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THEY SAY
Some people
more exciting
to watch it, but
believe this-Rob
ne is that the Football has arrived at a pretty sults. One pass if all we read about various cheers of the crowd stimulate the most of aspects of the sport can be taken players who are getting as authentic. The game in gen-them (although some great players! eral seems to have become a tar will tell you that they hear nothing get for stunt mongers, and even and see nothing beyond the game those who control its destinies itself); another explanation is tha appear to be afflicted by the pre- the advantage is like that of play- vailing malady A Chronicle writer.
THE CHENA
Y.R.A. PROTEST DECISIONS
INCIDENTS
PAST
SEASON
CHALLENGE FOR SCANDINAVIAN GOLD CUP
FASTE
number and mes Dragon Class in British
The meeting of yo decide the dates of Briti
clubs to regattas in 1938 was fired for November 24 (to-morrow)at the Hyde Park
Hotel
A challenge was issued by the London October 26. association for the Scandinavian Sir William Burton, president of Gold Cup held by the Seawanhaka Sporting Ling on one's own golf course, the Yacht Racing Association, sup-Y.C., United States, the Royal
·means that Moderd methods footballers are tuned to concert pitch. A little extra strain and something snaps. We hazard the guess that there are more "filleted by that we footballers" to-day mean players minus cartilages. than ever before. All those electri- cal gadgets, foam baths and glan-
third (coming from the cynics) is
"Manchester
that some players only play the ported by Sir Ralph St. George Northern Yacht Club of Scotland to hardest when their own supporters Gore, vice-president, presided over select the challenging yacht of the
the meeting of the YRA. Council six-metre class. are watching them.
at the Hyde Park Hotel yesterday, Guardian.
when cases of protest, collision and appeal which had occurred during the past racing season were con- J. K. Winter, Mr. George Wansborough - Mr. R Douglas The principal cases and the coun-Heard, Mr. R. O. Bond, Mr. Her cil's decisions were
Bar Jove, what tan outsider?
promoter is now issuing sidered.
dular treatments may seem-upons
covering Rugby mat-}
right, but it is our opinion that the old-timer was far more accident proof that the modern soccer speci- alist Paul Irwin.
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which idea is already popular parts of England and about the Scottish borders, where Rugger is proletarian I should like an eyeful of one of our Scottish mandarins overhearing. punters discussing which of the Old School Tie brigade "burst" them for a win or being
on asked his "1, 2, X advice knotty problem in the local bar. John Hampden
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NEW MEMBERS
bert Woods, Mr. Gautier St. Croix Castle YC Reality v. Carron IL-Mr. Peter Scott, Col. W Wordie Carron disqualified.
Royal Singapore Y.C: Panai-y. Awan bang Awan. Terbang disqualified
Royal Burnham T.C. Red Jacket Blue Bell Blue Bell disqualifeds
Lymington Y.C... Trivia. Flics Trivia disqualified.
Tamesis Club Imp, Shooting Star and Pontoon-Fontoon and Shooting Star disqualified.
Household Brigade Y.G.. Sagitta Finetta Finetta disqualified
Christchurch S.C. Waterspite A wide-spread fallacy persists Susan -The decision of the club dis-
Dublin Bay
Oola. v. Estelle among spectators that if a man is qualifying Sussan was quashed. in front of the ball, he must be off-Estelle disqualified la.
Emerald side, whether the ball was last Royal Southern C
Squirrel and Sapphire Squirrel dis side or played by one of his
qualified
What Britain expects from Tom- my Farr is to hear that he didn't say half the things he is supposed to have said about his country-men during his gold-digging operations in the land of the racket. Mr. Farr has something to say we hope. If nothing more he might, before he goes back to stoop more dollars
Coronation Regatta, Torbay: Inge tell us something about the British by an opponent, it title he is under contract with Sid after the ball has been heeled from borg V. If disqualified. Hulls to defend. Or has he forgot a scrum, an opposing wing-for- ten it was the winning of this which ward intercepts a pass from scrum- got him the money?-A Daily half to stand-off half, an immediate howT of "offside" goes up from the Sketch writer.
spectators, even though the wing It is a puzzle to many students of forward had his feet behind the Association football, why ground ball when it came out of the scrum advantage so greatly influences re-Rowe Harding.
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TWO DECISIONS POSTPONED
and Mr. H. F. Handley Derry were elected members of the YRA
The members of council present were: Capt. R. T. Dixon, Mr. Hugh Paul Mr. T 0. M. Sopwith, H. A. Andreae, Maj. Cyril Potter, Mai H W. Hall, Mr. H. L. Goodson, Mr. Tom Thornycroft, Hamilton Benn, Mr. F. G. Mitc Mr. Algernon Mandalay, Mr. Teacher Sir Fisher Wentworth Dilke, Col R Sloane Stanley, Kenneth Preston, Sir Henry Mc- Mahon, Mr. Cland Allan, Mr. W. F Robertson, Mr. F. A. Richards, Mr. J. HM. Clark, Mr. I S. Highfield, Mr. Stewart Morris, and May B Heckstall Smith, secretary
Decisions in two cases, one from Germany have a very smarte diver the St Mawes S.C. and another in Erhardt Weiss, of Dresden, He reported to be diving in better fo from the Sydney YRA, Australia, when he ran fourth and fifth
the high and springboard diving were deferred. The YRA dele gated the Clyde Conference to pionships respectively.
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