... MISS MARGOT LUMB confirmed her supremacy at squash rackets when she defeated Miss Susan Noel 9 6, 9 i, 9 7, in the final of the Women's Champion ship at Queen's Club. For four years previously she had been champion, but there always remained a doubt as to whether she was better than Miss Noel, who, after winning the title for the third time in 1934, did not compete again until this year. Now ...

... WE, who pride ourselves on being good losers, must admire the good grace with which the American women's squash rackets team took their beating by Great Britain in the Wolfe-Noel Cup match at Queen's Club. The Americans did not win a game, though Miss Pearson reached 8 all in her second game against Miss Noel, but they one and all accepted defeat cheerfully, smilingly, laughed at their own ...

... We at the Cross Roads Globe, 8.30 OUR dramatists are getting terribly profound nowadays. That, it might be argued, is a good sign; for it is better to be profound than to be nit-wittedly superficial. On the other hand, it is possible to be profoundly dull. Even Mr. Priestley did not quite hit the bull's-eye with his posthumous adventures of Mr. Johnson, though we did at least know that Mr. ...

... -:5- ■S5S5EJSS EPtTnI 1 Nl There are fashions even in drinks and the latest in England and America is Plain Martini Vermouth before the meal or with the hors d'oeuvres. Fortunately, this is a fashion that leads to fitness, for I understand that the natural aromatic herbs which are blended with the rich matured wine are excellent for toning up the stomach and digestive organs. They ensure ...

... BUY ALL YOUR MEDICINES FROM YOUR CHEMIST Y\ Tti Clear that cold with \v//A\ p Tire symptoms of a cold are Nature's way of expelling the germs which are the cause of the trouble. Rem edies which merely remove these symptoms 'bottle up' the cold and lead to bronchial and other troubles. Vapex, breathed from the hand kerchief carries a pleasantly stimu lating germicidal vapour direct to the CAUSE ...

... THE fight between Len Harvey and Larry Gains, the thirty-seven-vear-old Canadian negro, at Harringay last week failed to please many of the spectators and the B.B.C. commentators. It was no entertainment for those who must have it hot and strong but the true science of the ring rarely brings undiscriminating spectators to their feet shouting for more; nor does it make thrilling entertainment ...

... AN eight-year-old bay gelding by Roidore-- Sweet Honora, Royal Danieli was beaten only by a head by Battleship in last- year's Grand National, although the American horse carried off the honours of the race, as he was giving 3 lbs. This year Royal. Danieli has 11 st. 13 lbs., as against 11 st. 3 lbs. last season, a big increase in a race where every pound tells. He fell at Manchester, in ...

... The British Polo Team at Los Angeles Some Inside Information at the Midwick Country Club THE players from whom the British polo team will finally be selected have now been practising hard in California for the past month. A series of practice matches with American teams has been arranged, which will continue until Easter, when our team will move East. We shall probably be better mounted in the ...

... Unfair, Unkind and Untrue Why I stand up for Harvey and Gains By B. Bennison LEN HARVEY, British cruiser and heavy weight champion, won the Empire title by defeating Larry Gains, the coloured Canadian, who with eyes damaged, legs pathetic ally tired, and when far behind on points, gave up at the end of the 13th round. Critics, with few exceptions, together with the majority of some eight ...

... Oxford Cambridge G. HUSE, bow, 12 st. 7 lb. (Latymer Upper Sch. and Oriel 2. J. L. GART ON, ii st. g lb. (Eton and Magdalen) 3. A. G. SLEMECK, 13 st. St. Edward's and St. Edmund Hall 4. R. R. STEWART, 1 3 st. 4 lb. Eton and Magdalen 5. R. D. BURN ELL, 14 st. 2 lb. (Eton and Magdalen) C. N. C. ADDISON, bow 12 st. lib. (Roborough and Pembroke) 2. A. M. TURNER, 12 st. 2 lb. Cranleigh and Corpus ...

... British Boxers Preparing for Three Americans Roderick must do better if he is to beat Armstrong By B. Bennison ERNIE RODERICK defeated Jake Kilrain, a Glasgow Scot, for the British welter weight championship, at Liverpool, to which city he belongs, by a knock-out in the seventh round. His victory was expected, if not taken for granted. The end, however, came sooner than seemed probable, for ...

... By David Livingstone Learmonth BRIGHT sunshine, punctuated by a shower or two, raised our hopes as we motored to the Pytchley Point-to-Point at Great Brington. We needed the sunshine, for we had never done anything quite like this before. We had done two series of Hunting with a Camera we had taken cameras to Point-to- Points but we had never tried a Point- to- Pointing with a Camera, and we ...