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SPORT
BIRMINGHAM BOXING.
AND
ATHLETICS.
JOENNY TURK AND GOLF. Now accusations against the
Sonny Doke, of London, retired ferrible Turks have been level.
ir eleventh round of his fifteen-fed against the beads of the Turkish round middle-weight contest with
SOUTHERN COMMAND TITLE FOR SERGT. COTTERELL.
Divisional Signals) was first man Sergeant W. Cotterell (ard
Jack Haynes, of Birmingham. The military by Constantinople's golong borne in the Southern Command
en-round light__heavy-weight con- test between Frank Berwick, of
enthus:nabs. They charge the Turkish military authorities with a
ancient and noble game. One of the best golf courses in the East
cross-country championship over a seven miles ecurse at Tidworth. A Bewdley, and Jock Thonis, of Mans, lack of a proper respect for the member of the same unit, Lance.
Corporal Broadley, was second.
The team event was won by the
Cheshire Regiment
field, only reached the halfway line, Derwick knocking out Thoms in the
points. end
being second wth 333, and Worces tershire Regiment third with 448.
Afth round. Sam Walters, of Nots at Mashlak, four miles from Cenard Divisional Signals with 198 tingham, beat Peter Nolan, of Wal- sall, on points after a fast and furious fight at lightweights. The best content was the ten-round fenther-weight event between Billy Benson, of Birmingham, and Drum- mer Hartin, of Coventry, which went the full distance and ended in a points verdict for Benson.
stantinople. But because the golf course happened to be in an area assigned to Turkey's Spring cavalry manoeuvres, the military authorities abolishment of the club. As a re- have sent peremptory orders for the sult the members of the club are up in arms against the order. The membership of the club is inter- national in character but the Young SURREY INTER-CLUB TITLE, Turk section of the membership has.
taken up the game amazing enthus Magdalen Park beat Surbition in iam. An appeal has been made. to the final of the men's Surrey inter-Angora to rescind the decision, but club lawn tennis winter competii is not expected to have any Lion by four matches to love, eight effect. A move is on foot to pre- sets to one, 53 games to 25. In the sent the "appositionists" each with final of the men's junior inter-club a set of sticks and a dozen balls. competition Magdalen Park beat If once they can be induced to try Rosendale Park by four matches to the game, sn it is said, their oppo- love, eight sets to none, 45 games sition will change to ardent enthus-
iasm for the game. to 24.
L
BOXERS HELP MINERS.
A cheque for £325 195. 3d., the net proceeds of the Weush Amateur Boxing Association's tournament,
was received at the Cardiff Town Hall by the deputy Lord Mayor of Cardiff, on behalf of the Mansion House Miners' Relief Fund. The
Athletic Club.
NAVY TOO GOOD FOR
AIRMEN...
In the first match of the much
The "various command winners- pass into the Army championship, to be held at Tidworth on March 120.
OXFORD LOSE BUT CAMBRIDGE
WIN EASILY. Oxford University golf team put up a great fight against Walton Heath on the latter club's course, and after losing the morning fours somes by games to shared the honours in the singles in the after- noon and so were defeated by, the narrow margin of two points, the day's totals being ten to eight in Walton Heath's favour. When Cambridge played the club a few weeks ago Walton Heath won by 01 to 81.
Cambridge University played the last of the term's matches, prior to
meeting Oxford University Slough, when they overwhelmed the Stoke Poges Clab by 14 points to
at
delayed Services Rugby Champion ship tournament the Navy beat, the Stroke Poges were by no means R.A.F., at Twickenham, by a goal strongly represented, but even and a try (8 points) to a penalty allowing for this it was an excellent tournament, which was held at the goal (3 points). It was not a great achievement for the Light Blues to Cardiff Drill Hall, was organised game, most of the play, particular-win by so wide a margin and by the Welsh Amateur Boxing As hy the outsides in attack, being augurs well for their prospects sociation and the Glamorgan Police!een and very fast throughout. The x Foursomes matches went to the ragged and disjointed. but it was
against the Oxonians. Five of the sailormen always appeared the
visitors and though they lost the better equipped side, but because
Brst three singles they wera vic of their over-keenness, they were torious in the remaining nine not able to score until late in the game. The R.A.F. were well serveil by their forwards, and they were in a strong attacking position quite as often as their rivals, but there was no finish with either three- quarter line owing to erratic pass ing.
OUTBOARD RACE
MELBOURNE.
A
IN
An Australian record in outboard motor boat racing was established on the Albert Park Lake, when Ivanhoe Kid, a Melbourne boat, |covered a mile in 1m. 42.1-39. The race was for the Victorian Motor Boat Club's Gold Cup. Ivanhoe Kid turned the tables on the New Twenty minutes from the end, South Wales boat Boo.Saada, which however, the Navy gained the in previous races showed a marked upper hand. Some passing by superiority over the local
Husson, Garrell, and Evans gent petitors. Viopake, another Mel Wood over for a try, and a few bourne boat, was second, and Booaninutes later Ford scored and Saada third. The open sweepstake, i Brown kicked a goal. The Airmen over one mile, was won by Boo finished a strong rally, and Llewel- "Saada, with Tin Hare second, and lyn scored for them from a penalty Ivanhoe Kid third.
! kick..
сом
gams."
NEW DISCUS RECORD. The world's discus throwing re- cord was taken by Eric Krenz, the Stanford University athlete, at Palo Alto, California, with a throw of 163ft. 8ins.. compared with the previous best of 18ft. 1fins, 'says an Exchange message.
FALKINER'S NURSERIES. Claude Falkiner made 216 conse
, cannons in the cutive. "nursery course of a break at Agia, Ceylon. His complete break was 484. His previous highest number of const- cutive nursery cannong-was 165.
THE WOMAN'S
WOMAN'S CORNER.
BEAUTY.
IS IT A HANDICAP?
[BY JEAN MARSH) I've been talking to a business man, the employer of a large office staff, and I am finding myself supremely joyful because I do not happen to be what he calls a pretty
woman.
LITTLE ECONOMIES.
Ise a bones for the stock pot/ Boil this up every day, and pour off liquor at night into clean, vessel.
Stale cakes and buns can be used for cabinet, queen, or other pud: dings, and trifles.
Left-over yolks of eggs are an improvement to soups, sauces and milk puddings.
Summing up his conclusions one is led to understand that the aver -age pretty girl in an office is an
Owing to the fact that the men idler, a powder puff and lipstick of old took care to keep their user, a beguiler of the staff, a snare beautiful wives either in pretty for the employer's own unwary feet, close seclusion, or in performing and a host of other objectionable arduous tasks connected with rear- things.
ing a large family beauty seemed Now this cannot be right. Pretty to escape a good, many of the girls are not deliberately any of penalties attaches to it to-day. For these things; at any rate, no more leven in marriage beauty has become so than their plainer confreres. It practically worthless as far as the is simply the business man's opinion garnering of happiness is concern. of them.
ed.
The man who marries for the sake of a pretty face is apt to blame its owner for his discontent when the inevitable stamp of middle-age and matrimonial friction mars the satiny perfection of the face he married.
The plain woman scores exten- sively here because no matter how ordinary her face may be, as long as it wears a happy expression when her husband has stared at it across the breakfast table for several years he won't be able to decide, quite whether she is plain or beautiful.
Employers just will not take the pretty girl seriously. They will not believe that beauty can walk hand in hand with brains. They refuss. There is yet another aspect which to credit the pretty girl with am- often makes a beauty a perfect bug- bition to succeed. They think that bear to its possessor. Once posses- she is only out for the matrimonial sed, the loss of it seems unthink-
So prizes, therefore it is not at all able. then does the pretty necessary to promote her.. The woman become a veritablo slave to plain girl in their opinion is more the hairdresser, the masseur, the snitable for the higher positions. manicurist, to a routine of diet, For one reason, she will atay, and exercise and beauty culture. employers hate making changes
No Comfort. through marriage.
Asset of the Past.
She never dares to enso up. She must never allow herself comfort Of course, it would be, absurd to or emotion. Both are fatal to peer- generalise and say that no pretty less skin-deep beauty, Thus she girls get on, and equally ridiculous misses the alternating ecstasies of to say that beautiful women may paid and joy which makes up the not be as happy and popular as sum of human happiness. plain ones, but I really think that The plain woman lets herself go. on the whole the woman whom What does a wrinkle more or less Nature has especially favoured, as matter to her? She dares to love, regards her personal appearance to give herself in service and self- starts sadly handicapped in the sacrifice, and wins thus a beauty of great game of life...
soul that makes her always popular and beloved.
Of course, in the past, when girls were brought up with no other ob- jects. in life than the capture of the most eligible male in the vicinity, beauty was undoubtedly an asset.
(Continued on next Columa).
Let all of us who are plain and ordinary sing a penn to Nature that she has let us off those fatal penal- tice attached to our more beautiful sisters.
MAGPIE EFFECT.
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