British Empire Games Team Welcomed Home in Australia
The British Empire Games team arrives in Australia aboard the Orient liner Ormonde, with nearly a hundred athletes touring Perth Adelaide Melbourne Hobart before settling in Sydney. The piece praises imperial sport fostering fellowship and urges focus on Empire Games alongside the Olympics for global amateur sport.
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Australia
North Sea
Sir James,Leigh-Wood
Gouncil
Fedellion
England
Ond
Evan, Hunter
Ormonde
Pranantle
Perth
Adelaide
Melbourne
Hobert
Sydney
G.Y. Lane
BR. Cavill
B. Ey Keiran
Frank de Beaurepaire
Cecil Mealy
Harold Hardwick
Cramm Edges Budge In Gripping Melbourne Test Match
The German player G von Cramm defeats Donald Budge in a neck to neck Melbourne match. Both men stay near even from start to finish with Cramm taking the last two sets 2 games apiece. Budge had the lead at times but Cramm's form and exemplary demeanor kept him in the hunt.
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Budge
Australia
Gramm
Melbourne
Whalers Tale of a Cow and a Shark Encounter
A rugged account recounts Boyd Lee’s harrowing struggle with a huge shark while the whaler frees a trapped cow. He describes diving into a trap amid a red-hot bite wound, severing the shark’s nose with a blade, and later cremating the cow after an arduous beach blaze and firefight with driftwood.
Racing Costs Crush English Owners Says Wootton
London correspondent reports Stanley Wootton, new magistrate at Epsom, arguing racing as a business in England is impossible due to sky high costs. He notes a Hat of winners owner earned about £3000 per season and warns small owners will be squeezed out unless drastic action is taken. Wootton plans to sell most horses and retain a few for racing.
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London
Stanley Wootton
Epsom
England
Branley Wootton
London Letter Darts Captures a Nation
London reports a surge in darts as a national pastime with the King and Queen playing, clubs nationwide expanding registrations, and major centers like Manchester and Belfast boasting thousands of players. The piece notes the sport moving from pubs to refined venues, reflecting social shifts and growing organization.
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Audi A. Baatliio
Police
Indigo
London
Manchester
Balfast
Thy
Lwaguee
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Jack Finpleton
Stan McCabe
Bert Oldfield
Jack Badcock
BILL @REILLY
Fletwood-Smith
Sir Joynton Smith
G. ‘von Cramm
Donald Budge
Wm. Southam
Zane Grey
Manupacturee
Longueville RD
Lane Cove
Norman Caldwell
Boyd Lee
Lee
Cherebar
Boyd
Tauld
Yee Leela
Creo
Ohark
Longe Island
Whitsunday Passage
T. Thoregood
Hera
Long Taland
Mr. and
5. B. Wallis
Morinda
W. F. Mine
Baglan
Ales Ee Pamngarten
Jon
Bowen
Cannon Valley
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Aleo
Sheshad
Lucy
Latiaioentadt
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Caea
ToEee
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Tommy Farr
United States
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Ommy Farr
Mike Jacobs
James J. Braddock
New York
Chicago
Detroit
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Joe
Lowla
Parra
Auiehine
Amarica
Tommy
Sunita Claus
Hig Noliva
Lonson
Braddock
Nat
Eingland
Heath
Miller
Guarantead
Agtien
Medeslovin
Ouiarantees
Aldo Spoldl
Aght
Nesrata
N.c
Freddie Miller
Frpzsimons
Staward
A. Metaally
Scotttish
CG. Bioje
W. Spilth
Goll la
York
Mayfair
Happy Metorna
Dante M
Jock Munro
Adee Fratton Loxliyg
M. Corr
Lown Ten
Aethbor Bord
Wroatling
Move
Conteriaale
Athdella
Henuv Lindrim
Dannery
VW. Clark
Sydnee University
W. Swimer
Be Watson
South Sydney A.C. Donmary
Walter
Jarviy
Teagon
Darie
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