GEORGE KOOKY, the English comedian, has tackled most games. He is particularly fond of cricket. In his "News of the World" reminiscences he tells a story or two against himself. ...
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Article : 410 wordsMANY happy returns on: June 16: Alan Fairfax (Australian cricket) June 17: Tommy Burns, world's ex-champien heavyweight boxer. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 316 wordsADELAIDE baseball fans are wondering if Fred Catt will develop into as tine a player as his father, Charley Catt, who was an outstanding figure in the game for many years in South Australia. Fred is showing great promise ...
Article : 178 wordsEVERY trainer makes mistakes, some more than others. Sam Evans, now having a great innings in South Australia, was all at sea over a two-year-old race at the Adelaide. Cup meeting, when he declared unhesitatingly ...
Article : 109 wordsMR. FRANCIS EDWARD HUISH, the former Kent cricketer and Association football coach, had been ordered to leave England by May 20. ...
Article : 454 wordsThe hard court championships of Great Britain at Bournemouth gave English critics the first opportunity of seeing McGruth and Quist in action. In the "Manchester Guardian" E. J. Simpson writes:— "McGRAPH did not need to exert ...
Article : 356 wordsMelbourne Inman, son of the well-known billiards player now in Australia, has joined Mrs. Jack Hylton's band as saxophonist and clarionet player at ...
Article : 1,473 wordsBERNARD RUBIN, W.A. and Queensland squatter, who with Sir Henry Birkin, put up so stout an effort in the last Italian 1000 mile race, is an enthusiastic air traveller. He was the most disappointed man in Sydney ...
Article : 260 wordsAFTER "vegetating" for a long time, Jack Strong, secretary of the motor section of the Australian Association of British Manufacturers, is back in cricket. He brought it on himself. For years he has been playing ...
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