ILLNESS OF GOLFER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 4

ILLNESS OF GOLFER

VON MDA’S STRANGE MALADY. I MATCH WITH JOHN MONTAGUE.: Norman von Nida, the Sydney gol: . professional who won the Philippines: open championship, returned to Syd-. ney recently to recover from a mysterious illness which attacked him Manila. Von Nida said that ini Manila he played against John Montague, the “mystery” man of American golf, who is reputed to hav returned amazing scores playing with garden rakes and other unorthodox implements. "He is an extraordinarily long hitter,” von Nida said, "but he took us too cheaply. He is a good player, but a better showman.” Von Nida said that a strange sickness had affected him almost from the time of his arrival in Manila “When I left here I was 9st. 51b., now I am Bst. 101 b.,” he said. “The night before the championships, which I won, I lost 81b. in weight. I feel fit again, however. Eric Cremin and I are going to the American open ' and from there we will go to England for the British open.”