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Newnham and Girton Hockey Flourishes

... CAMBRIDGE is one of the few places where more hockey matches could be played now than before the war. One student said, If only we had the time we could play matches every day. The influx of colleges from Portsmouth and London has made this difference and Girton and Newnham both have full and most interesting fixture lists. The pictures on this page were taken during matches between Girton ...

Dulwich in Their New Home at Tonbridge

... w.. ■_ w .-jw/.r* -V trgucn wsxxvz ks .-.'r? i f DULWICH V. TONBRIDGE is always a school Rugby occasion, and this year specially so. for these two great Rugby-playing schools are now in the same town. All masters and boys of both were there, packing the touch-lines five deep, to watch Tonbridge beat Dulwich by 13 points to 6. DULWICH COLLEGE XV. (L. to r.) Front row R. F. Jones, T. A. Roper, ...

Bentley Brothers lose to Cotton and Burton

... THE 36 holes match at. Southport on Satur day between the Bentley brothers, two of the best amateur golfers in the country, and two of our best professionals, Henry Cotton and Richard Burton, was won by the professionals by 6 and 5. It was a golfing treat, and the public responded right nobly with another £350 for the Red Cross Fund. Harry Bentley and Cotton both won the leading German golf ...

Round the New Shows: French For Love; Juarez; Runaway Love

... Round the New Shows His Majesty's Guest (Shaftesbury, 8.30) THE Shaftesbury has reopened with a play about crooks which is, however, not a crook-play in the accepted sense. This theatre had been closed for a considerable time, and now displays a hero (of sorts) who has done it. A middle-aged baronet had forged his way into Maidstone prison, or some similar institution, and on his release was ...

Wellington Entertain and Beat Marlborough

... ON a perfect autumn afternoon and on ground that was in splendid condition despite early morning rain, Wellington played very well to beat Marlborough, their visitors, by 23 points (2 goals, 3 tries and a drop goal) to nothing. This big score rather flatters the winners, for they were Inter-Schools Rugby A CHEERFUL GROUP OF WELLING TON! ANS ALONG THE TOUCH LINE. WELLINGTON TEAM: Back row (I. ...

HENRY COTTON ON GOLF: And How Do You Putt?

... HENRY COTTON ON GOLF And How Do You Putt CHARLES YATES (U.S.A.) Stiff-wristed action palms opposing reverse overlapping grip wide stance uses elbows in the stroke. E. D. HAMILTON (Ralston) Holds club right at the top of the shaft right thumb does the guiding shut to open system. A. S. G. THOMPSON (Aldeburgh) An aluminium putter right index finger extended down shaft stroking action. ELEVEN ...

Cesarewitch Won in a Canter

... SIR ALFRED BUTT'S filly Cantatrice II. being led in after winning the Cesarewitch last week in a canter. Rarely, if ever before, has the Newmarket long-distance handicap been won with greater ease, and no winner has started at such short odds 7 to 2 since Sanctum, in 1916. Cantatrice II. was bred in France by M. Volterra from the successful French sire Fiterari out of Queen Iseult, and was ...

Towards the Making of an Officer

... s rN z j T Towards the Making of an Offi ce ON THE WAT TO THE GYMNASIUM These are some of the young men now under the pitiless eye of the Regimental Sergeant-Major at an Officers' Training Unit somewhere in England. It is a strenuous life, but they enjoy every minute of it. Their bundles contain a towel gym. shoes and shorts, for they are on the way to the gymnasium. RUGBY FOOTBALLER: G. M. ...

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... FENCING STILL FLOURISHES Though there will be no meeting with Oxford the University Fencing Club is carrying on its activities though Fenner's has become their headquarters for the time being. CLOSE PASSING AND MARKING J. H. Steeds (St. Cath's a University forward who played well is brought down by J. B. King but manages to pass to M. G. Webber Caius another forward. THE MARKET Stalls still ...

A Day with the Beagles: Fine Old Berkeley Sport

... A Day with the Beagles Fine Old Berkeley Sport THE Old Berkeley Beagles are hunting two days a week and after being out thirteen times had caught 4J brace of hares. This meet near Amersham showed hounds to their best advantage, for scent was very cold, yet hounds gave followers (those who kept up) a splendid two hours' hunt, ending with a kill. The pack's first whipper in, Captain Hugh Fraser, ...

South of England Coursing

... AFTER a brilliant first day, when only two beats were needed for more than 60 courses, the second and last day proved very disappointing at Thanet. The cover was so heavy that hares were difficult to drive and after 6.1 hours only 27 courses had been run through. There had to be a division of 13 in the Sussex and Thanet Derby and 10 in the Oaks. The Thanet Stakes were shared and the ...

COATS AGAINST THE COLD: AND, OF COURSE, ACCESSORIES

... Coats Against the Cold AND, OF COURSE, ACCESSORIES CERTAINLY mink is a luxury. But, as prices stand at present, it is also a gilt- edged investment. The lovely coat on the right, a perfect antidote to uniform, comes from the National Fur Company, 193, Brompton Road, where an interesting and practical collection is being shown. Notice especially their shining white beaver lambs, their snow ...