BOYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 September 1926, Page 12

BOYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP.

IN BRITAIN

A great controversy iis raging in England l over the final of the nays’ goth cabinpion,ship, which was won by 'i'immis (England), who defeated JVIcMurie (Scotland) 1 up. The championship ended magnificently. Both boys began nervously, in their putting especially. The timid Scot recovered his steadiness first, and- was 3 up -at the end of the first round. Grand iron play gave-him the first, .second and third in the second round. The, English boy got one back, turned 1 with 5 down and then fairly went for his more experienced opponent, whose handicap, in the men’s- club, is 2. He won four out of eight hoi’es and had a four-yard putt at the! last green to' square the match . The ball hit the hftek of the hole and stayed out. The boys set all the mile,s’ expert® by.- the ears. It ,is asserted that Timmis should have lost earlier, because he played the wrong ball «t the fifteenth. The experts ■unanimously declare the referee wrong in ordering Timmis to return and; drop the ball. The referee sticks to his guns. He says, McMume and his caddie hadi ft good look at the, ball and should have known it was'theirs. Timmis is talking of appealing to St. Andrews for a ruling, but veterans say that an appeal against a referee’s decision is unheard of.

Hard' hitting • was a. feature of the boys’ match l between England ahd Scotland. Timmis, England’s representative, ftfter slicing ills drive at the 15th, a hole of 480 yards, laid his second shot dead on the pin. Alston, of Scotland, reached the Bth, a 400 yards hole, : with a drive and ftn iron. Although all the competitors are under 18 years of ,age, the majority are young giant®. Patoy, of England, .stands 6ft lin. )

STORIES

A golfer had a curious experience on the Tauranga links last week. He drove off the first tee, and barely hftd the ball eoniq to rest on tho fairway when half a dozen seaguns made a sudden descent. With much wrangling they disputed possession for ft IfeW moments until one out-monaeuvred the others, seized the ball and quickly flew off with it. Another player had a similar experience on the Tauranga links earlier in the season.

’ An enthusiast who, practising his swing in his room at a hotel, and crashing an expensive electric light globe, is about as cool as the excited member who runs across, as related by a. leading English paper, to a visiting playor -with the ejaculation-that lie has. seriously injured a caddie. The latter calmly asks,, “What is tliei local rule.” One wonders if the same question, very apropos, was asked on the occasions, certainly very few, but not unknown, when local players have hit -another with their hall.

As may well be imagined, Walter Hagen, the well-known American golfer, has ft rare fund of anecdotes relating to the game.

One of the best concerns an extremely peppery major who, playing a round for substantial! stakes, was none too pleased when ftt one hole he was kept waiting for a few minutes by a woman who sauntered carelessly down the fairway with a baby in her firms. “Come away, madam,” he called out testily. „ “Hurry up with that ha by of yours.”*

The woman glared at him! indignant]y. “Baby yourself,” she ■snapped, ‘playing -with that little ball, and ini those ridiculous short trousers, too!’’ Golfer: “They’re all afraid to play me. AA T hat do you think of my hand’cinps ’ Girl: “Oh I don’t know. It may be your face or perhaps it’s your general appearance.”