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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH July 16, 1941.

Around The Courses

U.S.G.A: Seek To Limit Flight Of Ball

DOARA

Experiments In Progress: Rule

Tennis Ace Aids Free France

Women's Corps Formed By Mme Mathieu

To Be

Be Drafted Later

Protests Already Being Voiced

(By "Birdie");

THOUGH IT IS NOT the most important part about a game of golf, it cannot be denied that the healthy- smack that sends the ball winging way down the fairway MANY, FRENCHWOMEN in gives satisfaction, that transcends most other joys of the Great Britain have responded to game. It is the crowning glory of the tyro, and to the the call of General De Gaulle average golfer it not only gives confidence for the next and are now helping the cause shot but makes him feel that at last he is getting some. of Free France in many ways, where.

such as serving in Canteens and, It is there, in America, who glumly regard the United Clubs and making "comforts" States Golf Association's decision to limit the flight of the ball, for the Free French Forces. It was announced recently, and will be in operation after

| January 1, 1942.

Madame Mathieu, fic famous fawn tennis champion, has gone a step further and formed the "Corps Feminin" with a hundred young intentions are, but there should

Service,

It isn't quite clear what the

Frenclawomen on the lines Britain's Auxillary Territoral U.S.G.A, announce their ruling,

for it might possibly (and prob Most of these girls are either the ably) be that the Association wives, sisters, cfnughters of only intend to prevent any fur- Frenchmen serving with the Free ther experiments in ball manu-

Boine cases French Forces, but in they are the English wives of French-ture that tend to add length There is little doubt that the pre- Bicknen er the French wives of English-to one's drives.

of be no undue gloom until the Miss Chamley

A, E. Atkins bowling in the Kowloon B.G.C. "A" y. "B" League match on Saturday, G. W. Deacon wiping his wood ready to bowl, while behind are W. L. Walker and H. J.

nell-Ming Yuen.

Lou Ambers Follows Armstrong Into Retirement

NEW YORK, (Reuter),—Loù Ambers, popularly known in his heyday as the "Herkimer Hurricane," a former holder of the world lightweight championship, has followed "Hurri. cane Hank" Armstrong into retirement.

Beaten for the second time by Lew Jenkins, the "skinny kid from Texas with sage brush for bair and rocks in his hands," s one American sports writer de- scribed him, Ambers has gone

Major Baseball

Chicago Cubs

men who are anxious to support the; cause of Free France.

rent make of Lali is satisfactory all round, but there is no limit to man's Madume Mathicu attended an unrestrained ingenuity, America in Auxiliary Territorial Service officers' the land of experiment, and who training course last year with some knows but that the ery of the duffer of her lieutenants, so us to familiarize will not be heeded and specially herself with the organisation of the resilient balis made to sult his pur A.T.S. Judging by the smart appear- | pose. ance of all ranks in the

"Corps

And what devastation they would Feminin" they have become an effl-cause to courses in the hands of the erent a body as their British sisters-professionals! In-arms.

Duties

is, in fact, for the benefit of courses that the U.S.GA, made the announcement, for in the application of the new ruling they hope that

four objectives will be achieved.

PHEIR principal woric in London Is To provide the Headquarters of These offe

to

General De Gaulle with secretaries, typists, and clerks of all kinds, in cluding telephonists and messengers, thus releasing Frenchmen to fight for Free France in the active then- tres of war. They also drive mili- tary enes for General De Gaulle and his staff. The drivers look smurt in their khaki uniform, similar to that of the A.T.S, except for the word

back to his laundry shop in Her Twice Beaten "FRANCE" on their shoulders.

on

kimer (New York), and from now on will concentrate bringing up his young son, "Anthony, to follow in his foot- stepa na a boxer.

Like' Armstrong, Ambers went out of boxing in a blaze of glory. Try- ing to come back as 'n welterweight, he found the deadly punches of Jen- kins too much for him after putting up 4 thrilling show for six rounds, but he was still gamely trying to carry on when referee Arthur Dono- van, heeding the frantic-cries-of-Am- bers' manager, Al Welll, to "slop it," mercifully stepped in and ended

things.

True Sportsman AMBERS accepted his defeat and

exit from boxing is sport-

THEY'RE BAD BUT GOOD!

The mitey muggs morge

to round up

a racket ring!

DEAD END KIDS LITTLE TOUGH GUYS

You're Not SoTough

NAN GREY Billy Halep Huntæ Holi Gabriel Dell - Bernard Pondlyć · Bobby Jordan +Houry Armatio

TO-MORROW

AT THE

KINGS

By Dodgers

NEW YORK. July 15 (UF) Chicago Cubs suffered defeat in both games of a twin-bill against Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League to-day, In the American elreuil, New York Yankees nosei out Chicago White Sox 5-4, and Detroit Tigers beat Philadelphia Athleiles 3-2. Scores were:

NATIÓNÁL, LEAGUE

0

iJaltery: Fresshell, Mooty. McCullough,

Other members of the Corps drive motor-lorries and ambulances, while some are nursing in any hospital and convalescent home where there are French casualties.

There have been more volun- teers to join the Corps than it was

To Control Club Cricket

Elected Conference

Secretary

LONDON, July 3 (Reuter).- Thousands of Club cricketers are content to have their game con- trolled by womas. It

may appear to be a strange thing. but not one vulch will be raised against the move which has placed, Miss Joan Chamley, sill in lier early twenties, in control of London club cricket by her appointment as Secretary to the Club Cricket Con-. ference.

But to start at the beginning. Miss Joined the Conference

(1) that Clubs will be spored Chanley the expense of making alterations about seven years ago when the reins to their courses to accommodate were in the capable hands of Mr the long hitters-which appear to E. A. C. Thomson and, as his assis- be growing in number;

fant, Miss Chamley became familiar with the manifold activities of the (2) that the shorter course Conference. would mean less distance to walk, Her duties increased with the fall- shorter time to play, and, in gen-ing health of Mr Thomson and Miss eral, make for the greater enjoy-Chamley was able to carry on tem- ment of golf;

porarily at a time when preparations were in full swing for the birth of (3) that through uniformity of another season. Since then she has golf manufactures there would be been appointed to her present posi- a greater emphasis on skill;

and (4) that through control of limits of hitting, courses would be- come more

standardised.

tion.

MR

Lasting Memorial

MR Thomson came to the aid of Club ericket just after the start

at first possible to accept. Now,IRST of the protests has been of the last war for it was in 1913, however, Madame Mathieu is to double the sirength to 200. From the number of suitable recruits waiting to be enrolled there will be no difeully in doing this.

Perry Blames

Tournament ·

R.

1. E.

Battery: Davis, Owen,

Chleagu

Battery: French, tooly, Scheffning. Brooklyn

44

1

T

0

Chicago

4

:

Pros For Open

Dupres

Brooklyn

P 12 12

Battery: Hamlin, Franks.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York

30

0

Chicago

412

1

Battery: Sutilli, Tresh,

Philadelplur

7

1

Battery: Harris, Wagner,

Detroit

0

1

Ballery: Newsom, Sullivan.

Battery: Peck, Branch, Rosar.

ingly as he has fought all its figliis.

Ambers is well off, financially, Ja happily married and still renins clear senses. He can look forward to many years of happiness.

Controversy

lengthy one in one of the Ameriwith Club cricket entirely disor

newspapers, but I am of the ganised, and not knowing what to opinion that the writer was looking do, that he founded the C.C.C. as it on the gloomy side of things.

He wrote on behalf of the Layernge Kolfer and complained that there was no reason why this poor crea ture, who is greatly in the majority, should suffer restrictions because of ile long-hitting pro, who is greatly In the minority.

He

that it is not because argues the pro shoots in the sixties and

has become known,

-Thirty-five-clubs-entered-the scheme and once that war was over the organisation developed into the greatest cricket association In the world.

TOW

Man Size Job

low seventies that the ball should Now Miss Chamley carries on the

good work that Mr E. A. C.;

be made shorter, it is when the Thomson began. It will not be an averago golfer gels down to those easy task; but, cricketers are confident levels that is the time for resiric- that she will not fall. tions to be

Made

About 300 Clubs are prepared to

bus

From his text it seems that he leave their destinies in her hands. expects that the present ball with She will be called on to settle any LEXINGTON, Va., May the average 250-yard drive to be cut points which demand immediate at- (AP). Fred J. Perry, for-down to one of 100 or 200-yards, but tention; she will conduct the fixture assist in the appointment of this is jumping to a conclusion. The mer British Davis Cup star Association's standardising of the

week-by-week. edit the and lately a standout among ball may (and probably will) be in Conference's handbook and generally the tennis professionals, its present condition. It is probably be the guiding light of Club cricket. blames the money players ained, as 1 have suld, at preventing

the average 250-yards ball from bo for the controversy over coming one of 300-yards or more. open tournaments.

Having just digested, his first TOGETHER with this rule will be, another restricting the taste of collegiate coaching at scoring on the faces of clubs. Ambers, at 28, has given up his Washington and Lee University. It is easy to imagine the reason ting curver at an age when most Perry fired a shot into the for this. With deep grooves boxers are reaching their peak, i Born of Italian parents,

his real gamo's longtime argument be with sharp or rough edges it is namme was Louis D'Ambrosio, and he fore leaving for the National far easier to impart spin or cut

pro tournament at Chicago.

was one of ten children.

born fighter with a style like Iforry Greb or Tony Conzoneri, from whom he first won the world light- weight title in 1937, Ambers also possessed speed, staraina and good generalship.

Proud Record

ROXING. Is proud of Ambers. Not of a tremendous courage, glittering ring record and; honesty as a boxer, but also because, in Loli Ambers, boxing can point to an excellent' example of the eleva- ting Influence which the sport exer- clses.

fie won

the world title from Armstrong In 1938, and held it until | losing to Lew Jenkins in May, 1940.

Manager's Tribute

« HAVE managed many fighters in my time, and I expect to manage many more, but I've never! had and never will have another like Lou Ambers," said manager] Al Welll. "He's done everything asked of him, and as far as I am

the greatest concerned he is

light weight in the world." Perhaps one day. Weill will manage

+

to the ball.

"Contrary to popular notion," I understand or have read some- Perry said, "the reason they don't where that the rule at Home forbids have open tournaments In tennis lines of more than one-sixteenth of on the same basis as golf, rests on inch in depth. with the professionals, not the amateurs."

"If the professionals would go to | the amateur association to-morrow and ask them to take charge of open tournaments instead of frying to force the hand of the amateur body, then I feel sure the iden would become a reality."

Pros Not Qualified· CPEAKING frankly in view of

his own pro status, Perry.com tinued, "the professionals want run the show when

to

seat as

The Golfer's Handbook says: Club faces shall not have any de- grea of concavity, nor more than one angle of loft, nor any lines, dots or other markings with sharp ur rough edges, made for the ob- vious purpose of putting cut on the ball. Insets on the faces of iron clubs are not allowed. -

qualised for the drived aren't by the calls of military service..

luggage

soen

Not an easy task ni the best of times, but doubly difficult in a war season, and she will also attend committee meetings and play part in choosing Conference teams fer representative matechies.

Combined Chinese Aquatic Team Selected

FINAL SELECTIONS for the Combined Chinese swimming team to meet the combined European Y.MLO.A.-V.R.C. team on July 20 at the V.R.C. pool in aid of the Bomber Fund and the British Fund ..for the Relief of Distress in China

have been made, These are:

Lo

Men's 300 yards free-style relay-Ng MECHANICAL caddie has been Nin, Teul Hang, Wong Chl-hung. Wong invented in America to meet Sla-lun, Ng Chun-man and She Ham- Reserves, Wond Sau-kan. Trang with the shortage of human caddies Cheung-ming, Le Yuk-wing. brought about by the greater number or better jobs in war industries or 40 yards mixed free-style relay

Miasea Sa Wai-ying, Ng Pa-hing, Ho Wai- king. Ko. Mu-ing; men. Ng Nin, Trut Blu-lun. In het is an ordinary Hang: Wong Chi-hung, Wong

in any railway Reserves, Allsses Twang Tung-kwan, the amateur body. After all, the on, only. It is colled on air-tyres Tak-ching; Ng Chun-man, Bhek Kam-pul. amateur association has been suc wheels and is very easy to push ccanfully conducting tennis tourna ments for several decades, estab around. The clubs are strapped on, lishing contacts all over the coun- try with people interested in the future of the games, and are there- fore in a better position to operate the open tourneys."

young Anthony Ambers and pilot Amateurs and pres ́have been torn him

up the, flale ladder to n world's in a standstill strile for years over championship. He has had his fair ihn, amateur ruling hady's ban shore of champions, and managed against its members participating in Arturo Godoy, heavyweight cham-open meets and Ferry suggested that plan of South America, and Abey the mus could be solved by allow Archibald, who formerly held the ing the andatours to remain in con- world's featherweight championship, troj, take all the gate, while guaran-

Men's 130 yerde medley · relay--Pun Wing-kai, Ng Nin, Trul Tang. Reserves. Lau fu-ting. Wong Bati-san, Fung Wal- cheung, Wong Chi-hung.

Alen's 100 yards_free-style--Wong Blu- seeing the prize money for the pros, fun, Thul Trang. Reserves, Lai Tal-ping.

The public would get better i Fook-kl. tennis, the amateur body would maintain control of the game, the Misses Sa Wat-ying. Ng Po-hing, Ho Wal- Women's 360 yards free-stylä, rolkymm umafaur. players would improve king. Ka Mlu-iing,, Trang Fung-kwan, Lo their game by playing against the Tak-ching. Reserves, Misses Chang Ol- best pros, the professionals would in, Burn Put. got nation-wide publielly:. which some of the really fine teaching professionals now lack, and above nil, it would clean up the game in certain cases,

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Women's" 138′ yarde medley “rálky,... Misses Sa Waloying 21.Podiuen, Rao Wal- Inserves. Thang Tung-kwan, Ho Witman, Ko Miu-

Djving? Exhibition-Wong King-woon; Koo Ka-kul, Reserves, Kam : Ka-tang

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