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SPORT AND ATHLETICS.

TEST MATCH ORICKETER 'FOE

Brasenose

abandoned.

OXFORD.

ers.

EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL

BOYS.

One has got to go right back to

FOOTBALL TEAM "WALES OFF."

none.

J re-

en-

Brasenose College bus latterly

The replayed £ual match for the taken the proud position once held the early seventies, when the Hon. Annx Football Association's cup by Magdalen as the pre-eminent. J. Brooks and C. L Lockton between St. George's and Rushen sporting college in Oxford Univer were making athletic history, ty and United at Douglas, Isle of Man, re- sity. The number of blues" in any parallel for the prowess of cently, ended suddenly eight and a ed by undergraduates from Brage England's present schoolboy jump half minutes before time, when the Before he left Rugby Brooks Rushen team left the held after the nose of recent years far surpasses the record of any other college, not jumped sft. Sin., and was the first referee had ordered off W. Corris, only, I believe, at Oxford but at /athlete ever to clear 6ft. after he the centre forward, for using in- I Cambridge also. It was indeed went up to Oxford

In 1876 he sulting language to him when a free largely owing to the fact that made the still unbroken Oxford and kick was awarded against Rushen.

Cambridge high jump_record of oft. i st

George's were leading by 10 years of age, took the English cent meeting of the Isle of Man

in. In 18:3 C. L. Lockton, then three goals to long jump championship with 10ft Football Assocation W. Corris and in, and became the youngest Eng his brother F. Corris, who play lish champion. Before he left Mered outside left for Rusher, were chant Taylors he repeatedly got suspended until the next close to it. Last year even Lock on. The remaining nine players of ton's amazing feats were eclipsed the Rusken team, were suspended by J. Simpson, of Oundle, 18 years till the end of the season. of age and now a student at Man- chester University, who increased was a noisy demonstration in the the Public Schools championship re- cord to fio. Eis 17-year-old headquarters, and the police had to contemporary H., Simmons, Taun-be called in to quell the disturbance ton's School, Southampton, who at before the meeting could continue.

AUSTRALIAN HORSE FOR tained Olympic statur in the same year, clearing 8ft. 1.5-8in. at Ams terdam, made a new high jump re- cord for the Public Schools meeting of Sft. 10 in. No less remarkable is . M. Moll, Bedford School, who gained his county colours at 15 years of age and at 17 cleared Bit. 11tin. "BARRACKING.”

Was 80 consistently successful that the bottom was knocked out of the interest in the inter-collegiate cricket cup competi- tion, which has accordingly been That Braaenose's prestige should attract to the college the best of the cricketers going on to Oxford is natural, and I learn that two not able recruits to Oxford ericket are going into residence there. One of these is the twenty-one-year-old Australian cricketer, E. A Becket, who played in the third and fourth Tests against Chapman's mea and came out with a batting average of

k

There

corridor outside the Association's

At

28. He was less successful as

ENGLISH RACING. bowler, however-his chief claim for

English racegoers will soon have inclusion,for his two wickets cost For

the pleasure of seeing Streption, the over a hundred runs apiece.. Victoria he has shown excellent

winner of the £5,000 Victorian. form as an all-rounder, and Oxford

Derby, on an English racecourse. will undoubtedly welcome such a

The son of Saltash, who won the Eclipse Stakes Sandown in valuable recruit. who, contrary to early expectations, will not be avail.

1923, was included in the pro- able this summer term, as he is con- The origin of the term "barrack-gramme of the Sydney sales, but as tinuing his studies at Melbourne ing," now a part of the vocabulary no greater offer than one of 9,000 University until July and will go of cricket, is almost forgotten even guineas could be obtained the owner into residence at Oxford in October. in Australia-though not the art, withdrew him. He had previously Brasenose's other recruit will be as Duckworth learned.. Its birth refused 12,500 guineas for him. Mr. ready to give the Oxford eleven his place was the vacant land near the Green said he would send him by assistance during the forthcoming | Victoria Barracks on St, Kids the first steamer available to Eng- term and also in the University Road, Melbourne, where scratch Innil to race. Strephon has won the match, for a "blue" would appear teams used to play football on last nine races in which he has to be assured to I. A. R. Peebles, Saturday afternoons in such a started, who has not only rendered good ger-vigorous manner that a rough foot- vice to Middlesex as a bowler but baller, or those who encouraged has also already represented Eag-rough or unfair play, became known, hand in a Teat match, being a memby way of identifying their attitude ber of the team which visited South towards sport, as "barrackers." Africa two years ag9,

The term barracking," to describe the methods of verbal attack and defence (or offence) adopted by these stentors, inevitably followed. Unfortunately the practice it de notes is no longer confined to foot- ball."

SCOTTISH TEN-MILE

.CHAMPIONSEUP,

MARRIAGE OF W. HAMMOND. W. Hammond, the Gloucester shire and England cricketer, was recently married at Bingley to Miss Dorothy Lister, daughter of Mr. 3. B. Lister, a well-known Bradford wool merchant. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Brad- ford, assisted by Canon B. Garred, J. Suttie Smith (Dundee Thistle) the Vicar of Bingley. H. Sutcliffe, won the Scottish ten-mile flat cham- the Yorkshire cricketer, was one of pionship at Hampden Park, Glas- the groomsmen, and among those gow, last month. His time was present were W. H. Rowland, the 51min. 7.4-5secs, which is a new Gloucester captain. After the cere- Scottish record. Suttie Smith beat nony a reception, at which 200F. L. Stevenson (Monkland H.) by guests attended, was held in the 30 seconds with McDonald (Shet Masonic Hall in Bradford.

tleston H) third."

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· NOTED CANADIAN FOR ENGLAND.

A message from Toronto says that Jack Guest, the Canadian sculler who lost to Joe Wright in the Dia- mond Sculls last year, and who row- ed with Wright in the doubles at the Amsterdam Olympiad, is going to England, where he will study ac countancy. He hopes to do some single sculling, and may possibly compete in the next Diamond Sculls competition.

TRAIN HILLS A RACEHORSE,

Polo, a Welsh racehorse, which had won prizes at more than forty race meetings, was run over and killed by a passenger train near The owner Dyserth, Flintshire. was Mr. Corbett. Lloyd Ellis, of Prestatyn.

MAINLY FOR THE MEN.

He would proceed leisurely with early morning rising, imitating the dog and the cat by stretching first one limb and then another and coming gradually to consciousness.

Fifty thousand miles in a 300-ton that Earl Haig's distrust of Mr. vessel is the little jaunt on which Lloyd George was so intense that Danish scientific expedition now the soldier only remained at his post in Eastern waters is engaged. The in response to the earnest entreaties leader is Prof. Johannes Schmidt, of those around him. Ten and a the discoverer of the amazing half years have glapsed since peace migrations of the eel, and he has came, bat even that period is far Mr. Everett Hunt, a thirty-four- with him two zoologists, a hydro too brief to allow the events of 1014-year-old professor of science and grapher and a botanist. Their ship, 1919 to be seen in their true pers. mathematics in the high schools at the, Dans, is elaborately fitted to pective. The"inal judgment cannot Oakland City, Ind., is about to carry out researches of occano-be passed by this generation and it begin building a machine that he graphic interests, including geolo- is impossible to read these repent believes will take him straight to gist, botanical and chemical inves- cd personal attacks without some the planet Mars. While he may not tigation of the contents of the feelings of disgust Mistakes were be the first man to feel this umbi- seas. The scientists are in constant made during the War-tragic and tion, be at least bas new idea communication with Copenhagen costly blunders will always occur in about lecomotion. The rocket-like through their wireless outfit. They campaigns of such magnitude-but contrivances which others have pro- have been in great variety of it has never been suggested that posed for such inter-stellar journeys climates, including the

North Mr. Lloyd George withheld on have been discarded by him; in their Atlantic near Iceland, the Carib- ounce of effort or refrained from place he is developing a car which, bean Sea, New Zealand waters, and any personal sacrifice in the com- he says, will take him to Mars in now the tropics again. They do not mon cause. His motives were in five minutes and will bring him back expect to reach Denmark before tensely patriotic and his energy again when he is ready to leave 1930, and Hong Kong will probably astounding. Any blunders of which something that the rockets would see the Dana, as the expedition has he was guilty were honest blunders, not do. His proposed super-flying work to do in the Indian Ocean such a are deserving of some machine is to be a large pear-shaped after visiting North China and kinder reference than the purpose affair of duralumin, with a com- Japan Local "mems "who dread less mud-slinging that has become plicated motor on the top where the

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the boredom of four weeks between the fashion. Marseilles and Hong Kong will be interested to know that Mrs.

These are dark days for Com- Robert Louis Stevenson, who once Schmidt is on board, and has every

wrote an essay in praise of idleness, munists and people of that ilk. One intention of making the diminutive would appreciate the dictum of Dr. by one former stalwarts of the Dana her home until she sees Den-Jesse Williams, Professor of Phy- downtrodden "proletariat are slip- mark again.

sical Education at Columbia Uni- ping away into the opposite camp, versity, that alarm clocks, early lured by the refinements of a Notwithstanding all the facetious Torming exercises, and cald show bloated bourgeoisie. J. H. Themus remarks about "The Man who Woners are all wrong. Insurance com-long since ceased to be a typical of Labour and the War" and "The Politician who panics in the United States have representative

added greatly to their wealth by affects the bluff, good-hearted Tory Lost the Peace, it has been gen- providing wireless calisthenica for manner. Others have gone. Trotsky erally conceded that for some time the average American family seek is in exile; Mussolini once a 80- prior to the autumn of 1018 Mr. ing health and energy. Father, cialist, is a Roman Emperor... Lloyd George was the greatest in mother, and the children set their and now A. J. Cook, stormy petrel dividual figure on the world's stage. alarm clocks for the 7 a.m. turn of the miners, prime mover in the In more recent times, however, so maay writers of books dealing with on the wireless, and indulge in general strike, speaks fair words of vigorous forward and backward the Prince of Wales. What is more, the War years have delivered bitter bending under the guidance of their when he is attacked by his former attacks on the Liberal leader that,

unseen instructor. He tells them Socialist friends," he adds to the with every desire to do even more stories to make them happy, distair words." The Prince is a great than justice to a man whose star misses them to their cold tubs, and man and a daring man," he says, has_waned, one is compelled to assures everyone that the day has and he confesses that his republican admit that some of the glamour has been wall started But Dr. Wil sympathies are not as strong as 'disappeared from his name. Comliams will have none of this. He they used to be. It is & notable plete condemnation of his conduct regards the alarm clock as the worst conversion this, and Mr. Cook, who has come from high quarters with means of awakening, saying It must be a man of ability or he distressing frequency, but nothing is a distinct shock to the nervous would never have gained the leader. has been quite so startling as the system. When a man is asleep all ship of his class that he has done, allegations made-in-the newly-pub-is fractions, such as the heart and is to be congratulated on his cour lished work of Brigadier-General respiration; are very much slowed age. His act is another sign that Join Charteris, C.M.G., D.S.O., down. The alarm clock literally the red flag is not so popular in MP. General Charteris, who has kicks him out of bed.

Great Britain as it was five or six been honoured by America, Belgium,

years ago. The British working France and Japan, was on the staff Dr. Williams laments the fact man may be misguided at times, but for many years. In brief, he that Americana ara rushing about his sturdy common sense pulls him charges Mr. Lloyd George with and calling such excitement pro-through: And in the promotion of stupid obstinacy and responsibility, gress, and regards the wireless exer- the new spirit in Great Britain for the heavy loss of life suffered by cises as a commercialised exploita to day the quiet inflacnce of the the British doing the German realism which will mazo American King and the Eyal Famils bra of March, 1918. He further alleges in race of nervous wrecks.

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