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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 30, 1941.

Around The Systematic Instruction

Points Awards at Kowloon Major Baseball Weeding Out "Duds" And Regular Employment

(By "Birdie")

LIKE MOST other local labour in Hongkong, caddies are lowly paid, and it is, perhaps, looking a gift horse in the mouth to complain of services rendered. But there is no gainsaying that the function of a caddie has a great effect on the progress of one's game, and his ability to find or lose a ball makes or mars one's peace of mind.

There are, of course, several] ways of losing a ball. A longi

hit into the rough or a gorgeous Guldahl's Open

alice around the bend of a hill are two ways that invariably attach no blame to the enddie. Conditions of weather and the atate of one's ball are two other factors that should be taken into consideration,

And then much depends on the player himself, for often a caddle will model his work on the men- tality and attitude of bis employer. Rough words or threats gain good results. Fundamental

requirement,

seldom

course, is good eyesight, in co-opern- tion with a inowledge of the game, 1 have known a caddle to think that his only work was to carry the clubs around and leave the finding of the

Championship Record

Best Of All Over Last Five Years

any

Tigers Humble N.Y. Yankees

NEW YORK, July 20 (UP). Detroit Tigers to-day humbled the powerful New York Yankees G-3 in the American Baseball League. Cleveland Indians trounced Washington Senators 5-1. Scores were:

Detroit

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York..............

R. JI. E.

Inttery-Donald,

1 Battery-Newhauser, Rowe; Sullivan, 3. 0 2 Stanceau, Branch:

Murphy, losar.

Cleveland

12 1

Battery-Smith: Hemsley.

1 0 Washington

Bolery-Chase, Anderson, Carrasquei;

Early.

Boston

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Battery-Sullivan,

Battery, Javery, Hutchings, Lamanna: Terres. Montgomery. Pittsburgh

3 12 Klinger. Davir:

Lopez.

Called at the end of the seventh owing to raise Phindelphia

Battery-Pearson,

Chicago

Deck,

14 4

Grissom,

ง

12 14

Selecting V.R.C.-Y.M.C.A.

PORT WORTH, Texas-m. Over the last five-year stretch, methodical Ralph Guldah! has Hoen. Mellen; Warren. of

Battery-Lee, French: McCullough. put together a National Open championship scoring record that pales into insignificance

of the performances ball to the playeratuable assistance

golfers before him. And of most inv

Only the great Bob Jones and both to oneself and future players are Gene Sarazen can boast of a belter words of advice-given in a decent average finishing position and nel- manner.

I can tell you that it is ther can approach the big Texan's greatly appreciated by the enddies.

iscores. They all have to learn at sometime Since 1931 Guldahl has won the or other, and though a golfer may open twice (in successive years), his feel grieved that he should be the set a new winning total, 201, and has one to have a beginner inflicted onanished no worse than eighth.. him, it might just as well have been soncone else.

Record Loss

was

And if anyone feels that his ead-HIS all-time low of 281

made in 1937 when, despite the strain of those final holes under the knowledge that he must better Sam- Snead's 283 to win, Guiduhi turried on a blistering pace on the last nine holes.

die's job could have been better done, reprimand him if necessary. but do not fail to point out where the mistake was made.

THE Kowloon G.C. course is

one that presents certain difficulties for a caddie. Plugged balls on the first fairway are the devil; the rifle butts on the

Swimming Team

TRIALS to select the V.R.C.- Y.M.C.A. swimming team to meet the Combined Chinese in the grand charity gala next month were held at the V.R.C. pool yesterday, and though several events were swum off, it was decided, in the absence of several swimmers, to hold fur- ther trials later.

Outstanding feature of yesterday's Here are his scores for those events was the defeat of A. K. 290-281-284-288-200. And Rumjahn by T. Lopes over the 50 years:

8-1-1-7-5.

Courses

For Caddies

R. K. ("Dick") Collings and T. B. ("Tommy") Low, winners of the First Summer Foursomes at Happy Valley.

How To Play Baseball

here are his finishing positions: yards back-stroke. Lopes clocked DSC

32.4 sces, which was 1.4 seconds

head of Rumjahn, the Colony chumplon,

Jones' Record

third with their concrete fix-XTH one excepțilon Jones never Tinies In the 50 yards free-style. tures can make the ball jump in Wished worse than second for were encouraging. Two were under any direction: the rocks which sur nine straight years. That time, in 27 seconds, these by G. Saunders and round the short fourth do all sorts 1927, was 11th.

B. A. Roberts, while B. S. Wilson and of strange things to a ball,

Here are Jones' finishing posl-was clocked at 27 dead.

Results were: pushed or sliced shots on the blind

tions, Including ties and disregard- sixth and seventh holes are two more

ing results of playoffs, starting in big worries.

1922: 2-1-2-1-1-11-1-1-1. It should rightly be the job of the

Sarazen had one five year stretch, caddie-master to instruct his men in from 1025 through 1920, when his their duties. He should tell them average finishing position was betler how and where to stond to avoid thon Guldahl's best. Gene finished frouble, and he should show them this the methods of carrying bags and 5-3-2-6-2. handing out clubs,-

The system of reports has been

way

inaugurated there, and extra points Water-Polo

are given for

lons like

taken

incidental commenda-

at replacing divota"

or "good eyesight", etc. Points are off for derogatory remarks, and the whole is balanced monthly or weekly, 1 don't know which, and have bearing on bonuses,

•

was suggested, a little while ago by a Kowloon member that engagement of personal caddles for a monthly stipend might have bet- ter results. A phone message to the caddle master would

ensure

that the caddie is at hand when one arrives at the Club.

There are pros and cons for the idea. In its favour

those tournaments:

Scots "A" And Middlesex "A" Draw 2-all

PROVIDING

Burprise оп Saturday when they held Signals to a draw, Middlesex "A" were in turn surprised when Royal Scots "A" succeeded in sharing points in their water-polo league match in the Army pool yesterday, final score being 2.Bil.

100 yard-1, L. Roza-Pereira, (622/3); 2, L. Á. Benn (64.1/5).

6. The Shortstop

AS THE SHORTSTOP generally receives twice as many hit balls as any other infielder the position should be played by a fast moving player with excellent ability to field ground- balls clean and to throw accurately and fast.

1. POSITION, Piny as far away Women's 30 yarda-1, M. Noronha (37) and back of base line as will per- 2, S. Grant (37.1/5)..

mit him to field that territory. For

50 yards-First heat.], G; Saunders lefthanded Mitters, play nearly up to (23.1/6): Second the base line. Play up to or in front (20.2/6); 2. J. Fenton

Wilson (27),

Death Of

beat.-1. E. A. Roberts (25-3/8); 2. D. 9.ut the line when third base is oc- Famous Jockey

50 yards back stroke.—1. T. — Lopes (32.2/5); 2, A. K. Rumjahn (334/5).

cupled and the play is to home plate. A lefthanded man would not be able to play the position well.

Membere 50 yards back stroke handi- cap. First heat.-1, A. G. Carvalho 2. FIELDING THE POSITION, 1304/5); 2. P. A. Rull (42); Second heat. The shortstop should decide where

1 J. C. Fenton (37); 2. F. A. Noronha he is (30).

Lawn Bowls Pairs

A unique incident of the game was is the beneft of

Big. Victories In Matches At Happy Valley

PAIRS championship matches the permission granted by the referee at Happy Valley, yesterday re-

having a caddie who would, in time, became familiar with one's play, and to one of the Scots players (utio sulted in overwhelming victories who, by the continued and gradual had left the pool through exhaustion) for D. A. Rozario and J. S. Instruction by the same player, to re-enter just dieser or freedow Landolt, and W. McLeod and

protested but would develop into a good enddie.

Arguments against would come were over-ruled, and in the succeed-W. S. Dail. from the non-regular players who ing few minutes Scots scored. would find it too expensive to main-

wat

The former trounced J. S. Gelling. Scorers were Birdsey and Slater and H. G. Wallington 36-7, while the Iain a personal caddie for the sake for the Scots, and Hunter and Bindon Intier accounted for A. Mansell and of one or two games a month. Te for Middlesex. these would fall what might

called the dregs" of the outfit, for

the better caddies would most cer-

gular

Other Games.

.....

G. E. Stephens 30-12.-.-

Kowloon Games

Navy "C" easily beat 8th Constell Closest game

that was

going to throw the bail on every pitch if it comes to him. He should never be afraid to make er- rars or one handed stops on ground or fly balls, when they are out of reach of two hands. Always get squarely in front of a ground bail

Bernard Carslake-One Of England's Best Riders

LONDON, July 29 (Reuter).- Bernard Carslake, one of the lead- ing English Jockeys for 40 years, died at his home near Salisbury lo-day at the age of 55,

Born in Australla. Carslake was

so if it takes a bad hop, there is still the Inst link with the great days of

Ja chance to catch it,

►

the Edwardian jockeys and was one Watch the ball into the hands and of the most stylish riders in the his-

lory of racing. not be looking towards first, second, or third just because that Is the place to which the play is to be made.

Advance fast on slow balls.

The shortston does not have to worry about short hunis, buļ balls which carom off the plicher's glove and easy rollers he must get; i mзy be best sometimes to pick them up with the bare hand, 7.

war in

On the outbreak of the 1914, Carslake, who had been twice champion Jockey In Austria-Hungary, escaped from Austrin disguised as a freman on a railway engine and reached Rumania where he rode a number of winners in 1915.

Soon afterwards he went to Russia where he also became champion He escaped from there jockey. when the revolution broke out, and reached England after D series of thrilling adventures,

2. THROWING. The overhand He has won most of the important throw is usually made to first, al-races in England, but has never though on some wide bounders ridden a Derby winner, will be necessary to throw under-

st the hand or side-armed in order to pre-

tainly be taken up by the more re-i Regiment 5-1, goals for the winners Kowloon Football Club where W. Bivent the delay in rising up. Throw-ble the ball. Keep the ball between

And while it might result in the being notched by Wilson 2, Rice 2 Harris and A. Soutar beat L. Ring to second is often underhanded. runner and the bag.

On throwing home from a deep posi- distribution of labour, it and Gardiner. McNulty replied for Sykes and J. C. Gill by two shots, unequal

21-10.

lon, it is not a mistake to hop i might, on the other hand, be an in the Battery,

into the catcher. centive to other caddies to improve to the standard under which he could be assured of a regular in-

come.

Signals had little difficulty in beat-

Ing Middlesex "B" 5-1. Scorers were At the Kowloon Cricket Club, B. Pitcher 3. McCann and Bedford for Basto and H. R. Pinna beat J. Hurst Signals, and Peacock for Middlesex.) and C. E. Turpin 23-157

KEEP THE BOMBER FUND SOARING

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12. Doriations to Date: $2,439,917.54.

THILD 5. COVERING

BASE. Cover third when that base is oc- cupied and the third baseman is It is a good plan to loss or throw chasing a dy ball. Cover third on the ball on the inside of the second bunts and hit-and-run play when baseman on a double play, to allow third baseman is flelding the ball. him to throw to first without the runner bothering him. Height to the throw gives the second baseman ja better chance to make the play.

Hold the ball when there is not a chance to throw a man out..

When the shortstop; fumbles or drops the ball he should seldom then try for a double, nor should he throw if he has not a chance

to get the runner at first.

4. COVERING SECOND BASE, The shortstop should cover second on

7. BACKING UP THE BASES. Back up second when a single.gods into right. Go Into field and relay the ball in from left or centre field on long hits. Back up second when the throw is made to recond base- man; back up third on throws which are made from the catcher,

Be ready to cut # ball off in front of third baseman on a play Af third base from the outfield

such

throw is useless.

When

n base runner is caught be-

uli baile hit to the right side of the tween second and third always run diamond, when the leftfielder makes him back to second to tag him. It the play into second, or when the holda him on that base if he is safe. ball has been hit over the right-This holds true between first and fielder's head and the second base-second, run him back to first. man is out to relay the ball in.

8. SUGGESTIONS.. (1) Always

He covers second on right feld be cool, alert and always know to hitters when a man is on fret, ready what place the ball should be thrown to steal. Ife should cover according it it comes. Take chances, do not to the signal received from the be afraid of picking up plenty of pitcher; in case of a double nical, dirt with the ball. Do not worry the shortstop will cover second If the about errore. Do not fail to keep up the life of the club.. Do not bo algnal was for him to do so.

afraid to bend the back and legs on Inground balls.

4. TAGGING RUNNERS. tagging a man, shortstop should wait

(ll) 'Very often the shortstop can on the bag and not advance down run back of third base and handle the line, unless he is chasing a base nfly better than the latter player, runner. He should not tog, the run- He should be decisive in his run and her so hard that ho te likely to fum-shall call that he is to take the ball.

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