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Other People's Views

Substitution in football opens the door to jiggery-pokery. It's playing with fire. No, better leave things os they are. --Ivan Sharpe.

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Tommy Farr has changed both in himself and in his style since he first left these shores two years ago. H is freer and more 'open in disposition, and does not shape as the dour, canny boxer he was at the time he fought Mat Baer.-S. W. Ackland,

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After the poor display of Scotland's forwards in the internationals many claimed that the nucleus of a more for- midable pack could have been chosen by the selectors had they looked to wards Stewart's (E.P.) The Inverleith

For somo obscure reason club have long had a tradition for probeath appear to have fallen ducing hefty scrummagers, and this season they were well up to strength in that direction. — A writer in th Sunday Times.

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Archie Compston's putting especially commanded respectful attention in the £2000 tournament. He makes

Cowden-

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favour in the "Kingdom." There seems to be something very wrong with the outlook of the public towards senior football in Fife. Knowing what I do of

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 25, 1939.

EIGHT-BALL OVER FOR SCOTLAND

The Scottish Cricket Union have recommended that the eight- ball over be employed in all matches this season.

LOCKE WINS

S. A. OPEN

Durban, April 11.

Finishing

the class of player to be found among the Fife colliers, I have never with a brilliant round of 67, which been able to fathom the reason

why broke the record for the course, A. this "nursery" has failed to maintain nc

lier county of Lanarkshire can boast of First Division clubs while the other col-D ("Bobby") Locke won the South African Open Golf Championship three. Willie Maley.

here to-day, with a record aggregate of 279.

difficulty about it. If he does not hole from five yards he leaves the spectator with the impression that only a hidden "borrow" in the green prevented his doing so. The rest, Cotton included are either laborious or haphazard by comparison.-Henry Longhurst.

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Locke, who had played at the top of his form throughout the tourna-

Where now are the men who are going to take the place of the Com- stons and the Whitcombes? Where is The eclipse of Scotland's leading this "young team" that we are suppos boxers, temporary or otherwise, is noted to be sending to the States in No- in the least likely to send Scottish box- |vember? You cannot answer those ment, had rounds of 69, 69, 74, 67, is as keen as ever, and among the lows who, for a year or two, have look. This was his third successive win in younger recruits to the ring are a num-ed like becoming great players, have the championship, which he has won ber who in time may well prove worthy not fulfilled their promise; one or two four times in all. successors to Lynch, Kilrain, and M-of them have slipped back.

Press Associa- -Laddie Grory-Malcolm Turner.

ing fans into the doldrums. Enthusiasm questions, and neither can I. The fel-

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TENNIS

TALLY HO

TOURNEY:

London, April 11:

CE Hare and D. W. Butler, the British Davis Cup players, and C. Boussus, the French Davis Cup player, were among those who reached, the last eight stage of the Tally Ho tournament at Birming-. ham yesterday.

Hare beat B. E. Whiteman, 6-4, 6-3; Butler beat C. A. Hackett, 7-5, 6-4; and Boussus was taken to three before winning 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. P. E. sets by Hare's brother, P. E. Hare,

Hare, who was prominent as a junior, played extremely well against the French star, whose play was. rather uneven.

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Mrs. D. LLittle, formerly Miss D. Round, reached the semi-final of the women's singles, beating Miss R. E. Rodway, 6-3, 6-2. Mrs. Little was recently beaten by Miss A. M. York in the Herga tournament. Miss Yorke and Mrs. S. H. Hammersley were among other leading women players to win their matches.

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CHARGES FOR ST. ANDREW'S

The charge for spectators at the Open Golf Championship to be held at St Andrews in July have been fixed as follow:--Visitors, 2s 6d per day, or 10s per week; residents, 1s Gd per day or 5s per week.

St Andrews Town Council, fol- lowing representations by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, have agreed that local tickets will again be sold at the Burgh Engineer's Office.

Special catering arrangements. have been made by the Town Coun-.. cil for the Open Championship, and an Edinburgh firm of caterers have been granted a site to the north of the Swilken Burn for the erection of a marquee in which to cater for spectators, the Council to receve 10 per cent. of the drawings.

A new shelter is to be erected at the New Course, at a cost of £72.

LONDON TO BRIGHTON RELAY

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London, April 9-Mitcham A. C. won the London to Brighton relay race yesterday for the third year In succession, to equal the record of Belgrave Harriers, who won in the course. of 45'7-10 miles from Mitcham to Brighton, was 8. hr. min. 19 4-5 sec., as against th cord they achieved last year of 8 hr. 48 min. 29 sec. Belgrave Har riers were second in 8 hr. 66 min. 47 4-5 sec., and Birchfield Harriers, winners of the race on five occa- sfons, third in 3. hr. 56 min. 51 4-5 Birchfield Harlers have been placed among the first three teams each year since 1925,

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Mitcham A.C., after securing an early lead. kept ahead throughout the race, although on the second and fifth relays they were challeng ed and were extremely hardpressed to maintain their lead. Sixteen teams took part in the race, the only absentee being Slough A.C.. who were one man short and did not start,