, Soldiers 6, it was decided to hold the "Y" and Sailors In Uniform are admitted Mombers Singles Handicap com- Half Price

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