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GRAVE IS GAY: AMONG THE GREYBEARDS OF BLACKHEATH

... . CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH THE BLACKHEATH VETERANS BEAT THE BANK OF ENGLAND. (Drawn by Chas. Grave.) In this interesting match on the Rectory Field last Saturday the Blackheath veterans' side winners by n points to 6 included eight internationals, included among them being George Boots, who played for Wales no less than twenty-seven years ago. Other famous players of the past who successfully ...

THE AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: THE FINAL ROUND

... THE AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP THE FINAL ROUND, THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBES DRASTIC TREATMENT DR. TWEDDELL v. D. E. LANDALE. Caricatures by Mac Michael. The Amateur Golf Final at Hoylake this year was a battle between the winner Dr. William Tweddell, who comes from Stourbridge, and Mr. D. E. Landale, of the Royal Liverpool Club. As Mr. MacMichael shows on this page the Doctor treated his patient to a ...

PARISIANS AT WEST KENSINGTON: THE VISITORS BEATEN

... . A VERY NARROW WIN QUEEN'S BEAT THE SPORTING CLUB DE PARIS. Queen's Club did well the other day to beat the Sporting Club de Paris by 6 matches to 5, at West Kensington, a victory largely due to the match play of Mrs. Lambert Chambers. The visitors had the help of Cochet but not of Lacoste, and in J. Thurneyssen they have a brilliant player, who beat H. W. Austin, 6 1, 6 I. The London Covered ...

GRAVE IS GAY: AT SANDWICH WITH THE BATH CLUB GOLFERS

... GRAVE IS GAY AT SANDWICH WITH THE BATH CLUB GOLFERS. THE BATH CLUB GOLF HANDICAP AT PRINCE'S, SANDWICH THE ROUND AGAINST BOGE\ (Drawn by Chas. Grave.) The opening day .art Saturday of the Bath Club Handicap at Prince's Sandwich^ devoted to a jound 1 .gams. sr C. w£, B- w- ,51. ...

STRAIGHT FROM THE (S)TABLE

... . THE OWNERS TALK TO FLEET STREET THE PRESS CLUB DERBY LUNCHEON. She speaks, yet she says nothing, said Romeo of Juliet, and that is what, so far as tipping the winner is concerned, the Derby owners say each year to the gentlemen of Fleet Street when they make speeches as the guests of the Press Club at the luncheon given on the Monday of Derby week. Lord Stanley last Monday remarked that ...

FAMOUS RUGBY CLUBS--II: THE O.M.T's

... FAMOUS RUGBY CLUBS-- II THE O.M.T's. THE OLD BOYS OF THE MERCHANT TAYLORS': FIFTEEN PLAYERS OF THIS FAMOUS TEAM. [Caricatured by Mel.] The O.M.T .'s are drawn only from the old boys of the Merchant Taylors' school, so that the field of membership must necessarily be small. This makes it a matter of all the more wonder that their teams should be so continually successful. The club was founded ...

GRAVE IS GAY: AT THE INTERNATIONAL AT TWICKENHAM

... . A NEAR THING FOR THE TWICKENHAM RECORD: ENGLAND 6 POINTS, IRELAND 6 POINTS. Although England has never yet lost a Rugby match to one of the home countries on the Twickenham ground, her fifteen representatives had to fight the Irishmen tooth and nail last Saturday to avoid defeat, with such consistent fierceness did the visitors storm the English line. A draw was the proper result to such a ...

TENNIS WITHOUT THE SUN: A NIGHT AT QUEEN'S CLUB

... . BY ELECTRIC LIGHT: THE ANNUAL COVERED COURTS LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Caricatured by Mel.] After over a week's play, the lawn tennis tournament by artificial light was concluded last Saturday at Queen's Club, with the results as shown above. Mr. J. D. P. Wheatley had a very hard match against Mr. S. W. Harris, the Rugby footballer, in the Men's final, before winning at 5-7, 8-6, 7-5. Both ...

A NEW SWISS WINTER SPORT

... . WITH A SKI TAKE-OFF AS PLATFORM: TOBOGGAN-JUMPING IN THE ALPS. Toboggan jumping is done on ordinary luges, and the platform is a ski-jump of mild proportions. Provided the snow is well packed, surprisingly little shock is felt on landing however, it is advisable to have a cushion to sit on, in case of a bad impact. Flat Canadian toboggans are really best for this game, which is quite ...

FAMOUS RUGBY CLUBS--V: RICHMOND

... ■FAMOUS RUGBY CLUBS-Y RICHMOND. A FINE CLUB OF EARLY ORIGIN THE RICHMOND RUGGER TEAM. [Caricatured by Mel.} This year's fifteen for Richmond contains a couple of Asletts, the famous international as a threequarter and the other as a half, another player for England in the shape of the captain, D. Turquand Young, two Cambridge Blues and one from Oxford. The beginnings of this famous club may ...