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Two Competitors beat Record in Mile Race.
In all the strivings between tious and individuals for various sporting laurels on Saturday, the schievement of two Brish rua- ners on the Stamford Bridge
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The only crumbs of comfort to mitigate the severity of our defeat in the field events were the high jumping of B. Howard Baker, who won his sixth championship -his third in saccassion -and the hammer-throwing of M. C. Nokes, the Oxonian, the best man. have had at this particular game for many a long day.
H. F.V. Edward, the dusky Poly runter. again proved supreme in the sprints, retaining the championships he won Isat year at 100 and 220 yards, though in neither did he got particularly 100 yards F. Mawby got well away. In the final of the frer." but, in spite of it, could
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Edward Balshod a great day's track must take a leading place, work by running the final 440 states a London writer in referards for his club in the relay ence to the annual AAA cham-face, and, with Cecil Griffiths as pionships on July 2.
his opponent. rubbing off & deficit of 12 yards to win by 6 Fards in 49 4-508c.
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The Folitical Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian recently wrote as follows.
The
THROW LLOYD GEORGE, majority in the
CONSPIRACY TO OVER- say a chance and temporary spiracy he knew enough about it
House of to bangle things. Commons--absolutely omnipot- The Wes Free overtures to Mr. tert in finance. He looks to a Lloyd George date back to s reformed House of Lords on a month ago, and may have givan more democratic basis as the only some stimulus to the plot. On the guarantee against disaster should other hand, they frightened off the Labour party be returned to some. In the middle of their power.
machinations the plotters reflect In addition, the jealousy of the ed that if the effect ware to dzive through a crisis. Many people wards their Liberal friends. of the Liberals, and possibly of
Coalition bas
passed Conservative
Coalitionists to Mr. Lloyd George into the arms' knew about it, but for some the anxiety lest strange reason only the barest Minister
the Prime moderate Labour, the result might hints have as yet appeared in the and the very natural and in- Lloyd George, superb tactician as bould go Left, not be to their advantage. Mr. newspapers.
telligible personal ambition of he is, would know how to tura There was an attempt revolt of the conspirators all supplied these overtures to the best advant- the Unionist wing, led by Lord incentives. Birken-head. and it broke down
age. The last has not been heard because he could get no assured Prime Minister to go into tem-
The idea was to persuade the of them yet, and though the joint House of Commons backing.
Wee Free-Coalition CHAMPIONSHIP "BESTS."
Liberal porary retirement on the excuse lanch came to no concordant, Mr. Churchill's Cambridge University student not obviously not the force he was well known, and it is not Provisional Government, only new factor in the political situat-
Bevil Rodd, the Oxonian, is with
friendship of taking a holiday, which be these meetings are to be repeated, the Lord Chancellor is certainly needs; to establish and they constitute an important long out of his teens, ran an epic last year. He lost both his titles, only personal but race for the mila championship of E. D. Mountain, the Cantab, The incipient revolt was aban-and minus some Liberal Ministers, Great Britain- race that will beating him easily in the half-dozed mainly on account of and should
political. more Conservative in tendency ion. live long in the memories of the mile in the fast time of Imin. 56 Mr. Charchill's rofusal to go os, offer,
When Mr. Lloyd Georga 20,000 people who watched it.
opportunity returned to London the crisis was Bill covered the distance in outlasting him in the quarter. certain shyness on the part of choosing.
45sec., and R. A Lindeay just There may possibly have been selection on issues of their own nees between Mr. Lloyd George, force * general over. There was a certain cool- 4min. 13 45sec., and Stallard Another Oronian, E.A. Montague, Conservatives yards behind at the finish, in put a splendid fight at his first Churchill, but it was nothing great difficulty (apart from Mr. Lord Birkenhead in the Lords it Mr. Churahil), and Lord Birten 4min. If 1-5sec. Thus the British attempt in the
towards Mr.
Funds are not lacking. The head, and despite the speech of amateur record
of min. 16 chase, and only Percy Hodge's shyness when it came to taking though fosing sleep, was watching
two miles compared with Mr. Churchill's Lloyd 4-5sec.. made by Joe Binks 19
George
himself, who is a fact (so I am assured, though years ago, was twice beaten in the home in front. The time here, he was convinced that the time was that Lord Birkenhead is a
greater strength carried him the plunge. He retired because the thing with one eye open) advocated in the very plan of I am stilt doubtful) that he Bme race, and Stallard, whose 10min. 37 1-5360, was the fastest was not yet, and that the revolt peer. time was 23-5sec. better than the since the conditions of this race would have no chance of success. House of Commons was needed severely in the Lords. The reason fiscal autonomy for Southern Ire-: best championship performance were standardised in 1913. The
Some lieutenant in the land which he criticised.su for nearly a generation, is not pole vault and the javalin throw the conspiracy. Lord Derby was man. Mr. Chamberlain was not George's proposals, which looked Lord Beaverbrook was also in and Mr. Churchill was the obvious as he was replying to Mr. Lloyd even a champion.
were also the best championship not. He was sounded, but was likely to join in, but in any case the Irish question. performances on record.
too reserved to be depended upon. he was thought to lack the ability
rather to a military solution of Lord Derby has hopes of captar-to carry the party. ing Mr. Lloyd George for the Home was left cas and was re-loper" Birkenhead, partly from. Strange as it may appear, “Gal. Bir Robert Conservative party, or, at any garded as certain to stand by the principle but still more from the rate, of making the basis of the present Prime Minister. Coalition predominantly Conser
instinct of opposition, was dis- The conspirators had some cession rather than to press the posed to favor some political con- military solution-if one can be any rake, found. Lord Birkenhead, to judge. half-baked Pro-
the
by his speech in the Lords, was Govern-
evLently outvoted in the Cabinet And, that is where the mailar
HOW THE RACE WAS WON. Both Binks and W. G. George. whose world's professional record of 4min. 12-34 sec., made in London 35 years ago,
is still unbeaten, were excited spectators of the race.
There were nearly 20 runners, aud Hill, slipping away into the lead at pistol crack, stayed there until the end. But after the first
WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
to
the
Wife at Tottenham-My hus-rative. and he thought that these tactical inclination towards Free band has gone home to his mother. hopes would be ruined by pre-Trade Mr. Green-Mothers are more
mature hostilities.
Or, at attractive than wives.
There was no occasion for the tectionism
against the
of "The man is not yet born who conspiracy except the illness of meat bills. and they were prepar- quarter Stallard went up to with-can keep a woman's tongue be. Mr. Lloyd George, whict, though ed to give certain concessions to rests for the present. The position neys), was not serious, and Mr. genuine (it was a chill on the kit Ireland.
since he came back testify to the Lloyd George's health and spirits completeness of the cute.
WOULD REPORY HOUSE OF LORDS.
in striking distance, and when the tween her teeth."Mr. Green, bell rang for the last he was on the Tottenham magistrate. the Olympic champion's heels "I stood security for a loan."
CHURCHILL HESITATED.
of Mr. Lloyd George has been and refusing to be shaken oft. said a man at Tottenham. Very
strengthened. He has the orHT* Hill, the smaller and
The whole thing broke downtures of the Wee Frees to fal more foolish of you," replied Mr. Green,
because Mr. Churchill did not see back on. compact of the two, but moving the magistrate. "I know, because
In the meantime the always like a beautiful machine, I did it myself once."
the way clear to success, and there Unionist revolters have advertis-' tried in vain to get loose; where
were many Conservatives who led their comparative weakness he was there also were the lang be idle when work comes bis but they were of old standing Coalition, but held that this was
"My husband is never one to
Political, troubles there were, favor of changing the basis of the "I would."
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All the same the election is Metropolitan police employed the outside, and they raced A suite of Chippendale ma- during Epsom Darby race week shoulder to shoulder, but Hill just Judge Scully-"Do you
anxious for a reform of the House which promised success The con- George mesos to call the tune "He is an ice-cream merchant." of Lords because he fears that spiracy was abandoned. Lord himself.
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