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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1927.

SPORTS SECTION

MCC IN CEYLON,

FIRST MATCH ENDS IN A DRAW

TOURISTS GOOD SCORE.

Calcutta. Jan. 30. The M.C.C.'s first match at Colombo was against the Euro- peans, and the result was a draw.

Batting first the home oloven wore out for 154, of which Neale made 96... Astill took five wickets for 62 and Tate three for 32

The tourists made 419 of which Sandham compiled 51, Wyatt 76, Parsons 67 and Astill 68.

The Europeans had made 194 for four wickets when stumps were drown. Blair made 5 not out.

HOME RUGGER.

LATEST RESULTS AHEAD OF

THE MAIL.

London, Jan. 22. The following are the results of Rugby matches played to-day

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Bath Devonport Services O Blackheath 3. United Services

Portsmouth 0.

Bristol 9; Round Air Force 3. Enicester 21, Penty. Park, 4, Mountain Ash 0. Cross Keys 13, Penarth 0, Pontypool 11.- Swansen 1. Llanelly 17, Neath 6. Cardiff 5.

THE SCOTTISH, "CAPS."

Bombon, Jan. 22.

The Scottish rugby team to meet Wales on February 5 will be as follows:-

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D. Drysdale (Heriots); Jan Smith Edinburgh University) Macpherson Edinburgh Acas. J. Dyken Glasgow Acns.), WUSimmers" „(Glasgow Aens.), H. Waddell (Edus-, gow Acus.), F. Nelson (Glasgow Aeus.); J Bannerman (Glasgow High Schoni), J. Ireland Glasgow High School, D. Davies (Huwick), J. Graham (Relio), Paterson

Birkenhead Park), J. Scott (Ste- warts). A. Gillies (Watsonians), and D. Kerr (Hericta)...

The team is identical to the one which beat France, with the excep- tion that D. Kerr (Heriots) returna to the pack intplace of Alan

[Scotland won by 5 points to nil

as cabled by Reuter.

LADIES' TENNIS.

BRITISH TOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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Cape Town, Jan. 22 The British ladies' touring lawn tennis, team beat the Western. Pro- vince by 5 matches to nil

Miss Joan Fry beat Mrs. Pitt, 6-2, 6-3. Mrs. Mallquham beat Miss de Smidt, 6-8.6-3, 6-4.

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Miss Joan Fry and Mias Watson beat Mrs. Greenhalgh and

Mrs. Gregg, 6-3, 6-1.

Miss Harvey and Mrs. Mellquḥam beat Mrs. Pitt and Miss Douglas, 6-0, 6-3.

Misa M. E. Dix and Miss P. Saunders boat Miss Fraser and Miss. De Smidt. 8-6, 6-4.

OLYMPIC GAMES.

AMSTERDAM'S IMPOSING

STADIUM.

HOME SOCCER.

'F. A. CUP, 4TH ROUND

REPLAY.

ALL READY FOR NEXT.

London, Feb. 7.

Replaying for the second time in the 4th round proper of the Foot ball Association Cup (having twice) drawn), Hull beat Everton to-day by 3 goals to 2 at Birmingham.- Reuter,

The 4th round is now completed. The draw for the 5th round Feb. 10 stande at:--

Wolverhampton v. Hulk, Chelsea v Burnley... Arsenal v. Liverpool. Bolton v. Card). Southampton v. Newcastle. Millwall v. Middlesborough. Reading v. Brentford. South Shields v. Swansea.

Note: Balten are hollers.];

IN THE LEAGE.

London, Feb. 7.

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In division I of the English Foot- ball-Lengue to-day. Sheffield United Jost to Liverpool by 1 goal to 4 (ab Sheffield)Reuter.«.

CHAMPION BOXER.

BETETONE VIEW'ER, HEWƐVINA

A recent snapshot of Mickey Walker, the welterweight boxing champion of the world.

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THRILLING FINISH.

M.C.C, TESTS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

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THE UNOFFICIAL RUBBER.

Buenos Aires, Jan. 23. The M.C.C. tourists in Argentina won the unofficial Test rubber after a.thrilling finish.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MAYOR INCENSED.

PARIS CRIME.

STILL IN PRÀCTICE.

İSTRANGE SEQUEL TO A ROYAL

VISIT..

FIVE YEARS FOR A. MURDER.

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picture very recent Wam T. Tilden, strenuously practising to regain his lost lawn tennis. laurels.

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FOOTBALL MYSTERY.

AN INTERNATIONAL'S STRANGE VISITORS..

FIVE MEN IN A BAR.

What is alloged to be a serious attempt to intimidate a well-known professional footballer engaged the attention of the Brighton and Hove Albion directorate as the outcome of a remarkable experience which befe Cock, the club's. Inter- national centre-forward and Sussex county cricketer,

During mall week several at- tempts were made by men whose identity is unknown to interview Cook, and once they found him at his home at Haywards Heath.

Five men drove up a

a motor car, and two went to the house and tried to persuade Cook to come to the car on the pretext that a well- known footballer, who was in the gar. wishud to be introduced to hinx. Seeing that none of the men in the car bore any resemblance to the player named, Cook refused to go.

Intimidation cr" Bribery,

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London, Jam 12.

Parle, Jan. 16.

The Mayor and Corporation of A typical Montmartre crime of King's Lynn (Norfolk) are incensed passion was described In Court | because in their absence, during a when a „rich' middle-aged Spaniard visit by Queen Mary and Prince-Isdro Ramos-was charged with George, a locni resident. Caloral || having murdered a girl named. | Stephen Coxon, scted as guide over Liletto in a restaurant where they the Town Hall and police station. were dining..

The council met and deplored Col Coxon's usurpation of the Mayoral prerogatives. They prohibited his attendance at the Town Hall and access to the' muniments, room un- less by special Mayorul permission. Colonel Coxon, when interviewed; disclaimed having done anything wrong. He said it was a case of jealously on the Mayor'a part, des- pite the fact that he had informed the Mayor beforehand that the Royal visit was a private one.

Mrs. Coxon, who is a member of the counell. is protesting that the bé. resolution was out of order cause it was passed in committee, but the Town Clerk asserts that the full council passed the resolution. though the public and Press were excluded.

10,877-FEET CLIMB, FIRST WOMAN TO ACHIEVE

THE FEAT.

Woman says a London Journal) has scored et another triumph, the one-in highest mountain-save the Rockies of the United States Having been climbed by Miss Dorothy Filley, of Camberwell

The mountain, Mount Baker, is 10.877 feet high, and has only once been elimbed before. "It is the Arst time & woman has attempted the feat.

Ramos told the girl to look out of a window, drew a revolver and firod several shots, killing her in- stuntly.

| Ramos told the Court that Lilette's frivolous nature made him wildly jenfoue. He expressed deep- regret and said he was mud' at the time,

A waitress gave evidence that:- "After Monsieur hid killed Madume he settled the bill very calmly and gave a much bigger tip than usual”

The jury found Ramos guilty in extenuating circumstances; and he was sentenced to five years impri- sonment..

FOOLISH YOUTH.

UNDER A BED WITH A REVOLVER

At Southend, Robert Perrott, an 18-year-old youth, of London Road, Westeliff" was bound over on a charge of being found on enclosed premises for an unlaw- ful purpose. It was stated that he was taken from under a bed in a house in Victoria Avenue, South-end early in the morning.

Thomas Taylor, who resides at the house, said Perrott had walk- ed out with his daughter Ivy, but he had told him six months ago not to go near the house again. Miss D. Pilley has already many Another daughter was reading by difficult ascents to her credit, in the fire in the dining room at cluding Mu. Blanc and the Matter-midnight, when the defendant horn. She is a member of the appeared at the door with a re- Alpine Club.

volver in his hand. chased, but got away. The police were called, and Perrott was found under the bed of witness's daughter Ivy with a revolver in his pocket. Ivy Taylor stated' she was awakened by policemen in her room. Perrott was stand-

On the occasion of the ascent of Mount Baker she was accompanied by Mr. Thompson, of the United States Forestry Patrol, and Yr

1. A. Richards.

Mount Baker is a volcanic moun- tain, and possesses & carinus fer- į ture in the shape of a crater in the middle of a glacier, which is still active. Near this crater. Ming beside them. Pilley and her companions spent night, the ascent and descent tak iny 48 hours to accomplish.

A curious feature of Miss Pilley's The men's language then became violent, and their manner, threaten-exploits is that she is a Londoner ing, and Cook came to the conclusion born and bred, but took enthu- that the real object of their visit siastically to mountain climbing in was either to intimidate or to bribe Wales directly she left school, and him in connection with his play for made it a hobby over since, in the the Albion.

interval of her work for the Bri- tigh Women's Patriotic League.

The management of the club re- ported the occurrence to the Foot- ball Association and to the East Sussex police.

Mr. C. F. Brown, the chairman of the Brighton and Hove Footbu33: Club directorate, said that one of Cook's visitors promised him they "would do him a bit of gbod." "Cook interpreted this as meaning that they wished to influence his play, and refused to have anything to do with them.

The men went away after stating, in a menacing way, that would not be their lust visit.

AMATEURS & “PROS."

London, Jan. 17. The Australian Tennis Council have decided that there will be no objection to exhibition matches be tween amateurs and professionals pending the introduction "of new rules, but that the not proceeds must be used only for tennis pur- poses and' the expenses of the ama- teurs must be controlled strictly, by the State Association.

Sir Francis Lacey, the former The M.C.C. declared their first secretary of the M.C.C., married in Innings closed at 384 for 9 wickets, London to. Mrs. Mary Marshall Stanyforth scored 93, Miles 43, | Campbell Walker, widow. of Mr. and Jackson 73.

Campbell Walker, of Rickmans- worth,

A remarkable collapse ensued when Argentina, who had scored 271 in their first innings, went in.

Allen took two wickets in the first! over. Four wickets were down for

Amsterdam, Jan. 13. Covering "40 sbrés, served by special tramlines and equipped' with an eight-acre car park accom- moduling · 4,000 automobiles, the new Olympic Stadium at Amster dam will be the most complete in the world. The main stadium will | 40 runs, be built of concrete and briek, and will accommodate 40,000 people, one half of whom will be seated. The

dimensions are 286 yards by 186 yards, and the pince will contain a football ground and running crack, with 600 seats reserved for jour- nalists, also tulegraph roome, 45 telephone cabins, and Royal officiul boxes in the centre of the ground. In addition there will be a swim- ming stadium facing the pavillon, a cricket ground; 18 tennis courts, an art gallery and gardena, The buildings will be surmounted by "a Marathon tower 150 feet in height, from which will issue a permanent smoke column during the prograss of the games.

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Superb Bowling.

Then Knox and Paul appeared

and scored 45 and 28, respectively, saving the game..

But superb bowling by White. who took 6 wickets for 25, and Jameson, who took 3 wickets for 20, resulted in Argentina being skittled out for 101.

The crowd was very onthusiastic, and there was a demonstration at the conclusion of the match. Scorea :----

Argentina 271. and 101 runs. ∙M.C.G. 884 runs för 9 wkts, dec. M.C.C. won by an innings and

12 runa.

Mias Piley, who is just 30 years of age, is the daughter of Dr. J. J. Pilley, of Camberwell

WHERE DIVORCE IS EASY.

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It was urged on defendant's be- half that he went to the house to see Miss Ivy Taylor, with whom for, some time he had been in- fatuated.

Defendant was fined £1.for be- ing in possession of a revolver without a certificate.

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ECCENTRICS SAVINGS.

Mary Ann Taylor, aged 82, ‘an eccentric character known in Bri- stol as "Paper Sally," from her habit of wandering about the streets collecting waste paper, sticka, and rugs, was found dead in a corner o her toom, where a fire broke out on Christmas morning. At the in quest it was stated that cash to the amount of about £30 was found)

the room, wrapped in paper. Her pleath was

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TREASURE TROVE INQUEST.

There is no place in the Empire where diyorces can be so cheily cbtained as in South Africa. This, says the "African World." is the unanimous view of the Christian churches of the country, and ther have join forces in a campaign to combat this 'moral menace" told to heart failure Recondary to! the civic life of the community. pryxia, and a verdict of acel "Young people of to-day, declared dental death was returned. the Dean of Johannesburg. ""rush into marriage with very little sense of ita belug life-long contract, because at the back of their minds there is always the thought that if the marriage does not turn out well the divorce court is open, and divorce is so handy and so easily obtained in the Transvaal that people simply do not try what is admittedly the difficult task of merging two streams into one cur- rent." The frequency with which marriages are being dissolved, he asserts, is having a marked and in- jurious effect on christianised and detribalised natives, who look to Europeans for leadershipr

London, Jan. 5.

A trensure trove inquest, an an cient and rare form of inquiry, by a Coroner, was held at Rotherhithe to decide the ownership of 40 half- Hovereigna, six sovereigns; 'and some gold trinkets, found during excavations on the Southern rail was property at Bermondsey.

The jury returned a verdict that the And was genuine treasure trove. The Coroner "ordered the treasure to go to the Treasury for distribution, explaining that the State was always liberal to find-

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TRAVELLING INCOGNITO, -

A FAVOURITE AMONG Paris, Jan. 5.

ATHLETES. The Minister for Foreign Affairs

"Dr. golfer, the football player and Asscela M. Briand), travelling na

the all-round athletic know the by ou

value of Chamberlain's Fain Balm. It motored Boyen" accompanied only personal friend;

to Avignon, where trace was lost of1s just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soreness disappears him, and stated that he has gone to like magic and sprains and swellinga meet Signor Mussolini, while all are cured in one-third less time then For sale other theory is that he is merely by any other treatment.

cverywhere.

The Scottish Football tion and the clubs under their jurisdiction are taking stern steps to put a stop to the bad language being used among followers of the game up North. All the culprit and being charged in local courts

fined.

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FANLING GOLF.

The Solent is going to have ite busiest regatta season in 1927. "Ac-

The bogey pool of the Royal Hongcording to official arrangements,

Kong Golf Club at Fanling last week-end reaulted:

1. W. Shewan and T. 9. Whyte- Smith tie with scores of 2 up each, Next best scores were those of F. A. Redmond 1 up, F. E. Gréen smith down, J. S, McLaren 1 down, W. Tronalde 1 down, N, L. Smith 2 down, W. L. Alexander 2 down."

Thore were 74 entries,

no fewer than 53 days in June, July, and August. will be taken up by yacht-racing. Forty-one clubs will stage their annual meetinga durlag this period. The Royal Yacht Squadron's racing has been fixed for August. 8 and 4. the Royal London: Yacht Club holding the fort" on the first two days of the month, while Cowes Town Regatta takes place on the, 5th,

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STUNG BY "BLUE BOTTLES.”

Sydney, Jan. 16. The thousands of bathers who patronise the Bondi and North Bondi beaches to-day, had an un- pleasant time. Early in the morning warms of "blue bottles" came into the bay, and immed}"; ately commenced to make theig presence felt. Several bathers, feeling a sharp pain, hurried ashore and sought treatment, and 30 % dia.it was not long before the attacks

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