... 0tew Ttt pleX FRIDAY. JANUARY 26, 1940. ine illustrated SPORTJ NG and DRAMATIC News ...

... f MOSS 6RQS ) Officers REGULATION GREAT COATS for All the SERVICES , can supply everyth i ng READY for IMMEDIATE WEAR. ..or m a d e t o measure in -3° nours We have such a large and comprehensive stock of UNIFORMS and EQUIPMENT that Officers can be completely outfitted in one visit Post Orders are fulfilled S goods dispatched without delay r* COVENT GARDEN V /0 Corner of m E KING ST. BEDFORD ...

... The First Tay Salmon Mrs. Will Fyffe Has the Luck AFTER an eleven-hundred-miles dash from the Western Front, where he had been entertaining the troops, Will Fyffe arrived in Perth for the opening of the Tay rod salmon-fishing season. Mrs. Fyfie and Will were fishing the Lower Scone beat of the river, and it was Mrs. Fyffe who had the first fish. Will insisted on wearing a steel helmet, as a ...

... Switzerland Still Carries On A Few Visitors Still Gather for Winter Sports Where there were iooo ski-tracks, to-day there are but twenty, for the fear that the war may spread even further, the difficulty of getting exit permits and money export licences has kept thousands of winter-sports enthusiasts from their usual holidays in Switzerland. Funiculars and ski-lifts are still running, despite ...

... rlerton Beat Surbiton by 2 to I WITH reports of cancelled fixtures all over the country, Surbiton, after a number of abandoned games owing to the hard ground, decided to play but were only able to field a much weakened side, owing to calls to the Ser vices. Boys, their goalkeeper, was indisposed. Merton had a fairly representative side, but of their forty odd members only fourteen can still be ...

... AT Billiards, as well as at Snooker, Joe Davis remains supreme in Britain, and possibly the world, for he and the Australian, Walter Lindrum, have not met since the World Championship of 1934, which Lindrum won at Melbourne. Certainly there is no one apart from Lindrum who can even approach Davis in skill. Owing to the war the United Kingdom Championship will not be held, but the World's ...

... Lapland in Peace and War Where the Finnish Ski-Patrols are Making Their Heroic Efforts THE exploits of the Finnish ski-patrols which time and again have cut the Russian lines of communication, have thrilled the civilised world, though few people realise how hard it is even to keep alive in winter above the Arctic Circle with no other enemy but the cold. These snapshots from an English ...

... >vm A. D. D. MATHIESON, winner of the first Boys' Amateur Golf Championship in 1321, was married at Colinton Parish Church, Edinburgh, to Miss Dorothy Macpherson. Mathieson won the Boys' Championship again in 1923, captained the Scottish side in the first Boys' International, and played for Edinburgh University from 1323-6. J. A. E. SIGGINS, the Irish Rugby International, was married to Miss ...

... BRITISH WEIGHT-LIFTING TITLES This is a sport which has made great strides in recent years, and at the last Olympic Games the British team for the iron game took a more prominent part than ever before. Last Saturday the British championships were decided in London, and F. Truelove (Edmonton) set up two new records in the 12-st. class. In the two hands snatch he lifted sjr} lb., and in the two ...

... By A. Croxton Smith INDIA has always been famous for its sporting facilities and most of its ruling Princes are keen on the sports that give them a kinship with us. It is not sur prising that many of these rulers have taken up dogs with zest and for years past some of them have bought our best. 1 heir own native oreeas arc not paiLICUia.Liy uuim.iuuo cinv-i they seem to have a special liking ...

... BRF.D by Sir Alec Black, Singapore was bought as a yearling for 12,500 guineas by his present owner at the Doncaster Sales. He did not race as a two-vear-old, but, in his second season, vvon the Sandringham Foal Plate at Sandown Park, and the St. Leger. At four years he was beaten a short head in the Ascot Gold Cup, after a great race with Trimdon, and went on to win the Doncaster Cup by four ...

... SPEED-CAR CHAMPION Dinny Patterson winner of the Australian 30 laps speed-car championship at Sydney Sports Ground receives the trophy from Nohi Toki the Maori singer. Behind is Frank Arthur director of the speedway. A.R.P. PRACTICE Mr. R. H. A. Searle (right) assistant to Rich mond's chief air raid warden has devised an electrical map showing a portion of the district complete with models to ...