The second match was betwee Budd and Shewan. Shewan was playing for Hongkong for the first time, Though he is of average height and build, he looked small and light beside Budd, and it was astonishing ta see the distance he can punch the ball, He la the hardest hitter of the Hongkong side, with the possible exception of "Macken Shewan has a club a large, rusty head, which looks like a eros: between a driving iron and a mid-ivan anil is probably an old-fashion-Scottish—straight-faced iron, With this rather awkward-looking Implement, he performs some won erful shots, He used it, for inxtance, at the fourth tee and put his bell on the green, as fpr Budd reached with a wooden' club.
some of Shewan's clubs lod has three deliberate "wage! fore each shot, and a fine rhy' swing with ike punch a ball, The by the margin of 6 up to play is nothing to his dis-In fact, that he 1 36-hole match. For it is doubt al if any player in the field could have beaten Buddy terday. Budd ix that combination in golf, a sty! hard hitter as well. Both players in this match played par golf for the first nine holes in the afternoon, except that Budd dropped a stroke at one hole and lost it- by that. The other eight holes were halved. Build's gulf was the most impressive thing of the day. He Jooked and was invincible, Barrett's "Sereamers™
The third match between Camidge, of Hiongkong, and Barrett was @ rather uneven affair, Camidige played the steadier golf of the two and deserved his victory by the comfortable margin of 7 up and 5. to play. Barrett, of course, drove a few of his well-known "sereamevs." At the fifth hole, for in-Manco, his drive pitched further than any other drive. seen there hed, but he was too often off the Suirway and Camidie took pr wer advantage of these excesses, cher, playing Capt. Bennet the fourth match, was very steady all day. it required ery good poll win Gnd 4 "against Bennet to
who ts sound player of the hard wrist type. Tt s0 happened that licher was doing the etter work in the shots which are probably Bonnet' speciality, eh approche forthe, teen, The way. Pilcher Keeps his head and eye down till after the ball has pitched Ample to us all." It, served him in ery good stead yesterday and was ho doubt the main cause of his vie rather easy victor!
Kong side. Mack ran way with Oswald and Porter in the morning round to the extent of a S-hole and a 6-hole lead, respectively. Porter hung on in the afternoon in the way this experienced match-player knows how, but he could do no better than hang on, [and was eventually beaten by 6 holes with 4 to play. Mackenzie! was something of a shock as a fifth placed man. and the shock was too much for Oswald. In the morning, the Hongkong man started badly: with an 8, but some idea of his game thereafter may be gathered from the fact that he round with sight of hi jour surprise that he should have been "played so low on the team, He has " compact, controlled style, with a hard punch at the ball, and! he looks the essence of steadiness.
He obtained a lead of 5 holes over Oswald in the morning and won easily by 11 up and 9 to play. An enhanced iden of his value has evidently come to the Hongkong eaptain, for Ferguson has chosen Mackenzie for his partner in the first game in to-day"s matches.
The following summary. of the resulte:—
Hoxexose Pts. Smancat Pts, AM. Rerzuon 0 J. Pervier 1 Shewan 8M We Budd R.A, Camidge 1 B.A MI Barrett OW. Bennet 8 SRI Pitcher Mackenzie 1 J. Oawall LSich CWT Porter Totals 3
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