'A marked difference in the styles of the two players was to be seen. Crompton has as ensy and attractive a style as anybody in Shanghai, not even excluding Budd, and it always interesting to watch his! play. On the other hand Thomson a point unorthodox. puts a tremendous amount of strength into all his shots, but does it apparently through wrist and body" movement, and half time swings himself of his feet. One deadly club he has in his bag, and it is un iron with which he plays chip shote when not very far away from the green. At one period of the match yesterday be became very deadly with these, and this helped zo to account for Crompton's downfall.
Tt had. been decided to play the whole of the 36 holes off in the ter noon, and starting about three clock the end of the game was not reached until "practically 7 p.m. To start with Crompton showed the better golf, "He was driving a very fine straight bal proximating 300 yanis, and his approaches. were generally ocd but when it came to. putting. he was generally' a degree worse than is opponent. Not that. Thomson At this stage was good on the ferecn: nobody could very well hav been, but he was surer tha Crompton. In the early stages of the game Thomson was driving a very" much" shorter ball than. Crompton, and he added to his difieulties by introducing a very nasty hook, Then, however, his recoveries and approaches "were very good, and when it came to a short chip with an iron he was at decided advantage,
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