... UM. TEMNES EETTEH. j\/J Y Dear Tatler, This week's wonderful weather has made the huge Eastbourne meeting a very pleasant one, and there has been an almost record attendance during the final stages of the week. There were plenty of surprises, particularly in the men's events, and it was certainly a very unforeseen occurrence that Sleem, Andrews, Nigel Sharpe, and Olliffe should all be outed ...

... OUR TRMBOS LETTER. jY'J Y Dear Tatler, It seems an amazing thing that one should be still writing about the French Hard-court Championships, but as the finals of the singles (which after all are the most interesting events of the whole meeting) are being played this afternoon, it is very necessary that I should speak of them, more especially as one of the finalists is that very brilliant young ...

... OUM. TEMNIS LETTER. TV/T Y Dear Tatler, Although the grass court season has not yet started, there has been a great deal of interesting lawn tennis played this last week in England, and the first round of the Davis Cup against the Argentine team at Torquay provided us with more than the usual amount of thrills. It is true that Great Britain eventually won by the comfortable margin of four ...

... A I I t Rugby Letter By HARLEQUIN Dear Tatler, ENGLAND v. Scotland again on Saturday, for the fifty-seventh time. Present score, twenty- three wins each, and ten drawn games. So there will be plenty of excitement at Murrayfield, that ground of ill-omen for England, where the white jerseys have lost all the five matches they have played there. Scotland lost their first five games at ...

... Sir, In your issue of December 18th I was much interested to read in R. C. Robertson Glasgow's article of his reference to the three Graces W. G., E. M., and G. F. Were they brothers M. EADON. Yes. A 11 three played for Gloucestershire. [Ed. ...

... OUR TRMMIIS LETTER. MY DEAR TATLER, I seem to have spent the entire past week watching people practising for the championships, and really the practice games have been far more interesting to watch than most of the tournaments, as plenty of International cracks have arrived, and the Wimbledon courts are full of celebrities, who are making the most of this really wonderful weather. I journeyed ...

... GUM. TEMHIS ILETT3EM. A Y Dear Tatler, -This week's lawn tennis news contains a widely varied budget, and it is hard to know whereto begin. Of course chief interest centres round the Davis Cup matches, and undoubtedly one of the most important results in this event is the defeat of Australia by the Italian team at Genoa. Seeing the Australians when they first arrived at Monte Carlo in early ...

... GUM TRMHIS LETTER MY DEAR TATLER, With a slight return of the warmer weather, enthusiasts who have been playing in the autumn tennis meetings at Felixstowe and Torquay have fancied themselves for a moment back in something more approaching Riviera-like weather. Certainly this new move on the part of the better-known seaside tennis centres, especially Torquay, has been much appreciated, and ...

... Y DEAR TATLER, - There is no doubt that our sweeping defeat by Italy in the semi-final round of the Davis Cup at Felixstowe this week has created rather a feeling of depression in lawn-tennis circles. As I said last week, we never had more than a good sporting chance of winning this event, as the Baron de Morpurgo, if he was up to normal form, was always likely to win his two singles, and the ...

... Dear tatler What do you think of the Scot tish now? People are still talking about the victory of Scotland over Wales, and they insist on regarding it as a sur prise result. It really was nothing o f the kind, if the critics would only realize that it was an e xtre me lv moderate Welsh side that won at Twickenham, and that three of the chief factors in that victory did not turn out against ...

... By 11 HARLEQUIN Dear Tatler, ENGLAND'S visit to Ireland in 1938 will long be remembered by reason of the fantastic scoring. Seven goals (one penalty) and a try to a goal and three tries is quite without parallel in modern foot ball as far as international matches are concerned, and we are not likely to see anything of the sort again for many years to come. England's victory was not altogether ...

... OUR TENTHS LETTER. T\/T y Dear Tatler, This week has certainly been a very busy one for the juniors, as there are no less than four big county champion ships in progress, to say nothing of the Junior Championships of Great Britain, held at Wimbledon, which are on the very eve of starting. At Surbiton Miss Betty Nuthall's tall young brother, Jimmy, won the Boys' Championship of Surrey, and I ...