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MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON'S VISIT.…
MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON'S VISIT. I The greatest interest will assuredly be manifested in the forthcoming and farewell appearances of one of our finest actors, Forbes-Robertson, prior to his visit to America in a play which has taken town and country by storm, viz., The Passing of the Third Floor Back," by Jerome K. Jerome, which is about to celebrate its third cen- tury, and conies to Cardiff on September 6. The box office will open at the New Theatre next Monday, a fortnight in advance, for this exceptionally interesting and attractive engagement, and, as there will be no increase in prices to the reserved parts, it will be an additional incentive to book early, while tJhe presentation of a beautiful souvenir, con- taining artistic re-productions of the princi- pal characters and scenes, with an appreciar tion of the play by Sir Edward Russell, to all those booking seats for the opening per. formance, will certainly be appreciated by all lovers of dramatic art. The play is one which has probably inspired more interest than any other for some years past, and has proved one of the greatest of Mr. Forbes- Robertson's achievements. He may certainly rest assured of a most hearty reception and a regretful good-bye, while playgoers will be well-advised to book seats without delay.
I NEWPORT ■EMPIRE -I
I NEWPORT EMPIRE I A musical treat is in store for patrons of Newport Empire when the famous Eighteen Lancashire Singers make their appearance next week. Horace Wheatley will also be seen next week. He is one of our most popular comedians and dancers, and was born in Eng- land of Irish parents. Whea-tley has a pleasing voice, and was the original singer of many songs which have been extremely popular, notably "The Bogie Man." and "Two Little Girls in Blue." It may also interest readers to know that Mr. Wheatley is the acknowledged champion clog dancer of the world. Those clever singing comedians, Verno and Voyce, will present their latest sketch, Sporting Luck." De Canity's grand illuminated Water Grotto; La. Danseuse, a dainty and clever vocalist and dancer; Boyd and Gilfain, in a musical comedietta; and Hall and Earle, two eccentric acrobats, com- plete the bill.
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JO-DAY'# SHORT STORY.]f The…
JO-DAY'# SHORT STORY.] f The Incorrigible. ) The Incorrigible belonged to Andy Heggarty (until he sold him to Lord St. Lys). He had bought him from Leonard Ashland, who had him of Larry Soanlon, who had kept him for three seasons in the vain hope of finding a fool to bay him. and much brain-work went to the making of those two changes of ownership. This was the manner of it. The Incorrigible was a very well-bred, powerful horse, and his three seasons with Scanion had made him as knowing as only II Seanlon, or perhaps Heggarty, could make him. He was fast, up to weight, and, for ten minutes or so, a perfect fencer, but woe betide the man on his back when he "cut it," which he innrW-bly did after hounds had been running for a quarter of an hoar. Well* Larry scamcii iiua. Jiept him three seasons, aad In the end came Leonard Ashland to his first day's hunting in Ireland. He rode an English-bred mare—excellent, doubtless, in her native country, but not the thing for Ireland. Larry spotted him as soon as he arrived. So did Andy Heggarty, on his grey cob- That is, perhaps, not remarkable, for the Saints- well peopie are notoriously quick to notice a. stranger, but pretty soon things developed. Ashland's mare took the first bank by sheer luck at fifty miles an hour. The second was passed similarly, and similarly over two dry stone gaps she flew victorious. Then she blundered on to her head down an awkward drop, and recovered; she achieved the top of a big "double" on her girths, and got into the next field on one leg, with the other three spread over the dyke like the arms of Manx- land, saving herself and her rider by a miracle; It was a most innocuous-looking place; two broad rushy gripes divided by a narrow, slippery bank, level with the field, and the English mare could hardly be blamed for making a mess of it, because, as you came up to it, there appeared to be only one blind gripe. Sh9 gathered herself together, and rushed the spot, sailing over the first dyko and the bank, and turning a SIOmersault into the second dyke. Even in that momelllt of wallowing confu- sion I noticed that Leonard Ashland's atten fcion went for a second to The Incorrigible as he changed lightly on the greasy back of the bank. and landed like a bird in the field. Larry Soanlon pulled up. He knew wall that the chestnut was near the end of his tether. It was late in the afternoon before I. saw Leonard Ashland again. We had drawn two coverta hlank, and were waiting outside Hyland's Gorse, when he rode up to The Incorrigible, followed by Larry Scanion on the English mare, brown with mud, and going distinctly lame. As luck would have it, we found in Eyland's Gorse, and had an extraordinary fast fifteen minutes over the biggest of the SaintsweiJ -country. It was just the sort of run to suit The Incorrigible, whose fencing, until he gave up, was, as I have said before, perfection, and who had the turn of speed only to be expected from a. horse of his breeding. Leonard Ashland bought him on the strength of tha.t gallop, and gave Scanlon a. prioe which exceeded his wildest expectations. The Incorrigible, after his usual habit, jumped beautifully for fifteen minutes, then slurred a bank badly, floundering on to his head and recovering himself with an effort, and then scattered a gap with his knees. But his rider was quite unprepared for his next manoeuvre, which consisted in galloping straight to a bank with a wide gripe m front of it and falling heavily into the gripe. This happened three times before Leonard Ashland realised that he had been "done." He then sold the chestnut to Andy Heg. grarty at Andy Heggorty's price, and pre- ferred not to talk about the matter. That is how The Incorrigible come into Andy Heggorty's hands. Just at this time the master of the local staghounds took it into his head to get up a point-to-point meeting, and our side of the country became convulsed in the effort to find a suitable course—no easy task. Finally, the course was settled, and one Sunday we started out to walk it. There were to be four races, a farmers', a. light- weight, and a heavy-weight, confined to the horses of soldiers hunting with the Saints- well hounds, and an open race. The course was, roughly speaking, round the base of & sandstone ridge coiled Gallows Hill, four miles of a fair hunting country, intersected by a very deep, narrow bohereen, which had to be crossed twice, and which was the only really nasty place on the whole line. Andy Heggarty, who was walking the oourse on the Sunday in question in company with. about fifty other people of high and low degree, and seventy-five belligerent curs, seemed greatly struck by the bohereen. Begob, there should be an accidentt here," be remarked, narrowing his small pink eyes and looking up at the walls of gorse on either hand. and the loose flints and clumps of moss out of which the bushes grew. As soon as the course was decided on the entries began to come in. There were seven- teen for the farmers' race, twenty for eaoh of the military raoee, twenty-four for the open race. Among these Last, to everyone's intense astonishment, was Andy Heggorty's latest purchase, The Incorrigible. Andy used to laugh when qiieeLoned aa to his reasons for entering the cheaUmt, and pay he'd found a way to keep him on his legs. which, of course, was set down as one of Andy's usual lies. At length the important day arrived, and by two o'clock Gallows HiH swarmed with Spectators, traps, and horses. The whole country seemed to have turned out in a body. The master brought with him Lord St. Lys, a. boy of the mature age of twenty-one, who had come over to Ireland for a week to buy hunters, Half an hour later I sa.w him feeling The Incorrigible's forelegs. Andy Heggarty, his hot very much on the back of his head, stood by, rubbing the horse's nose, and listening with apparent in- diSerence to Leonard Ashland, who, anxious to "keep the boy from making a fool of him- self." as he phra.??i it afterwards, was ex- patiating vigorously on the chestnut's fail- ings. Leonard Ashland won the light-weight sol- diers' race; the heavy-weight excited little interest; and the way was then clear for the open race—the event of the day. Lord St. Lys announced it as his opinion that The Incorrigible was the pick of the twenty start-ers who turned out for the open race. Andy Heggarty fell back from the very start, and by the time they dropped into the bohereen, and out of siglht, he was ten lengths behind the last horse. No more was to be seen until they re-crossed the bohereen, so I remained where I was, my eyes fixed on the dark line ox gorse that meandered like a. black river across the green face of the country. Here they come!" exclaimed Lord Sit. Lys, presently. Barry Considine leading." And, by Jove, Andy Heggorty's still in it, and going strong, too!" oried Leonard Ash- land, falling heavily into the gripe in his excitement. Barry's grey mare was leading by five lengths as they came up across the bohereen. Andy lay last, but The Incorri- gible seemed full of running, and, while they were yet half X. mile from oome. he began to come through the other horses slowly but I surely. He's won it!" cried Lord St. Lys, watching with fascinating eyes the chestnut shoot on to the la?t bank a.nd land lightly down an ugly drop, where Barry's mare dropped her hind Legs badly. And he did win it—by ba-l a field! The Incorrigible, Scanion's despised cliegtnut-it was incomprehensible! •' Well, I am tlowed", ejaculated Leonard Ashland, blankly. "I suppose the riding did it —or else Heggarty's in league with the devil, as the country people say he is. Well, I'm —I'm absolutely blowed!" Sure, didn't I tell you he'd win?" was all Andy would say on the subject. "Fall, is it? Not at &U!-noL unless you threw baim into a fence." Of course, Lord St. Lys bought the boTse. He gave Andy three hundred pounds for him; exactly ten times what Andy had given Leonard Ashland three weeks earlier. The win was a nine days' wonder in the Saintswell country; it was discussed afresh at every meet, and poming home from each diay's hunting, and people arrived reluc- tantly at the conclusion that Larry Scanion and Leonard Ashland had both mismanaged the horse. To me alone was the mystery elucidated some three weeks after the races. I had bought a black filly from a la.rge farmer who lived near Gallows Hill, and, after haggling; on and off for two months over her price, I had secured her with the comfortable conviction that I bad not Lost prestige over the transaction. Accordingly on a windy April morning I was informed that Thay Keefe was below in the yard with the filly, and would I speak to him. Thay Keefe showed no coyness in accepting a liberal quarter of The whisky in the square deeajLter, and, leaning easily against the stable wall, entered into a discursive conver- sation on the affairs of the neighbourhood, beginning, of course, by a diseertaifcion on the filly's virtues. Sure, ye'd aisy win one of them flat rac" in England with her," he concluded. "The Derby, for instance?" I suggested. 'Deed, you would, and win it twicet," re- turned Thay. An' as for lepping—sure she'd make but the wan lep av that." He indicated the stable roof with a wave of his bsnd, and looked reflectively into his tumbler. I offered him more whisky, and, having re-filled the glass, he began about the races. That was a quare win of Andy Heg- garty'e—divil so quare a. mce ever I. saw. There wa?n't? one in the country thought that ould chestnut horse of Season's could go four miles. Beonpœ! if some of them knew what I knew-" He paused, and Finked mysrterionsly. ¡ didn't see yam ? woe* Tix«," I, nraraifeed. seeing tiban. I was expected to say something. Ye did not. And for why? Because I was travelling the course hither and over after me cousin's little mare that gave him & toss in the first race, and away wid her through the country, and sorra a one could get to lay a hand on her only meself. An' in the race Andy Hegga,rty won, sez I to Jamsey Burke, 'Jamsey,' sez L 'we h&ve a right, to be i'n the boheresn the way we'd see if anny of them fell in it, an' wid t-hea we wint down to the bohereen and stood where we'd see the horses come down and out. Devil a one med a mistake, being too cunning wit.h lepping all sorts after the dogs, and they went into it and away up the other side like hares, all except Andy. He was the last to drop down, and instead of going on he pulled up the ould horse, look- ing up and down, and fornint him. Go to blazes out of that!' sez he, quite cross like, when he seen us. What call have yez here at all?' Sure the captain sent us to stop anny horse that'd get %Wey" sez I. 'Will I lave a skelp on the horse for ye, Andy, the way he'd go up into t.he field beyeat, for the others is gone away from ye these two miles ?' Ali, have done!' sez he. What would I be going on for? Sure the baste is bet out. It's not one skelp no nor one hundred 'ud hearten him.' Then for what have ye him in the race?' sez I. 'Would you and Jamsey Burke have anny use for a. sovereign?' sez Andy, getting down off the horse. 'Deed I would,' sez Jamsey, as eager as a pike, an' him never owning a sovereign in his life before. Andy whipped two gold pounds out av hie breeches pocket. 'Now, see here,' sez he, here's the way I'll win this race. I'll go up along the bohereen until the other horses is coming back—I might be in under a gorse- buah when they passed, and St. Peter him- self not a bit the wiser. Thin when I chip in behind them end go through them, who'll be able to say I wasn't lying last the whole race? Xo one, only yerself and Jamsey Burke-e.n' if ye want a pound each,' sez he, 'it'll be as well for ye to know nothing about it.' Andy,' sez I, 'what ye're after suggest- ing is agin the rules of racing, and I'd have ye know that if I wrote a line to the King ye'd be apt to see the inside of Kat-holough Gaol, and in regard to the characters of this poor dacent men and meself ye have a right to make it two pounds apiece, for I have a great respeot for the law, and be crip- sez I, 'only for the wish I have for you, Andy, it's not two pound, no, nor two hundred, 'ud make me break it this way!' Andy let a laugh out of him. "4 Two pounds apiece, then,' sez he, 'an' if I sell the horse to the earl that's bothering me life out to get him, I'li give yez two pounds eaoh on top of that, when the horse and the Lord is safe out of the country, so don't be talking either of ye to anybody, good, bed, or indifferent—not that there's a big enough fool in the Kingdom of Ireland to mind a. word you or Jamsey Burke 'ud Andy,' sez I, 'there'll be no talk out of us. Let a screech whin the last of thim 3 across. Thay,' sez Andy, taking up the girths and standing ready to throw himself up on the horse the minute they'd be by. Next minute Mr. Barry came through the furze on the grey mare, and up out av the bohereen, and away, and eight after him, and three after them. I declare if ye seen them and the grea;t leps they threw, and the way not one av them laid a foot wrong, and the up-jump, as steep as a house, ye'd have to shout, and I was near destroying Andy with the yell I let after Mr. Barry, only he heard the others coming, and waited on them. An' then out wid him, and had the chestnut up the bank and legging after them like the divil, and when I see he had them cot, Jam- sey,' sez 1. 'he has the race won all out; let you and me be hurrying back,' and with that we ran up on the hill, and that's why ye never seen me at all, for yer was biddin' with the rest of the quality in the officers' tent be the time Jamsey Burke and meself got there." Thay paused. Presently he remarked feel- ingly, Poor ADd" got no great education- ye couldn't expect the likes of him to know much." It strikes me he knows a little too much," I observed, severely. Of course, Andy was never brought to book for his iniquities. It would have made too great a scandal, and been too hard to prove, and, as it happened, Lord St. Lys never dis- covered The Incorrigible's great failing, for the chestnut, thanks to an incompetent stable-lad and a rough passage, contrived to thrgw himself down crossing the Channel, and was so severely injured that he had to be shot.
I Railway. MysteryI
I Railway. Mystery I I POSl AL OFFICIAL CUT TO PI ECES I The mysterious death of a Post Office mes- senger, who was killed by a mail train at Leighton Suzzard yesterday, resulted in the loss of a large number of letters, the bags in which they were contained being cut to pieces. It was the work of John Spencer Halsey, the messenger in question, to set the appara- tus to receive the mails. Halsey was heard at the apparatus, but for some unknown reason did not set it, and his mutilated body was afterwards found on the line. Three pouches were slung out by the mail train. One of these, containing the bags, struck the frame of the net and fell under the wheels of the train. The pouch destroyed contained letters from the north for the Luton area. It is conjectured that as Halsey was about to set the apparatus he either turned faint and fell on the line or jumped from the plat- form as the train dashed through the station.
I "THE SINS OF SOCIETY" I
I "THE SINS OF SOCIETY" I I The curtain rises at the New Theatre, Cardiff, on Monday upon Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton's production, The Sins of Society," from Drury Lane Theatre. Details of the feast of scenic splendour offered to the public have been published. We have read how the story starts in the Pontifex Bridge Club, and how, after the roar and excitement of Longchamps, comes a scene of quiet river- side beauty, terminating in a tense, dramatic situation, full of thrilis. The great situation MR. C. F. COLLINS, Who takes tlhe part of Noel Ferrers." of the play is the foundering of a troopship with the soldiers and sailors standing bravely at their posts, and going down to their death singing God Save the King." Thanks to Father Bernard Vaughan and to the reports from the law courts in our daily papers, we know something about the sins of society. The authors of the play present us with a really formidable catalogue. Gambling at bridge, cheating, theft, bribery, pulling horses in a race, compounding a felony, desertion of the colours-these are a few of the vices enacted on the stage
|MOTORISTS MANGLED
MOTORISTS MANGLED Paris, Saturday.—A terrible motoring catas- trophe occurred last night at Longumeau, near Paris, at the same spot where the recent disastrous collision between a goods train and a steam tram took place. According to details given by this morning's papers, an automobile travelling at fully fifty miles an hour crossed in front of a train and was run down. The two occupants of the car were killed on the spot, their bodies being shockingly mangled. The accident, it is stated, was due entirely to the recklessness of the chauffeur.
MODEL HOUSES AT NEWPORT.I
MODEL HOUSES AT NEWPORT. The Somerton Garden suburb at Newport, which Mr. J. W. Hunt (of the firm of Newland, Davis, and Hunt) is laying out for Mr. T. E. Watson, J.P., is taking shape and developing. Types of the semi-detached houses to be erected on it have already appeared. A pleasing variety is afforded by the design of a. detached house, which Mr. W. H. Shute, of Western Mail-chambers, Newport, has prepared. This is a new departure. The house is intended to be erected in Hawthorne- avenue, and if the style meets with general approbation it will, no doubt, be followed by others of a similar character.
For Women Folk. I
For Women Folk. I HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES For marrow soup cut a marrow into quarters, remove seeds; put unpeeled into a steamer; when soft remove peel, put into a bowl, mash, adding quart of white stock and pint of boiling milk. Season to taste, and boil up together. A Salmon Dish Remove skin and bone from the fish, and break it up small. To lib. of fish use half a pound of breadcrumbs, a teaspoonful of eissenoe of anchovies, two table-spoonfuls of cream, and four eggs (well beaten). Mix all together with a seasoning of pepper and cayenne. Butter the dish, and press the mixture down in it. Mark the top with a fork, bake half an hour in a. quick oven. The top should be nicely browned. Serve hot or cold. AD Mushrooms on the Grill A favourite and quickly-prepared dish is of grilled mushrooms, which is, in fact, one of the only ways in which a true epicure will consent to eat them. The gridiron must, however, be well greased, and the mush- rooms, after having been picked, cleaned, and peeled, brushed over with melted butter. They are laid (gills upwards) on the bars, and given two and a half minutes before cueing turned to grill on the under side. Pour to five minutes are sufficient, the mush- rooms being tilen slipped on to crisp, hot buttered toast. To Fry Fish Everything used for frying, whether drip- ping, the skimmings of saucepans, oil, lard, or batter, should be clean, fresh, a-ad free from salt. The latter qualification is de- sirable because salt keeps whatever is fried in it from browning properly. The fish, after being cleaned, Ac., must be well dried, and this can be dom by patting all over with a dry cloth. A good preparation is to dip it in a. batter of flour and water of the thiok- ness of cream. Fried fish, when served with- out sauce, should be properly dried, and a good way is to place on a reversed sieve before the fire and turn two or three times so that each side may be equally dried.
CORROBORATION WANTED.
CORROBORATION WANTED. At Littledean yesterday a single woman, named Cinderby, of Morse-road, Drybrook, summoned Christopher Meek, collier, late of Morse-road, now of Merthyr Tydvill, to show cause, &c. Mr. Herbert Williams defended. Evidence was given by complain- ant, her mother, sister. and Anne Jones, wife of Arthur Jones, of Nailbridge, a-fter whioh the bench dismissed the case for want of corroboration.
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!LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHARTERINC3.
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Moran v. Driscoll.I
Moran v. Driscoll. I WELSH SYNDICATE'S OFFER I The following letter, enclosing cheque for L2,000, whioh we hold, has been addressed to the editor (says the "Sportsman"). The offer is definite and strictly limited in time. It I deals with essentials, and should receive the prompt consideration of Moran and Driscoll, I whose decision will be awaited with interest. MORAJv V. DBLSCOLL. I Sir,—On benalf of the. welsh syndicate 1 ibeg to submit to the above, through you, the following offer, which must be accepted on or before Tuesday next, the 24th inst., or it will be definitely and entirely withdrawn: A pni-?e of E2,000 (cheque for same here- with enclosed). Conditions: To box at Mountain Ash. on Monday, September 20, 1909; the winner to take £ 1,200, the loser to receive L8& On behalf of and for the Welsh Syndicate, yours faithfully, ALBERT SHIRLEY. Cardiff. August 19. DRISCOLL'S REACH. An Advantage Over Owen Moran Wales owes something to Freddie Weleh, for since his return the sportsmen of the Principality have arisen to the occasion of a boom in boxing (says the Sporting Chronicle"). Now that a London promoter hat- withdrawn an offer of £ 3,000 for the Mora-n-DriscoM difference of opinion, Wales h<\8 come out with an offer o-f £ 2,000, which should be accepted. What a fight it will be! To my mind, Dri&coll's longer reach gives him ju-st the almost infinites imad advantage that the Welshman posse^ees over the Birminigham youth—now described as of Worcester. An I advantage of reach, backed up by an bor mally alert boxing mind such a? ri=11's, means much. But Driscoll will be opposed by one off the moet vari-styled boxers ever known. Little Moran has so many ways of fighting that even the onlooiker can scarcely tell how he is going to get at his man next. This, that, and a dozen other rases may fail, but there will be still another by which Moran can get there. In a manner of writing, Moran may try the front door, and if that is shut he is round at the back before the front door is properly barricaded. The lightning rod or the water-spout would provide ample footing I for him-you cannot keep liTm out. If this contest should go to America it I will be a, great pity. Summers' Great Hitting Powers! So Summers and Welsh have agreed to meet at the National Sporting Club. If the l Go-ve-nt Garden premises were three times as I large there would still be space insufficient for all those who would go to see such a contest. I cannot help thinking that Sum- mers's great hitting powers will carry him through, but there is plenty of time yet to deal with the prospects of this match, not that Welsh's prospects will look different after his meeting with Piet, or that Johnny Summers's chances will be the leas in the event of him and Mat Wells (who is appearing cut a London music-hall on the strength of the challenge he issued on the day of the Surmmers-Britt contest) receiving that £600 offer.—"Sporting Chronicle."
I Passing Pleasantries.
I Passing Pleasantries. Shopman: Did you deliver my message to Mr. Brown? Errand Boy: No, Sir; he wa-s out and the office was shut up. Shopman: Well, why didn't you wait for him, as I told you? Errand Boy: There was a notice, on the door, ".uetum at once," so I came back as eha.rp as I could. "Say, old man, how do you manage always to hate money in your pocket, and never to get in a. hole, when, as a matter of fact, you haven't any iuoome to speak of?" "Sample enough; I never pay my old debts." "But how about the new ones?" "Oh, that's simple enongh, too; I let them get old." Policeman's Boy. (breathlessly): Mother, there's been a big row down town, and several officers are hurt! Policeman's Wife (excitedly): Where was it? P.B.: On father's beat. P.W. (with a sigh of relief): Oh, I'm so glad! Of course, your father wasn't there when it happened ? P.B.: No'm. "You didn't bring your wife with you, Mr. Jones. said the small boy 01 the house, addressing the visitor. "No, my boy. Would you like to see her?" "Yes. Leastways, I would like to see her thruimb." "See her thumb? What do you wamt to see her thumb for?" "Well, ma. eays your wife keeps you under her thumb, and I'd like to see it, for it nrust be a»-pretty big one."
I CALLOUS SEASIDE CROWD I
CALLOUS SEASIDE CROWD I Throiugh the capsfting of a boot at Salt- hill, a Galway bathing resort, yesterday, two young man, named Patrick Burke aid Dennis M'Grath. were thrown into the water, and the latter was drowned. When the boat turned over. Burke clung to it and retained his hold until he was saved, but M'<3rath, who had seized an oar, st-ruggled piteou-sly in fuU view of a large crowd ashore. Although none of the onlookers showed any readiness to go to the resoae, they appealed to the police to do wha.t they conild, but the police, after endeavouring to get out in a leaky boat, abandoned the attempt. A young lady then shouted, If you don't swve him, I'll try to do it." and, throwing off her outer garments, plunged into the sea with a life belt, but owing to the chappy state of the water was forced to retreat. I
I FOOTBALL I
I FOOTBALL I I Cardiff Football Ciub Nominations I ) The Cardiff Football Club Committee received up to this morning (when the lists dosed) the following nomi- I nations to be submitted at the annual meeting of the club to be held on Monday evening "ex-t:-President Messrs. W. T. Morgan, W. M. Douglas, John Gibson, and A. F. Bland: vice-presidents, Messrs. John Gib- son and A. P. Bland: captain of first fifteen, Percy Bush, J. L. Williams, and Keggie Gibbs; treasurer, Mr. A. F. Hill; secretary. Mr C. A. Arthur committee. Dr. Bu st, Messrs. John Davies, W. M. Douglas, Llewelyn Davies, Arthur L. Davies, R. T. Oa.be, H. Lloyd, E. G. Nicholls, J. Sidney Bees. W. :ta, Fred Smith, W. M. Tunle, H, J Taylor, P. F. Bush, and J. H. Gibby; cap- tain of the rerV'es, Messrs. Tom Evans, ?"Fdear-- Thomas. Frank WVwwl ami ft?nrera T "?f- th -e Northmore; committee of the reserves, Messrs. W. Burris, W. A. Jones, W. J. Hart, J. E. Merritt, W. J. Old, J. Batstone, W. C. Roos, W. M. Tunley, and Gus Hayes. Last year's captain of the first fifteen was Mr. P. F. Bush, and of the reserves Mr. George Northmore. There are seven seats on the arst. and four on the second committee. Nominations received by Mr. C. S. Arthur up to this (Saturday) morning will be eligible. Frank Rees to Captain Neath Team At a players' meeting held at the Bird-in- Hand Hotel, Neath, under the presidency of Mr. James Mills, on Friday evening. Mr. Frank Rees. the brilliant centre three- quarter, was unanimously nominated cap- tam of the Neath Club for the ensuing season. The nomination is a popular one, and will certainly be confirmed at the general meeting on Tuesday next. On Fri- day evening a handsomely-framed photo-, graph of last season's team was presented each player.
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CARDIFF AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL LEAGUE. The Adjourned Annual Meeting will be held at GROtD HOTEL, W estate-street, at 7.30 p.m. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24th. Intending clubs write S. HARRIS, 53, Habershon street, Cardiff. e2736w23 CARDIFF AND DISTRICT RUGBY UNION. Clubs wishing to enter the Third Division of the League, aga limit 19 years, shoitd apply at once. A13o assistance given in forming Old Boys' Teams for youths not c-ver 17 years. e363 CARDIFF AND DISTRICT RUGBY UNION. A Meeting of Referees will be held at the BRISTOL and SOUTH WALES HOTEL, on WEDNESDAY, for the purpose of forming a Junior Rugby Referees' Society. Those willing to offer their services for Wednesdays or Saturdays axe invited, to attend. I. e362 CARDIFF AND DISTRICT WEDNESDAY ASSOCIA- nON FOOTBALL L-EAGUE.—Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday next, August 25, Rummer Hotel, 7.30 p.m. eO MACHEN OLD BOYS B.F.C. want Fixtures for coming season; average age 14-16.-A.pply to T. J. Harrington, Sec., Machen. e2740w23 BREAM HARLEQUINS R.F.C. wilnt Home and Home Matches with local teams, or guarantees away.— Apply C. L. Morse, Sec., Wellmead^w, Bream. ew20 PAKK UNITED A.F.C., average age 17, have all dates open for coming season.-Apply B. Winsborough, Sec., 35, Loftus-street, Canton, Cardiff. e2593 w21 ST. DYFRIG'S JUNIOR A.F.C., average age 16 years, require Fixtures with good local teams for the coming season.—Apply R. Lansdowne, 30, Mark-street, Riverside, Cardiff. e^701w21 T REFOREST ROVERS want Fixtures with junion teams of medium size.-Apply G. J. Rees, 5, Rees- terrace, Treforest, near Pontypridd. e2B44w24
ITERRORISTS AND THE CZAR i
TERRORISTS AND THE CZAR Paris, Sztnrday. The "Journal" has received the following telegram from Roome-- The police hiave been advised that several Russian terrorists have left for Italy, with tho alleged intention of making an attempt or. the life of the Czar ia the comqm ol hia Aombe, Torso* w
Local Sport.I
Local Sport. I [By SPOKES."] Still boxing continues to hoM sway in South Whales sporting matters. On Monday. Wellshmen will be able to see a real French- man trying bis hands at the game with Fred Welsh. Now that a match has been arranged between the latter and Johnny Summers on October 18 at the National Sporting Club, we shall see Welsh really tested. Summers has mode wonderful strides durkig the last year or so, and the contest with Welsh should be one of the "tit-bits" of the National Sport- ing Olub's season's programme. For the third successive year Glamorgan have won their division championship in connection with the Minor Counties' Cham- pionship. It is to be hoped they will go one better this time, and carry off the champion- ship of the competition. With a, good team Notts Seconds should be overcome in the semi-final. It is to be hoped that these extra matches will prove more of a financial benefit to Glamorgan than was the case last season. One would like to see more variety int,ro- duced into the fixtures before another season comes round. Monmouthshire's diieplay against Cornwall was a very pcor one. The batting, except that of .Diver, was lamentably weak. No doubt, the Gwent men found the Cornwall fielding and howling extra keen. Dr. Tre- sa-wna and H. Tresawnia are two all-round cricketers worthy of incluedotn in Surrey or Yorkshire, and if residing in either of those counties would have no difficulty in gaiaing t'heir places. Let us hope things will buck up all round in Gwent cricket before another season comes round. There has been too much chopping and chan-girg in the team this season, and the youngsters tried are not very promising. Fancy a crowd of 36,000 at an atihle>tic meet- ,ing! Such was the display at the aitn-uan sports of the CetLtic Football Club, Glasgow. Amongst the competitors were R. E. Wa,lker and Nat Cartmeii. The former d,id not main- tain -the standard which he set a.t Ibrox Park a week previously. In the 120 yards invita- tion handicap, in which he was conceding starts up to 7J yards, including one yard to Oartmell, he failed to z-ciir-e the premier honour, end in the 220 yards invitation han- dioop, in which, with his American rival; he started at seratch, he made his finest effort. Fifteen yards from the tape, however, he appeared to be unintentionally jostled, and, though this handicap did not seem to endan- ger his projects success, he was beaten a yard from th,e roost, Cron-in (off 14 yards) ,being first, and Cart,melll beating Walker by inohe& for second place. Mr. Harry Marks would confer a, great boon on hundreds of th-cse who intend vis-iiting Mountain Ash on Monday if he would see that the principal contest is fixed for as ea.rly in the evening as possible. The fear that a late ending may prevent getting back to Cardiff the same night, is, rightly or wrongly, not addin.g to the Mountain Ash attraction.
IBaseball Notes.
I Baseball Notes. I [By "BACK-STOP."] But very few matches remain to complete the fixture lists of the various divisions, and next Saturday will Me the league programme brought to a conclusion. True, there are several matches that have not been played owing to the closing of the Sophia Gardens for tihe Pageant, but these will not be taken into account by the association unless they affect the division leadership. A couple of good matches were seen in the first division group last week. At Roath Park Splo-tt were seen at their best, and gained an innings. victory over Rcath Con- servatives. The Splottites compiled Su on going to the crease for the first time, and t'hen twice dismissed tihe Tories for 77. Mit- chell, Down and Stroud were the main factors in Splott's victory, the former hitting up a fine 23. Russell was the only man of the losers to gain double figures in the battin,g honours, thougrh Hamilton and A. Marks batted well in the first innings, when things were going none too well. At Pill the Harriers proved far too good for Canton. The teams scored Z8 each in the first innings, but on going to bat the second time Pill were not beaten until 84 was regis- tered, Htcghes, Haley, and Ponting hittang freely, and scorin-R- 47 before they were parted. The Cantonians could only respond with 43, the pitching of Pontiog fairly beat- ing the bat. Another instance of the sportsmanship of the Barry District team wa,9 strikin.g-ly evi. denced by their friendly attitude towards the ChanneJl Mills. The Millers, being with- out. a ground, notified Barry to this effect, arm tne latter, sooner tnan sera-ten uie game off and take the points, offe.red the Millers half railway fares to play the match at Barry. The game wae keenly oon.te&ted- .though the Barry men fell off somewhat in tihe second iundn,g&and the Millers, chiefly through good batting by H. Dun-t-an and excellent pitching by Jesse Wheeler, won by a trio of runs and a similar number of men to bat. LEAGUE TABLES. (Results to Saturday, August 14). DIVISION I. I'. W. L. D. Pts. Grangetown 11 10 1 0 25 Newport. 11 8 3 0 16 Peny-lan 11 7 3 1 15 Fill Harriers 13 7 6 0 14 Splott 13 6 6 1 13 Canton 13 5 8 0 ..10 Boath Conservatives ..13 4 9 0 8 DIVISION II. P. W. k. D. Pts. Bopeworks 13 13 0 0 28 Grange Liberals. 12 8 4 0 16 Grange Albions. 12 8 4 0 16 Barry District. 12 7 5 0 14 St. Saviour's. 12 4 8 0 8 Channel Mills. 10 4 6 0 8 Newport II. 12 3 9 0 6 DIVISION all. P. W. L. D. Pts. Hewellltea 12 11 1 0 22 Gasworks. 11 10 1 0 20 West End 11 8 3 0 16 Post-office. 13 7 5 0 14 Centrals. 10 4 6 0 8 Penarth. 12 2 10 0 4 Barry Liberals. 10 1 9 0 a DIVISION IV.—SECTION A. P. W. L. D. Pt a. MarioM ii 'fro ? 0 2S. Saltmead 11 9 2 0 18 Adults 11 7 4 0 14 Grange Liberal 1,1. 11 5 6 0 10 Anchors. 11 5 8 0 6 Harlequins 12 2 10 0 4 Bhymney 11 2 9 0 4 SECTION B. p. W. L. D. Pts. Moortands. 8 8 0 0 16 Docks Temperance "A" 8 6 2 0 12 }.c¡dntoa.h 8 6 2 0 12 Roath Liberals 8 1 7 0 2 Docks Temperance "B" 6 1 5 0 2 Cat,hays 8 1 7 0 — 2
CARDIFF SWIMMING GALA I
CARDIFF SWIMMING GALA The Cardiff Corporation Baths were on Friday evening the scene of a fine gala, pro- moted by the Cardiff Swimming Club, a large audience assembling, principally to witness the water po!t> match between Car- diff and Southport. one of the leading Eng- lish c] ubs. Unfortunately. T- S. Battersby was unable to accompany the visitors, having to journey to Blackpool to-day (Saturday) for the 1,000 yards' championship, but a clever substitute appeared in J. Kershaw, who gave an exhibition 100 yards swim *ith RadmiloTic. The latter, fresh from his triumph in Paris last week, did not exert himself, however, and honours came to him by only a narrow margin. C. S. Smith I .thp. rt), who captained the 1908 Olympic Southport), is this year skipper for England, team, and is this year skipr far Englamd, gave a clever display of trick swimming, whilst Frank .Batters.by, champion back- stroke swimmer in 1899 1900, anct 1902, also showed his skill in that direction. In the final for the 80 yards open race W. J. Kim- ber, who is considered next to Bodmilovic in speed. accomplished the distance in the splendid net time of 48 1-5sec., H. G. Jackson and P. M. Little struggling to a dead heat for second place. The officials wereJndges, Messrs. H. E. Babb and J. G. Ooppook; hardicapper, Mr.R. J. B. Dickson, W.A.S.A.; referee, Mr. H. J. Hertjert (Newport); and hon. secretary, Mr. J. Sheridan. ^Details: — 60 Yards Boys' OPen Handicap—Final: lst H. Hor?ood (?wratoh): 2nd, J- G. Evans; 3rd, A M'lver. Time, 44 2-5sec,. 8C Yards Open Handioap.-FLinal- -Ist,,w. J. Kimber (3sec.); 2nd, H. G. Jackson (7sec.) and P M. little (2sec.)) dead beat. Time, 60 1-5sec., or net time of 48 l-5sec. I Water Polo Police: Goal, Sergeant Hugglestone; backs, Nelmes. Sergeant Dix (captain), and Glyn Gabe; forwards, G. Brobin. J- Harvey, and J. Pennington. Cardiff Seconds: Goal, B. May; backs, R. P. Jones, W. Williams, and E. Howarth; for. wards, H. Munn, J. Lewis, and W. Taylor (captain). « The Seconds rather easily won by six goals to two. Beooors :-W. Taylor (3), J. Lewis (2), and R. P. Jones for the winners, whilst Sergeant Dix and G. Brobyn netted for the police. I Cardiff v. Southport At the very start Coppook broke off and almost netted Then Bodmilovic scored, and from a free throw to Chris. Jones he repeated the trick. Soon after Jones scored from :R.ad's" free throw, and after each keeper tad saved smartly "Bad" got a fourth goal Cardiff leading by four goals to love at the interval, although Bad goals put in a fiery shot on the blow of the whistle. Ht?f-tinM aooi?= Go?ta. Cardiff 800.1s. SOU-th-port 0 Badmilovic 'Was the "life" of the match, and he and Koragianis put in some delight- ful inter-passing. Good shooting by Hills- don and Coppoek was followed by BebbfT>g- ton getting a goal for the visitors, and Dix put on their second. Smith was a tower of defence; but at length "Bad" found him from home and got No. 5. whilst real good inter-pessing between Bad" and Kara- gianis saw the latter score the last goal. Final score: Goals. I Ca.Tdiff .ls. 93outhport 2 Th? teams were:- Southport: Goal, 0. S. Smith; backs, T. R. Hillsdon, J. Hillsdon, and F. Battersby; for- wards, C. Dix, A. H. Bebbington, and J. Ker- shaw. Cardiff: Goal, F. Hamblin; backs, G. Sheridan (captain), A. 0. Oliver, and N. 8. Coppoek; forwards. Chris. Jones, Paolo Rad- anilovic, and E. Karagianis. All the Cardiff team, except Karagianis, are internationals. Team Race.—Cardiff (G. Shendan, OhM Jones. A. ORver, and P. Badmilovic) beat SO port (J. Kwahaw. F. B&ttenb7j, 0. S. Bmi? ?a? T. ?O-Mw?. h??tM?Mt??.
Half-Mile Championship
Half-Mile Championship GREAT RACE PONTYPfU DD I Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd, will be the venue on Monday next of a great race between B. R. Day, of Blackpool, and F. C. Davies, Tenby, for a stake of £.50 and the half-mile-ohampionship of the world. Davies Certain of Success I An Evening Express representative had a cha,t at Cardiff with F. C. Davies, and came away with the impression that the Temiby man is absolutely confident of success. "You may say," he remarked," that if Day bewts me on Monaay he will be the best half-miier the world has ever ceen-but there is a big 'if' in it, because I feel quite confi- dent of the result. I have done a marvel- lous performance In my trial at Stamford Bridge, where I have been training1 for the FREDDIE DAVIES (Tenby). I past three weeks, and one of the world'e pre- sent record-holders, who was looking on at the trial, but who did not know who I was, told the men in the dressing tent afterwards that ■he had just seen the champion half-mile runner of the world, although he did not know the time made at the trial, which, of course, is a dead secret. I have had a first class preparation under the care of Mr. Beni Williams, and if I am beaten on Mon- day I sihiall have no excuses to offer." After this gamey utterance, Davies recapitu- lated some of hi& wins, as followIs, On Easter Monday, 1908, I was first in the 440 yards, off scratch, at Tenby, and first in the 1,000 yards off scratch; on the following day, at Pontypridd, nrst in the mile-and-a-half, off scratch; on Whit-Saturday, 1908, firet in the halif-mile, off scratch, at Pontypool; on Whit-Monday, first in the half-mile, off scratch, at Cardiff; on Whit-Tuesday, first in the half-mile, off scratch, at Pontypridd; in June, 1908, first in the 440, off scratch, and first in the 1,000 yards, off scratch, at Bridgwater; in the same month, first in the 880 yarde, off scratch, at Merthyr, and first in the 1,000 yards, off scratch, at Pembroke Dock; on July 1, first in the half-mile, off scratch, at Glyn-neath; and then, on July 25, I was matched against Todd, the cham- pion middle-distance runner of Australia, at Manchester, and beat him easily. My next win was at Cardiff on August Bank Holiday, 1508, when I .was first in the half-mile, off ecrotoh. On the following day, at Ponty- pridd, I did what I consider my best per- formance, for I was six yards behind scratch, and won the handicap in lmin. 56 4-5eec., which beat the grass track record of the world (Imin. 56isee.), teeing that I was six yards behind scratch. Thoee were all my performances last year. This year I have ondy won two races,- not having been well, but now I atm thoroughly fit, and runndno; .better than ever. Those two were on W hit- Monda-y at the Cardiff Boilersmakers' Siports, and on July 5, at Tonyipandy, when I won the 600 yards handicap off the ten yards' mark." It will thus be seen that Davies's record, off scratch, in the halif-mile handicaps, is quite remarkable. In further conversation, he said he was 25 years of age, and mp to eighteen months a??o had worked regularly at his trade as a mason at Tenby. When did you first oome out seriouelly as a runner?" "Two years ago I mn a race at SPonty- pridd, and I wae then influenced by 31T. John Williams, of Pontypridd, to go in for some preparation and see how fast I really could run. It was Mr. Williams who matched me against Todd." So that it is quite appropriate that your supreme effort for the world's half-mile championship should be made on Monday, at Pontypridd, where you were first discovered, so to epeak?" Yes, it is very appropriate. By the way, I think this wild be tihe first running world's championship that has ever taken place in Wales," was Davies's concluding remark, as he obeyed hie trainer's order to clear off to bed." This was at four p.m. Blackpool Man Confident. I The Northerner admits that to win handi- caps such as he has done from scratch Davies must be a fine runner. "But." he adds confidently, "he will find me just a little too good for him, although at the same time I realise the bigness of my task." Day has had a wonderful career as a runner. His parents originally decided upon a legal career for him, but running was his delight, and when only seventeen years of age—he is now 27—he carried off the 220 and 440 yards Irish championships, Dublin being the place of his birth. Having won about a hundred prizes as an amateur, he turned professional, and won the Powderhall at Edinburgh, in 1902, off the ten yards mark. I B. B. DAY (Blackpool). I He also defeated R. W. Wade ley, the ex- English 220 champion, and W. Growcott, the well-known sprinter. However, it was during a. tour in America, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada that Day eclipsed all previous performances. At Perth he covered the quarter in 47 4-5sec. He also set up new figures for the 350 yards at Ka}goorlie (37 1-5sec), and the 175 yards in New Zealand (17 l-5sec), but A. B. Postle beat him off scratch in a 75 yards race, and repeated the performance in a 220 yards race in England last year. Another world's record was established by Day at Oldham last November by covering the furloag in 21 3-5sec. He won the 100 yards chajnpionsihip of America in 10800. in 1907. He holds the African record of 50sec. for the quarter, and at Pontypridd last year he carried away the Welsh Powderhall off 3J yards. It is the opinion of Day, who states that he himself is but a fair beginner and generally gains in the latter half of a race, that A. B. Postle, of Australia, is the quickest man off the mark and the speediest for a short distance. The 300 yards is Day's favonrdte run, but a few years ago he oovered the half-mile in lInin. 56sec.
GERMAN BALLOON FIRED ONI
GERMAN BALLOON FIRED ON I I Berlin, Saturday.—The morning papers state that yesterday the owner of the balloon "Tschudi," which recently came down on Russian soil and was reported to have been shot at by Russian guards, was minutely examined in the presence of military experts at the Smargendorf Balloon Garage. An examination revealed a bullet hole made by a projectile, seven to nine millimetres in diameter, on the right side of the balloon below the centre line and near the ripping panel. On the opposite side was another hole through which the bullet passed oat of the balloon. The newspapers express the view that the Russian guards hit the balloon while it was full of gas and still on the German side of the border. It is added that an account of yesterday's proceedings has been sent to the Foreign Office.
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Bi!f]ard8. I 44.-CANNONS OFF THE SIDE CUSHION By RISO LEVI (Copyright). Diagram 630 shows the three balls in exactly the same position as on Diagram 629, But illustrates the cannon played off the cushion TVairram 630 A cannon off cushion with side. on Di?ra.m 629. Po?siti. on of the b?IIs cannon shown on Diagram 629. Position of the balls exactlj the same as on Diagram B^a. instead of by means of a ball-to-ball stroke. The contact with the first object ball has still to be a thin one, although, of course, not quite as thin as when the direct stroke is played. Some side is essential in order that the cue ball may leave the cushion with the necessary direction for the cannon. Very good position may be obtained by this cushion cannon as the result of a good- strength stroke, for when the cue ball gets well on to the second object ball both object balls will be ieft in front of the cue ball, and owing to tne cue ball sending the first object ball away from the cushion a cover is pre- vented. Cross Cannons A stroke that not infrequently has to be played is a cross cannon. That the ordinary amateur has to play this stroke far oftener than the professional player is, of oourse, simply due to the fact that he has far less control over the balls than the high- class player, and consequently as the result of imperfectly played strokes-which, never- theless, may be scoring ones—is constantly leaving the balls badly placed. Occasionally the bad position will be one object ball close to a side cushion and the other object ball somewhere across the table also close to the cushion. When this is the case, a cross cannon, even if quite on, is never an easy stroke owing to the nicety of judg- ment which is required to correctly gauge how full or otherwise the first object ball must be taken, and, when side has to be used, to oorrectly g-&-age the amount in relation to the contact played for. Diagram 631 illustrates am ordinary cross cannon with the object balls lying close to the cushion on op«posite sides of the table. With the balls to the measurements Diagram 631.—A cross cannon. Object white 4 inch from the side cushion and 35 inches from the top cushion. Ited ball 2 inches from the side cushion and 47 inches from the top cushion. Cue ball is inches from the top cushion and 17 inches from the Eide cushion. given under the diagram, the cannon is not beyond any fair player, yet the stroke is never a certainty even for the best of pLayers. A really good player will frequently fail to score from such a position, although he will seldom miss the stroke by very much. The cannon can be made by varying kinds of contacts, for although in plain-ball strokes different contacts with the object ball would give the cue ball different angles of rebound, 'from t'ho cushion, in etttokea with side the same angle of rebound may result from two differerut contacts, provided thalt the fuller stroke is exactly compensated for by additional side on the cue ball. With the balls situated aa shown on Diagram 631, the cannon may be made by means of a etroke about quarter-bail played with & Lnoderaite amount of right-hand side. Ordinary generally play oroas cannons with, far more strength than Itl necessary, and very often strike the cue ball high up as well. High-pace makes a crosa cannon a more difficult stroke than it is when played with medium strength, and top when used in conjunction with high paoe caitses the cue ball, after striking an objeot ball very near a outihion, to desctiibe a curve after rebounding from the cushion. Mr. Levi's articles appear every Saturday in the "EYening Express." No. 1 of this seriea appeared on October 3.
ICARDIFF EMPIREI
CARDIFF EMPIRE I A'well-selected programme has been secured for Cardiff Empire next week. The famous Boiissets will be seen in one of their funny sketches. Phil Ray, the peculiar patterer. or, as he would style himself, the "pec. pe.tt. is another attraction. His style, distinctly his own, may, perhaps, best be described as free and easy, or the go-as-you-please comedy method. Brevity is the soul of wit, it is said; Phil Ray is the soul of brevity. In fact, while he is on the stage abbreviating is a mania with him. The only theatrical words which he will not abbreviate are salary" and treasury." A very clever and novel ventriloquial entertainment will be presented next week by Thora. An interesting engagement is that of Jimmy Curwell, who, but a short time ago, was a newsboy in Liverpool. He will present a musical number of artistic signifi- oance. including Mendelssohn's familia.r "Rondo Capriocioso." The boy will also play a dashing march of his own composition. Park's Eton Boys, Albert Rees, Larola, Rose oabani, Mike Nono, and the ever-entertaining bioscope conolude the list of next week's attractions.
I - Welsh Quoits.
I Welsh Quoits. I [BY "WTCHER."] A fine gathering and a perfect ground were the features of the ftnal of the Welsh Asso- ciation's ohampionship ait Cefn Coed, Mer- thyr. Amcng the big crowd I noticed several old internationals, vk., T. Greatreaux, J. ri. Owen, and D. P. Jones. In the first draw Heolgerric had to face Treoynton and Ton Pentre, Tirphal. The only game in the first match of any great interest was when W. Dice Davies played Rowley Jozies, of Ileal- gerrig. The old ohampion proved that he can play a (hot game stall, for the final read; Davies, 21; Jones, 14. Heolgerrig had a very easy win by 161 to 53. The opening ga.mesbetween Ton-Pentre and Tirphil produced splendid quoit-ing. The struggle between J. Barker and P. Bullock was red-hot, a,s they kept together light through. -Barker just gained the verdict, by 21 to 18. Ton-Pentre ran out victors by 1&8 to 102. Excitement was intense when Heolgerrig and Ton-Pentre came out for the final. J. Barker and R. Jones started the pitching The former was at Ibis beet, and won-Z1-8. The old veteran, Wat Jones, kept up closely to Charlie Davies, and, amidst great excite- ment, the veteran only lost by one point. E. Callaghain appeared after a long and severe illness against J. Thomas, jun. To every- one's surprise and pleasure OJlaghan's pluck gained the verdict by three points. Good quoiting was witnessed between Phil Adams (late of Moumtain Ash) and E. Grif-th At the outset both iads kept together, but half- way through Adams went ahead rapidly, and flan out the victor by nine points. The remaining games, like those referred to, were! played in good sporting spirit. Ton-Pentre, with 151 points, won the championship, the score of Heolgerrig being 132. After the game Oouncuilor Dan Thomas, of Merthyr, pre- sented the winners with the cup and gold medal. The sectional runners-up play to-day on the: He-olgerrig Ground. The competing clubs are Barry, Peny, Pontywaun, and Cwmaman. Next Saturday, on the Slama ground, the individual championship of Wales will 'be decided. The finalists are I Jonies Barker iTan-Pentre) and E. Meredith (Mountain Ash). The Monmouthshire Q.A., at their last meet- ing, decided that all postponed matches must be played by September 4. victoria were awarded two points ,o,ver the purtly playea; game with Talywain. The county champion-i ship will b& played at Ebbw Vale on August 30; points up 41 in semi and 61 in final. Mr. wmasor dames wua Texeree. The players will be matched as follows:—P. Jenkins (Waunllwyd) v. T. Jenkins (Cwm); F. Evans (WaunLlwyd) v. J. Tudgay (Talywain). The trophies are a five-guinea cup and a two- guin(e medal to the winner, and a guinea msrLai to the runner-up. The third round played at Talywain pro- duoed some surprise results. The champion, T. Crowley, was knocked out by T. Tudgay. The ex-holder, J. Tovey, went under to F. Griffiths. This is Tudga-y's first attemp,t in the competition. His formst.a.mps him as a. brilliant young player. Owm Seconds, who have now won tihe .aecomd league, played tlieir postponed game wi,th Newtown, and won easHyby 77. All the Gwmites made game. J. GireeLand gave A. Tovey an exciting game, and only allowed the crack to win by one. Against Waun- Uwyd, Owm won -by 36, although their ranks were depicted thT(Aiglh calls to assist the premiers. The meeting of Waunllwyd and Owm was eagerly anticipated by a huge crowd. The. game was looked upon as the decider for the medals, as Cwm !had been bea,ten by Taly- wain and Ebbw Vale, while the Waun boys had only lost to Cwm. It was a desperately exciting game, and Owm once more proved their strength by winning by nine. Both clubs are now on an equalit-y as far as league losses go. F. Evans was. WaunHliwyd's hero, as lie stopped that grand player D. Morgan on 9. A. Dovey end Obick "Jenkins were the pick of Cwm. Although Cwm won the match on the aggregate number of points, Waunllwyd won five out of the eight games. Crumlin entertained Talywain Seconds, and won by 47. The Seconds have lately deterioro,ted owing to retirement. Crumlin, (being sh'twrt, (tried some recruits. M. H. Wil- liams, t.he old Pontypool Rugby player, made his debuit. He would shine as a. quoi.ter if he took to tlhe game seriously. The best of the homesters I-Te T. L. Jenkins and W. Purnel-L Towihirg Ia.nd Green did well for Taly-! wain. LEAGUE TABLES. DIVISION I. P. W. L. Pts. Cwm 11 9 2 18 Wa.unllwyd 9 7 2 14 Ebbw Vale 11 7 „ 4 14 Talywatn. 7 5 2 10 Plaesycoed 9 4 5 8 Victoria 11 „ 3 8 ? 6 [i& n 2 Argoed 11 3 8 6 Penmain 7 2 5 4 umsioif II. P. w. L. Pts. ovrm Seconds 13 13 0 26 CrumJln 15 13 2 26 Llanhi-Uath 12 6 6 12 Ne-wwn 11 5 6 10 Waunllwyd 12 5 7 10 Talywain 12 M 5 7 10 Panteg 13 4 9 8 Cwmsyftog 12 3 9 6 Argoed 12 2 10 4
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MR. ARTHUR MORGAN, Cashier at the Capital and Counties Bank, Llandilo, whose death on the tennis ground was reported yesterday. [Photo, D C. Harries, Llandilo.
STOLL'S PANOPTICON. I
STOLL'S PANOPTICON. I An exceptionally brilliant programme is I Provid next week for the patrons of the I Panopticon, Cardiff, the star piece being a dramatic series of pictures entitled, The Mountebank's Son," in which the struggles and hardships of strolling players, coupled with the pfcturesquenecs of their lives, form the principal theme. Another wonderfully Food etory picture is that of Nana s Mother" and Tea Growing in Ceylon will show pictures of the plantations and factory. "An Indian Marriage" shows gorgeous Orien- tal scenes in natural colours, and fcere are many other fine pictures. A great feature of the show is the important engagement of Miss Claudia Thorney, the well-known con- tralto, of the Crystal Palace, Royal Albert- hall, and other concerts. Mr. Fred D. Jones, the popular Welsh tenor, has also been engaged for the week. With such a strong combination the Panopticon ought to be packed next week. There will be matinees, ae usual, on Wednesday and Saturday after- noons.
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