TAIHAPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 82, 6 April 1929, Page 2

TAIHAPE

GOLF NOTES. [ Special "Chronicle” Service ] An interesting and instructive lecture on golf, together with a demonstration of the corree method of playing, many strokes associated with the game, was given by 31r Norrie Bell, the Hamilton professional, on Thursday evening. Air Bell commenced by showing those present the correct way to rip a golf club and impressed upon his hearers the necessity of having the right hand well over the shaft and not at the side so that the wrists could function properly. Practically all .he work should be done by the left hand and the right hand acts merely as a guide. The club should be gripped in the fingers. The correct way to swing a club was next demonstrated by 31 r Bell, who advised all golfers to place approximately 60 per cent, of their weight on their right leg before commencing their swing. “The weight has to be transferred 1o the right J g so why not facilitate matters by placing it there at the beginning.’” added the speaker. Continuing, the lecturer aid that the club must be taken back slowly and when at the top of the swing the hands must be allowed to open so that the club would be gripped lightly. This was absolutely essential to ’ success. Proceeding, the speaker said the method of swinging for all clubs was the same and players were only making the gam/' hard for themselves by adopting a dZll’erent swing for each club. In speaking on the subject of putting, Air Bell said the weight should be thrown on to the left leg before commencing to putt, and Die elbows should be pointing outwards and along the line of the putt. Players should endetvour to cultivate the pendulum swing and to remember that putting was not done with the wrists but with the arms. This was the only stroke in golf in which the wrists did not turn. After giving an exhibition on how to negotiate stymies, Air Bell invited his hearers to ask any questions they desired. One player inquired the best method a play a down-hill lie, and Air Bell replied that the chief point to remember was to have the weight on the left foot and not to over club. If the average player was considering taking a mid-iron for a certain shot he advised them to take a inashie and they would find that they would get the required distance. In playing an uphill lie the revere was the case, as the usual tendency was to under club. TOWN HALL. “Baby Cyclone ’ is an hilarious filmization of George Cohan’s stage play. A farce comedy of married life which as a play ran on Broadway for six months. It is a comedy romance in which a Pckenese pup breaks up two romances, precipitates a riot that calls in the police. On Tuesday and M ednesday, New Zealand ’s perfect piciiiTC, “'The Romance of Hincmoa” will i !>•> shown. Filmed on the exact loea- ■ lions of this famous legend with an . absolute all Maori cast of plavers. Reserves at Dashwood’s. KING’S THEATRE. To-day at matinee, Harry Langdon appears in the laughmaker “Three’s a Crowd.” Two distinctive features show to-night, the headliner being the Paramount picture.—“ The .Showdown,” George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton are the prin cipal players. In support is the Fox picture “The Great Well,” being a romance centred around an oil well in South Africa. Seena Owen and Thurston Hall are Ihe featured plavers in this. INDECENT ASSAULT. An old aged pensioner residing at Taihape nppeare.t 7>pror<- "esses A. Perrolt. J. 1?., ami 31. 31. Carpenter, J.]’., at the Magi>l rate’s Court yesterday on a charge oi indecently assaulting a girl ag< I 12 years nt Taihape on or about March 7. 192'J. Sergeant I». .1. O’Neill appt ared for the police, but ue. ii-cd wn. not represented by connsei. Constable J. IL Cor>ton stated that as a result of a complaint received he had interviewed accused, who had made a voluntary statement (produced) concerning Ihe alleged olTcnce. Accused admitted having interfered with the girl in the “zig-zag” reserve opposite the silo of the recently dis mantled Tiki Brewery. Evidence was also given by the complainant and another little girl and two small boys. Accused plemled guilty and was committed to the .Supreme Court at AVellington for sentence. He was allowed bail in l;is own recognisance of £5(l and one surety of £5O.