GOLF NOTES THE PERFECT WHEAT

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 152, 29 June 1935, Page 28

GOLF NOTES

THE PERFECT WHEAT

WOMEN'S TITLE

YOUNG PLAYERS' SUCCESSES

THE BARTON SISTEBS

There were many surprises in the women's golf championship matches played at Newcastle, County Down, writes "The, Post's" London correspondent. On the first day Miss Diana Fishwick was beaten by an inexperienced 18-year-old' Irish girl, Miss Clarrie Tierman, of Drogheda. Miss Tierman, who was playing in her first championship, was so excited that she ran from the last green into the clubhouse some distance away, and for some time was unable to utter a word.' Mile. Francine Tollon, a young French player from Paris, who accomplished 17 holes in a score of 72 by beautiful golf, beat the only American player, Miss Grace Amory, of New .York. Among those who survived the first round were the holder of the title, Mrs. Andrew Holm, of Troon, but she met lier fate in the next round at the hands of a fellow-Scotswoman, Miss Doris Park, a member of the famous golfing family of that name. A neat little player, with the true Scottish swing, Miss Park may be properly described as the uncrowned queen of Scottish golf. Like Abe Mitchell in men's golf, Miss Park has won everything there is to win except the.championship. She has been runner-up countless times. Miss P. Wade, the English chanv pion, lost in the second round to. Miss D. Ferguson, a local player, after being 2 down at the turn and 3 down at the eleventh. One of the most attractive matches in the second round was that between •Miss Pamela Barton, last year's run-ner-up and also the French open champion, and Mile. F., Tollon, the French

i native champion. The result was a [ win for the English girl, who began ; brilliantly and was one under 4's ■ at'the sixth after taking three putts ;on the fourth. 1 Sisters' Duel. \ The, two sisters, Pamela Barton, aged , 18, and/Mervyn Barton, aged 20, who are members of the Royal Mid-Surrey Club, met in the semi-final. A thrilling match, followed by an excited crowd, ended in victory for the younger sister by 2 and 1. They have met twice previously in championships—the Girls' and the Surrey—and on-each occasion Pamela has won. Five down.with six holes to play, Mervyn, by superlative golf, won the next four. A groan of disappointment went up from the crowd as she bunkered her drive at the 17th and took three shots to recover. Having played six shots on the way to the green, she called out to her sister, "All right, Pam, that's your hole and the match." The Final. So in the final, Miss Pamela Barton met Miss Wanda Morgan, aged 25, of Rochester and Cobham. The first round was marred by a demonstration by caddies who, resenting the fact that Miss Barton changed her caddy, cheered whenever her opponent played a shot. Miss Barton says she took no notice of the demonstration, but it probably upset her play a little, for she was 2 down at the end of the first 18 holes. At the start both girls played good golf. Miss Morgan was round in 76 to 78 in the first round, and returned four over 4's for the rest of the match. Outdriven by the Mid-Surrey player, Miss Morgan kept the ball in play so well that she frequently got down with a chip and a putt to win or halve holes. ■.. . •.''The.'.-turning point came at; the eleventh in the second round. Miss Barton had turned 1 down and halved the tenth. A glorious iron shot to the eleventh hole gave her a four-yards putt for a 3, but she ran a four-feet putt past the hole. Miss Morgan holed a two-yarder for a 4, Miss Barton missed her shorter putt, and instead of being all square the younger girl was 2 down again. When her opponent was bunkered at the thirteenth Miss Barton won" the hole in 4 to be only 1 down, but that was the end of her successes. Miss Morgan won the short fourteenth in 3; halved the fifteenth, and clinched the match on the next green, where Miss Barton was short from the tee. Thus Miss Morgan captured the honour which was denied her in the 1931 final by Miss Enid Wilson. GOOD SCORING Following- his 72 at the Hutt on Saturday, out in 38, back in 34, W. G. Home, has been reduced to the handicap. The same day J. L. Black, on scratch, produced a more consistent card, 36 each way. M. R. Moore, following his card of 69, has been reduced to scratch. * "THE PORTHOLE" The: new Manor Pa/k lay-out appealed to Shandon visitors on Saturday, who recognised the sporting character of some of the holes. All the new holes need well-placed tee shots, and, some of the old holes which have been lengthened are now hard 4's. New greens are not made in a day, but

the turf is good and will soon roll ] and work down. What proved a tricky j hole to many players was the six- ! teenth called "Railway," though wagi gish visitors thought it should be re-"' named "Porthole." Two branching pines nearby meet overhead some fifty yards from the tec. The old iairways already show what time and cutting will do to provide good lies, and when the course has had one or two of the holes lengthened, it will be a very fair test of golf. Reclaiming the riverbed from gorse and stones has meant a lot of work, and the club is to be congratulated on its efforts. A GOLFING FAMILY For a family of five to hold their own in inter-club match play during a weekend is an achievement. All are members of the Manor Park Club. t>. Butler squared his match in the Watt Cup, and A. S. T. Butler won his. E. Butler won his game in the Ranish Cup, and Mrs. Butler and Miss Butler both won. their matches in the Mary Alward Cup. In the last round 61 the narrower Cup, E. Butler, the youngest of the family, did a gross 78 on the 10 mark. He is now on 8 handicap. The average handicap oE this golfing family is 10.4.

«. ~ HAS IT BEEN FOUND? EXPERIMENTS IN CROSSING Detailing in the "New Zealand Journal of Agriculture" • the claims of "Cross 7" wheat to be considered the wheat par excellence for growlffg in New Zealand, a writer from,the Wheat Research. Institute, Chrlstchurch, gives interesting particulars of the lines on which the experiments were conducted which finally led to "Cross 7" being evolved. - The predominant wheat grown in New Zealand in recent years, states the article, has been Tuscan, a wheat probably of Mediterranean origin, which possesses characteristics that render it very suitable over a • wide

range of soils and climates in the Dominion. Varieties such as Hunters and Pearl have also been grown to a lesser extent, and these three names represent .the main groupings of New Zealand wheat in commercial circles today. While Tuscan is one of the best-yield-ing wheats under New Zealand conditions, its baking-quality is not equal to that of the spring wheats of Canada, nor to that of the wheats from the drier parts of Australia. There has been, therefore, a more or less regular annual import of about 500,000 bushels of Canadian and Australian wheats (flour being counted as wheat) for the purpose of blending these with New Zealand wheats in order to improve the baking-quality of the resultant flour, Hence there has always been a desire to breed a variety" of wheat which would yield well under New Zealand conditions, and which would yet be of sufficiently improved quality "to obviate the necessity of importing foreign wheats. ■ The impetus in,this direction gained force from, the success which had attended efforts in the same direction overseas, especially 'in the production of Yeoman by Sir R. H. Biff eh at. Cambridge. The problem of breeding a wheat suitable for our New Zealand conditions constitutes a difficult task. In the first place, the high average yield of New Zealand wheat is due very largely to the high average yield of the predominating variety Tuscan. ■ It must always be borne carefully in mind that yield per acre, in general, constitutes the all-important characteristic from the wheatgrowers' ppint of view. It is this quality of Tuscan which has placed it in higher favour with New Zealand farmers than the lower-yielding but higher-quality Paarl and Hunters varieties. Tuscan, moreover, has fully demonstrated that it is better able than any other wheat to withstand-the wind losses which constitute the most serious menace in the chief wheatgrowing districts of the Dominion. Again, it is one of the^ most tolerant wheats as regards soil, time of sowing, and resistance to frost, dry conditions, and diseases. A combination of all these and other factors has rendered Tuscan a most popular variety from the growers' point of view, although it dm not completely satisfy either the miller or the baker through its lack of other qualities. Whoever ■ would attempt to produce a variety which would be an improvement on Tuscan was, faced, therefore, :with)the. difficulties of producing ;; a wheat — . ■;-■■ 1. Which would give a* yield per acre'either equal to or greater than Tuscan. 2. That would not only withstand wind damage, but all the other vicissitudes of a crop growing in a wide range of soils and climate. 3. Which would possess a flour-yield and a baking-quality approaching that of the best varieties.grown in Canada and Australia. " ■ " With these objects in view,, a number of crosses! between 'high-yielding New. Zealand -wheats and high-quality foreign wheats was made at. Canterbury Agricultural College in 1923. Since then a steady process .of selection and trial has been carried out; and in, the last season only one linei Cross 7,. was retained. In all. the recognised; tests this wheat has ful: filled expectations,, and this year about 3000 bushels-of seed are being distri: buted1 ih'-such a way: as to secure the- ■ largest possible'"-supply ;of pure seed £01-19361,. ~_ ; ,