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W.F.U. AND WEEK-DAY CLUBS. In little more than a week's time the football season will be on us. Already we have had its forerunners, the Northern poachers, and next week there will be a variety of meetings, including that of the English Rugby Union. The most important subject before that body is a proposal to inflict the penalty of a free kick if any player in a scrimmage lifts his foot off the ground before the ball is in. The restraint which such a bye-law would have upon the players in course of time would make the scrim- mages a lot more interesting to the spec- tators but should it be adopted it will mean a great deal of penalties at the start of the season. To turn to another matter, a Porth correspondent writes to us suggesting that the Welsh Football Union should give some encouragement to Wednesday and Thursday clubs. The cup and medals offered for a junior com- petition last year had a capital effect, but Thursday football, for some reason or other, has escaped the attention of the Welah Union. And yet these teams have brought out some very good men. The week-day clubs—that is to say, the clubs that do not play on a Saturday-- have a great many thing to contend against, and they are handicapped because they seldom, if ever, play against the more vigorous organisations that flourish on a Saturday. In the main, they are composed of shop assistants; but whatever their composi- tion there is no doubt that they have produced good men, and that they deserve encouragement. This could be given, our correspondent suggests, by the Welsh Football Union offering medals for the championship Wednesday or Thursday team in each district. It is worth the while of the Welsh Football Union considering the suggestion.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. A correspondent complains that we have erred in condemning the last line of Lord Tennyson's addition to the National Anthem, and prints it for com- pa,rison below the music along with the last line of the first verse, thus: — Loltl to reign over us, God age the King. Sod, with Thy biesa-ings bless and sa-e the Kin j, But, with all due rcspect to our corre- epondent, two wrongs do not make a right, and, as a matter of fact, even the last line of the first verse is, to our ear, at all events, weak, notably in "to" and "God." But the Tennysonian line is worse still with the slurs coming on such very weak words as "with" and "and," and the practical coining of a new word "singsbless"! A somewhat similar instance occurs in a certain hymn sung to a well-known tune, called, we believe, "Darwell's 148th." The words of the line are ''The year of jubilee is come." Sung to the tune in question they sound as follows, with a pause after the first line— The year of Jew- Billy is come! This, of course, is bathos, and there are plenty more such instances, as, no doubt, our correspondent knows. The National Anthem has its strong points and its weak ones. But, such as it is, let us leave it alone and not add to it, for good ness' sake!

Some old-fashioned people still think that an argus-eyed press is a hindrance rather than a help to the police and their coadjutors. How absurd this view is has just been evidenced for the thousandth time, and we are pleased that the "Evening Express" was the means of unearthing the young woman reported missing from New Tredegar. All credit is due also to ex-Detective Oxley, but had not our paragraph appeared this active officer might have been put to much more trouble, and even then had a fruitless hunt.

TO MABON. tMabón won the August Two-year-old Plate of SOo sovs. St Hurst Park yesterday.] What. Ma bo n, ho! and do mine eyes Deceive? Are dreams about? But, no! the fact too solid lies For critic pens to flout! I never thought that portly frame, Tiiat vast circumference, set On pillars worthy of the name. Could imitate De Wet.! The August two year you essayed. And Maher jockeyed well. 100 to 12 against you laid, And yet you hore the bell! ;Renceforth let none presume to scout Your now thrice-honoured name. Tp-fritt you and me I gravely doubt If Brace could do the same! ID MS,

SPORTS GOSSIP. Comments Local and General. THE DOINGS OF THE ORICKET TEAMS. ABERTILLERY The Abertillery cricket team viaited Usk on Saturday, and were most fortunate in the game resulting in a draw. Usk batted first, and commenced scoring briskly off Withers and England, the Abertillery bowlers. Beasley, especially, played magnificent cricket. Ultimately, after having given a fine exhi- bition of batting, Usk declared their innings closed, with 179 scored for the loss of five wickets. Abertillery then batted, and. although a few of their players scored fairly well, it soon because evident that if they could not play out time Usk would gain a kandsome victory. With this end in view they played very care- fully. Eventually, Abertillery scored 83 runs for eight wickets before the time limit, and the game (which, morally, was a. handsome victory for the homesters) ended in a draw. Beaaley, the capable Usk batsman, played a magnificent game. and scored 106 runs in fine style, giving only one chance tkrough- out his innings—a fairly easy catch with his score at 99. A feature of his play was the admirable manner in which he judged short runs—runs which tke visitors thought almost impossible. S. Winmill, one of Abertillery's veterans, was top scorer for his side, making 25 runs in quite his old style. It is a. pity that he can- not this season play regularly. T. Baker, the smart young Abertillery bat, should endeavour to follow up the game with something like consistency. Tom, who made 14 (not out) in tke Usk match, has made a few creditable scores this season, and it would be an advantage to the Abertillery team if Baker would take to the game more seriously. W. England, the Abertillery team's bowler, has been for a good holiday, but. in spite of every effort, he had not a, single wicket to his credit. Abertillery receive a visit to-day from their neighbours and rivals, Blaina. A friendly spirit of the keenest rivalry has always existed between the two clubs, and a close game, in which Abertillery should kin, is anticipated. Griff. Abraham, one of Abertillery's best bats- men, will be absent, but. in spite of this, they hope to prove victorious.

CARDIFF. The members of the Welsh Professional Athletic Union should buck up in the matter of punctuality at their meetings. At the Cardiff Boilermakers' Sports last Saturday the programme was completed three-quarters of an heur behind time. Mr. Bob John is the orator on the Cardiff and District Rugby Union. He is, too, one of the stalwarts on that body. The suggestion made by Mr. R. W. John at the Cardiff and District meeting the other night that the Cardiff Club should hand over their junior challenge cup to the union for competition among the clubs forming the junior leagae was a distinctly good one. If it is the Cardiff Club's wish to really foster the Rugby code they cannot do better than adopt the hint. Mr. W. M. Douglas, at the meeting of the Cardiff and District Union. the other night, referred to the junior clubs of eighteen or twenty years ago, and sa:.d that so ardent and keen were the players th-t they would save up for a month or six weeks in order to go away twenty or thirty miles to play a match. The delegates on the Cardiff and District Union with one or two exceptions, are not distinguished for their oratory. In fact, most of them seem afraid to say a. word. For the second time in the match, Fitz Gizzard is unfortunate enough to go in when Smith, the world- famed bowler, is in the middle of his hat trick-this is Fitz's original explanation-as to why he didn't make a century In-each innings. Mr. W. M. Douglas makes no bones of the fact that he is bitterly disappointed at his! recsnt non-election to the committee of the Cardiff Club. The famous wing three-quarter of days long gone by has always done his beat since his retirement from the field cisteen years ago to fcater the good old game. Geniality is a. valuable quality in this world. Now, there is Mr. A. H. Williams, of the Cardiff and District Union, who is geniality itself, and is appreciated accord- ingly. Good o!d Spokes." Reference was made at the Cardiff and Dis- trict Rugby Union meeting the other night in a somewhat-alarmed tone to the "enormous progress made by tke Soccer game in the town." Yes. we guess the Ruggerites must look to their laurels. That the dispute between certain Canton and Loudoun players after a match at the end of last season should still leave any animosity is a thousand pities. The Cantonians seem inclined to bury the hatchet, and we hope, in the true interests of eport that the Loundonn players will do likewise. The suggestion that thi3 season's matches. should he played on neutral ground seems to us only calculated to re-kindle the embers of a quarrel that ought to be ended wit-h the re-instatemcnt of the euspended players. The committee of tho Cardiff Reserves, or somebody, seems to kave a ludicrous idea. of fostering the Rugby game in the Welsh Metropolis. Only one local club appears on the fixture list- of the Reserves this season. On tho other hand, kome-and-home matches are to be played with Cowbridge, a team which last season was distinguished for the number of points scored against it. and which any of the Cardiff local teams could kave made mince- meat of. Cardiff had more than their revenge on Cow- bridge at the Cardiff Arms Park last Wednes- day, and this was undoubtedly due to the good form shown by Lowe, Nash and Percy Bush. Sam Lowe was in tremendous form with both bat and ball, and was mainly responsible in carrying Cardiff's total past the hundred, and also for the cheap dismissal of the Cowbridge eleven. At one period of the match his bowling analysis read-one over, three wickets, no runs. Four of the Cowbridge men were fielding in the long field when Percy Bush was at th? wickets last Wednesday and he hit Russell and Lambert everywhere, driving one of Rus- sell's deliveries into the adjoining plantation. It was. iudred, curiouls to see him punishing the bowling so, when men like J. H. Brain (who. by the way. was bowled first ball-and for a "duck"!). Clarke, Ac., were out for so small individual scores. The Cardiff captain kept G. Cording'a placc open on Wednesday until the last poasible moment, and then C. H. Creasey filled the gap. Creasey possesses a good style, and, beairlei being a good fielder, be knows how to force the game when necessary. j When the Cardiff team came on the field last Wednesday against Cowbridge a. slight murmur of surprise went round the field, for it was seen that J. H. Brain had the padfJ on, meaning, of course, that he was keeping the wicket in place of his brother, but more than a murmur of surprise went round when he stood up to Lowe's bowling a yard off the wicket. He proved himself as smart as his brother later on, and. stumped F. Dunn, off Nash. The Alpha. n. team must have been awfully disappointed with their show against River- side last Saturday. To get dismissed for the poor total of 19 does not spetik well for their batting abilities. We know this is not their best show, for there are plenty of good bata- men in the eleven. Charlie Tombs was one nota-ble absentee, having been called upon to fit! a. vacancy in the first eleven. A few words of praise to the winners would, not be out of place now. Watts, the bowler, was on his best behaviour, taking eight of the wickets for nine runs; and he was also top scorer with 13. It was a creditable victory in every sense, and a great amount of praise is due to the splendid fielding and bull-dog tenacity of the Riverside team. They have done remarkably well this season, and all their wins have been deserved. St. Catherine's have lost their wicket- keeper, Gent. This is very bad luck, though it was quite expected. Young Fred Bobbins might easily be given a chance behind the sticks now, and. doubtless, he would make a worthy successor to Gent. The St. Vincent's Juniors seem to be losing heart at their repeated failures, for after a sturdy fight last Saturday against Parkfields they gave in by eight runs. It is quite a long time now since Dick. Thomas made the bowi- ing look cheap. Last Saturday Ces. Jone3 was the saviour of his side, ably compiling a valuable 15, and Bert. Phillips, who put every ounce of energy in his bowling, took seven wickets for 29. The way young Trevor Preece stood up to the bowling of the two Cardiff professionals last Wednesday won for him the admiration of the majority of the spectators. Without being vigorous he confronts every bowler with confidence, and his strokes are clean and well timed. He is blessed with any amount of patience, and this, together with his youth, will be a great factor in bringing him to the fore ere long. Cowbridge were pcorly represented at Car- diff last Wednesday. Mr. Ebsworth and Vizard were two notable absentees. The latter was playing for the Glamorgan Yeomany, who had taken on a match with the Gloucester Com- pany. The Cowbridge team gave a fine example of smart fielding at the beginning of their match at Cardiff, but during the latter stages of the game they fell off very badly. Every man, when attempting to field, was invariably covered. L. Foster Stedman, the Newport and Mon- mouthshire captain assisted the Cowbridge team against Cardiff last Wednesday. The Rev. R. M. Rees was unlucky in getting dismissed at each innings with a small score. On each occasion he shaped well, and thero was prospect of his making a good stand, but he could not withhold a "lamm" at Russell's tempting deliveries, and was caught both times. Though batsmen are sometimes out in very unlucky ways, at other times they are equally: lucky in pre- serving their wickets intact. Onf one oceasiop tho middle stump was knocked clean out of tha ground, and yet the bails were not removed. This was due to the bails, which were made of indiarubber, malting in the sun and causing the two to become cemented together.

LLWYNYPIA Last Saturday Tylorstown visited Llwyny- pia, and a very interesting game was wit- nessed at the Recreation-grounds. The visitors, who walked over the Pont j Rhondda Mountain, seemed very little put J out by their exertions. Arriving at Llwyny- J pia. the home team went in first, and found runs very hard to make, owing to the good all-round play of the opposing eleven. Tylorstown posbces two good bonviers, Walter Southward, their fast bowler, did Exceptionally well, with five wickets for five runs, and the sdow bowling of Bob Williams deceived moat of the Llwynypia batsmen, with the exception of George Roberts, who hit four 4's and one 3 off his bowling. Out of- a total of 23 runs this bat/man compiled 23. David J. Koberts (tke Llwynypia band^ master) and E. Coleman had two rans each and with one extra the innings closed, tb(; remaining eight players all going out fOr ducks! A word of praise is due to Tom Morgan, the Tylorstown wicket-keeper, who not only excelled behind the wicket, but as a. batsmjin proved a tower of strengjiah to his aide, scoring 22 runs. His innings wsts brought to a close by a brilliant catch in the-long field by George Roberta. Another smart catch,.accounting for William Jones, was also made by Gwilvm Davies, Penygraig, who assisted -Llwynypia. There are many peculiar ways in which a batter can be out at cricket. On one occasion a batsmrin threw his bat at a wiele ball, and, hitting it, was brilliantly caught at sife).. ?nd the impatkilt oatier had to retire. Bethel Chapel played Ynyscynon on the Salem Field on SatuncSay, and won by a healthy margin, the final more being-Bethel, 46; Ynyscynon, 26. For Bethel W. Walters and A. Phillips bowled well, the latter taking seven wickets for seven 1.lns. and the remaining three were taken by Walter for twelve runs also. W. Bateman was Bethel's top scorer with eleven rims. W. Walters coming next with nine. It is pleasing to nctte that the chapel boys are now more at. hoiae with the bat, and only two members failed to make any runs last Saturday. .l.- Ynyscynon depended a lot on E. Evans, who. in addition to being top scorer with eleven runs, did the biggest share in the bowling, taking five wickets ftor thirteen runs. The Llwynypia Rasigers Rugby Football Club open their footba-ld season next Saturday, when a practice match will be played. This certainly shows that the boys mean business, and a few practice matches will soon put them in form. Last season the Rangers were on the light side, but they intend having a more formid- able fifteen in futare.

NEWPORT. Junior football teams in Newport need not suffer as long as they have. Such stalwart supporters as Mr. J. H. Vile, the well-known aerated water meaiufacturer, has offered a eilver cup for competition among junior teams within a radius of ten miles of Newport. The following teams have been reedgnised as eligible for competition in the league:- Cross Keys, Pontywain. Pontnewydd Seconds, Machen Juniors, Celtics (Newport). Pontymoile United, Pontymister Rovers, Pill Conserva- tives, Maindee Unsfted, Pill Harriers' Reserves, Bedwas, Pontnewynydd, Croesyceilog; Maindee. and Caerleon. Two points will -he given for a win and one for a draw. Ivor Lewis plaved bis last game for New- port Thirds on Saturday. Lewis will shortly sail for Johannesburg, where he hopes to prac- tise as an architect and surveyor. Good luck to him! The newly-formed Maindee Association Club have decided to associate themselves with the Newport Junior League. The club have been successful in obtaining a good private ground, and the proepects for the forthcom- ing season are 'of the brightest character. The wet weather robbed the Newport Police Cricket Team of a nice little trip to Llan- gibby last week. The police had arranged a match with the Llanglbby Castle Eleven, and had been looking forward to the occasion with much anticipaton. Oh, cruel fates! Footballers generally will learn with regret that G. Llewellyn Lloyd, the Welsh inter- national half-back, has declared his inten- tion of retiring from the football arena altogether next season. Lloyd captained the Newport team with great success during the last two seasoas, and his retirement, together with the possible transfer of E. Gwyn Nicholls back to Cardiff again, will certainly play havoc with the Usksiders next season. Lloyd gives as his reason for retiring the heavy strain of professional duties. The ex-Newport captain was one of the finest examples of an all-round athlete, and took as keen an inte- rest in cricket as he did in football. D. Thomas, Newport, came in third in the one mile bicycle race at Bristol last Saturday. At the same sports E. Griard, Newport, waa first in his heat, but failed to find a place in the final of the one lap bicycle handicap. The Pill Cricket Team are making bold efforts to come out on top of the league cham- pionship. They hold such a lead over the other clubs that, in the event of their losing the next two league matches,, they will still occupy the first position on the table. The Newport Football Club open their season rather earlier than usual this year. The first match will be played on September 20, when the Pontnewydd fifteen, who have rendered the Newport Club such yeoman service in past years, will be given a fixture. Pontnewydd will also receive the takings at this match, as the Newport club authorities have learned that their visitors are financially in low water. But for M. Stratton's splendid contribution of 62 runs, the Newport Seconds would have cut a very sorry figure against Pontypridd at the athletic grounds on Saturday. Goodness oniy knows, the visitors started badly enough, the whoie side being dismissed for the beggarly total of 55 runs. The Newport Seconds, however, would have fared still worse had it not been for Stratton's splendid batting. The remainder of the team only made 24 runs between them. The bowling of the visitors was beyond dis- pute, amI would have been a. credit to any premier team. The match between the Newport Thirds and the Catsrleon team completely outshone the ceconds match in interest at the athletic on Saturday. All the spectators on the groand watched the match with keen inte- rest. ae it was remembered that only a few weeks ago Caerleon inflicted the nrat defeat which the thirds had austained this season. Caerfeon went to the wickets first, and made 153 runs for the loss of six wickets. The New- port Thirds then opened' their innings, and got 113 for six wickets. Owing to the lateness of the hour it was decided to draw stump3 and make a draw of the match. T. A. Whittington was a pillar of strength to the visitors, and the Newport first eleven would do well to keep an eye upon this sterlijsf? player. He knows how to use his bat splemRdlv. and the manner in which he seenr^d his 67 runs on Saturday was something good to witness. Jurior Rugby football in Newport will receive an iiapetus next season by reason of the fact that Mr. J. H. Vile has willingly consented to give a silver cup for competition among junvrr teams within a radius of ten milea of Newrttort. The following clubs are eligible for competition:—CroM Keys, Pontywain, Pont- newydd Seconds, Machen Juniors, Celtics (New- port)f. Pontymoile United, Pontymister Rovers, Pill Conservatives. Maindee United, Pill Harriers' Reserve, Bedwas, Pontnewynydd, Orcesyceilog, Maindee, and Caerleon. It has been decided to award two points for wins aTei one for draws in the competition. Bl-lnck seems to be dogging the Newport premier eleven. After starting the season so we7), they appear to have suddenly lost con- fidence in themselves, and have lost three msitches in succession. Their latest conquerors are CWou-ceeter, who avenged the defeat wttich they sustained at the hands of Newport 011. Coronation Day in no unmistakeable fa; eh ion on Thursday. Gloucester went to the wickets first, and after an innings extending cttose upon four hours, they managed to run up a score of 166 runs, and won easily by 124 •r'Ans. .Newport pricketera are grumbling over the lidelusion of Huggins, the Gloucester cornty •I iowler, in the Gloucester eleven against New- J tOrt on Thursday. The local men stood no possible chance against this crack bowler, who took no fewer than nine wickets for 14 raDB. Llewellyn Lloyd. the football player, and ■Steeples, one of the Newport pro.'s, came in 'for a rousinr reception as they made their appearance on the Newport grounds on Thurs- day. It is many months since Lloyd was siee-i in the Newport cricket arena, while Steeples has been indis-posed for several weeks. Ho has now completely recovered from his recent injury, and played for the Monmouth team againpt Glamorgan last week. and again appeared in the Newport ranks in their match with Gloucester on Thursday. Fate appears to follow the Newport pros. whenever they have their "benefits." To-dtay again the rain rendered the match between Newport and Clifton unplayable. The greatest sympathy is felt for Silver-lock and Steeples, who were to have the takings a.t this m&tch.

NEATH. Llanelly scored a double event on Saturday last, when their first and second elevens defeated the Neath First and Second strings. The seconds game was a close thing, though. We are glad to note that Jack Edwards, of Aberystwith College, son of the Rev. James Edwards, of Neatn, has performed excellently with the ball this season. He assists Neath to-day. A. J. Richards, of Dynevor and Oxford, who has been such a brilliant success as a scholar, is reckoned a good 'un both with the bat and the ball. At Oxford, it is said, they think a great deal of his play. Richards will be seen in the Neath eleven to-day. Can it be true? Yes; Captain Moore-Gwyn ia to play for Neath to-day. A. L. Whittington is announced to assist Neath to-day. If everything comes off as expected at Neath to-day, Mr. Ebsworth's team will have to play for all it is worth to win. Among the Neath eleven are J. Davies and J. L. Steer, of Aberystwith College, besides A. J. Richards, A. L. Whittington, of Oxford, and J. E. Moore- Gwyn. When will the annual meeting of the Neath Football section be held? About time, isn't it? D. H. Davies, the stalwart forward, is men- tioned as the probable captain of the Neath club during the coming season. Who will be the secretary of the Neath Foot-1 ball Club this season? Mr. Tench, we under- stand, ia far from keen on the position. We hope, however, he may be prevailed upon to continue in office. The entrance to the football ground at Neath is a disgrace. For yards the road and grass are covered with broken glass and un- savoury debris. Surely, this state of things. which has lasted since June, should be at once remedied.

PONTYPOOI., Trevethin Church C.C. and Panteg C.C., two very old rivals, met on the ground of the latter on Saturday, the game resulting in a draw. When the teams met earlier in the season the Trevethinites won by 14 runs- For the visitors. Hunt and G. W. Hughes first went to the wickets, to the bowling of C. Williams and F. L. Jones. Hughes lost his wicket for 12, when attempt- ing to drive from Jones's bowling. Hunt was dismissed soon afte-* for 2. A rather curious coincidence happened in the Laaoaahire-Surrey match last week, two of Lligland's greatest batsmen being involved." In the first innings of their respective sides these "giants" of the game, of course, made but moderate scores for them, viz., MacLaren, 34, and Abel, 30; but in the sscond innings (publish it not in the streets of Ascalon) they both were bowled-for a, duck. Another instance of tle, glorious uncertainty, etc. •MacLaren falling a victim to Lockwood on each occasion. C. Williams and E. Moseley took their places respectively, the former playing excel- lently until he was dismissed for 11, Moseley being run out for 4. The largest contributor to the score-sheet was T. B. Pearson, who, in fine style, quickly knocked up 13. The last wicket dropped for the total of 59. The home team played vigorously, and the game ended in a draw. J Williams first carried in his bat for Panteg. and played in splendid fashion, with 23 runs—the highest individual score of the match-to his credit. He was the only player, too. who scored double figures for his side. The Trevethin Second Eleven and the Pont- ypool Methodist Club were aJso opposed to each other the same afternoon on the ground of the fisst-named club. who compiled 44 runs against their opponents' 27. The top scorers for their respective sides were J. Jenkins, with eleven, and Lewis, who made 8. While, the match between Panteg Firsts and Trevethin Firsts resulted in a draw, the Pont- ypool St. James's succeeded in beating the former club by 17 runs. As has been men- tioned in this oolumn before, the Saints are a good eleven, and it requires a sound club to beat them. By the way, the captain of the Saints, Mr. J. Evans, who has done much this season to keep up the reputation of his institution, is an all-round athlete, and was. greatly in pro- minence during the last football season as a three-quarter for the Pontypool fifteen. He is never so happy as when he has a fine J. ""sssgggs

a FOOTBAll 1902-3. "EXPRESS" SPEOIALS. The Evening Express" will start the Football Season with a. double aeries of Specials by well-known players in eack code, namely: — RUGBY FOOTBALL. A. R. HAIG BROWN A Leading Amateur Player. W. G. GEORGE (Holder of the Mile World's Record). A. C. M. CROOME (One of the Best-known All-round Athletes in tke South). G. LLEWELLYN LLOYD (Newport Captain and Welsh Half). W. T. A. BEARE (A Well-known Writer on the Game). GEORGE BOOTS (Newport Vice-captain and Veteran For.! ward of the Welsh Pack). W. J. BANCROFT (Welsh .International and Glamorgan County Teams). AI. W. PULLEN ("Old Ebor" of the "Yorkshire Post").

ASSOCIATION CODE. R. E. FOSTER (Corinthians and English International; Captain of Worcestershire Cricket XI.). L. V. LODGE (Cambridge University and English International). R. S. McCOLL (Queen's Park; captain and only Amateur in Scottish International Team). SOMERVILLE GIBNEY (Distinguished player in Old Wan- derers and Old HarroTiane" Teams). G. P. WILSON (English International). C. J. BURNUP (Corinthians ånd International XI.). G. E. WILKINSON. (Goalkeeper, Corinthians). PUBLICATION WILL BEGIN EARLY IN SEPTEMBER.

PONTLOTTYN. Rhymney and Pontiottyn suffered on Satur- day last from the malady of absenteeism. Some of the best batsen had arranged their holidays to cover the away-engagement. The result was that an appearance had to be put in at Garnvach with a team considerably weakened. I The Garnvach players had prepared an ex- cellent wicket; and it is a pity the cut field is not in the same condition as the pitch. Con- sequently rnns come slowly. However, the home team had the first "knock," and ran up a total of 55 runs. By no means an impossible score for the visitors, but which Hafterwards proved to be quite beyond their reach. The only man for the visitors to play the bowling with any degree of confidence was Ben Morris, who kept his wicket intact from the opening to the fall of the ninth wicket. Moxley, for Garnvach bowled well, and is undoubtedly one of the finest bowlers in the district. The Brothers T. E. and D. R. Davies, of St. John's College, Ystrad Meurig and St. John's College, Cambridge, respectively bowled well for the visitors. The officials of the Pontlottyn Association Football Club are experiencing great difficulty in acquiring a suitable ground for the coming season. The one which they have had for the last four seasons is not fit to play upon during wet weather, and they have tried to inluce the landlord to drain the field or allow the club to take it in hand; and if it was drained pro- perly the officials could very easily afford to pay any reaeonable price as they are practi- cally certain of excellent gates.

PONT/PRIDD. Ping-pong at Pontypridd seems to have lost its vitality. 2 Tom William, Havod, intends riding at the international cycling contests in Russia next month. A shooting match (B. R. L.) will take place between the Pontypridd and Pentre clubs on the 29th inst. The Rev. J. P. Griffiths, vicar of Pontypridd, -has given a notice of motion for the next meeting of the Pontypridd Ratepayers' Asso- ciation to consider the local glove contests. Signs are not wanting says a local contem- porary this week that youn Wales is desert- ing the eisteddfod and other institutions so much in evidence with the fathers, and are going in for sports, etc. Nurse Hopkins, of the Union Hospital, has been appointed as instructor the ladies' Nurs- ing class of the Pontypridd branch of the B. R. L. The class will be opened next month. The Graigmen Football team met at the Tymawr Hotel this week with Mr. George Heimm in the chair. Mr. Fudge, the secretary, reported that Mr. William James, Great Wes- tern Colliery, had accepted the presidency of the club. Mr. William Grubbs was elected captain of the team. with the right to appoint a vice- cap,tain. This he will do after the first trial match. The meeting adopted blue and black as the colours of the team. and decided to charge a nominal entrance fee. A resolution of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. D. Williams, Greyhound Hotel, Pontypridd, who had accepted the vice-pre- sidency of the club and had sent a. substantial cheque to swell the funds of the club. n. The biggest hit ever made at the Oval was a drive by the smallest player, Abel, for Surrey, against Rawlln, of Middlesex. It went ror seven. all run, without an overthrow! After this stroke, of course, the batsmen took a rest. The headquarters of the club are at the Tymawr Hotel, where Mr. Fudge has provided a nicely-furnished club-room. Captain HJ Brook-Ascough, general secre- tary of the British Rifle League, will visit Pontypridd on September 18, and the local clubs are preparing a cordial welcome for him Some important busines is to be transacted al the annual general meeting of the Glamor- gan Football League, to be held at the Castle •'Totel, Treherbert, next Monday evening. On the following Wednesday evening there ill be a point meeting of the Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire footbaal leagues at the Qneen's Hotel, Cardiff. Another athletic meeting will be ho]d at Pontypridd on Monday, September 8, when a l- lies of amateur cycling events and profes- cional foot events will be run off. The former will include the Graig Brewery Chal- lenge Cup, now held by. Harry Jenkins. As a number of amateurs have this season come M" the front there is a good deal of specula- ion as to who will be successful. We learn that if Joe White, America, is succesbful in defating Dave Peters, Treorky, ui the fiften-round boxing oontest for JEM a-sido and a purse of JE100 at Pontypridd next Monday evening, he will challenge the world tc box anybody at 8,4t. 51b. for JB200 aa-aide. The cycle match between Tom Linton and Jimmy Michael, which it was proposed to run off on the Pontypridd track next month, is declarer] "off," as Michael, it is alleged, is flot desirous of meeting Linton. The Pontypridd Second cricketers played' a mixed team on Thursday, the "Mixeds" including the pick of the Berw-road and the Wood-road cricketers. The Seconds scored 95, and owing to the late hour their opponents deferred their innings until next Thursday. R. Grigs*. Oardiff, and J. Evans, Treforest, are putting in a good deal of time on the Pontypridd track just now preparatory to attacking the hour's record, now held by Jack Sheen, Aberdare. It is expected that the Pontypridd cinder ra.ck will be ready by Monday, September 8, the date of the next sports. Despite the fact that Mr. W. A. Brommage, Meredale Lodge, Wolverhampton, is not so well known among South Wales sportsmen as ha might be, there are, on the other hand, few men who are better known in English sporting circles. As hon. secretary of the handicapping board of control of the Midland Counties Amateur Athletic Association, and as a member of the championship committee of management of the Amateur Athletic Association, Mr. Brom- mage has seen a good deal of the many sides of sport, and, with a varied experience, is acknowledged as no mean authority. When the opportunity is given him, nothing pleases him better than to walk abroad and view the game as played elsewhere. During the recent Bank Holiday sports it appears that he visited Pontypridd, and after tpking stock of all he saw. wrote:- "My recent visit to Pontypridd constitutes one of the most vleasant episodes in my athletic experiences, and in my introduction J to the Pontypridd Athletic Club I, with very much pleasure, acknowledge that I found myself in the company of gentlemen, who can worthily claim the attributes of sound, honest sportsmen. One cannot over estimate the amount of benefit their energies and plucky enterprise has bestowed on a district so populous with the artisan classes as that of Pontypridd, the effect of which cannot fail to bring about a healthy improvement in the social side of the people. They have a splendidly-equipped ground, situate in a valley, which, for its picturesque- ness, I would say is not surpassed, and, so hr as I know, not equalled. Then, again, the members of the club appear to be good workers, and are animated by the one desire to bring about such a condition. of sport in the neighbourhood, which, for prestige, would hold itself high in the estimation of al lovers of sport. "With regard to the cycle track, I don't think you could wish for better. To my mind it is a model track, and constructed on sound, mechanical lines. With a cinder running track, they would secure a nrst-claas position. My visit to the meetings will ever remain as one of the pleasantest episodes in my athletic career, and I would not attempt to search for better, good, all-round sportsmen than those whom I met at Ponty- pridd." It is practical generosity such as this which increases the interest in any sports, and the thanks of members of the club collectively and individually are due to the donor. On Thursday the Cardiff Swimming Club was not idle. and swam off several heats of the shield competition. Harper, Smith, and Cop- pock being successful. The international water polo match between Wales and Ireland comes off to-day at Port- rush, and in the team I notice H. S. Coppock in goal. Eaclmilovic (Cardiff), Francis (Swan- eea), Herbert (Newport), Dee (Penarth), Punel (Penartb), and Doclierty (Swansea), with Smith (Cardiff) as a reserve. What swimmers in Cardiff are asking them- selves is, When will Cardiff be able to boast of baths ,sufficiently large to allow an iuter- natnoal match at home? The toal number of swimmera this week ie 1,163, and there were 69 ladies. Those numbers compare favourably with those of the previous week. The total takings this week amounted to £3.3 12s. 2d., as against £34 for the correspond- ing period of last year, and £42 lB. Id. of the previous week.' The difference in the returns of the two weeks is due to the temporary closing of the Turkish baths for renovation, but they are now re-opened.

SWANSEA. Although Swansea did not do great things at cricket in their first encounter with Car- diff this season, the team is expected to win back its reputation when at home to the Cardiffians to-day. For one thing, the Swan- sea men are just now in very good form, and after their solid win over Newport they have every hopes of diseomfitting the Taffsiders to-day at St. Helen's. The team had no match on last Saturday, but in their mid-week encounter with Llan- dovery they did well. Last Friday and Saturday were given up to county cricket at Swafisea and more excitement will, probably, never be wanted than was furnished by the match between Glamorgan and Monmouth. The home county had, with one wicket to fall, drawn level, and Sam Lowe, the last man in, had a very narrow escape of being run out. the ball being finely fielded. At that moment stumps were drawn, and Glamorgan won by one wicket. Monmouth will probably be regarded by some as having extremely hard lines in not winning the match. If they had managed to get J. H. Brain out they would have had a great advantage, as the form shown by his followers was disappointing. As it was, the chances of a win lay in the balance until Brain knocked off the winning hit. He certainly played a meritorious game, and the applause he received on entering the pavilion was none too hearty. Bancroft disappointed his admirers by only compiling 5 runs in the first innings and then two in the second period. He hasn't come off luckily this season in the county matches. That was a fine ball of Stedman's which knocked his middle stump aside in his second innings. With Creber at six, when he was bowled by Stedman, it only required Sam Lowe or Brain to get another run and win the match. The Swansea Tourists fared precious badly in their last encounter at Swansea, the old school boys giving them pepper. Foreign cricket does not seem to have done them much good. By-the-bye, the three Continen- tal clubs they played during the tour have consented to play return matches at Swan- sea next season. The Swansea, water polo team are looking np, I am glad to see, and their recent vic- tories were much needed to cheer a team amongst whom were a number of freshmen. Doherty did all right at Weston against the West of England, but Tom Francis might also have playfed—and he deserved it—if he had been at home when wanted. Gowerton stands easy at the head of the Swansea and District League tabit with twelve points, St. Jude's having notched ten, Swansea Thirds six, Clydach four, Danygraig four, and Bryntawe two. The roads in the Swansea district continue to be fairly good. and there is no change to report. To get through Swansea itself from the east riders have to pass over some of the roughest roads in Wales, but the Mumbles and Gower roads are very passable, although they do not compare with the main roads in the Cardiff district. The last match in the West Wales Quoit League competition, excepting a few postponed games and the final rounds, was played at Llanelly on Saturday. Morriaton, the visiting team, were expected to be routed, but con- sidering there were two players and the captain absent from the Morriston side, the team did not do badly in losing by 82 points. The arrangements for holding an intertown athletic sports at Swansea on September 13 arc almost completed. The Swansea Cricket Club has decided to run the sports themselves, and in addition to the various races between teams representing Swansea, New- port. and Cardiff, there will also be 1<1 number of open events; the one-mile Welsh champion- ship and the five miles contest for the Coal Trimmers' Cup. The arrangements will be carried out by Mr. W. J. Morgan, the hon. secretary of the Swan- sea Amateur Athletic Association, and a sub- committee of the -crickft club. Granted the weather these sports, which will be held on the Saturday prior to the opening of the foot- ball season, will be far in advance of any hitherto held in Swansea.

TON Two athletic events took place at Ton last Saturday. One was the sports for novices. held in Timothy's Field, and the other the great quoit match between Barry and Ton. A fairly good number of spectators watched each event. The sports consisted chiefly of cycle races for beginners. A slow bicycle race, an obstacle race, foot-races, a hurdle race, and a tug-of-war competition made up the remainder of the programme- The chief event of the meeting was the two miles open handicap. The racing here was very good, so far as the track would allow. To-day, again, another athletic meeting, which is of a more important character than last Saturday's sports, is held, and success is assured. Ton boasts a very good quoit team, which has a large number of enthusiastic supporters. They have practically beaten all comers this season, with the exception of Barry. The match between these teams on Saturday was important in that it decided which team should be allowed to play in the final. Barry won after a good game, but everyone admitted that Ton played exceptionally well. The visitor. however, were superior on the whole. The spirit in which the game was played left nothing to he desired, and there was no crowing over the victory when the totals became known.

TRIJMPER'8 AGGREGATE OF RUNS With his inninga of 69 at Canterbury yester- day, Victor Trumper brought his aggregate of run? this season up to 1.976. This is the greatest number ever obtained by an Aus- tralian batsman during a tour in England, the previous highest being 1,941, by Darling, three years ago. Without any disparagement to Darling, there is no comparison between the two performancea. Trumper has had to contend against the vagaries of the worst summer known in England since 1838, whereas most of the matohes in 1899 were played in beautiful weather and on perfect wickets. Trumper so far has been in forty-one times, and without a single not out can show an average of 48. Darling had fifty-six innings, and, with nine not outa to help him, averaged 41.

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]* GOLF FOR EVERYONE VII.—ONE OF MY GOLFING EXPERIENCES. By J, CUMMING MAC DONA, M.P. (Author of Across the Andes," Ac.) The Pleasures of Golf Golf has many peculiarities, idiosyncracies one might style them, and not the least attractive to my mind is its solitary charm. Without being in the least selfish, one can enjoy a round of golf by oneself with a subtle and still pleasure unknown to any other game except it be picquet or patience, at cards, but what a difference between the two games of 30litaire! There is an endless variety about the different strokes at golf that gives rise to much, anxious thought. How often is the mind in a quandary when within a fair drive of a sand bunker in front of the green! Shall I aim for the right or .the left of the bunker, or boldly face it and lay my ball dead on the line?—of course, if you are sure of succeed- ing this is the noblest way of facing the situa- tion, and if carried out carries with it the greatest delight and saitisfaction. To achieve what, one attempts and does his best to achieve is superlative pleasure. When one has struck well off the tee—a clean-hit ball, fairly smacked from the middle of the face of the club placed at the exact angle, and the globe goes off merrily with a sharp click" that runs an electric and sympa- thetic current from the bottom of your spine right up to the crown of your skull, and you gaze at the globe going far away into space. getting, like Burnaby's balloon, smaller by degrees till it lands well over the first bunker, and lies like a daisy on a bed of emeralds—one feels so proud—quite just as if that far-off white little speck on the green grass were part and parcel of oneself, wait- ing there till you come to caress it for its good success. Great physicians who are ocu- lists have told me that this straining the eye <after the golf ball and watching its progress over the greensward is the finest possible thing to strengthen the eyesight. Hence it is we find some of our greatest oculists recom- mend the practice of the game of golf to their patients as a preservative -and restorative of fading eyesight—how delightful a remedy; what pleasant medicine! There are few diseases that golf cannot alleviate, if not cure. I Find a Novel Golf Ground I well remember, eome few years ago, when living for a time in Texas as a cowboy. I had my golf clubs with me, for I always carry them wherever I go. I was anxious to find out a good place for the game in San Antonio, Texas. The ground is so rich and prolific that the grass, as a rule, is too thick and high for the making of a good links, and the only place available was at the Mili- tary Post just outside the best part of the city. There was a beautiful parade ground, well kept and with excellent sward con- stantly mown and rolled to perfection. Here was a grand find. I could not sleep for joy at the discovery of it. I hastened to the chief centre of attraction in the city which, like all American cities, was the saloon bar of the crack hotel. There I met some, if not most, of the great men of the city, in consul- tation, and occasionally in controversy with each other—mostly the latter. I stood drinks to the crowd nearest the bar, and soon became an intimate friend. It soon dawned epon them that I was a Britisher because. amongst other peculiarities, I betrayed a love of my country, which they tried to assure me was played out, and that they, the Almighty Nation, had swept it clean out of existence. Ac. Yet. notwithstanding their controversial spirit, they had a rough sort of courtesy of their own which exemplified itself in their inviting me to try another schooner of beer or gin cocktail with them. I cleared out as soon as I could, for I felt the limit to this sort of hospitality would not be reached before midnight; I wanted to go to bed, and, therefore, took a hack to my temporary home. "Jump in, colonel," the hack man said, and I will take you there before your moustache has time to curl." I mildly protested at this ill. timed joke, and told him I was only a captain of Volunteers, and had not reached the dignified rank of colonel. He attempted in his way to smooth my rumed calm by again telling me to "Jump in, Colonel; we call every darne loafer we see here Colonel." This bad a quiescent effect upon me. and made me more than ever determined to secure the parade ground next morning, if I could, for a golf links. J asked the hack man in a casual aort of way—" By the way. do you know the Colonel who is in command of the Post?" Yes," he said, I know him well, poor man." "Why do you call him poor man?" "Because he must die soon." "Why?" "He's got diabetes," he replied. "0, is that so?" I said. "Yes, 'tis so. He's a miserable crittur. Can't eat or drink anything he likes." "My bird sings," I said. "that's just the sort of man I want to get leave from for the use of the Parade for golf!" A Call in the Cause of Golf So off I went next morning to call upon that Colonel who was suffering from diabetes. He lived in a magnificent house of granite—built by "Sam" as they call the Government in the States—for him as Colonel,—each officer having a house commensurate in size and adornment to his rank in the army. When ushered into the great invalid's presence, I said, "I am sorry to hear. Colonel, that you are a sufferer." "Yes," he at once said, "I am a great sufferer." I heat you suffer from diabetes. Of course, you know, Colonel, there is only one cure for that dire complaint." "Is there? I think not, for I have tried most cures, and all have failed." "Have you tried golf?" I said. "No," he replied "Well," I said. "that is the reason why you are now a sufferer—you try golf, and you will soon be cured." "What is it?" he said, "and where is it to be had?" I said, "It is to be had here in this very place Ycu get a box of white balls." "Oh," he said, "I have taken doxens of them—order me half a dozen boxes, and I will taken them at once." "Not so fast. Colonel. You don't have to put them into your mouth to eat them." "Well, well," he said. "that is curious. I should like to know something more of the treatment." Whereat I began to unfold to him the hidden mysteries of the ancient and noble game. I said we must have a suitable ground with short grass sward to walk over. "Yes. yes," he said. most anxiously, "there is the parade ground, that will answer the purpose." "Yes," I said in a spirit of resignation, in order not to show myself too keen about it. "that will do well enough in the absence of a better." Then I told him I had a bag of clubs to hit the little white balls with, and that I should make nine little holes all over the parade ground to give him the necessary amount of exercise on whilst undergoing this wonderful cure for diabetes. I even ventured to tell him I would start on the cure next morning, and put little flags in the nine little holes, so that he cou!d easily see where they were. The Colonel's First Game The colonel was unaffectedly delighted with my plan. and invited me to come up next morning immediately after breakfast. We stood together on the first tee. I said, "We must have attendants, what we in Europe called caddies, to look after the balls for us." "All right," he said, and immediately hailed his regimental servant, who, iri full kit, was doing sentry duty in front of his door, with rifle and fixed bayonet. &c., in full marching order. "Sentry, come here, and look after the ball." The colonel made two or three lunges at the ball. missing it each time. after the manner of too keen neophytes—at last ke hit it, when it flew off away to the right. "Sentry, go and fetch that ball," exclaimed the colonel in an exuberance of delight at having at last struck the globe. I struck in," [♦Copyright in the United States of America by D. T. Pierce.] and explained that the ball must not "I brought back; that the caddie's duty was to watch the ball and locate it. "Sentry, go and find that ball, and stand attention to it, when you come to it." Off he went in full marckin? order at double quick step till he came to the -ball, and immediately presented arms to it until the colonel came up. to drive it another distance, more or less, mostly the latter, in tho direction of the hole, when the colonel followed keenly, and repeated the process each time with great deligkt, and much to his personal satisfaction. Meantime, I made a fairly good j drive from the tee, and at the next shot, i long brassy shot, took the ball a long way over the hole lying not far from where the sentry was standing attention to the colonel» ball. Guess at my surprise to find the imper- turbable sentry, when I came near to kinl- and he knew he was well out of earshot of the colonel, speaking to me most earnestly in a subdued tone, in the broadest of Gaelic, "ye oucht tae hev takken yer cleek to that, mon. Golf in Remote Places One can well imagine what the feelings of real golfer must have been to have been told by the colonel to "stand attention" to the ball upon this occasion-for this private in the American Army proved to be a canny Scot, brought up on the game from his earliest infancy, whose father was secretary of one of the oldest golf clubs in Scotland. I learned his history from himself as soon as I could get rid of the colonel. Like many another young man. he came out to the New Country to seek his fortune, and, having spent what little money he had upon a ranch, got to the end of his tether, when, rather than starve, be enlisted in the American Army. Soon after I established a golf club in St. Antonio I had to return to Europe, wbence I went to China, where I found the gamo in a most flourishing condition in Hong Kong. Here, right under the Peak, nestling1 in a. romantic dell, reached by a steaJØ launch from Hong Kong, an ideal golf club was firmly established, with a granite club-house, and every accessory and adjunct amounting to luxury itself. I found another at Shanghai with a large swimming bath attached; another at Tientsin; and another on the race- course outside the walls of Peking. Wherever I went I found I could not get very far away from the fascinations of this most delightful of all outdoor games. Courtesy in Golf I also found a courtesy in connection with golf which has a peculiar charm about it, for I am an old-fashioned sort of person, and love courtesy in any form and in every condition of its existence: I hold courtesy to be the creme de la. creme of conventionality, dating back to far-off days. even to the good old days of King Solomon himself, who was, I think, past master in the art and so successfully dis- tinguished in its adaptation to the ruling of his great Empire. So much of a popular cour- tier was he that the Queen of Sheba, notwith- standing the fact of his having 900 wives, or many more as the case may be. we read tra- velled all the way from Rhodesia (not called so then) to tell him of hidden wealth in gold and silver, and in diamonds and rubies of fabulous value. His mottoes were almost as astute as those of Cecil Rhodes himself, who said he owed what success he had in life to "never answering any letter," or of Lord Palmerston, who stated his success was due to never doing to-day what be could put off till to-morrow." Solomon's theory in the con- test of life was-" answer a fool according to his folly"—don't trouble to tell him he is a fool. let him live and learn long enough, and he is sure to find out for himself that he is a fool without anyone telling him go: when he has made this discovery himself, he will find few to contradict him. Another aid to the development of courtesy in golf is supplied by Solomon—"A soft answer turneth away wrath." The abrogation of this theory, when applied to the practice of golf on the links, often leads to the use of much sulphurous language that might be reserved to a future time and more appropriate place. How liable even the best of golfers are to fall into this besetting !tin! I have known ministers of the Churches of England andi Scotland so absorbed with their game that) when they found their ball in a. bunker oS bad lie, or when they missed the globe, they* would use language as strong as any they ever used in the pulpit. One young lady. who knew she had but limited control over her language under such tantalising circum- stances, used, as a safeguard against for- getting herself in this respect during her round of golf, to hit the ground with hen putter many times, repeating that naughty word "d over and over again until she felt as relieved as the old lady who so politely thanked her ancient caddy, who, knowing the temptations of the game, said the fatal word for her. So much for the courtesy of golf. There is also the chivalry of golf- when one's opponent so ungrudgingly ex- claims, after you have done your favourite stroke, be it drive. approach, a lovely loft, or deadly putt. in honest pride—"Well done!" "What a glorious drive!" "Grand approach!" or "Great putt!" Such is the natural homage a chivalrous golfer is ever willing to pay to his opponent throughout the game. Chivalry of this metal is enough to make even lost angels glad. Scottish Championship. The Scottish Northern Counties Golf Cham- pionship was concluded on the course of the Moray Golf Club at Losaiemouth yesterday. In the first round Mr. J. Gordon Simpson (St. Andrew's University), who in the preliminary stroke competition had two rounds of 79, beat the holder, Mt. W'. D. Davidson (Aberdeen). In the semi-final round yesterday Mr. J. H. Peebles (Bristol and Clifton) beat Mr. J. Gordon Simpson (St. Andrew's University) by three holes up and one to play; and Mr. J. T. Gilliespie (Edinburgh Mortonhall Club), the Scottish International half-back footballer, beat Mr. G. F. Bennett (Moray Club) by seven up and five to play. In the final Mr. Gilliespie beat Mr. Peebles by three up and two to play. Royal St. David's Club, The Royal St. David's Golf Club's summer meeting was continued at Harlech yesterday. In the fifth round of the competition for the town silver bowl Mr. E. A. Cresswell, giving four strokes, beat Mr. F. M. G. Abell by one up; 0 Mr. H. H. Hilton, giving five strokes, beat Mr. C. A. Palmer by two to one; and Mr. F. Sabin, giving two strokes, beat Mr. E. F. Gossage at the nineteenth hole. In the semi-final roundi Mr. E. A. Cresswell, receiving ten strokes, beat Mr. F. Sabin by two up and one to play. The Ladies' Gold Medal fell to Miss Dora Best, with a score of 100, less 3-97. and the open prize was won by Miss Spear with 107, less 8-99, The semi-finalists in the ladies' match play competition are Miss Ellershaw. Mrs. Addeu- brooke. Miss Olive, and Miss D. Best.

BOXING. George Corfield (London) and will Cameron (Ebbw Vale) have been matched to box the best of fifteen rounds, with 6oz. gloves, at Set. 61b. (give-or-take 21b), for JEZ6 a-side. and Mr. Joe Smith's purse of £ 25; weigh at 2.0. p.m. on the day, at the Griffin Hotel, Brynmawr, South Wales. Contest to be decided at the Drill Hall. Brynmawr, on Monday, August 25. Winner to be entitled to £ 20, and the loser X5 out of the puree. Denis Aherne (Cardiff) and Dai Stephens (Tc-ny- pandy) are also matched to box the best of twenty rounds, each of two minutes, under Queensberry Rules, for JE10 (open to JE25) a side and the best purse obtainable. Contest to be decided on or about September 1.

I spin down the tine, with Fonty Jones by his side, and, all being well, we shall in a few weeJss again see him in that capacity. The annual general meeting of the Ponty- pool Football (Rugby) Club is called for to- night at the Forge Hammer Hotel. One im- portant fact to be reported is that the olub has been entered in the league, and if the players keep together the same as they did last season, when the club was for the first time known as the Pontypool Football Club, a great deal may be expected of them. It will be gratifying to both the members of the committee and players to know that their last year's chairman, Captain A. J. R. Butler, has safely returned after his recent voyage to America. He is a keen, all-round sportsman, and the meeting could not act wiser than to unanimously return him to that important post. To-day the Mackintosh Bowling Club is ex- pected to visit Pontypool to play the home team for the Arrowsmith Challenge Bowl. and a good game is anticipated. It is unfortu- nate. however, that Pontypool will not be able to bring out a representative team owing to several players being away from home and other reasons.