1941-07-23 — Page 22

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

July 23, 1941.

Around The Courses

Fairways Improved By Rain

Another Definition Of "Plugged" Ball-

Replacing One's Divots

(By "Birdio")

A VISIT was made to the Country Club, Sheungshiu, the other day for the first time since the rains began... some weeks ago—and the improved state of the fairways was something amazing.

This is not peculiar to this Club, however, for it is very apparent at Kowloon, too. But at the latter course, the un- even surface of the fairways make it difficult and in spots im- possible to use a mechanical mower. This is not the case in The New Territories, and the close clipped grass makes the course much the more enjoyable.

Not once in 27 holes, except for intermittent excursions into the rough, did one meet with a Hle that was not, if desired, suit- able for a brassic shot.

There are still one or two spots on the third fairway that hava retained their water, but these will soon be; dried and the tractor can get to work thereon.

How different R is, in comparison, at Kowloon. The grass has grown ere with unusual rapidity, and the lind cutters have hardly been able to keep pace. It is not the harder kind of grass, either, and in it the ball

snuggles down like in a nest.

Unnaturally, the conditions

Schools' Gala Organised By V.R.C.

Victoria Recreation Club will kold Swimming Gala open to the Schools of the Colony for boys and girls on Saturday, August 23 at 0.07 p.m. Heats, if necessary, will be swum off on August 18 and 19 In the V.R.O. poot at 7.07 p.: Students participating must be re-

istered in their respective school re- Alsters at least three months prior to the date of the heats. There will be no age limit or height limit for Senior Boys, but junior swimmers must be 15 years of age or under and must also be 5 ft 1 in or under on August 10. There is only one classification for girls and any schoolgirl may compete,

Rules

As an incentive junilor swimmers may compete in any senior event, but not for both classes, Another, sijuin-

Another K.O. tion is that to swimmer may competa

For Louis

MINNEAPOLIS, July 22 (UP) — Joe Louls, the heavyweight Boxing champion, threw only one punch on Friday night to knock out Jim Robinson of Philadelphia in the first round of a scheduled-four- round exhibliion bout here.

Promising Lightweight

In more than two Individual event except in the diving relays.

Points for Individual and team plac- ings will be 5, 3 and 1 for first, second and third.

list of events:

In addition to the given below a demonstration by V.R.C. divers given.

and swimmers will also be

Programme

The events are as follow:

Senior Beyn" 200 yards free-style relay (teams of four); Senior Boys' 150 yards medley relay tents of three); Senior Doys 100 yards free-style; Senior Boys' 220 yards free-style; Senior Boya* 100 yards breast-stroke: Senior Boys" 100 yarda back-strake: Senior Boys' Diving. three-metre board, Compulsory forward- hender, compulsory backward header, one

anys 150 yards medley relay teams of optional divo): Junior Boys 200 yards free-style relay (vams of four); Junior three); Junior Boys' 100 yards free-style: Junior Boys 50 yards free-style: Junior Buya 50 yards breast-stroke: Junior Boys' 50 yards back-stroke: Junior Boys' Diving. one-matre hoard (three Ineward headers): Girls 200 yards free-style rolny (teams of four; Ciris 50 yards free-style: Giris 50 yards breast-stroke: Girls 60 yards back-stroke: Girls Diving, three-metre board (liree forward henders).

somewhat difficult to the

Philadelphia, July 22, thoughtless ("unthinking" would be a better word) for I have seen spoonal has been boxing professionally for

Roy Robinson, young Negro who used recently where a No. 5 or year, remains unbeaten following would have had far better results, the decision in a 10-round bout to- Improvement at the Country day against Sammy Angott, world Club, however, has much to Lghtweight champion. The title was with the better drainage system)

Robinson floored Angott twice in that is in the progress of being the second round and clearly faid. A herring-bono lay-out seven of the rounds.-Reuter. noticeable on the second, while a new long, ditch is being dug on the third.

The Kowloon Golf Club valleys are

a big problem, and greatest credit must go to Mr Phillips who is doing| a good job of work there.

•

AT the latter course, plugged balls on the first, third and some times the eighth are still recurring, and I was introduced' to a novel definition of such the other day.

It is, as far as I know, generally accepted that a plugged ball is one which has half or more of its diameter buried beneath the sur- face of the ground.

The other day in a foursome the ball driven from the Arst too was plugged in the fairway. The second player, naturally, picked up and played his shot, but being a same- what erratie player topped the ball rather heavily and simply burled the ball again.

not at stake.

Won

.

One-sided Matches In

Pairs

Championship

THREE of the four Open Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship matches played yesterday proved very one-sided. Only close game was that at Recreio in which B. A. Mansell and P. Morgan beat W. McMaster and M. Ferguson 21-16.

·

Other scores were:

C. E. Marques and J. E. Noronha )*************

TRY THIS SOMETIME!

If you cannot get anywhere with your own style, try this sometime! The player in the picture, a Canadian, recently went round his home course in one over Par.

How To Play Baseball

5. Third Baseman

BECAUSE of the high speed of balls hit along the third base line, this position is known as the "hot corner" of the dia. mond. The baseman must be very fast, good on ground balls, and must have a good throwing arm. needed to all bases, especially to first.

An accurate throw is

beat E. Strange and H. Strange Bradman May Not Play should play as far inside of the dia-him where to play the ball, other-

31-14 at Craigengewer C.C.

W. Cameron and E. G. Post beat J. W. Leonard and W. Ward 24-14 at the Civil Service C.C.

A. Eastman and W. C. Simpson beat W. J. McCarrach and T. Pile 25-11 at the Kowloon B.G.O.

Close Game" The game nt Recreio

From the opposition came the opinion that the second case was not a plugged ball because it had not risen into the air. It was argued) that it should be played in its then very close. The winners, Man- poaltion-beneath the turf!

sell and Morgan, scored on

wax

In return it was argued togically, eleven of the 21 heads and their and with Inter support from an out- side source, that the definition of a winning margin of five shots plugged ball (if there is such afwas the outcome of their score thing) does not concern itself with on the seventh end.

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how the ball reached that condition All four bowlers were steady, and but was merely a statement of fact from a deficit of 5-13, McMaster and that is, that when a ball is buried Ferguson drew up to 13-all, on the it is plugged..

14th, but over the last seven heads they were just that bit on the out- TN is present condition, loose and side and scored on only two heads, IN

uncongealed, turf is Hable to The winners 5 on the 7th end be spattered into little pieces when was the biggest tally of the match, Irons shots are made. But even the losers' best being 3's on the 3rd

so, players should make the effort and 14.

to retrieve as any of the little

picces as possible and replace them

In what would otherwise be a

ghastly scar on the fairway.

To have to play out of one

of

these horrid ruts left by someone, previous is invariably an experience that leaves a Insting Impression.

Scores were:

Mansel & Morgan

2, 1, 8, 1, 2, 0,

B, 0.2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 1, 2, 1, 04 121 BicMaster & Ferguson 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1,

0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 0.2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 016

A Seven For Police

Big Cricket Again.

ADELAIDE SPORTSMEN say that Don Bradman may never play big cricket again.

Bradman, who was a physical training instructor in the AIF.,

· has been officially retired from the Army because of ill-health.

His retirement is believed to be due to an attack of fibrosliis carly this year.

Since his Illness Bradman has refused to discuss his cricketing career.

Gunpowder

More Accurate Than Bowstring

WILMINGTON, Del. (UP)-A contest between members of the Wilmington Police Bureau and the Brandywine Archers Club proved is conclusively that gunpowder more accurate than the bowstring. It may have been one-sided The victorious Police palr, W. match from the start, but Gnal re- The same can be sald of the one Cameron, and E. G. Post were thesults show top scoring in bath fields. or two players who still continuejproud scorers of a 7 against Leonard | The policemen took 2,347 points to stroll, almlessly. Judging by and W. Ward at the C.S.C.C. This out of a possible 3,000, and the bow- their foolmarks, in bunkers.

Such was on the 9th head to place them men chalked up 2,085 points. The archers used a straw target with a people are deserving of nothing 15-2 in the lead. short of ostracism.

7-inch bull's eye and the police shot They were never beaded from the at a regulation army platel target beginning and ran out deserving with a 5-Inch centre. winners.

Tennis

Helen Jacobs And Riggs Successful

Scores were:

Cameron & Post

1, 1, 7, 0, 6, 6, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1. 1. 4.

Leonard & Ward

2. 1.

0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0,

24

0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0214

Strange Brothers Beaten

The Strange brothers, E. and H., were soundly beaten when they met

at

NEW YORK, July 22, (Router), the strong Recreio combination of C. ---Many well-known tennis players E. Marques and J. E. Noronha figure in the 54th Invitation tourn Craigengower. ament at Seabright, New Jersey, The winners chalked up two 5's, to-day.

two 4's and two 3'-24 shots-in six heads, and though they wero nover

Winners of the first round included led, the losers drew up to 0-all Helen Jacobs, who beat Mrs Coleman the 7th. 0-1, 6-0, and Bobby Riggs, who beat J. Moorhead 6-1, 6-2. Both winners have. hold the American and Wimbledon;

titles.

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Arthur Marx, son of Groucho Marx, Alm comedian, was also among the winners.

Scores were;

Strange & Btrange

·0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0,

on

2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0.1-15 Marques & Noronha 1, 5, 0, 1, 0, 3,

0, 5, 4, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 4, 0, 0m31

Another Big Defeat

W. J. McCarrach and T. Pile had ZHE NEW FRENON REMEDT, no reply to the steady bowling of A. THERAPIONING, ]' Eastman and W. C. Simpson at the Kowloon B.G.C., and were beaten by THERAPION.NⱭ2

| 20-11. THERAPION NO.3

LE OLERO'S PLI

Scores were: Eastman & Bimpson

0, 1, 3, 9, 2, 13

MoCarrach à Pla

1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0

3.

0=11

1. POSITION, The 3rd bsmn The catcher will usually call to mond and as far back of the base wise it is up to the judgment of the line us will permit him to field that 3rd bsmn. territory. With a hard-hitting right hand batter he will not feef com- fortable on or in front of the base line, but if he expeels the batter to bunt he will not play back of the. base line. His position, therefore, will vary with the batter."

He should watch hillers who hit along the foul line and play closer to the bag because hits Just inside

4. COVERING 3RD BASE. The 3rd bsmn is really the only defence for 3rd base, so it will NOT be necessary for him to worry a great deal about covering ---any-other-baso.

After the ball has been hit and he does not field t, he should work back to his base. He should be ready to

and over the bag ofica go for cover the base when there is a man

several bases.

When there is a runner on 3rd and

no one or one is out, 3rd bann should

on second, and when there is a man on third.

The 3rd bsmn looks mostly for from the calclier. Such

play on the base line or in, front so throws that he will be able to ninke the play throws should come on the inside of home or be ready to cover third, the base so it will be necessary for He should also play close to the base the 3rd bsmn to get in a position to In order to keep the runner from receive the throw and tag the run- taking too great a lead.

ner with the some motion, if possible.

He should not take a position for

run-

2. FIELDING THE POSITION. He must be on the alert for bunts: tagging at the expense of losing the n hitter is liable to bunt any thne, ball; he should always catch the ball but in most cases the bsmn con guess and tag the runner afterwards, if that a bunt is coming by the inning, possible. He should not tag the score, out, and the balls and strikes ner so hard that the ball is thrown on the butter and position of runners clear into foul territory, or dropped. be ready to The 3rd hamn on bases..

Some bunts can be fielded with cover 3rd on all hits where throws order. He felders are in two hands, others with only one, but from In every cuse the 3rd bsmn cannot should make himself a target on He should make sure of the. loat on the job. He should have throws. plenty of practice in pleking them entch from the fielder rather than try and throwing.

to make the put-out; an overthrows He should not be afraid to take at 3rd base means a run. chances as

as many hard hit balls can be knocked down and then picked up in time to catch the runner. He should not be afraid to take ground balls which look to be the shortstop's; in fact all the ground Police oMelots expressed complete balls which he can field safely should antisfaction-selth The outcome. be talten by him because he is in a They point out that the average position to throw and shortstop is patrolman might object to carrying not.

long bow in place of his service revolver.

Recreio's League Teams

The following have been select- ed to represent Club do Recrelo in

He should be ready to make a double play when Ist and 2nd bancs are occupied and a ground ball is hit to the infield. Ho should remember to make sure of the first out and try hard for the second.

5. ALERTNESS. When n runner. is caught between 2nd and 3rd, the One hand catches are not grand- tatter should run the runner back to stand plays. Be should get in front second to do the tagging. In caso of all ground balla. He can catch the runner is caught between 3rd many foul balls if he starts quickly and home, he should expect to tog and keeps running. He should call the runner close to 3rd.

as soon he sees that he can field When the

the ball and he should stop if one of worked, he shouldy is being

the other folders call.

3. THROWING, The 3rd bsmn han many casy and many hard throws but they are all long for the the overhand most part. He uses

hold the runner

as close to the base as possible, then, if he

he receives the batted ball, ho should not play it home if it is im possible to catch the runner, but should throw it to 1st and at least

If 2nd and 3rd are occupied and

the Lawn Bowls League on Salur throw in balls which come to him catch the batter..

day.

1st Div. "A": F, X. Silva, C. M. Silva,

with

speed; on easy rollers and bunts

2. E. Noronha, H. A. Alver (skip); L._Luz, ho uses the underband throw for the the squeeze play is worked, 3rd bam

Marques I. Xavier, F. V most part Tiberio taxi). X. Source Roza Pereira, F. V. V. Ribeiro, it, F. Luz (skip).

1st Div. ""; D. C. Alves. D. R Remedion, C. II. Tiasto, J. 3. Elasto (skip); FA Machado, A. F Noronha, J Remedion, E. Bouza (ship); C. 7. VAN A. M. Xavier, A. M. Horigues, A. P. Guterres (skip).

2nd Div.: A, J, Osmund, A, V. Darros, C. M. §. Alves (akin); 2. L. Barros, LA Rosario, 1. Tinna, M. A. Carvalho |„(kip); E. Cunha, Y. A. Xavier, J. A. Res

medios, C. C. Pereira (skip),

3rd Div.: G. A. Pinna, A. Ribeiro, E A. 1. Alves, P. Yvanovich (skip); M.. A Guterres, J. Remedios, M. Mendones, A. 17. Pereira (skip); E. P. Sequeira, 11, 1 Xavier, A. Ada Hoza, M. J. 1'inna (axip).

should remember that n double He should always know where squeezo may result, that is, both run-

ners may score or try to score. first base is and not be worrying

4. SUGGESTIONS. about the runner or whether the

(1) When 1st bama

will dover, but should there are two strikes on the batter watch the ball in the glove and DO NOT LOOK FOR A BUNT. then throw.

(i) Nover throw to first base if i He usually does not have a great is impossible to throw the man out:- deal of time on alow rolling balls so A GOOD FEINT MAY WORK IF DASES OTILER the receiving and the throwing THERE should be made with one movement. OCCUPIED.

When there is a runner on fat and

Tho ird bamn should be, (11) the hitter hunts, there is a question alert for a quick throw from the cat-" whether to play the ball to second cher when there is a runner on ård. or first. If doubtful, play the ball to A good signal is to expect a throw first

ARE

when the batter strikes and misses.

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