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RESULTS AND TABLES.
ENGLISH CUT.
Fifth Round Results. Clapton Orient Newciatio Millwall
0 Swansca Sunderland... 3 Manelwester U. Notta. Cty.0 Fulham Southond
Bolton
0
Noite, Fur.
3
Sth. Shields
Aston Villa
1 Arsenal Manchester C. 11 Crystal Pal.
Division I.
..1
Burnley
1 Huddersfield Cardiff C. ... Birmingham
·Leeds U...... 1 Liverpool
3 West Bromwich 4 Bury
Shefeld U... Tottenham Leicester
2 Blackburn
Huddersfld.29 14 10 5 62 45 38 Sunderland.....30.16 5 972 53 37 Arsenal 29 15 5 962 48 35 Sheflold U.....30 14 5 11 79 62 33 Aston Villa....28 12 8 62 50 32 Manch. Un......27 14 4 9 47 42 32 Burg. *******
29 15 2 12 67-63 32 Tottenham: 29 12 7 10 53 57 31 Liverpool. 28 11 8 9 48 41 30 ...28 11 8 9 59 54 30 Newcastle Everton.....31 814 9 56.59 30 West Brom......29 11 7 11 62 5329 Bolton.
28.12.5 11 56 56 29
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1926.
LAWN TENNIS.
FRENCH SUCCESSES.
YACHTING.
CRUISER RACE IN HEAVY WEATHER.
La Cigale Dismusted.
Now York, Feb. 20. The first set of the Borotra and Tilden maich was one of the most thrilling ever witnessed. Borotra& from 6-5 always had the lead, but
The cruisers, for their fourthi again and again, after winning the
to championship race yesterday, had odd game, be" succumbed" Tilden's terrife service. Borotra some variable weather, everything was twice within a point of set, from doad flat calms to terrifically and twice Tilden rose to the occa-hard blows. The course was from sion with an untakeable service, the Yacht Club round Lamma but apart from his service Borotr Island to starboard, a distance of was superior at every point of the 25 miles. game. The defeat of Tilden was
Eight boats started and six
a sensation and. Borotra received finished the course, La Cigale, Mr. a deafening ovation from the huge N. Croucher's boat, having the mis- crowd
fortune to break her mast off the Lacoste decidedly outplayed south of Lamma, Ladye Jean tow- Richards. The latter displayed ing her back to the harbour.
The wind was fairly heavy at the occasional flashes of brilliancy at the net, but. Lacoste added to his start, about force four, and a good usually stendy baseline 'driving, a run down the harbour was enjoyed spectacular net attack, which kept and looked on as a foretaste of his opponent chasing from side to more to come. The wind remain, side.
ed. heavy through Sulphur Channel Brugnan, profiling by the exam- but toon afterwards it disappear- ple of his team mates, also carried d when the boats, got under the his fight to the net, acoring lee of the island and no southerly France's third great victory of the or easterly wind rose to take. Its day.
place. After having been separat- Crowd's Franzied Enthusiasm.
ed the boats collected together Borotra's intrepid network and waiting for a puff. Calspaws his sideline placing, and frequent altered the positions of the boats magnificent backhand returns from
a
Birmingham..31 12 5 14 53 60 29 Leicester.. 30 10 7 13.53 58 27 Cardiff. 30 11 415 46 63 26 seemingly impossible position, all and eventually U, and I was the Blackburn.30 8913 60 63 25 combined to overwhelm Tilden, who arst to get a breath of east wind Leads U. .30/40 515 51 60 25 vas pitilessly forced back from the which soon developed into a good West Har......2011 3 15 48 61 20 aggressive to back line defence, hard blow. Coquelte picked it up Burnley 31 8815 55 83 24 Both men played on top of their next followed by La Cigale, the Manch. City...30 7 9 14.70 82 23 form. There were rapid successions Titania cutter and Norseman. It Nolls Cty.......28 9 4 15 39 4722 of spectacular rallies which was hard close hauled work against Jaroased the frenzied enthusiasm of the tide up to the north east corner Division II.
Barnsley
2 Southampton
.0
Bradford
0 Derby...
Chelsen
5 Darlington
Portsmouth Wolves
Midlesbro. 4 Stockport
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Oldham Stoke
the crowd.
of Lamma and once round it was
when 20
a reath down south, the wind In-i The Semi-Finals. In the semi-finals of the indoor creasing all the time. Hawn tennis championships,
Topmast Goes, Borotra, the defending champion, It Was 50 hard that
beats
to , turned. beat Brugnon 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, and the
again. U. and Lacoste beat Van Ryn, the last northwards
and La Cigale both tacked ship Wednesday....28 19 3 6 67 33 41 (American hope, 6-2, 6-1. Derby C.......20 17 6 658 30 40 In the indoor doubles semi-final instead of taking a jibe. Having Chelsen...9 158 663 36 38 W. T. Tilden and F. G. Anderson done 30 U. and I simply began to Oldham......28 14 5 9 53 39 33 bent J. Borotra and Rene Lacoste walk away in the great force of South S'lds.... 28 15 3.10.56 42 336-4, 6-4,
wind which suddenly rose.
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Dats
Mon., Feb. 22, 5 p.m. Newport. Tues., Feb. 23, 2 p.m. Watford. .Tues., Feb. 23, 2 p.m. Aberdare.
Facter. Tues., Feb. 23, Charlton. Registration.1.45 p.m. Norwich. Letters
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save their maata from going over the side. For some time the go- ing was very exciting. But after Lamma was passed the weight went out of the wind and off Green Island there was another annoying calm. U. and I, Coquette and Norge- man getting into very close com- pany again.
Once clear of the leeside of longkong an east wind was pick- ed up again and it remained steady all through the harbour, U: and 1 crossing the line first, followed by!
Later Coquette and Norseman. the Titania's cutter and Brenda followed in and just when no one expected it Tavy appeared and went over the 'ine to win the race, on corrected time, by leas than two minutes. In consequence the lead- ing positions in the championship are as follows, Coquette, Norse-1 man, U. and I and Tavy level and There is one La Cigale next. more championship race to be sail- ed.
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Saturday's Race.
A special race was arranged for Saturday afternoon and several boats turned out. However, there was very little wind and the Of .29 16.6 759 40 38 ficer of the Day shortened the .28 17 3 872 42 37
.27 17 6 4 66 29 40
-30 12 9 9 41 35 33 Motherwell....30 15 7 8 57 37 37 course to enable a finish to be 29 15 4 10 61 43 34 made. As it was two boats did (Due Marseilles March 28.) Hartlepools. 30 14 5 11 60 58 33 Rangers.....
30 11 910 51 40 31 St. Mirren.......29 14 6 941 35 34 not finish. 28 19 510 50 44 31 Falkirk.
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.27 12 9 6 47 41 33 pleted was from the Club to Chan- 30 14 3 13 49 47 31 Kilmarnock ...29 13 5 11 62 64 31 el Rocks, Cuat Rock, Mark off 28 13 411 52 46 30 Cowd'ub'....29 13 4 12 68 58 30 Kowloon Dock and finish at the a distance of just Sat., Feb. 27. Doneaster. ...28 910. 9 54 49 28 Dundeo..........28 10 8 10 35 42 28 Yacht Club, Parecia
Accrington....29 12 314 54 73 27 Hamilton......28 10 7 11 56 59 27 under five miles.
The start was shortly after 2.80 Registration.... 2.45 p.m. N. Brighton. 28 11 413 45 51 26 Aberdeen...29 9 8 12 41 42 26 Lettere ........ 8.80 p.m.
......29 11 3 15 48 63 25 Hibernians...30 10 5 15 61 60 25 and the finishing times were as Francisco, March 24).
Sun., Feb, 28, 9 am. Traumore....28 11 314-44 62 25 Pastick.....26. 7 9 10 48 54 23 under:-" Rotherham.....28 10 5 13 40 65 25 Raith R.........28 10 3 15-38 53 23 Sealark, 1st. Wigan. 28 9 613 50 51 24 Dundoe Un....28 8 5 15 33 54 31 Adele, 2nd. Taas., Mar. 2,
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