ROUND THE LINKS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 15

ROUND THE LINKS.

GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.

CONTEST FOR THE TAYLOR BOWL.

FINE PLAY AT TITIRAXGI

Titirangi inaugurated its Taylor Bow] contest, and should the close finishes ot" Saturday be any criterion, then the ultimate annexing of the trophy will present a task of no mean order." An encouraging sign was the performance of long markers, several of whom caused low handicap men a most uneasy time. P. Harrison can be included in this category, it being only on the last green that J. M. Hockin could claim the match. Harrison's effort of June 3 stamped him as quietly progressing and the reduction effected in his handicap appears warranted. A fine tee shot is his strong point, and once his work to the green consolidates he will rank quite well. There is no reason why he shouM not figure prominently in this year's junior championship. " 11. L. Massey, whose net scores in recent events have been low in the seveiuies, gavu G. Fairburn a close game, ultimately losing to a 6 at the nineteenth. Mabfroy is a newplayer and lack of experience i≤ at the moment his greatest eneniv.

The Fisher-Ewen match produced n great tussle, a», after the latter had held a useful lead of 4 up at the eleventh he quite failed to hold the run of three subsequent fours which his opponent rattled up. Too much optimism on Fishery part at the short fifteenth turned a prospective 2 into a 4, where his opponent was afforded eorely-necded relief by halving. The upshot was that at the nineteenth Ewen lived up to his putting green reputation by holing tiic winning putt. The club champion, T. A. Goulding, was in good form, and made no race of it against R. ,s. Deighton, who was quite unable to keep to the standard set.

Reverse for the Donor. • Two of the club's worthy oflnvr.*, in the captain and president, the latu-r. by the way, being the donor of the bowl, met with reverses. Gregory settled the hopes of the former, although not before the last hole, and then only through the agency of a fine recovery' and putt. J. X. Hunter caused the president to relinquish further" interest and in doins *o played very solidly. I am impressed with Hunter recently, in that he is standing more correctly, there being a consequent absence of the unnecessary reach and effort to get through that previously made itself manifest. His shots to the pin with all clubs arc excellently directioned, and he is perhaps the pick of the rising players in and around Auckland. A. E. Robinson, who had such a great match with Wright at Easter, on this occasion gained the verdict at the nineteenth, E. M. Ohlaon being the loser. This appeared to bo a match of lost opportunities with neither quite doing himself justice. A game that should be given prominence is thai "dealing with the victory of the clulj

! "Walter H.igen' , over \V. J. Nolan, a former junior champion. Lou essayed a great win at the eighteenth, and is to be congratulated on his initial golfing victory. Dacre, whose run of last week is still fresh in mind, did not suffer any by reduction of his handicap, being not hard put to win from J. L. Bradley. Brindsen also is an erstwhile junior who has lept to fame and kept on in winning vein. The tragedy of his case is that without victory in any club event he has receded, or climbed, from Iβ to 10 and his 7 and 5 win over T. H. Chapman shows him as still advantageously placed. With the strain on he frequently completes the round in the earlv eighties, while his 80 dead in the interclub at Middlemore makes his case most difficult to deal with. His progress in the bowl will be interesting to watch. A very even match was that between 11. W. Cooke and IL L. Robson, there being little in it, the handicap actually causing the difference. A. V. Peace, C. Rob- \ inson and G. Uren were a trio to make short work of their opponents, as did also F. S. Ballin and E. W. Griffiths. The latter fresh from tennis laurels is making a very satisfactory showing on the golf course. He occupies a 14 mark, and by his quiet consistent game has earned it.

The captain's prize at Middlemore has thinned down, Saturday spelling tie doom of several able players. H. B. Lusk, although successful, was hard pressed and must find the extra strokes (his handicap is now plus 2) difficult to concede. Geddes, his opponent, an old Rugger star, will be remembered as playing vary well in this event the year in which A. E. M. Rhind was successful. R, D. Wright appears to have gone by the board, a fate that also befel a comparatively short marker in H. Tidmarsh W. B. Colbeck appears anything but badly treated on 7, and won his match rather comfortably. D. Robertson still retains his place, and should be difficult to defeat with his handicap of 13, while W. Brander, who seems now in better form, would find S a luxury were he to exhibit anything akin to his real capability.

From the seven mark J. P. Aldred is holding his own, and on recent displays promises to take some eliminating. A. Boddington also is distinctly useful from seven, his latest win being over S. C. Hodges, with a hole or so to spare. Dr. Macky's heavy defeat was rather unexpected, but from the margin it is evident that W. S. C. Harris is playing pretty well. Previously J. W. Gow* did not suggest meriting his handicap of five, but consecutive victories in tne event under review cause one to pause in passing judgment. We shall see how he progresses. E. B. Gunson, who is again an -active member has lost little time in regaining form as his defeat of a rising player of the calibre of N. Louisson would suggest. It is noticed ,also that L. W. Delph is still holding his place, H. A. Joyce being the latest to capitulate to him. Delph's game is considerably improved, and with his present rate of progress he should be quickly relegated, if such is the word, to the short markers of Middlemore. An Inter-Club Clash. The clash between Glendowie aad Otahuhu is generally a spirited one, Saturday's being no excepti<m, the honours being very strenuously fought for. On this occasion Glendowie were the visitors, but unfortunately did not find the Favona course at its best. This condition was, however, no exception to that generally prevailing, inquiries eliciting that practically all local courses were in moderate order, occasioned, of course, by. the continued drenching to which they have be«n subjected. Otahulm's margin victory v i the od< game in eleven, one match finishing square, the pair unable to reach a decisive issue being G. L. Goodwin and H. J. Levy. Leading for the home team 8.. H. Menzies finally downed F. Trice tfre up and one to play. Trice lead bv two up at the turn, but several lengthv putts brought the Otahuhu champion square, after which he annexed two holes to decide the match. Considering he was on - atrange going, Trice placed excel-

lently as Menzies scored au approx.imat< 71 for the 17 holes played- Of Poole who occupied second place for Glendowie I know little, but have no doubt he is more familiar with Croxson, his opponent, who dealt him a severe 8 up and ( •■ defeat. Croxson hits a very long ball and in combining a rare streak of brilliance, is very difficult to copt with. j Along with Plumly, who graduated from •1 Favona. he made a very favourable imif pression at Middlcrnore last Easter. R. e K. Kiss-ling wa* one to win for GlenU W. B. Eustace losing to him at ii the last hole. Kissling is becoming a e better golfer, and already ranks a very d useful member of his side. Eustace ;. has the capacity to frequently break SO s in modal events, but so far.has not given u of his best in match play. Experience i. i≤ probably that which he lacks, u In defeating 2* rhii.sr. K. d. Moffit :- displayed better golf than for some s considerable time, and the fact that lie s wa* runner up in the Maungakiekie c Club Championship some years b/ick o i and yet only ranks fifth in the team is .I an indication of it* strength. A. I'. s Eustace, whose characteristic is to play .-, all shots from his right foot and to o I wallop n hig tee shot, had a close call - j with R. H. Pavitt, but M,\Pherson, Ota--0 i huhu's next string, was very severely v{ handled by Noel Hockin. The latter (. i is a brother of J. M. Hockin. of Maunpukiekie, his main armour being a clinking n tec shot. In fact, with his driver workrj ing kindly there arc few Aucklanders (j able to keep up with him. Several c years ago ho played at Titirangi. but the 1 call of youth and the football field being Q irresistible a possible champion was jj temporarily lost to the game. However. 0 while regretting his loss one cannot but .} help feel that to youth physically t endowed, the football field * rather s tjian the golf course is the desirable c arena. Of Other Matches. <? K. Bradley who ha? figured proinini", ently at Glenrlowic recently, proved too 1 gornl for X. Clark, the Otahuhu junior, (.lark is .showing ability and promises well, as his 82 in the recent Ballin Cup il i contest would signify. To Stewart ■, Whyte it was loft to prevail over O. |_ V\ olfgramm, for many years past a popne lar sportsman, and whose initial experic once of the game dat-es back to old h j Waitemata days. C. S. Woods and K. Edmonds contribute*, to keep Glen--0 dowie's chances alive, but the defeat of 2 K. Ralph. 1 down, by L. Kay decided the 1 j honours in favour of Otahuhu. It is a 5 1 cheering feature that both clubs give (l such prominence to inter-club events on y the. fixture cards. .Such fixtures have t j much to recommend tlem. serving, as ~ [they do, the dual purpose of combating e |the natural conservatism of the game, "land of developing the match play elen nient winch, after all, is the lifeblood L of the game. h " Looking over St. Andrew's results it n is evident that the Bell Cup is giving rise . to keen contests. !>o far old campaigners j are holding their place well, although 'in this category N. Bell, the dub chainvJpion, is an exception. From plus two however, it requires golf of a high order 'to remain with the select in a match j play tourney, and Bells defeat by Ger{rand does not detract from his abilities. H. T. Gillies, B. Wake, Hunter, Bellingham and G. F. Colbeck. comprise a ? quintet likely to take a deal of beating, 1 while Gerrand if only by virtue of his > win over Bell, is not to be assessed 1 lightly. In having had two attempts to • reach a decision Wiggins and Wilkes 3 can be termed nothing if not tenacious. ? The coming weekend will sec the tour--1 nanu-nt reach a most interesting stage. J Round the Franklin area, under the > auspices of the Franklin Club, with 1 which, by the way, I am not familiar, a conteet for the Duff Cup shows a pre- •' ponderanco of victories for players •" hailing from the Waiuku Club. At'the moment I am unaware of the conditions t attaching to the trophy under review. » The week-end also saw Pukekohe engage MTapakura in an inter club, both ladies - and men, Pukekohe proving the stronger ; combination. As it was one or two of the stalwarts of the latter were absent. • yet a clear cut win went to their credit. J The King Country championships were I this year held at To Awamutu, and with ! Dr. Blundell leading the local 6ide a • victory in the teams match might i reasonably have been expected. Taumar- , anui A team, however, won with the i handsome margin of 34 strokes. A. Sandel, who led, annexing the title of individual champion. The name of J. Soler is missing from the winning team, as i≤ that of Pontawera, who performed so conspicuously last year. The latter recently appeared as a winner of an event at an open championship fixture, so is evidently still taking an active part. Possibly both he and Soler were unable to spare the time to compete. The championship can be described a complete success, and the King Countrr clubs deserve every congratulation fo'r uniting to stage so successful an annual fixture. AUCKLAND LADIES PLAY. The Isabel Bloomfield Memorial competition, played at Middlemore yesterday, by the members of the Auckland Ladies' Golf Club resulted in a tie between Miss >L Cooper and Miss E. Mahonoy. Following were the host rards returned :—Miss M Cooper. ST.—S—77; Miss E. Mahonpy, 109—32—77; Mrs. Raingrr. 9ft—2l—7S ; Miss Lever. 93—16—79; Mrs. Cox. 104— 24—SO; Miss L. Outfield, 93—12 —81: Mrs J. Wilson. 93—13—82. The monthly medal competitions will be played next Tuesday, entries closing on Friday. Following is the draw for the medal competition to be played on Friday in aid of th«» Richmond Koad Children's Home :— Mrs. Ferguson v. Mlsg McGovern ; Miss E. Wilson v. Mrs. Robertson; Miss Upton v. Miss Chrystall: Mrs. Murphy v. Miss Rid ings; Miss Culling v. Mies Orr; Mrs Dufaur v. Mrs. Morris; Miss T. Bayley v. Mrs. Ruthr-rford: Miss Qooper v". Mrs Taylor; Miss Hamlin v. Mrs. Macdonald; Mrs. J. Wilson v. Mrs. Henry: Mrs. Smith v. Mrs. Trice; Mrs. Hodges v. Mrs. Hanna ; Miss Lever v. Mn». Wright; Miss Asser v. Miss Draper; Mrs. Brown v. Mrs. Watson ; Mrs. Cox v. Miss Ruddock; Mi«s Rninger v. Miss Walkley; Mrs. Martin v. Mrs. Cooke; Mrs. Carter v. Mrs. Bradley: Mrs. Push v. Mrs. Richmond: Mrs. Revell v. Miss Henderson: Miss C. Bayly v. Mis? K. Souter; Miss Noakee v. Mrs. Foster Miss V Souter v. Mrs. NeviU; Miss Rei. v. Mrs. Finn; Miss Malioner v. Miss L Rathbone; Mrs. Whetter v. Mrs. Johnson Late entries will also be received at thr clubhouse on FriUav. I PUPUKE GOLF MEDAL. j The medal match • played by members of the Pupuke Golf Club on Saturday resulted : M. E. Thompson, 90—13—73 ; A. M. How den. 52—6—76; 11. T. Gould. 9-I—l6—7S : i L. O. Whlttaker, 96—IS—7S: F. H. Mingav. I 59—10—79; X. Howe, 99—20—79; A W Clark. 94^-14—80. j The play-off in the King's Birthday bogey ' competition between F. 11. Miugay and H T. Gould, and W. Oliver and B. Gold water, resulted in a win for F. H. Mingav and H. T. Gould. 3 up. " i OTAHUHU LADIES' TEAM. «* T v e .. following team will represent the Otahuhu Ladies' Golf Club in an inter-dob match against the EversUe Ladies' Club at 25t? u «° next Saturday .—Miss P. M. Dar rach. Miss M. eetforth. Mrs. MeXeily. Mis.' S- e^ cy !n Mrs - Hipkins. Miss E. Whitley Mre - R- George, Mrs. Menzies. j MAUNGAKIEKIE BOGEY. A bogey handicap will be played by mem bers of the Maungakiekie Golf dub at the Maungakiekie hnks on Saturday. Partners *™ d X7TL and entries will close toSγ.. *** »WwJ round of the KlngswelJ

; MAUNGAKIEKIE LADIES' CLUB. . I Following were the best cards returned i \j In the Indies' golf union medal mutch I played by members ot" the Maungakiekie , | Ladies' Golf Club at the One Tree Hill > links yesterday:—Seniors. .Miss Stubbs. , —I(V—S2 ; Miss Churton. lull —'2».» —82 ; Miss K. Horton. Oft—l3 —Mi. Juniors: Mrs. Bourke. US—34—7!» : Mrs. Kussell. 115— • 33 —61'; Miss Mcliowan. 114—1'S—t>G : I Miss U. Russell. 1 Jiß6. The play-off in the eclectic match between Miss Stubbs and Mrs. IHgnau was urni by the. former. j TITIRANGI LADIES' CLUB. | . X'le following is the draw fur the I. (I.I". | medal, to b" played l>y members of tbr. , Titirangi Ladies' Golf I'Jub tomorrow, com mencing at 11 o'clock:—Mrs. iJufuur v.: Miss I>. Horton. Mrs. lx>iglitoti v. Miss Colebrook. Mrs. AINon v. Miss Haslett. Mrs Fin lay v. Miss A. Hill. Miss Napier v. Mi-s Goldwater. Miss K. Horton v. Miss G. Cooke. Mrs. Taylor v. Mrs. Ktitherford. Mi--O. F.aston v. Mrs. ,1. H. Stewart. Mr.-. Horton v. Miss tirierson. J!r«. K<'i<i v. Churton. Mrs. IMgnan v. Miss M. Kiehard son. Mrs. Fra.r v. Miss .1 F.aston. MisM. Fouhy v. Miss finder. Miss K. Foiihv jv Miss Mi-» al>-. .Mrs. Sut.-liffe v. MrI Cooke; Mrs. Uicharilson v. Mrs. K. M | lioberts. Mi.-.- l'onsford v. Mr-'. Sa\\er>. Mrs j Robinson v. Miss Kobson. Mi-s S .lolm sion v. Miss A. I'oiihv. Mi.-.- •'••rn.iga v Mr«. ltohorts. Mr*. Auderxu: v. Mrs Fer guson. Mrs. I'.r»u ti v Mrs. 11. C..oke, Mrs. (;reva11 v. Jlrs. Pet re. Mr-. Loveti v. Miss Hacket. Mrs Gardner v. Mrs. Bourke. MisL. Hall v. .Miss Millingtnn. Mrs. «'ain v.' Mrs. I.loyd. Miss M-(ilashan v. Mrs. bar-! row. Mrs. o'l.earv v. Mi-s Kvnns. Mi-s .1. | . Burt v. Miss Potter. Mrs. Finlav v.; A. N. Other. j WAIUKU CLUB. Member.- ot" the Wainku •".oil" Club have! played the tir-t round of bandii-ap niatrli I play for tlie I>ulT Clip, results being:-—l'ro. | ritt beat Graham. ;,,nl 4 : Hrrobl beat j ■ Barker. :> and : Howden beat Pucker. .*>.' and '2 : Colbeck beat White. and 4 : Artni- | tage and Munro. all si|ii»re; Rloomtiel.l beat : Swapp, "> and 4: «'bristi.-nsen beat Ward, i and 4: Ohlson beat Hill, and 1 : l orl.es beat Goldstein. 5 and 4. PAPAKURA LADIES' DRAW. i. i . . — I: I following is the draw for the monthly i medal round to be )> 1;i \< <i In- members of the Pnpakura Ladies' tedf Club on Saturday:— Miss Wooi] v. Mrs. Goililard. Mrs. Foot" v. Miss White. Mrs. Mullins v. Miss Rhind. Mrs. I'avitt v. Miss O'Callaglian Mrs. Busing v. Miss Wilkin-. Mrs. Walters v. Miss McL"iinan. Mrs. Elliott v. Miss M. Walters. Miss J. Walters v. Mrs. Cjlniore Mrs. Xavlor v. Miss Pavies. Mrs. MeKae v. Miss Noble, Mrs. Tilston v. Miss Harris. Miss Ilobbs v Miss Beams, Mrs. Johnstone v. Mrs. Langford. Miss Campbell v Mrs. Fquart. Mrs. Karl v. Miss KUiott. Mrs. Francis v. A. N. other.

TE AROHA TEAM.

(By Telegraph.—own Correspondent.) HAMILTON. Tuesday. A »ni from the T" Andia Indies' <;on •"lull played members ■ i Hamilton Indies' Club on Sr. Andrew's link-. Hamilton. to-day. Tim visitors won seven matches iinii lost four. Following are tlie results. Te Amha plnvcrs Ix-inc mentioned first : —Mrs. Arthur lost to Miss t'ojtie. 4 and .1 : Mrs. 11«11 ipi n heat Mrs. .1011. 4 and 3: Mrs. Hunger and Miss Musters, all square; Mrs. MoGlasliin lost to Miss Maekav. - down: .Mrs. Maincay lost .to Mrs. lull, fi and I : Mr- bent Mrs. Mears. 4 and : Mr- I'l.irk l»at Mrs! Masters, I' and 1 : Mr-. l>" npster lie.it Miss i Maiminir. 7 and«.">: Mr- Kilner 10-t i., Mrs. I fiower. and 7: Mr- '•'.-it Miss Wilson. 7 and - M;- \V : i!w I . , t Mr-. Matthews. 1 up; Mr.-. Knar 1 : Mrs. Niix.l: - and I.