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The Fixture Question. HOW TO UPSET THE W.F.U. Interview with Mr. Ack Llewelyn. SELECTION OF THE WELSH TEAM. As Lord Rosebory and Mr. Lloyd George are the ciiiei topics of conversation in the poli- tical world, so are the fixture question and the selected Welsh team in the Welsh football world. At present there is a possibility—even a probability—that the decision of the Rhondda League to wait on the committees of the leading clubs with a view to arranging home and home fixtures, may be improved on, and that part of the suggestion of Mr. D. TI. Bowen in last Saturday's "Evening Exprees" will be adopted, insomuch that the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Leagues will take joint action. Cardiff, Swansea, and I Newport have been tried by fair means writes our Pontypridd correspondent!, but with tho exception of Cardiff, who have since fallen from grace, our appeals have been since fallen from grace, our appeals have been simply ignored—in fact, Swansea and Newport refund to hear what the selected deputation from the league had to say. Are we not. then, justified in using a little pres- sure-coercion, if you like to call it so? The power is in our hands, and once joint action is agreed oil the "House of Lords" will come down with a crash. Compare our voting strength with theirs. Here it is — Votes. Votes. Eight clubs in the Swansea Club 2 Glamorgan League Cardiff Club 2 (two votes each) 16 Newport Club 2 T. Williams (L'npia) 1 Ur. Douglas and Ack Llewelyn (Pont- other representa- ypridd) 1 tive3 6 Ten clubs in Mon- mouthshire League (two votes each). 20 Mr. Games. 1 I Mr. Jarrett 1 "Glamorgan Times" League 2 42 12 I confess there are other difficulties in our way. bat after the chat I had with Mr. Aek Llewelyn last evening I must say they are far from being- insurmountable. "ify idea." said Mr. Llewelyn. is not altogether to have eight home and home fix- tures with thp leading clubs, but to have the principle recognised that all the ciubs in the Welsh Football Union should help one another." But even yctir own league clubs den't do that now," I suggested. So, not at present," was hi3 reply, "because they can't afford to do it. None of the league Chl;'8 are in a flourishing financial condition, and to take teams away up to Mon mouthsliire Valleys means a lot of expense. If.

Evening Express" Specials. a NEXT WEEK'S LIST, MONDAY—Song, "Welcome Xmaa" (J. A. Cave). TUESDAY—Beulah Congregational Church, Whitchurch. Cardiff. FRIDAY—Derek Vane's Adventurers. SATURDAY-Football Special.

SCHOOL TEACHER SAVES A GIRL'S LIFE Remarkable Pontypridd Case Here in Pontypridd, where tales of life- saving arc almost of daily occurrence among the miners, acts of daring do not create much commotion. A life-saving in which a, lady-zl school teacher-played an important part is, however, sufficiently out ofwthe ordinary to attract considerable notigs. A reporter of the "Glamorgan Times" was fortunate in securing the first account of the matter to appear in the press. Mi-s Sealey, who figured in the event, resides at 11, Pencerrig-sireet, Graigwen, Pontypridd, and is twenty-one years of age, and, when questioned by the reporter, said: "Y Ci3, I'll tell you all about my experience with pleasure. I keep house for my unclo, who is a collier at the Great Western ColiiefJT My horns is at Tongwynlais, but after my MISS M. SEALEY. (From a photograph by Forrest and Som, Pontypridd.) aunt's death I came here. I had suffered from headaches and indigestion, but after coming here I get woree. and I had no appetite for feed of any kind. Of course, I became weak, and the doctors who were called in said I suffered from ansemia. I took a. good deal of their medicine, but I did not feel as if it did me any good. They subsequently said I was consumptive, IHal no blood in my veins, and advised me to go for a change or take plenty of outdoor exercise. This I did, and when out one day I met Miss Mary Ann Edwards, Groeswen, who is a school teacher at the Aber School's. We naturally spoke of my health, and after I had told her all she urged me to try Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, as they had done her a great deal of good. I dýd not then pay much heed to her request, but. at the doctors' advice, went to Caerphilly for a change. Here two other doctors saw me, but, after taking their medi- cine again, I was no better, so I came home. By this time I felt that I could hardly walk a step without help. Sleep was out of the question, and, although I took every kind of nourishment you can think of, it was to no purpose. I thought my heart was all to pieces, my breath was short, and my feet and legs swollen very much. The doctors were still attending me, but they eventually gave me up. This alarmed my uncle, who went down to inform my mother at Tongwynlais. They knew of what Miss Edwards, the school teacher, had told me, and in our despair we decided to give Dr. Williams' pink pilla a trial. "Will you believe it," added Miss Sealey, warming to her subject, "after the first box I felt better? I could keep my food down better. I grew stronger by degrees, and the neighbours were astonished. They couldn't believe I was the same girl. They were thunderatruck at the remarkable change in my appearance. Altogether I took seven boxes, and now I feel stronger than ever-in fact, far better than before my illness, for I had always been more or lees subject to headaches and indigestion. Now they are /rone. Yes." concluded Miss Sealey, "and I :an hlesa the day Miss Edwards advised me to take Dr. Williams' pink pills, for they have saved my life." L1156

So much praise has been given to Joey Field lately that it would be absurd to give any more, but just let as mention that his play on Saturday has given rise to much comment amongst, outsiders, who have arrived at the conclusion, that an eye should be kept on Joey after he has left school.

SORROWS OF A SECRETARY. r -i Heartbreaking Experiences WITH ABSENT-MINDED FOOTBALLERS. ["EVENING EXPRESS" SPECIAL.] By D. H. Bowen, M.W.R.U.M.C. Anybody who reads this article in search of sense will be disappointed. There isn't much sense in it. In fact, it has so little that it is not worth the trouble seeking for it. Don't. then, expect much sense. There is also nothing argumentative in it. If you require argument this is not your column this time. We have had sufficient material for tons of argument in the last four articles to allow us to throw all serious thoughts aside for awhile, and touch on matters that are of general and mild interest. What follows here, however, has the disadvantage of being true. I say disadvam tage because, being true, you mjght be think- ing hard during your reading. But it is not intended for that. and it is hoped that matters will be treated in a way to preclude worry. The sorrows of another are very rarely your own in the same degree of intensity, and there are cases where a little mirth can be obtaiued even where sorrow is concerned, especially when the mirth does not sting the sufferer. That is the standpoint, then, of this article. The football secretary is a mortal of no usual kind. He is a many-sided, various crea- ture. Qualities which are. even when pos- sessed singly, considered of exceptional value, such as the patience of Job, the forbearance of the forgiving Angel, the immutability of the sphinx, and the pleading tenderness of a Romeo, are common assets with him. He is patient under trial, self-repressed under great provocation, stolid as a statue, and pleading, as a lover. If club matters are all awry he smiles thosmileof hope, when myeteryhovers in the air he is regarded as the special casket for its reception, and when the club's life seems at its last spark his lung action must be the motive power of new life. Is there anything wanted, then see the secretary; any player short, the fault is the secretary's; any misunderstanging among the players, blame the secretary; any train not in time, scowl at the secretary; while the secre- tary who cannot obtain complete and per- fect homage from- aU railway and polipe officials, or who cannot give an indisputable opinion as to whether an arm or a leg is broken or not, is considered as next to no good at all. The sorrows of a secretary, if the name be significant, should be connected with his clerkly duties, his dealings with the machi- nery of book managing, but these sorrows are tri1\ing compared with those of hig dealings with that machine called man. And when that man assumes the form of a football player then his troubles ars very tangible, indeed. It is hardly conceivable that fifteen robust players, sound in wind and thick in tissue, with hardly a care themselves, with solid thoughts of this world and indefinite ideas as to the next, could give any trouble at all. But, my readers, the lines on that poor secre- tary's brow are produced by these; those grey secretarial hairs of assertive tendencies, which have evidently come for good, have been bleached by these; and the weary, anticipa- tive look, dreading disaster or had news, is stamped, and stamped heavily, on his poor face as. a result of these. Oh! these players are bonny boys, but their very heedlessness gives a world of trouble to the poor scribe. When 'next the reader admires the roystering, rollicking, rampaging ■ row of the touring team, let him ask for the poor secretary, and in eleven out of twelve cases he will be found huddled in a corner mathematically working out knotty' problems in ways and mean3. I remember my own experience of managing, or mismanaging, these happy forgetters. I remember the selecting of the Saturday's team, the wonderful injunctions to the players, and the seemingly wonderful respect shown to Buch injunctions. What veiled threat, conveyed by the channel of warnings, if strict training were not attended to! What glorious vistas of undying football glory con- sequent on victory! What resolves and what results! What unexpected lady cousins of no blood relationship were anxious to let train- ing develop into walks into the country with them! Separating loving hearts is cruel work, but, being case-hardened. I have had the temerity even to carry off a struggling bride- groom from his bride and see him safely on to the field of play! See the poor secretary at the training rooms! He may not be wanted there parti- cularly, but let him be absent, and, oh! for the hue and cry. Listen to the grumbling player. "Why dqesn't Bill Sykes train?" The weary one says nothing—that being easiest; but. if bound to speak, mildly suggests illness, or death in the family, or absence from home. "No fear!" is the sneering reply. "I know what it is." "Well, then, what is it?" demands the secretary. "Why, out walking with his gal; that is what it ie." What an awful state of affairs! When the town waited, when the honour of 25,000 folks was at stake, when the eye3 of the whole world, inclusive of blacks, were levelled upon us, this player goes walking with his gaJJ Leaving for a moment the order of the day. let us review the troubles occasioned by the young player who. considering his local street's or district's club of greater importance than his town's, refuses to help the premiers. This point can be best illustrated by what occurred at Llanelly, I remember that at one time things were in a bad state footbally with m. The premier team was playing badly, couldn't find any, team willing to be licked, while at the same time a local team, the Seaside Stars, were by the very best class of football becoming suns of the first order. Being secretary at the time, my committee deputed me to see these shining lights and ascertain whether they would shir as Llanelly town lights, and not as Seaside lights only. A meeting was arranged, and there wis not a man absent on their side. I was received with the respect due to my size, and asked to prologue. The main features were to be confined to my answering the questions— What did I want? How did I want it? How long was I going to stop? They were particu- larly anxious that brevity should be the ruling spirit of the interview. Well, I started, told them the side side wanted them, wanted them badly. That seemed to please them, but no other effect was noticeable. I went on and enlarged upon grades of honour: responsibilities first to their junior club, above that to their premier club, further to the county, and, paramount to all, the coun- try. This did a lot of good, and there were evi- dently converts. But the climax came. "Look here, Mr. Bowen," said one sturdy one. "It's all very well coming here and talking about all this, but here are the facts. The Llanelly Club can t win a match. It is hundreds of pounds in debt. while we have a balance in hand. Is it fair to ask us to join you?" On commercial lines this&vas unanswerable, but in despair I inquired, "What balance have you?" to which the answer was "Four shillings and seveapence halfpenny"! If short-tempered Mary I. expected Calais to be engraved on her heart, I am positive that every football secretary has an equal right to expect "Players" stamped upon his—stamped indelibly, and stamped in with Number 19 boots. That night passes on. Doubtful players are holding. All seems fair until Friday evening. Then, oh, the firmament! Excuses come in; and what excuses! "unt (seventh remove) dead." "Gaffer turned stupid: can't get off," Ac.. Ac. One of the strangest excuses'ever heard was one given in all sincerity It wai at the time cf the completion -of the Severn Tunnel, and a brilliant player frankly said, "I'm not going through the tunnel." And, though we finally persuaded him to come, it is a solid fact that he held his breath as long as he possibly could on'the way through. The "gaifer" business was a real difficulty. On one occasion, at eleven o'clock on Friday evening, the best player's gaffer had not given his consent,, and had gone home to bed. He lived nearly two miles from headquarters. Nothing to b' done but interview him. It wag bitterly cold, and at 11.45 we knocked. Being a gaffer, he slept soundly. Fortunately, a stout walking-stick was attached to one of us. so we knocked with that. This gaffer, however. must have been particularly righteous, for he slept the* sound sleep of the jnst. Plenty of other people awoke, though, and one policeman, now an inspector, strolled up to know why things were thus. To the infinite credit of the said man in blue, he sug- gested it would be just as well to practise on the window with pebbles. Now, as a rule, the street in question is overburdened with stones lying aggressively about. But now, when wanted, not a stone could be found. The case was hopeless. Finally, by the kindness of the policeman, we used his helmet for three throws, and the third broke the window, the consequent draught rousing the gaffer. Then came the fol1 >ing dialogue.— Voice from the Garrett: "What do you want?" want?" Voice from the Street Ice: "Please, Mr. Morgans, the whole town ia anxious f '<et .i

Feast For Footballers! 1. 1. 1 FOOTBALL PAPER EDITED BY A FOOTBALLER FOR FOOTBALLERS. J f A UNIQUE EXPERIMENT. < The Footlail Public are exacting. Particularly is this the case in South Wales and Monmouth- shire, wlie e the Football interest has mad-, and is making, enormous strides. However strenuous the ordinary journatist may be in the effort at catering for the tastes of Footballers, it is in the nature of things that, beifU outstde the charmed inner circle in some degrea, he should not hit all the varieties of that taste every time.. It has occurred to us that an object lesson would ba useful. Suppose that we could see with Football eyes and heap with Football ears and write with Football fists, wnai sort of a paper would be turned out? We are going to see; and to th's end we have asked one of the most popular Football referees in r 9 This is I i the Man who Next I. t. Saturday .11 Z, J. will. Edit the j Football # i Express," Wales, a man who is all Foo'ball, from the top of his hat to the sol s of his boots and the tips of h s glove3- if he wears any.— and who is, moreover, a man of intelligence and one whe has the pen of a ready writer, to wit, Mr. D. H. BOWEN, a leading member of the W.R.U. Com nittee, to t ke Editorial Charge of iha Football Edition of the "Evening Express" for ONE EVENING, and to show how, in his > pinion, a Football Paper should bs conducted. Next S'turday, thsn, Mr. D. H. BOWEN will t ke hold of He Foolb-dl "Express," will supervise its contents, uirect its airang nwnt, and use .,ts oolunr. s for giving fra k expression to his views Oi men and things in the Football World. Don't mistake the da e. Nfxt Saturday, the last of the Old Year, wa shall e:- k to prod ce a pap-r which, so far as may be in this mundane sp ere, shotll reach the Fjetballe■ s' ideal.

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"Evening Express" Songs. "~NEW SERIES. The following Songs will be published during the current month:- Dec. 23.—" Welcome Christmas" (J. A. Cave)- Dec. 30. — "Seeing the New Year m (Arthur Leonard!.

The Swansea. lads have been training ha.rd daring the last few vffeeks in preparation for this event. The schools' league committee have never had a better stock of goal-keepers and half- backs. not to mention forwards, to pick from than this year.

CONTINUAL CURES IN WALES.—Every week fresh evidence is. reported in the newspapers concerning the wonderful cures effected in Wales by Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people. These pills have cured paralysis, locomotor ataxy, rheumatism, and sciatica; also all diseaaes arising from impoverishment of the blood, scrofula, rickets, chronic erysipelas, consumption of the bowels and lunga, anaemia, pale and callow complexion, general muscular weakness, loss of appetite, palpitations, pains in the back, nervous head- ache and neuralgia, early decay, all forms of female weakness and hysteria. These pills are a tonie. not a purgative. They are genuine only with the full name. Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, and are sold by chemists, and by Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, 46, Hoi born-viaduct, London. E.C., at 2e. 9d. a box, or six boxes for 13s. 9d. Pink pills sold loose or from glass jars are not Dr. Williams' pink pillsg accept them only in the pink closed wrappers as above described. On this I page will be found details of a remarkable cure in Pontypridd, L1156

Schools' League Chat. Given nm weather, a good game should be seen between the Cardiff and Swansea Schools' Leagues at the Harlequins' Ground on Boxing Day mornm?. Jarman, the Lansdowne wing, who was play- ing in that position, for the Possibles, played a very plucky game. It is a pity he is SO small, else his chance for the town would have to be considered. After the splendid game' Stanley Meaker played in the last trial game, his chances for the town team are better than ever. I The high wind at Llandaff last Saturday prevented the lads from showing their true form. It was also very cold and many of the players were seen wearing scarves and gloves, and at the interval the teachers participated in a. friendly bout. Shepherd, the Higher Grade half-back, is a very cool customer. His play is much after the style of Neil of old. He is a terror at taking comers, and some of the teachers doubt if there is a better lad than he at this phase of the game in the whcle league.

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MAN OF THE MOMENT Wales's New Custodian STRAND JONES'S CAREER. MY. J. Strand Jones, Wales's new custodian, ie, a Welshman of Welshmen. He is a product, of that essentially Welsh county—Cardigan- and was born in Lampeter about 24 years ago. As a boy he attended the college school, and took to football as naturally as a duck to water. Even in those early days he gained renown as a wonderful kick, and it was eaid of "Jack Strand" that he had dropped as I STRAND JONES. I J —————————————-————— many goals as most boys had eaten of potatoes. Later on Mr. Jone3 became a student at the college, and immediately got his place in the college fifteen as custodian—a position which he filled witth distinction until he caught the eye of the Llanelly authorities. While play- ing for the college lie displayed wonderful form, his unerring tackling and his powerful kicks being invaluable to his side. Two seasons ago he played one of hili finest games against Llaneliy, and on the strength of this he was offered the position of full-back for the scarlets, which he immediately accepted. Strand'e connection with Llanelly was as brilliant as it was pleasant. His best perfor- mance was against Swansea at Stradey, when i he played what is regarded as the game of his life. On occasion he missed kicking two penalty goals by inches only, and his tackling 1 saved at least three trie3 to his side. 1 'Unfortunately for Llanelly, the next season Strand went up to Oxford, and after playing ( one game he got a place in the 'Varsity's fif- teen in the centre. Here he did excellent work, but he is a better custodian than three- i quarter, and this year he has been selected 1 in his right place for the 'Varsity. Off the < field, Strand is a prince of good fellows, and j on the field he is a thorough sportsman who ( likes "the rigour of the game." His selection for the Welsh team is highly popular in West Wales, where he has hosts of admirers. It is related, of Strand that when he went to Lampeter, about twelve years ago, he was John Jones only, but through residing in a house known as "Strand" with his mother Strand was added to his front name at St. David's College School, to distinguish him from the other John Jonea at that school. In 1S95 he became captain of the school team, and in 1896 entered St. David's College, and won his cap the first year. In 1893 he was elected captain, and graduated in the game year. He stands 5ft. ICin. in height, and turns the beam at about 15st. He is an all- round athlete, his favourite race being the 120yds. hurdle. In 1899 he entered Jesus Col- lege, Oxford, and at the recent sports at Oxford he won the long jump and putting the weight and came in second for the hurdle race. c Strand, although described in the papers as f of Llandovery and Jesna' colleges, was never -j at the former school. His home is at Bridge- street, Lampeter. I t

A Nurse's Confession, v The English nurses who have been among e the sick and wounded at the front can tell a some heartrending experiences, but it would i be difficult to equal the story of Nurse Wil- 8 liams, of Vernon-terrace, East Finchley, Lon- v don, N., told the other day to a "Weekly a Budget" representative. "For several years," 1 said the nurse, "I suffered acutely from neuralgia and tried countless medicines with- out the least avail. Last March one violent attack almost drove me mad with agony. But, there, anyone who has suffered will know what I the torture was better than I can describe it. c From experience I knew that general debility 1 was the real cause of the trouble; and Dr. I Slater's blood tablets seemed at last to suggest I themselves as a likely remedy. I gave them a c fair trial. The attacks grew less marked and I leps frequent, until in the end, after a little c perseverance, I was rid of the pain entirely, c Not only has it vanished, but it has never T, returned, and I feel better in health, too. All this I believe to be due to the strengthening qualities of tablets, which I unhesitatingly recommend." Praise from a qualified nurse is worth listening to. Dr. Slater's blood tablets tone up the nerves and strengthen the whole system, and thus cure neuralgia, that tired feeling, rheumatism, nervousness, debility, anaemia, gout, spinal disease, bloodless and r sallow complexions, pimples, face sores, and impure blood. They are also a preventive of influenza and colds, and an excellent restora- tive after any exhausting illness. Obtainable of all chemists, or post free for price, two and ninepence, from the Slater Medicine Company, | Greek-street, Leeds, where anyone may ".Iso write for advice or send penny stamp for free sample. The tablets have brought happiness into thousands of homes.

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howcver. they had a few liome-and-home fix- tures with the first-class teams, they would have bigger g-ates, and that would mean that they could afford to meet the Monmouthshire md other teams oftener. So it would be an improvement all round." I "But I am told that the Monmouthshire teams, or, rather, the league, have not 'jumped' at this proposal of yours." "I don't snow that. At the same time, I say it must be to their benefit in the long run. There seems to be an idea. that this new reso- lution is a eeifwli one—simply to benefit 'the Glamorgan League clubs. It is nothing of the sort, and I am not going to stick hard and fast to the wording of the resolution. I would like to add that I Tim rtrrt in favour of the best clubs giving fixtures to the champions of the league simply because they are champions, its it would encourage professionalism. Two or three fixtures with the best clubs would mean a good run of money for the second-class clubs, and if fixtures were only given to the champions you know what efforts would be made for that honour." I put some questions to Mr. Llewelyn on the selection of the Welsh team. but further than say that he voted for whom he thought were tI:") best men, Mr. Llewelyn declined to be drawn.

your consent to ■ John Jones playing to- morrow," etc. Voice from Garrett: "Why didn't you knock?" Voice from Ice: "The people around can tell you we did." Garrett: "All right. Goodnight." Ice "Thanks awfully. Good night." Then there's the trouble of the' clothes. Footballers' clothes never last through the summer. They may last without any trace of senile dccay during:the winter, and be strong and sound at the end. but the summer heat is always too much tor them. And thus it comes about that at the beginning of the season new rigs out are the order of the day. But even then they never seem to want to stick to their owner. Jerseys for ever want re-placing, knickerettes are ever treacherous, while solid leather hoots, as owned by foot- ballers, only last as long as they keep grace- ful. Not only is the poor secretary of a struggling sclub supposed to anticipate the. holes in the jersey, but lie is also expected to estimate the size of the hole in the player's memory with regard to approxi- mating the moment when he entirely forgets to bring his clothes or hoots. But trouble two-the weather. Oh, the weather, the weather! "Well, old man, what do you think of this?" says the drooping, heavy-heaYted secretary to the heart-broken treasurer on the morning of an important match, wttb the'angry clouds opening their

sluice gates. "What do you think of this? Bally awful, isnt it?" "And at six this morn- ing the sun was shining beautifully!" moans the treasurer. "Ah! It's well to know that, though I cannot see how that will help us now. What do thfsy say at the bank?" "Oh, the old story—must reduce the overdraft. And I'd promised them 'this gate would be a hundred pounds. Oh. lor'! I'm afraid it won't be a hundred pennies. Excursion train is about starting, and you know they wou't come in this weather." And so another 6orrow is added to the general store, and with th.) rain verily introducing itself on the inside of his collar, finding the paths of least opposition in the channels of his back, he goes to help at the gate. Space will not permit the consideration of the kind of questions thrown at him by club supporters, or the secretarial hate which is gradually gathering in. strength towards anybody who runs his beloved club down, and especially towards reporters. If anyone requires heart racking of the finest quality, they have but to undertake the duties of secretary to a football club, and if their interest be heart whole so much the worse for their peace of mind.