AS OTHERS SAW THEM

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 June 1927, Page 11

AS OTHERS SAW THEM

NEW ZEALAND TEAM AND AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS Probably no visiting team in any country has experienced a finer reception than that which fell to the lot of the New Zealand team of golfers who have just returned from Australia. Their experiences cannot but have considerably advanced the good feeling between the golfing circles in the two countries, while the success which has attended on the first contest for the Kirk-Windeyer Cup can be expected to make this a very prominent sporting feature in future years. I have clipped a few interesting comments from Sydney papers, and here they are: “The annual classic tournament for the State golfing titles has been made the occasion of one of the most remarkable gatherings of talented players ever seen on Australian courses. The cream of the New Zealand and Inter-State golfers are participating and even the widespread representation usually associated with the all-Australian meeting has been gloriously outdone. “Surrounding the first of the competitions there is not a little curiosityinter mingled with the keen speculative interest. Accustomed to regard the superlative player as a product peculiar to the big golfing centres, where competition is plentiful and varied, Sydney golfers were scarcely prepared lor the standard of skill at the command of the best of the visitors. With but little lime to recover their “land legs,” the quintette opposed to the professionals dispensed golf of the highest order. “Horton revealed himself as an iron player of extraordinary ability. In the full shot to the green he achieves a degree of accuracy that would give distinction to a short approach. “As an ‘exhibitioner’ Duncan is superb. So smooth is his action that one would scarcely suspect the pace at which the clubhead must travei to propel the ball the distance he consistently gets.”—The “Sydney Mail.” “Of particular interest was the appearance of the New Zealand KirkWindeyer Cup quintette. The play was closely followed by an interested gallery, and they acquitted themselves in a way that greatly enhanced their chances for the coming international contest. To the galierv the standard of play disclosed by the visitors was somewhat of a revelation. Duncan handled his clubs with a deftness that would have done credit to a champion in his prime. “Horton and Quin excelled in the iron game. With tlvs club they- are supreme. Horton scored the outstanding win of the day (in the ama*teur v. professional matches). He averaged even fours a feat that is not often seen at Bose Bay.”—“Daily Telegraph News Pictorial.” OUT OF PINAFORES When I was a lad I served a term As ’prentice boy to a clubmaker’s firm; I tied the whippings and I boiled the glue, And I polished up the irons till they looked like new; I polished up the irons so successfullee That now I am w.nner of the Queen’s trophee! As apprentice boy I made such a mark, That I once was taken for a man named Park; I could put in a rivet and fix on a new head, I could varnish all the brassies and fill in fresh lead; I varnished all the brassies so splendidlee That now I am winner of the Queen’s trophee! As a first-class artificer I made such a name That my clubs were purchased by exponents of the game; I coLild get eight dollars for a special shaft, And my heads were a model of my handicraft. I charged such a price for my artilleree That now I am winner of the Queen’s trophee! Of golfing knowledge I acquired such a grip, That the chief pro wanted me in partnership; His offer I considered, but at last declined, And set myself :o practice with an ardent mind. I practised the game so ardently That now I am winner of the Queen’s trophee! I became such a crack that I was sent To represent my county at a tournament : I beat all the records of the local men And they’d never think of asking me to play again; I beat all their records so disgracefully That now I am winner of the Queen’s trophee! Now amateurs all, whoever you may be, If you’re anxious to rise to the top of the tree. In every kind of hazard keep your head quite coo* And be careful 1;o be guided by the golden rule; Take half the holes in four, the other half in three, And you all may be winners of the Queen's trophee! THE 50-TO-ONE CHANCE PARIS. June 2. Competing in the French open airuiteur championship being played at Wimereux. Len Xettlefold, the brilliant Tasmanian, made a great fight against Vagliano. it was the most exciting match or tile first roun* Xeilefold four holes up and Jive to piay appeared to have the match won. but Vagliano, playing with the greatest resolution and pluck, won the next five holes in tiiese figures— i, il, 3,4, 4. Andre Vagliano, who is 31 years ot age is the best amateur player France has produced, and Xettlefold must have played great golf to have got 4 up on him at the 13th hole. He won this contest in 1925. and also took the native amateur French title in each of the three years 1923, 1924. and 1926, Nettlefold' has not had a lucky trip so far. In this case a 50 to 1 chance came off against him.