... Team Should Hold the Fort till Austin Returns THIS time the announcement of the Davis Cup team beat the opening of the. Hard Court Championships by a few hours, so we were spared a repetition of last year's drollery, when R. A. Shayes was going down to G. E. Godsell at the very hour he was being chosen. I suppose the new team will have been looked upon as fair game by all the others at ...

... A Doughty Opponent Cecil Smith in Action at Del Monte MR. CECIL SMITH, in dark jersey on the right, is one of four rated at ten goals in America and ranks next to Mr. Tommy Hitchcock as the world's greatest polo player. He has been playing for the Mid wick team, which gave our International players such valuable practice in California, and is sure to be a thorn in our side when the Westchester ...

... 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. ...

... West Indies a real game of cricket, free from unnecessary clinches and with each side offering the other something to go for. Fast Wickets Cynics have already been at work saying that the Surrey Committee's decision to instruct that the Oval wickets shall be fast is the logical outcome of having Gover and Watts to bowl on them. This is to imply that no other county has any bowlers of pace, and ...

... By Highwayman THE Stock Exchange point-to-point meeting at Kimble is great fun when the weather holds as it did this year, and, of course, it helps one's enjoyment to find three winners in the five races. As the last of those winners swept over the last fence and on to the winning- post, still eager and gallant after three miles of stiffish country, I could not help comparing in my mind the ...

... Captain of the British Polo Team MR. GERALD BALDING, who will captain the British international team in the field during the matches against the United States for the Westchester Cup, in June, is a brilliant striker with an out standing knowledge of the game. Towards the end of last season in England he seemed to be feeling the strain of keeping a team together while in India this winter he ...

... Beaufort ONE week of our Spring Tournament last season had to be cancelled owing to the hard state of the ground. The fol lowing were the winning teams during the Spring and Summer Tournaments: Norton Cup. Spanner's Horse Captain W. G. Carr, Captain G. E. Prior-Palmer, R. W. Hobson, and J. H. M. D. Scott. Junior Cup gth Lancers B W. I ...

... GOLFERS who study the game at all will have seen the phrase hitting late repeatedly beneath numerous photo graphs showing players in action and taken when the club is in what I will call the hitting area. This area is from the shoulder-level until impact, and so the photographs show players at or around the impact position. Hitting late refers, obviously, to an attempt to define when the hit ...