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LATEST GOLF TOPICS FROM ALL STATES
POSITION IN OPEN PENNANT
Most Interesting Situation for Years
By J. M. DILLON
BY reason of an evening up of teams' strength, particularly the fortifying of Yarra Yarra by the
presence of W. L. Hope, the improvement of boy Champion Alex Kae. and the stiffening of the
position lower down, the general improvement of Kingston Heath players, the development of a
strong young team at Northern, a big "step up" in talent at Riversdale. a slight fading at Koyal
Melbourne and Commonwealth, and the fine form at home of the Woodlands team, the senior
pennant campaign of 1933 is the most interesting for years. At the moment Victoria arc hkely
winners, but things may change in any round, and an exciting battle for the flag may eventuate.
Il all goes to show that a higher standard of amateur golf in Victoria has been attained.
( ' U M M O N W E A L T H
and Victoria
ill
section A are the only two
unde-
Vaied teams in that division, hut
each
n! Ihesc
clubs has played
only one
:n.iHll. These two teams meet
the i
third round on July 15. and
the!
:n::Uli is al Commonwealth,
and so fa
ii: all pennant
matches there has
bec.l
m m
one "away
from
home"'
victory,
•'mil .irlvantage of the home gl-een
may
h" the deciding factor in the
campaign.
Thm is unfortunate, but il is likely to
eliminated
next
year,
hi the 13
division
of the seniors
I'iiviiions
in each
grade
are simply
set '.ions for the handling of the
compctiii'in
willun reasonable time, and
clubs
aie
just
"bunched"
out of the ho
Woodlands arc- the only undefeated
club.
Tlicy have piaved their two gomes
al
lii'im- and arc likely later in the
series
m face their sternest and most
signifirsm
test when
they go to Glenroy to
niiH-i Northern.
There
they are
likely
in eo down, and there will be an evenaii;
up out of which
Royal
Melbourne
air likely lo come to the front as the
finalists
front
their
section.
G A L L A N T " C O M E B A C K "
As
anliripalcd
the Yarra
Yarra
v.
H'»••!: ion Heath nialL-h was the star
one
"' liie .second round.
Il was
won by
h"' Iwuie leant by the odd match,
and
a "TV exciting game was provided by
Huh Culler and
Shaw as Ihe
finale
"I Hie conlesl.
Cutler
made a gallant
"mme hack" after being 5 down al the
"un, and bv a brilliant run
managed
have the game all square with a hole
In gn.
Shaw is almost a veteran
campaigner,
did not rise to a place among
the
senior players until ho was up near
the
'"' lies.
In the
flret
watch this year he
met Allan
Dowsley,
who
was
making
his
first
appearance in senior
P ? n ™ m ,
mid he "towelled up"' the powerful
Victorian
left hander.
Allan
is rather a
wonder in the manner in which lie came
from a walloping slicing left hander to
about scratch in a couple of seasons. He
had his
first
taste of just what a real
rattle in senior company is in the n m
round, and like ninny impetuous
determined
personalities was nftcr the
majen
rather
disgusted
with
himself.
Urnta
'he influence of tlie first set hark he
Iflllted "giving up golf" and all that. But
he is nol the kind lo let a thins Bet
Iiim down.
,
, u „
1 came home with Dowsley after the
Victoria-Yurra
Yarra
match.
H e wa
in the "dumps" for Ihe moment,
while
Shaw was in "the ail "
Last
Saturday
I came
home
with
Sliaw.
He hud
won. but he had one
o f the most
gruelling
cuntosLs of his
life. He had felt a man fighting him.
r and 'crawling right up his back,
was
"too old." it "took too m u c h out
of him." he was "through."
Generally
he was as Dowsley
was the match
before.
But Shaw,
like all golfers,
will
be
right
there
again
when
the next
match
is on. He certainly
slipped
against a great
onslaught by a
player
s that some referred to as llic "youthful"
Boh Cutler. But Bob, despite his
juvenile appearancc. is in years senior
to "Mick" Ryan and Hugh Anderson.
W h e n the acid test of a truly desperate
situation came at the deciding
hole S h a w "came good" dramatically.
He played the last hole better than any
other m a n did on the day. Two punch,
ing wood, a pitch that almost holed out.
and a "birdie" 4 was an answer even to
the brilliant run of the vastly improved
Culler, and to Shaw's own doubts as to
weather he could still fight. H e can—
and did.
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