SANDERS CUP

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 7

SANDERS CUP

Is Costly Contest Worth While ? OPINION IN WELLINGTON Special to THE SEX WELLINGTON. Thursday. The fact that Southland has decided not to contest the Sanders Cup this year has caused a little wave of unrest to be felt in the North Island. It is thought in Wellington that the defection of Southland may mean that other associations will »»<- considering the advisability of leaving the cup contest alone on the score of expense. It is also considered that the JeUicoo class of boat is not really useful, and is only suitable for racing and for that reason alone should not be encouraged. If this line of thought should grow to any extent it may mean the end of the Sanders Cup as a yachting trophy. The contest is costing a great deal of money each year, especially when held at either end of the two islands, and it does* not seem possible to obviate this difficulty unless a central deciding ground is adopted, which is hardly likely to be acceptable. The freight on boats, the passage monoy of crews, and the cost of billeting artincreasing each year, and associations are finding it a very severe tax on their funds without any great recompense in the way of increasing popularity of this particular branch of the sport. It is probable that when the crews assemble at Auckland for this year’s contest th'?> question "f expanse will b* discussed and possibly a report will be submitted . • the different ussociu tioni> interested.

ments previous to its hitting the ball is held in a vice-like grip.

Most players who are not good at screw backs pull the cue back sharply the very moment that it strikes the cue ball. It is as though they believe that this sfiarp pulling back of the cue in some mysterious way induces the cue ball to act in a similar manner as soon as it meets the object ball. But. ; of course, it does nothing of the sort. The cue ball only recoils from tin: object ball if, at the moment of its I contact with it, it is under the influ. | ence of retrograde or reverse rotation imparted to it by reason of its having been struck below its centre. If ; this reverse rotation has been Im- | parted to it, it will recoil from the object ball even though the cue has i been pulled right back at the moment of its striking the cue ball. In order, however, to cause the cue ball to re- | coil -with plenty of pace, strong retrograde must be imparted to it, and when the cue is sharply withdrawn at the moment of its contact with tinball, the reverse rotation Imparted to | the ball Is never very strong, and. as a rule, is very little in evidence. Most players know that for all ordinary strokes, as for example, half ball in-offs, the cue should be martin go well through the ball. When playing a screw back the cue action i should be precisely the same. The player should keep perfectly still on ! the stroke, only his forearm should move, and the cue should be pro- ; polled right through the ball, and not withdrawn even a fraction of an inch -—except when it is necessary to prevent its fouling the recoiling cue ball. Xext Article: HOW TO SCREW— IV.