... Gale-Scattered Burnham Fleet Many Craft Driven Ashore by Wind and Tide BRAVING THE STORM Crouch yachtsmen had an exciting and eventful day's racing in a recent gale. Twelve boats set out and of the six Burnham One-Designers only one, Red Jacket (P. M. Herring and Mrs. K. Robinson), finished. The six Corinthian One-Designers also suffered a number of casualties. This is Bintimbo, a Burnham ...

... Secrets of his Putting DAI REES is one of the soundest and most con sistent putters in the whole game. The putter he uses is a slightly wrv-necked one, with a straight-faced blade, and in clined to be on the light side. THE GRIP Dai Rees uses an interlocking grip for his putting and a double-handed grip for the rest of his game, claiming that he gets more length this way. 2 THE ADDRESS A ...

... YOUTHFUL DARK HORSE Eighteen-year-old R'. J. White, of Birkdale, reached the last eight, to be beaten by S. E. Banks, 3 and 2. In the previous round he created a major surprise by putting out J. J. F. Pennink, the holder, at the igth. A LOCAL EXPERT A. Topalian Birkdale played very steady golf to reach the sixth round, being put out by W. Sutton, the runner-up, at the 20th. Topalian is seen ...

... International Fencing Gala THE De Tuscan electrical judging apparatus for foil is to have its first world presenta tion at the International Fencing Display, organised by the All England Fencing Club at Caxton Hall next Wednesday in aid of the London Hospital Bi-Centenary Appeal Fund. Bela de Tuscan, the inventor of this electrical foil and former sabre champion of the Hungarian Army, has now ...

... By DIANA For lotus-eating in the .t garden, Derry and Toms, L High Street, Kensington, r have this luxurious ham- n mock lounge (£6 iys. 6d.). p Fifty-four pocketed springs in each cushion give that floating-on-air feeling and cheerful stripes make an attractive background. Keep your drinks on this handy tray attachment, where you can reach them without taking your eyes off the murder story. ...

... Betore the Amateur Championship began at Hoylake last Monday THE HOLDER: Chart:: Yates, aged 26, of Atlanta, Georgia, is favourite for the Championship, and odds of 7 1 have been laid against him. He punches the ball good and hard, and is a very formidable opponent on and around the green. (Right) Yates is seen driving off, and (below) an amusing picture of the holder changing his socks in ...

... t FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP In both pictures Brooks-Hill, Colours goalkeeper, has fallen in making a save and is in no position to clear the ball effectively. A quick follow- up in these circumstances will produce a goal nine times out of ten but of Whites forwards, only Mi ford top centre) is moving at any speed. The rest are waiting in the hope of intercepting the clearance and in each case Dodd ...

... THE SECOND DIVISION RACING UP THE GUT: Bumps were fewer than usual only yi being recorded in the six days' racing Brasenose finished head of this Division with Hertford second. Oriel, who had started i ith on the river, lost another place on the last afternoon to Jesus, and so ended four places down in the Second Division. Worcester, with Jive Freshmen in their crew, started 5th and climbed ...

... B. D. Carris, a New Light Blue D D. CARRIS, of St. John's, has just recently been awarded his Blue and so will play against Oxford at Sandwich on March 21 and 22. He has a fine swing for such a big and strong young golfer, and is driving very long distances. I A solid, square stance fine left hand grip showing two knuckles. 2 Arms and hands and left shoulder take away the club feet not yet ...

... Trois Valses A Film of Three Generations TROIS VALSES, Leopold Mar- chand's delightful story of three periods, 1867, 1900 and 1939, has had an extraordinary success in Paris, where both stage and screen versions (with the same stars) are still playing to capacity. The Mayfair Curzon Cinema is screening the film on Thursday of next week, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its opening. ...

... A CHESTNUT colt by Fairway out of Fancy Free, the dam of Full Sail, by Stefan the Great Celiba, by Bachelor's Double Santa Maura by St. Simon, Lord Rosebery's candidate has fully earned his position as favourite for the Derby. He was not hurried as a two-year-old, and ran only twice, his first outing being in the Imperial Produce Stakes at Kempton in October, won by Heliopolis from Casanova ...

... THOSE whose business it is to write about cricket are not encouraged nowadays, when mentioning Chesterfield, where Derbyshire played Surrey last week-end, to make reference to the church with the crooked spire. Therefore I will not do so. Nor, as a matter of fact, is there any need for architectural digression, since the ground itself is sufficiently rich in history, and its more im mediate ...