Show WALES GETS fiETS RUfi RUGBY Y INTERNATIONALS John Morgan Writes of Sports in in British Empire for Followers Followers Fol Fol- I lowers of G Game aanie ame FI FINAL NAL ASSOCIATION nON GAM GAMES ES Puling Great heit Game Gallic inn May III Win Will lii Cup awl aunt League tlc Lull Leadership e I II I I By 13 U John Morgan lol The of t th time the Rugby contests arc are over 0 Wales the thc 1st owing to her superior goal oal an and tr try aver aVer- age Last season reason Wales Vales headed ed the Jh list t II 1 by defeating the time other Othet three countries hut but this season eaon form orm has gone Jone by bO th board hoard There never nC was such uch a a. freeze up In the history of thy tue long bug list of HUGhy Hug- Hug by hy Internationals First of or al all gallant littie little lit lit- It- It tie tle Wales ales trounces both tt England an and Scotland then Ir Ireland lant smothers England then th the canny Scots Scot simply put the sk sky bosh boh hosh on th the romping Irishmen aft aft- after r that list the tue hitherto invincible Welshmen In In- In wide vade Ireland In search o of scalps and to the surprise of Rugby lom time the wild wid un- un Irishmen overwhelm o the gallant galant and to crown all uil al the thc crown poor old England turns at last st and lit lit lit- Il- Il orally rai knocks the III stuffing out of time the egregious C Scots b by three t ties to one and does docs oel It on Oil a certain enclosure withIn with with- wih- wih in a mile mie 0 o l Edinboro town town the first International the Sassenach Sassenach Sas has won since 1 1902 Stulln Standing International Pis I for P P. 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L and Ap Ag Pis Pt Wales Yah's S l 2 1 t 31 17 7 t 1 Ireland 3 3 3 2 1 32 Z 25 4 I Scotland 3 3 1 2 IV 21 I 2 11 England 3 3 i 1 2 18 3 31 2 I I I I Association s Lla League uc Cha Championship h lit The Tue h struggle le tot for supremacy is test taut approaching ap up- the time climax Notwithstanding the tIme glamour of th time the cup the hue struggle gl In Inthe inthe the h league ngue draws I Its crowds us as of yore on On Saturday Mardi March 17 1 the full Cul strength of time the premier Ica league ue clubs were on Oi the time war path and below ucla I Is the thc list or of tH time first division on league games and the attendances attend attend- ances auces after aCer nell nearly seven months continuous ous play 1153 IH prove IO C the thc wonderful drawing rawln power lo er of socket socker football on the tho tight little island h ii stands lun for 01 ci home ground ground- 11 Ll h im t C G Middlesboro 1 a attendance attend attend- ance I Woolwich Ar Arsenal enal h it 1 I Derby Count County 0 attendance OI lol Bolton Boiton on Wanderers h ii 1 I Sheffield Wed c 0 attendance O PIe Preston ton N X K g I 1 1 Aston VI Villa h Ii 0 at- at nce Sunderland h ii I 5 3 Birmingham 1 at at- at Notts Notta County Count h lm 3 Manchester Cl City 0 al attendance Sheffield United h Ii I 1 I Bun Hurry flurry 1 l attend attend- nee ance Newcastle Untied 2 Wolverhampton h Ii 0 0 U attendance nee Stoke h im 1 4 Notts Ot est Fot-est 0 Oi 0 attendance I 1000 10 pool Liverpool It will wi be bc noticed c Is going fast mist at ut present The They are lre now the time fu- fu fi- fi not only fo for time the I league ue Iu e. e but the time cup also ulao Old Ohl socker enthusiasts will wi no doubt lie hi- tl glad to learn that tim the time old the world famous Preston North End nd huv rejuvenated and at present hold bold the time second Ilo position In lh time the lla league uc running ining a ii f and n and ck race with th Liverpool for ro Ica league ur supremacy The he position of or Yol seems hopeless Ti They are arc doomed for the 8 second see sec e- e mid ond division and seems l likely el to J keep them company Bristol CI City and Manchester United from division lon No Xo 2 are likely I to take tale their places In the tho tw senior division for next season The Time ton tell matches In division No 2 an and the eight I ht in time the Southern league attracted matches An In aggregate attendance of or close on 1 M spectators Socker I International I I t thom iii I. I On Satur Saturday a March 17 li Scotland d de defeated de- de fettled poor Ireland at Dublin b by oneo one ono goal KOA o l to nil Both teams failed to Iho show how real ral International form and unless the tho canny Scots make mukE material Improvement Canny th thay will wl certainly comp come a n cropper when I they meet mee the speedy ppe and clever English h- h men Attendance I Field loc l' l I Time The game for foi or the th British championship was vas played In tn Dublin on oui 01 Satur Saturday March 17 before a lar large e concourse of spectators 1 Time The struggle I jI la lay hay bet between n I Ireland u and n old England IJ ns as both countr rl hn had previously lv beaten heaten Scotland and Wales Vales u ales After a stubborn contest In iii which both 1 teams gave e a a ma magnificent display the EI Englishmen I triumphed by the tho close score I of oC two goals goats to one Cross Country 1 H Running 11 i The rime rh northeastern counties 1 championship ip the race was hel held at Stockton oIl ton Te seniors over a course of or eight miles the o er 1 Juniors over or one of or five fye miles In all RI tin lbs senior started over o runners event falling I to 0 G. G ButterfIeld Darlington Darling Darling- ton Harriers the he English mile mie champion hits his time being 40 N minutes nn and 18 IS S seconds the Junior event falling to T. T Marloy I Darlington Burlington ton II IL 11 A team time thue 29 minutes and 27 seconds Th Time The course for both seniors and ant Juniors COul and Including hedges g one severe severe- was as a heis ditches with the amount of through Darlington Dar Der- land hand to trudge c ploughed both bOlh bothIn lington teams teamus succeeded In winning events In lii a a cross country countr race at Liverpool C. C J J. J Straw Stra the national and nUl northern counties coon coun ties champion was beaten b by T T. Hughes of tel time the Harriers However Straws Straw's club climb the Sutton harriers na nathonal national nl- nl na- na champions champion again won I rk Harriers being leing a good second secondS CIC Crescent t lt Up 1 It I It The he Crescents will wi make malic their last stand Monday lon a night on un the tile Crown Clown al alloy at- at 31 loy ler in the concluding series with the time Business Men en A As it I stands now no the Business Mon Men Ion have ha lout four games gaines to then their thel credit only two for Cor the City cl against that the league leaders which means tH Crescents CI will wit have hae to win Will the tile three games gaines in succession lon Monday nl night hl or ur urquit Suit quit thou boasting The Time Crescents were e oft off of game all al last week weck not holm beIn able to hit hi an anything that looked look look- ed Ci like a n ten pin ten and cud proved crt cantI candy for fol tt the older bowlers There will wi crowd at the Iho probably be a big game tomorrow night a as the time championship of tC th tilt cl CItY cily besides a little lite token of or with the tile winning bunch goes |