MOTES OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19971, 4 July 1930, Page 11

MOTES OF THE DAY.

(By "Flagstick") At .Shirley some improvements to the course havo been effected, which will inaprove its playing quality. The gift of 9 square chain of land by Messrs Geo. Humphreys and J. Montgomery fcaa increased the length of the teeabort at Crossways, where ordinarily a mashie will now be taken by !»««* playens. The new lay-ou t t'will complete a set af four one-shot holes, affordf»p s good tvvt throughout the range of fcva eiubs. ilt Farthest North the tankers havtf been extended and drawn r in the open approach to the green now lying between seven and' lon* o'clock. <iJteatcr accuracy in playlag the hole will thus be demanded, and It will bo longer be possible for a flftjtr who has pulled a long ball on ta the adjoining Mairehau fairway to pig* "any gort otf a run-up approach" M A. A. Hancock .puts it, without seri«n obstacles intervening. For the prewnt, no alteration in the lay-out of Farthest South is contemplated, but the drain-plough is at work to improve the •oaditiott of the loyfoing green. j t..» w cek E. M. -ikacfarlane should lave Iteen noted as . having?—for the tUrd time—holed hia tee-shot, this time at Old Nick, lttt yards. G. E. Mathieson, of the Ellei niere Club, has tlao joined the hole-in-oue club, having performed the feat —for the first time b the Club's history—during the Hlffli against Bussley 1 ast week-end. A very brief account' o£ the match for; ISOO between Abe most famous of English professional!), and Leo DlegeL who in 1929 won tte professlaoafir championship ' Walter Bagen, has already reached by cable, feat the detailed reports to tlitw that the cabled report 4Ud not do justice to the dramatic } interest aroused bjr the play» over the hat eight holes, when Diegel *ws four up on Mitchell. To quote from "3olf Uhiatrated": *'Never did tha whole comae and «f a match change more completely.'Down A»e to the eleventh Diegel hooked barfly on «• a atony footpath tl|e 049(, ho a truly magnificent second Within 18 feat ofthe pin—* ah®* which sained to spell more than the .of aa over confident lapse. s •'line," in the circumstances, cai'-oot have been an easy-slot to play- -A** played it so well that it was just a question whether it was Britain, <(r America to patt. It was Britain an« down went Britain's putt for a sple*> 4Ulr victorious 3. 'Three down a«4l, aeven to play. Now then, Mitchell! Hid toaahot to the 200-yard twelfth waa ptts&ed too far out into the freshening wind, and dropped in an appalling and | almost invisible place in %e heart of the gone bushes 20 yards right of the pin. Over eantion in the' Other direction landed Diegel " into the bunker guarding the left corner ofjie^ green. A ' was still possible—if Mitchell eould haek that ball somehow, somewhere, out of that thicket. He disappeared from view into its depths. . . . •Thump! tip and out came the ban, pitched, shot forward, sjpun, stopped two feet from the pin. Manfully, but vainly, Diegel "exploded" from his banker. Two down and six to piayt After being robbed by a stymie of anether possible three at the thirteenth, Mitchell won the fourteenth in a perfect four, halved tho next two holes in par figures, and was one down and two tp play. "Barring flukes or accidents, there was only one way now_ for Mitelten to win; to lay dead his second at the 428-yard seventeenth, an a his «M shot also at the short eighteenth, and to all intents and purposes he did it A glorious mashie shot pav6 hi Ua three at the seventeenth. ah the world has heard of Diegells .wonderful two at the eighteenth. his putt from the outside edge of the g e Jut falling into the cup. For half Mitchell just missed a which yon or i, dear Teaders, could hole a j lay. But neither you nor I, readers, played those last , des ! ) ® eight boles at Moor Park in 29, as Mitchell did."

A return match, played at Pi^ in gham, wae won by Mitchell, # U P 8. The worea were: — Morning. Mitchell— Out .. 444344444—-35 In ..' 543344463—36 11 Oat .. 545345445 —39 In .. 444542443 —34 73 Mitebell 3 up *. Afternoon. Siiteliell— Out .. 434445444 —36 In .. 4455433 * M^Bl oiat .. 445345544—38 In .. 3344534 lCit«hell, 3 up and 2. Aa can be seen from the scores, five down at the end of the m - Ug'u play, but turned on some real tMworka to be one down at the tfleath, bat then loßt two of the next ttne boles. The - Quality o4.the g feftat have easilyaurpaased that ® tftrtter stages of their first matcn. Another profesaional conteßt °* B'®"* fatanrt wai that between H«J» faliih (UJB.A.) and T. H. Cotton, j&tftt oat on the same day, May (rt Coolsdon Court, Surrey, the JS-niT jsjffc*PK>fesalonal being the victor JV . sad 8 to play. Again there wa

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predicts that they will be the "big kioises" of their respective continents i &efore long. The scores given below lire the actual match Bcores, but the dUvers finished their 30-hole round, Qotton in 32 and Horton Smith in 36. Morning. Cation—Out •• 443453445 —36 In .. 334435254—33 69 - Hortim Smith— . Out .# 453453445 —37 . In 444544344—3G • Cotti n, 4 up. Afternoon. In .. 444433 Horton Smith — Out •• 452453144 —35 In '■ : 434644 Horton-Sj aith had put in a strong challenge aifter the fifth hole of the afternoon. h\'« next seven holes costing him only 2d strokes, and he had reduced Cotton big lead to 1 up. The latter, however, came back witn an equally find effort, winning the next three holes in. 4, 3, 3 to become 4 up.

Most of our \ leading golfers make their drives :froiVv a relatively low t . They press that weU- into toe ground. Bobby Jd holds that a high tee is best for a - full drive. In own case he perci*Bs the ball up an inch from the turf. „ Ho maintains that with the ball well up. -there is a better chance given of hitting th<e ball saunrely with the centre of the club face. "The high tea* he A ay u' ;t g 'Jth me complete confidence to hit with the sweeping stroke\ which I nn essential to long vAriving. _ When there is a wind frort the right he presses the tee further .*n, and coming closer to the ball, it v 8 natural then to hit downward upon V-he ball and at the same time close in jyiainst the left side of the body, thus piuvducing somewhat of cut; for a wind .from the lert, he has the high tee, but utands a little further from the ball :tp permit a slightly greater turn of \he hips and shoulders during the stro*:«, thus affeoting the pull that \ i\s usually straightened out by the wiavi. The 'cores in the final of British Amateur Championship, together with the card «f the course, are beMORNING ROUND. Out. Hole Yards Par Jones "Vftethered 1 368 4 4 4 2 401 4 4 4 3 356 4 4 0 4 427 4 4 5 53° 5 4 4 * 6 367 4 4 3 7 352 4 4 f 8 160 3 3 3 9 306 4 *■ 8257 86 85 85

In Hole Yards Par , Jones Wethered 10 312 4 4 5 11 164 3 3 3 12 314 4 4 4 13 410 4 4 5 14 627 5 4 5 15 400 4 4 5 16 348 4 4 6 17 467 5 5 4 18 364 4 jt . 3315 37 36 41 Jones 4 up. AFTERNOON ROUND. Out. Hole Par Jones Wethered 1 4 !? k 2 4 1 1 S 4 . .4 4 4.4 5 5 554 , 4 6 4 4 3 7 4 4 5 8 3 3 4 9 > 4 4 J| 36 37 38 Jones, fi up. AFTERNOON ROTJND. In Hole Par Jones Wethered 10 ' i 'I t 3 2 A 12 4 3 4 •Jones, 7 up and 6. The studiously fair report in the "New York Herald-Tribune" lias the following comment:— c When Colonel-P. G. M. Skene, captain of the Royal and Ancient presented the golf medal to Jones, he declared that even championships rarely forced a golfer to such height* as Jones attained during the last week. in four successive days he had eliminated Cvril Tolley, who won the championship last year; Harrison Johnston American amateur champion; George Voight, and Wethered None except the final match ended short of the home hole. . ~ T , "I'll confess," said Jones to the crowd when the presentation had' been made, "I'm happier to receive this trophy than any I've ever won. Ive worked harder and suffered more for Wethered would .be justified in looking sympathetically at the monument to martyrs of St. Andrew s, which stands On Seaside ljill, over the course He struck Jones m a mood of such determination his own strong game was shattered under "train Jones practically put the victory in safe cnstodv when he started out with a rush and played the mornins eighteen holes in what unofficial score cards gave as but three strokes above his own official course record of 68 For nine holes. Wethered held his own His nonchalant air and ambling stroil across the greens revealed no stra*n Never known for accuracy, n© actually was nearer to the line over the first nine holes than his onnonent was. Then he slipped. Tee shots went wild and putts wouldn't sink. Jones seized the advantnjrfi. and. won four | holes in a row. The Englishman never recovered.

HAREWOOD CLUB. The following is the draw for the bogey match to be played on Sunday: 9 ».m.—No. 1 Tee": R. G. Malcolmson v. R. G. Thomson, C. i. Green v. S. B. Simpeon, R. R. Bell v. J. D. G. Ward, J. J. Fitzgerald v. scorer. 9 a.m.—No. 10 Tee: C. N. Thomson v. R. Camm, S. W. Binns v. E. T. Beaven. G. Kairhurst v. J. Murphy, It. M. Sinclair v. L. R. Webley. 9.15 a.m.—No. 1 Tee: W. L. Lawry v. A T Bell. L. J. LcCren v. K. w. RobinBOD, O. A. Y. Johneton v. C. J. McFadden, M. J. Gresson v. M. Allen. 9.16 a.m.—No. TO Tee: A. E. Kincaid v. F. C. Wooller, F,. W. Stevens v. K. N. Austin, L. E. Cooke v. A. S. Geddes, A. R. Blank v. H, S. Manning. 9.30 a.m.—No. 1 Tee: R. Robilliard v. M. Armstrong, L. 8. Ayots v. J. S. Wilson, E. F. Oakes v. A. B. Hobbs, W. Thomas v. R. Twyneham. _ 9.30 a.m.—No. 10 Tee: N. E. Tingey v. C. J. Ward, jun.. H. Taylor v. J. A. Jewell, G. Ward v. W. Beaven, A. H. Cavell v. A. B. Simpson _ „ . 9,45 a.m.—No. 1 Tee: C. W. Champion v. M. B. Cook, C: J. Morrish v. A. F. •Preston, jas. Hutchins ▼. A. D. Neill, E. W. Reeves v. 8. Milne. 9.45 a.m.—No. 10 Tee: J. Y. Allen v. H. O. Sinclair, J. Stratton v. A. H. Shanks, F. Wardell v. A. J. Bean, D. Crozier v. L. P. Symes. 10 a.m. —No. 1 Tee: J Robertson v. H. L. Whitman, F. H. Williams v. F. W. M. Cowlishaw.

RUSSLEY CLUB. The following is the draw for the first round of play-off for the Lindsay Kussell Cun:— S. R. Self plays winner of A. C. S'raaer and E. C. Tipping, ■plays H. A. Penn, K..8. Bain plays J. *. Tipping. G. Turnbull plays J. P. Gilmour, U. S. Palmer plays W. A. Mathieson, U. M. Stewart plays W. W. Gndgeon J. K. Crawshaw plays A. W. Smithaon, H. Kenme plays W. 6. T. Till. . , , __ Players must complete their matches on or- before July 6th.

RUSSLEY LADIES' CLUB. In the flag match played at Ruflsley yesterday, Miss D. H. Bruce was the winner in the senior grade and Miss B. Holmes in the junior. Mrs A. G. McClatchie was the winner of the competition for the Fendalton Cup, defeating Mrs H. Hanna in the final. The monthly bogey match will be playea at Russley on Thursday, July 10th. choose their own partners. On Saturday, July 12th, there will be a straight match for non-handicap players and a bogey match for Saturday players who have already earned a handicap.

hororata club. Shirley played Hororata on the Terrace Station links, the following bmng the result, Hororata names being mentioned first. FOUR-BALL. • ' T. H. A. Richards and E. H. Sime beat U. Macbeth and Seymour. D. Pearson and C. :C. Pearson halved with W. McQueen and Taylor.W. Stone and C. D. McGarry lost to S. Rutherford and B. Dalgety. A. Oliver and J. H. Pearson lost to L. Hansen and L. Scholfield. SINGLES. T. H. A. 'Richards lost to Macbeth. E. H. Sime halved with Seymour. D. Pearson halved with W. McQueen. - C. C. Pearson lost to Taylor. W. Stone beat S. Rutherford. 0. D. McGarry lost to B. Dalgety. A. Oliver lost to Hansen. J. H. Pearson lost to Scholflela,

AMBER LEY CLUB. The follcuving team'will represent Amberley against Waiau, at Amberley, during the week-end:—W. A. Pi*iest, J. A- Mayo. 1. ft, Grieraon, J. H. James, J. V. Oxley, C. A. Wornall, L> Rhodes, J. RhodoA. The medal match get down to be played on July 6th. will now be played in conjunction with the qualifying round on July 12th.

RICHMOND HILL LADIES' CLUB. The results of • medal match, played by the members of the Richmond Hill ladies' Club yesterday, are as follows; Gross. Hep. Net. Mies E. Pender ... ... 91 23 66 Miss M. Wilson „ .. 96 26 70 Mrs G. Gosset .. - ■■ 102 29 •78 Mrs F. J. Glackin .. ... «2 18 74 Mrs A. Rattray ... S8 34 74 Mrs.E. Mottram ... ..305 31 ™, Mrs V. El. Hamilton •• 9 * 1? Miss M. A. Wood .. • • 111 32 79 A match for unearned handicap players was won by Mrs J. E. Brodie.

HAREWOOD LADIES' CLUB.

A team of blx ladies from Amberley visited Harewood on Tuesday and played « matcn (on handicap) against a home team, witn the following results: — _ lOTlimn n AMBERLEY. HAREWOOD. Miss Rhodes .. 1 Mrs Binns .. O Miss Chamberlain 0 Mrs Skmner .. i Mrs Boyce .. 0 Miss K. Penny i Miss South .. 0 Mrs D. Croner 1 Mlbs Payne .. 1 Mrs Geddes .. " Mrs Falrweather 0 Mrs Garth . • *

Tot&ls ~ 2' . In the fifth round of the two-life competition Mrs D. Skinner defeated Mrs D. Orozier, and Mrs Stratton defeated Mrs T 'Mrs D. Skinner and Mrs Stratton will now play off and the winner will meet Mrs Binns in the final. The second round of the David Orozier Gup has been played. Mrs Stratton won from Mrs Tingey by default. Mrs Wauchop won from Miss Ward by default, Mrs Murphy defeated Mrs E. Beaven 4 and 3, Mrs Bmns won from Mrs Fraser by default. In the third round (semi-finals), to be played by Saturday, July 12th, Mrs Murphy will play Mrs Binns and Mrs Wauchop will play Mrs Stratton. In the play-off of the tie for the senior June medal, between Mrs Binns and Mrs Manning, the latter was the winner. The eclectic competition resulted in a tie between Mrs D. Orozier and Mrs Murphy. Both returned cards in yesterday's match to try to better their score, and Mrs Crozier improved hers by 3 strokes and won the match. The L.G.TJ. monthly medal competition was . played yesterday concurrently with the first qualifying round for the championships. Mrs ■ Manning was. the winner in the seniors with 106—18 —88. and Mrs Fraser in the juniors with 106—30 —76. The non-handicap competition resulted in a tie between Mrs Garth and Miss Orr. It will be played off next Thursday.