Pot Pourri GOLF POPULARITY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 283, 13 November 1936, Page 12

Pot Pourri GOLF POPULARITY

Crowded Courges in London LACK OF FACILITIES London’s publio course goffers are » patient crowd. Every, year the game increases in popularity, but the iacilities provided for public golf have failed to keep pace with requirements. The result is that at week-ends—the only time for the game—long queues form at, every public course. Even those who rise early enough, on a Bunday morning to reach the course before breakfaafi time often find that they (have to wait from half and hour to an hour before they can take their places on th® first) tee. As the day goes on the waiting period becomes longer and longer. I have known cases where menj after booking their tickets, have gone to chvurch and had lunch Bbfore their turn to driye off, says ft writer in a London paper. It is abundantly clear that there is need in London for many jnorei public courses. In the height of the summer, with longer hours pf daylight, play often begins as early as 5.30 a.m, and goes on until nearly 10 p.m. Below Standard. Auckland’s , exponents of bpckstrokft and breaststroke are below national standard, both in numbers and ability, says thp Zealand “Herald* 1 . Jarvis, who is said to swim the backstroke well, mgy be a formifiible opponent for C. B. Buchanan, the Auckland champion, and A. Raper, f'. 8, Taylor js the only breastroke swimmer Worthy of note, although young pfina.petitors like D. Webstar and M. Cleayy are making good progress. G. B'erry’a superiority among the divers may noli be strongly challenged- Of the lady competitors, Miss Leydon is again the most notable, her ascendancy at 220ydi and further being no less assured, Th« keenest competition is anticipated over the sprints. Matched for these there will be the Auckland champion, Mis* V. Coulthurst, the exchampion, Mis*. B. Lewin and- Misses N, Barton, Leydon, N. Ludlow and P. Johnston. Misses Lewin and Bayton will be th* principal exponents of backstroke, and Miss J. Thomson is preparing to retain . thp breaststroke championship, Crickpt Organisation. Efficient organisation is of more im* portance than most of the queer way* of raising the standard of cricket which fj’om time io time are suggested, remarks an English, cricket writer, The wisdom of bringing young and inexperienced players into trial matches i* obvious. It is not done to any considerable extent here. On when it has been done the result han not always been satisfactory. That may be because Australian cricketers grow; up, as it were —both, in self-assurance and in the matter of efficiency—much earlier than ours. Cricket Differences. When the Petone Cricket Club, whos® senior eleven was relegated to th* second grade, decided to continue play* ing under the Wellington Cricket- Associ, M. F. Nicholls, famous ex-AU Black, and now a New Zealand Rugby selector, stated that He would no longer play under such control. He has given practical effect to that statement by joining the Empire Club in the Hutf| Valley Association’s competition. His brother, H. E. Nicholls, former All Black Rugby halfback, has also severed his connection with the Petone Club, and likewise is joining Empire, Opposition to Stymie. Jack McLean, the Scottish amateur golfer who was in New Zealand three reasons ago as a member of the British team captained by the Hon. Michael Scott, is one of a, rapidly growing body of players opposed to the stymie.. At the conclusion of his recent _ visit to America, where (he was runnier-up hi the amateur championship, McLean said: —“It’s my honest opinion they ought to be abolished. They’re not golf shots, they’re trick shots. They, may lay stymies are fun, but they're not fun when you’re playing under the strain you undergo in these affairs.”