PRINCE'S WORRIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 198, 22 August 1930, Page 7

PRINCE'S WORRIES.

Effort to Recover Form At

Golf.

PERIOD OF HARD WORK. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 21. The Prince of Wales' sporting proclivities were strikingly demonstrated on his present holiday, which was largely devoted to recovering his lost golfing skill. For several years the Prince's handicap has been 16, but recently, to use his own phrase, his game had "gone to pot." Few of his tee shots were successful, though he spent hours at practice and asked the advice of leading English and American experts. Indeed, finally he found himself playing at worse than a 24 handicap nian. Then the Prince met a famous English golf teacher, with whom he has been practising at Le Touquet, Sunningdale, and elsewhere, going out every morning with a couple of hundred balls and a couple of caddies. For three and a half hours daily the Prince hit balls at the rate of ten a minute, correcting his faults until his driving skill returned. At last he went round the shore course at Le Touquet in two over fours, later showing himself equal to a fine handicap player. What had happened was that the Prince, in pursuit of perfection, had accepted the advice and tuition of all uolfing experts, including, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen and Leo Diegel, and his own natural play was thus ruined. However, his earlier easy style and confidence have now returned. He flew to Le Touquet in his own aeroplane to-day in the face of a 60-mile an hour gale, accompanied by his golf tutor, and put the culminating polish on "his recovered skill.

TENNIS IN U.S.A.

DEFEAT OF SHIELDS,

(Received 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 21. In the second round of singles at the Newport lawn tennis tourney Lott defeated Wood, G—4, 7—5, 4—6, 4—6, 6—4; Wilmer Allison defeated Frank Shields, the New York champion, in the quarterfinals, 6—B, 6—2, 6—4, 6—4. Tilden defeated Mangin, 6—2, 6—3, 7—5; Hunter defeated Van Rvn, S—6, 4—6, 6—3, I—6, 6—4. In the quarter-finals of the U.S.A. women's national tennis singles at Forest Hills on Thursday Baroness Georgia Giacomo Levi, of Italy, formerly Maude Rosenbaum, of Chicago, who is the find of the women's tennis season, defeated Penelope Anderson, of Richmond. Y.A., 4 —6, G—4, 7—5. She meets on Friday Mrs. Anna Harper, of San Francisco, who defeated Mary Greef, of Kansas City, 3—6, 6—l, 6—i. Miss Betty Nuthall defeated Miss Dorothy Weisel, of California, 6—l, 6—l. Miss Nuthall will meet, on Friday, Miss Marjorie Morrill, who defeated Miss Ethel Burkhardt (California), 4—6, b —3, 6—2. »

AMERICA CUP.

SECOND TRIAL RACE,

(Received 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 21. In tho second official test to decide the defender in the America Cup race the Enterprise defeated tho Weetamoe, and the Yankee defeated the Whirlwind.

VICTORIAN GOLF TITLE.

RETAINED BY RYAN,

MELBOURNE, August 21

The Australian amateur golf champion, M. J. Ryan, and Len Nettlefold to-day contested the final of the Victorian amateur golf championship at Cheltenham links. Ryan defeated Nettlefold 2 up and 1 to plav.