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A RUGBY GATHERING: INTERNATIONALS AT GROSVENOR HOUSE

... A RUGBY GATHERING INTERNATIONALS AT GROSVENOR HOUSE. A JUBILEE CELEBRATION IMPRESSIONS AT THE KENT COUNTY RUGBY UNION DINNER. Caricatured by Mel.] Our picture shows some of the members and their guests at last Saturday's distinguished gathering of over 200 people, a gathering which bristled with past and present internationals and other prominent players. The occasion was the Jubilee Dinner ...

HE BLEW ON THE WHISTLE A REQUIEM SHRILL

... HE BLEW ON THE WHISTLE A REQUIEM SHRILL. RUFFLED RUGBY OR, HOW TO WORK THE SCRUM A CARICATURIST'S DREAM. [A Caricature by Mel.] There are ingenious kettles manufactured which whistle a warning when they come to the boil, and if you heat a modern Rugby referee till he boils (when the ball does not get properly into the scrum), he whistles too, loud and long and often. Therefore Mel offers ...

GREAT OWNERS--BUT POOR TIPSTERS

... GREAT OWNERS BUT POOR TIPSTERS. TURF PERSONALITIES, AND OTHER CELEBRITIES, AT THE PRESS CLUB DERBY LUNCH. Caricatures by E. S. Hyltcs.) (Left to Right General Sir Ian Hamilton; Mr. Edgar Wallace; (in front) Stephen Donoghue (behind) Lord Derby (in front) Mr Percy Rudd (behind) Lord Dewar Lord Lascclles Lord Birkenhead Sir Victor Sassoon Lord Stanley (in front) Col. Sofer-Whitbum and Mr. Frank ...

FROM FAR AND NEAR: PLAYERS OF THE WORLD-WIDE GAME

... FROM FAR AND NEAR: PLAYERS OF TPIE WORLD-WIDE GAME. A Jamboree is not quite the correct word for the gathering of the nations at Wimbledon, since it actually means a frolic or spree, whereas no experts of sport are in more deadly earnest than are these entrants to the lists of ball and racket. But Boy Scouts still worship the Red Indian, and all the warriors on the Wimbledon trail are out for ...

POPULAR BADMINTON: THE SHUTTLE GAME AT SYDENHAM

... . AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS. (Drawn by Will Owen.) The game of Badminton grows in popularity every year, being an excellent winter pastime demanding great skill and not incurring any great expense or undue expenditure of time to the player. The South of England championships, which concluded last Saturday at the Crystal Palace, suffered through the ...

A GOOD DAY FOR BRITAIN OUTSIDE THE FIELD ITEMS: ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND TAKE 14 EVENTS AT THE A. A. A. CHAMPIONSHIPS

... A GOOD DAY FOR BRITAIN OUTSIDE THE FIELD ITEMS ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND TAKE 14 EVENTS AT THE A. A. A. CHAMPIONSHIPS. Although on paper the records show that foreign competitors carried off nine out of the twenty-three titles at the ma eur Championships at Stamford Bridge, it is beyond question that the British public are not greatly concerned at losing sue the discus and javelin throwing, the hop ...