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BRITISH GOLF CHAMPION'S WAY

"COME & GET ME" TO AMERICAN OFFERS OF PRO. ENGAGEMENTS

AMERICAN VARSITIES GOODWILL TOUR

Edinburgh, July 17.

ing teams. For students, it is particularly fine thing, and though this trip is costing each member of the Yale party somewhere in the region of £100-and they are do

CANADIAN RIFLE TEAM ON TOUR

TO PARTICIPATE IN AUSTRALIAN MEETING

ing it as cheaply as possible, have MARKSMAN'S BAD

ing travelled across the Atlantic third class-that sum might be

from the golf, there is the educa-

LUCK

Sydney, July 15. It is quite on the cards that

RIGHT on top of his victory in the Open Cham-reduced in time. Apart altogether

pionship, Henry Cotton again "delivered the tive value of the tour, and the fact Canada will send a team to Aus- goods" by vanquishing Densmore Shute in their 72 that all the time they are exchang-tralia in time to compete at the holes match for the "match play championship of ing views, as well as golf strokes, NR. of New South Wales in with their counterparts on this side. January and February next year. the world. Again, gentlemen of the links, it is a the idea has a future behind it "Would you like to shoot in case of hats off to Henry Cotton.

big future and Yale are to be

Australian matches?” circular BUT EVEN MORE THAN HIS VICTORY IN THE OPEN AND congratulated in taking the first

has been sent to about 100 lead- HIS WIN OVER SHUTE, DO I LIKE THE COTTON ATTITUDE step. We have several times dis REGARDING AMERICA.

NO SOONER HAD HE WON THE cussed the prospect of a Scottish lng marksmen of Canada. The team would have to leave Vancou- TITLE AND BEATEN SHUTE THAN OFFERS CAME POURING university Rugby side going over

ver on December 21, and would IN FROM THE STATES. MONEY MATCHES, EXHIBITION to America on tour, but so far it get back in the following April. GAMES, TOURNAMENTS, ALL THE BIG THINGS. THAT THE has never gone beyond the discus- The STAR SPANGLED BANNER HOLDS OUT TO A MAN AT THE sion stage. It is up to the golfers TOP, WERE SHOWERED AT COTTON AND WHAT DOES HE to see what they can do about it. SAY? HE IS NOT CONTEMPLATING AMERICA IN THE MEANTIME, AND IF THE AMERICANS WANT HIM THEY CAN COME AND GET HIM. THAT, IN EFFECT, IS HIS ANSWER. BRAVO, HENRY COTTONT".

It is an answer which is in the best traditions of the American boxers, who win their titles and then sit back and say, "If you want to fight, come across and fight me here." Cotton is a wise man. Were he to go across to America just now and play in the swelter ing heat there is no guarantee that he would be able to reproduce the wonderful golf which mowed down the Americans at Carnoustie

WELCOMING YALE

ARE FOOTBALLERS BORN

OR MADE?

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Jours would compete în

New

on the homeward The Victorian matches have been fixed too late in the year. IN AUGUST

The Canadian matches will be held at the Connaught ranges from August 9 to 14. The D.CRA has authorised the use of the heavy- barrel short rifle by Australians the should they attend.

and one-time pupils acrose Channel.

Lieut.-Colonel B. J. Birtwhistle. REFRESHER COURSE

is now in his 28th year as secretary Happily there are signs that we of the Dominion of Canada Rifle It would certainly mean dollars,

are beginning to waken up, for the Association. It must be a good race, but there again Cottori knows his

On Monday of this week I was English Football Association have between the Colonel and Major own business best, and he is one down at the Waverley Station to now in full swing a refresher course Dakin for length of service as rifle of those men who put the game meet the team of Yale University at Leeds. Quite obviously they do association secretary. before everything else. I am sure golfers who have begun their tour not disregard the value of practical

PASSED AWAY he would rather find an infallible in this country and was astonished field demonstrations or lectures on It March, Colour-Sergeant J. W. way of putting the ball in the to find that the welcome party" tactics, and when we find both A. Sharpe, of the Victoria Rifles of hole than

an entire mine of consisted of an American student, a managers and players, many of the Canada, received a notice that he diamonds. That, at least, is how friend of his, and myself

latter of international repute, at-had again made the Bisley team. He The Americans did not expect tending daily, it is quite plain that did not have time to reply, his pa A "ROYAL" MEMORY

anyone else, but I could not help they, too, recognise their needs and pers were returned with the sad It is astonishing the hold he has thinking an official from one of the shortcomings..

news that he had passed away after over the public. Everywhere this golf bodies might have taken the Unfortunately, however much a brief illness. At Bisley last year last week his name has been a trouble to go down and greet them. that step might be in the right di-lhe won a King's Prize badge, and general topic of conversation. Ac Of course, it is possible that there rection, it is not enough, and falls the only possible (50) in the match tually there is an amusing aspect of was no intimation of their arrival far short of the standard aimed at won for him the Alexandra · 600 it, too, for one hears people who made beforehand, but at the same on the Continent. :i There the yards first prize. were never near Carnoustie and time it was hardly in keeping with youngsters, as well as the grown- who probably, have never seen Scottish hospitality that the stran-ups, are fully catered for, and the! Cotten playing, referring in glowing gers should not have been officially same thing must be done here if terms to "Henry."

he strikes one..

welcomed.

CUT OUT FOR THEM

the full benefit is to be derived.

LORD ABERDARE'S

TENNIS TRIUMPH

London, July 16-Lord Aberdare, who is 52 on the second of next month, scored one of the greatest triumphs of his athletic career

That is the way of the sporting

At present most of the coaching world, of course. How many of us They are a happy bunch of lads work in the school playing field is did not call P. F. Warner by the these Americans, and they are all done by the school teacher, and affectionate "Plum"; or P. T. Jones bent on seeing as much of this while that admirable person is often by "Bobby"; or Walter Hagen by country and its golf courses as they well qualified to instruct in football when he defeated Lowther Lee "The Haig" or "Sir Walter"? These can. They are to be back in Edin- as in other subjects, it still remains the holder of the Gold Backet in things we all accepted as natural, burgh on Monday, and have a match true that many have little more the MCC Tennis Prizes at Lord's but it does seem funny occasionally with Edinburgh University at Muir than enthusiasm to recommend yesterday after a great match, by

13—–6, 6–2, 1—–6, 6–2, 6–2 when one thinks of Cotton and his field. Judging by the form the them for their soccer task. attitude towards the

Yale boys have been displaying at game and spectators. an attitude in which St. Andrews, our Edinburgh stud- keeping himself to himself might be lents will have their work cut out described as the keynote, to hear for them. people saying "Henry has done it again

One thing about Cotton which is not generally known is that he has

Meister Ed

seems to the. outstanding member the visiting I have not yet play, he has everythi

something of a “royal" memory to make a good golfer. There was an instance of it at Car-

well built, and has big strong

START WITH EDUCATION AUTHORITY

It would be far better if each cellently qualified for the task of Education Authority, in districts passing on their knowledge to. where “Soccer” held appoint a really competer

most

The

noustie when, upon completing a That latter is a most round, he noticed John M'Credieexture, as I have said before when sitting at the edge of the last green talking about Alfred Padgham. United

He walked right

and

oss to the Ed- anged

they

over-w

or

Cotton's hands, by the way, are not unusually big, but his fingersities leave

Iterests, through ave a steely look and his

A and whipcord.

DEA WITH A FUTURE"

Getting back to the Americans,

might I venture to say

tour may well tu

missionary effort

Ireal crusade

the

coaches, tow

game of the

The professional

re to

mer

othe

TOO AMBITIOUS? All this

Sa bit ambi-

could look after themselves, faz he is their own affair, but

make more

that

the ven in football,

distin- diment, past car

ced. Surely such a worthy of our earnest con-