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F E S T I V A L F I E L D C U P R A C E GUILDS' SKYLON RAG

Boanerges ana the f i v e G u i l d s ' departments r a c e d f o r the 1951 F i e l d - C u p Race from E x h i b i t i o n Road P o s t O f f i c e t o B a t t e r s e a Power S t a t i o n ap­proaches. The r a c e o c c u r r e d a f t e r the E l e c t i o n s l a s t F r i d a y , the f i v e teams a s s e m b l i n g w i t h t h e i r t r a n s p o r t and s u p p o r t e r s a t about 2.30 pm.

F i v e 25 f t . l o n g S k y l o n s were r u n out from Queenies basement by t h e i r c o n s t r u c t o r s , f i t t e d w i t h t h e i r d e p a r t m e n t a l f l a g s and h e l d a l o f t by t h e i r crews. The c o n d i t i o n s and a r t i c l e s of the Race were t h a t the S k y l o n s must be m a i n t a i n e d a l o f t throughout t h e i r j o u r n e y , and t h a t the winners were the f i r s t department t o e r e c t t h e i r s on the c e n t r e of the roundabout between the Power S t a t i o n and the F u n f a r e . The o r i g i n a l p l a n t o i n c l u d e a boat r a c e on the F u n f a r e l a k e was deemed i m p r a c t i b l e , and an even e a r l i e r p l a n was t o r a c e downstream t o South-bank i n 10 f t . S k y l o n b o a t s and e r e c t t h e s e a t the base o f the o r i g i n a l .

S k y l o n s p o i s e d , the f i v e groups wobbled down E x h i b i s h Road, f o l l o w e d by Bo. and FELIX ( 2 ) . The C i v i l s V e r t i c a l F e a t u r e d o l l a p s e d i n i n d e t e r m i n a t e s t a t e , but s u r v i v e d . The A e r o . Dept. were the l a s t as t h e y were caught unawares by the p l a n of the raoe and had no t r a n s p o r t l a i d on t o l i e on. Two P o l i c e Cars j u s t missed them at South Ken.

The c h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r s were the f i r s t t o a r ­r i v e on C h e l s e a Bridge.were stopped and g i v e n per­m i s s i o n t o c o n t i n u e ; but l a t e r t h e i r SkyIon was b r o k e n up a g a i n s t t h e i r c a r - by a u t h o r i t y .

The ELECTRICALS won by a s h o r t s k y l o n . They t r a v e l l e d s i x i n a t w o - s e a t e r , and by a d o p t i o n of C o n t i n e n t a l D r i v i n g t e c h n i q u e , passed t h e i r r i v a l s at the b r i d g e .

Boanerges conveying the O f f i c i a l s was h e l d up at every t r a f f i c - l i g h t , and so a r r i v e d too l a t e f o r the f i n i s h . T h e r e s u l t was v e r y k i n d l y judged by the P o l i c e . They were asked t o choose between a complete but i n e r e c t a b l e S k y l o n and an incomplete but p r o p e r S k y l o n ; and w i t h g r e a t humour and r e s t r a i n t chose the l a t t e r by a m a j o r i t y d e c i s i o n .

The M e c h a n i c a l s were nobbled e a r l y by the C i v i l s , but came i n w i t h i n the f i r s t f o u r , 4 t o a m o t o r - b i k e . As the p r o c e s s i o n r e t u r n e d over C h e l s e a B r i d g e , the judges decided t h a t the a r r i v a l of the A e r o . Dept made too many, and they were broken up i n the o n l y exchange o f k i d n e y t r o u b l e . o f t h e day.

The r e t u r n march r a n i n t o the C h e l s e a F l o w e r Show, and t h e i r gates were c l o s e d w h i l e the o u t ­r i d e r s saw us t h r o u g h . There was a f i n a l Boomalak-ka a t K n i g h t s b r i d g e f o r F e s t i v a l V i s i t o r s , and the Cup was p r e s e n t e d on the C o l l e g e S t e p s . E i v e i i n o h wide t i c k e r - t a p e , saved from the MacArthur parades, was thrown from the windows, and a draught of Brown was drunk by the w i n n e r s .

F i n a l l y the brown-baggers were cl e a n e d out of t h e i r f o x - h o l e s and the i n e v i t a b l e grey f l a g s were f l o w n from IC. Union r o o f .

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GUILDS' ELECTIONS L a s t F r i d a y a v e r y crowded and l i v e l y

G u i l d s G e n e r a l M e e t i n g e l e c t e d t h e i r o f f i c e r s f o r 1951/2. I n a two s i d e d c o n t e s t Jack How­o r t h was e l e c t e d P r e s i d e n t . A g a i n s t the same opponent Derek C r o s s l e y was e l e c t e d V i c e -P r e s i d e n t ; the opposers t o C.D.Alle n f o r S e c r e t a r y withdrew; J.Rawicz was e l e c t e d C o u n c i l R e p r e s e n t a t i v e .

The meeting was f o l l o w e d by the F i e l d Cup Race.

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The t h r e e h u n d r e a s p e c t a t o r s who a t t e n d e d the f i r s t of the C o l l e g e Annual S p o r t s tobe h e l d at H a r l i n g t o n on Wednesday 23rd May, were w e l l r e ­warded by the h i g h s t a n d a r d of e v e n t s , where f o u r new r e c o r d s were s e t up.

The most s u c c e s s f u l c o m p e t i t o r o f the day was Ken Brookman (R.C.S.) who b e s i d e s s c o r i n g 25 p o i n t s broke h i s own r e c o r d by t h r o w i n g the j a v e ­l i n 163 f t . 7 i n s . A s h l e y Bean ( G u i l d s ) . B r o o k ­man' s c l o s e s t r i v a l i n a l l f i e l d e v e n t s , s c o r e d 21 p o i n t s .

The G u i l d s began the day w i t h a l e a d over the R.C.S. and M i n e s of 12 p o i n t s g a i n e d i n t h e 3 m i l e s and tug-o'-war, and t h i s s u p e r i o r i t y i n team work e n a b l e d them t o maintain t h e i r p o s i t ­i o n c o m f o r t a b l y throughout the a f t e r n o o n , the f i n a l p o i n t s b e i n g G u i l d s 1474, R.C.S. 1264, Mines 81.

D u r i n g the t e a i n t e r v a l a s t r o n g l y m a scul­i n e team of i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e j e c t s ( e v e r y man a

d i f f e r e n t l a n d ) beat the L a d i e s of England 7-5 i n a h a r d - f o u g h t n e t b a l l c o n t e s t l

The T r o p h i e s were c h a r m i n g l y p r e s e n t e d by Lady Falmouth, w i t h the P r e s i d e n t i n f o r m a l l y g u i d i n g the p r o c e e d i n g s . Speeches by P r o f . B r i s c o e , B r e s . B a r r y (Capt. ICAC.) and Derek Coomber f o l l o w e d : Thanks were e x p r e s s e d t o the Governors, the Track O f f i c i a l s and the H a r l i n g t o n ground s t a f f f o r Bak­i n g the o c c a s i o n the s u c c e s s f u l day i t was.

"Dammit. I can' t see the woods f o r the t r e e ! "

STILL ANOTHER U.L. CUP! T. C. R I F L E CLUB.

In the London I n t e r c o l l e g i a t e League the "A" team won D i v i s i o n I by one match and 42 p o i n t s a g g r e g a t e , and thus won the Engineers' Cup (a U.L. c u p ) . The "B" team won D i v i s i o n I I c o m f o r t a b l y - t h e y d i d not l o s e a match.

In the I n t e r - U n i v e r s i t y League the "A" team came second o n l y t o Aberdeen, i n D i v i s i o n I I .

LINKS CLUB MEMORIAL TROPHY AWARD

The A t h l e t i c Clubs Committee have awarded the L i n k s Club M e m o r i a l Trophy t o the Squash R a c k e t s C l u b , as the c l u b w h i c h has improved most s i n c e the l a s t s e s s i o n .

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Dear S i r , I would l i k e t o c o r r e c t a s tatement, made i n

t h e account of the I . C . M o u n t a i n e e r i n g Club D i n n e r , w h i c h appeared i n your l a s t i s s u e .

The t r a v e r s e of the U n i o n E n t r a n c e H a l l has been made b e f o r e , n o t a b l y by the I.C.R.F.C. of 1948/49. C o n d i t i o n s were s t a n d a r d i s e d f o r t h i s ,

and w h i l e they may not meet the r i g o r o u s demands o f the M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b , t h e y were f e l t t o g i v e a r e a s o n a b l e t r i a l of s k i i l f o r the team. As f a r as I can remember, the c o n d i t i o n s were:- r u b b e r s o l e d shoes, no s p i k e s , crampons, i c e - a x e s or r o p e s , and c l i m b round w i t h the sun. The n o r t h e r n door t o t h e O l d Lounge was c l o s e d , and the b r a c k e t s f o r the s t r i p l i g h t s over the n o t i c e boards were used as e x t r a hand h o l d s .

I s the M o u n t a i n e e r i n g Club i n t e r e s t e d i n a j o i n t meet by the L i o n ' s F l a n k ?

Y o urs f a i t h f u l l y , M.D.HazelJ

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S i r - May I s u g g e s t ,m amendment t o t h e n o t i c e s r e g a r d i n g our l i b r a r y s e r v i c e ? I n o r d e r t o b r i n g them i n t o l i n e w i t h the t r u e s t a t e o f a f f a i r s t h e y s h o u l d r e a d : From now on t h e l i b r a r y w i l l r e ­main c l o s e d b o t h between 1-2 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. T h i s would at l e a s t save would-be r e a d e r s From n e e d l e s s f r u s t r a t i o n .

S e r i o u s l y , however, the l i b r a r y s e r v i c e has s t e a d i l y d e t e r i o r a t e d d u r i n g t h e s e s s i o n . The l i b r a r i a n s e i t h e r s a u n t e r i n u n c o n c e r n e d l y 20 min­u t e s l a t e , o r don't t u r n up a t a l l .

I m y s e l f have r e p e a t e d l y o f f e r e d my s e r v i c e s t o t h e C h i e f L i b r a r i a n , b u t have been t o l d t h a t he has a l l t h e h e l p he r e q u i r e s . I f t h a t i s s o , why c a n ' t we have a l i b r a r y w h i c h a t l e a s t o c c a s i o n a l l ; opens at t h e a p p o i n t e d t i m e s ?

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , Anne May ( E . C S O

(We b r o u g h t M i s s May's c o m p l a i n t s t o t h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h e L i b r a r y Committee and r e c e i v e d t h e f o l '.ow­i n g r e p l y . - Ed.)

S i r - I t i s q u i t e t r u e t h a t t h e L i b r a r y was n o t open on two o c c a s i o n s r e c e n t l y because o f t h e i l l ­n e s s (unknown t o t h e r e s t o f t h e Committee) o f t h e a s s i s t a n t who s h o u l d have been on d u t y . Any i n ­c o n v e n i e n c e t h e r e b y caused to r e a d e r s i s r e g r e t t e d I can h a r d l y t h i n k , however, t h a t t h i n g s are as bad; as M i s s May s u g g e s t s , o r o t h e r people w o u l d s u r e l y have c o m p l a i n e d b e f o r e t h i s . Any h e l p f u l c r i t i c ­i s m , o r s u g g e s t i o n s f o r t h e improvement o f the L i b r a r y , w i l l o f c o u r s e be welcomed by t h e Committee.

When K i a a May o f f e r e d h e r s e r v i c e s i t so happ* ened t h a t we d i d not r e q u i r e any a d d i t i o n a l h e l p , but t h e end of the S e s s i o n b r i n g s w i t h i t t h e Comm. i t t e e ' s b i g g e s t a n n u a l headache - s t o c k t a k i n g . May I ask anyone who would be w i l l i n g t o h e l p i n t h i s work at t h e end o f J une, o r i n J u l y , t o w r i t e t o me c/o t h e U n i o n r a c k , s t a t i n g t h e d a t e s and t i m e o f day when t h e y w o u l d be a v a i l a b l e .

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , D.N.Layton.

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Club CAPTAINS and PRESIDENTS are reminded t h a t S o c i e t y and C l u b r e p o r t s and photographs f o r i n s e r t i o n i n 'Phoenix Review 1951', s h o u l d be i n the hands of the E d i t o r w i t h i n the n e x t t h r e e weeks.

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S i r - Y o u r * r e a d e r s may be i n t e r e s t e d t o h e a r t h a t an endeavour i s b e i n g made t o produce i n book form a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e c o l l e c t i o n o f p o e t r y and i m a g i n a ­t i v e p r o s e w r i t t e n b y p r e s e n t s t u d e n t s o f London U n i v e r s i t y . The e d i t i n g o f t h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s i n t h e hands o f a committee drawn from e l e v e n o f t h e c o l l e g e s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y .

Anyone who w i s h e s t o submit c o n t r i b u t i o n s may send them t o me, t h r o u g h the U n i o n r a c k , f o r on­ward t r a n s m i s s i o n , o r send them d i r e c t l y t o :

R.C.Gregory. P u b l i c a t i d n s Room, The U n i o n S o c i e t y , K i n g ' s C o l l e g e , C.2.

m a r k i n g t h e e n v e l o p e s 'U.W.' MSS s h o u l d be t y p e d , i f p o s s i b l e , on one s i d e

o f the paper o n l y . Y o urs f a i t h f u l l y , J e l b y Angus.

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3 i i - F o r many y e a r s I have wondered who was r e s ­p o n s i b l e f o r the c o n t i n u o u s r e d e c o r a t i o n i n t h e U nion. "Ovc.i A m b i t i o u s " i n d e e d . S i r , I am s u r ­p r i s e d t h a t the i n f e r e n c e s h o u l d be t h a t i t i s due t o a member o f y o u r bsJtfd.

S i r , beware! The w r i t i n g i s on t h e w a l l . Yours e t c . , S q u a t t e r .

(We dreamt we d w e l t i n marble h a l l s , But f o u n d i t was not t r u e ; We know t h e w r i t e r i s not us, And must c o n c l u d e i t ' s you. - Imp.)

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S i r - I s h o u l d l i k e t o p o i n t out t h a t i t i s i n c o r r ­e c t t o s a y t h a t t h e N i m - p l a y i n g computor i s i n v a r ­i a b l y s u c c e s s f u l . I t i s t r u e however t o say t h a t i t w i l l n o t make a m i s t a k e b u t t h e n a t u r e o f the game o f Nim may p r e c l u d e i t f r o m w i n n i n g when opp­osed by a p l a y e r who knows the " r u l e s " .

P r o v i d i n g c e r t a i n c o n d i t i o n s are f a v o u r a b l e , i . e . t h e i n i t i a l arrangement of the heaps o f matches o r i n t h i s case l i g h t s , t h e n anyone can b e a t t h e a a c h i n e p r o v i d i n g he always makes t h e c o r r e c t moves. These can be d e t e r m i n e d by a s m a l l amount o f mental a r i t h m e t i c u s i n g a b i n a r y n o t a t i o n .

Y o urs f a i t h f u l l y , A.J.g. (R.C.S.).

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A few c o p i e s of t h i s y e a r FELIX' Nos. 15,16, 17,19,30,21 & 22 are a v a i l a b l e , and can be o b t a i n ­ed from the T r e a s u r e r , FELIX, IC. U n i o n .

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FELIX has t o l d me t h a t many of you have w o r r y ­i n g p r i b l e m s , and s i n c e I am i n town f o r a few weeks, s u g g e s t e d t h a t I might be a b l e t o h e l p you. Here a r e some o f t h e many l e t t e r s r e c e i v e d .

Y o u r s v e r y s i n c e r e l y , Aunt F e l i c i t y .

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y e a r s . L a s t n i g h t she h e l d my hand. Do you t h i n k t h i s means a n y t h i n g ?

" B a s h f u l " . D ear B a s h f u l ,

U n f o r t u n a t e l y you n e g l e c t t o s a y w h e t h e r y o u r g i r l f r i e n d h e l d y o u r hand as a r o m a n t i c g e s t u r e o r as a u r e v e n t i v e measure. I f you w i l l g i v e me f u r t h e r d e t a i l s I w i l l r e p l y n e x t f o r t n i g h t .

Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y , A.F-

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Fo r the V i e w p o i n t t h i s week we have sought o p p o s i t e o p i n i o n s on the c u r r e n t c o n t r o v e r s y on the i n s t i t u t i o n of S o c i a l Club Colours.-. These independent d i s c u s s i o n s do not succeed i n r e c o n ­c i l i n g the f e e l i n g t h a t o u t s t a n d i n g e f f o r t s on b e h a l f of the C o l l e g e s h o u l d be honoured e q u a l l y i n a l l c o m p e t i t i v e a c t i v i t i e s , w i t h the o p i n i o n t h a t C o l o u r s are p o p u l a r l y r e c o g n i z e d as A t h l e t i c honours.

There are many c o m p l i c a t i n g p o i n t s ! the U n i ­v e r s i t y award c o l o u r s f o r c e r t a i n a c t i v i t i e s f a l l ­i n g w i t h i n our S o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s ; and t h e r e are t h e cases of a c t i v i t i e s b o r d e r i n g between the. ' S o c i a l 1 and ' A t h l e t i c ' - are bowls and b i l l i a r d s a t h l e t i c ; and i s chess an a c t i v i t y ?

We f e e l t h a t t h e r e are o t h e r s o l u t i o n s ; such as by the i n s t i t u t i o n of "Honours" as awards i n the S o c i a l C l u b s . A scheme such a t h i s seems des­i r a b l e i n order t o g i v e r e c o g n i t i o n and encour­agement to h i g h s t a n d a r d s i n these a c t i v i t i e s , b u t a t the same time care s h o u l d be t a k e n t o a v o i d a c l a s h w i t h the t r a d i t i o n s of e x i s t i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s .

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Once a g a i n t h e Goddess Juno B r i n g s h e r S e a s o n a l O r d e a l . U s e l e s s t o p r o t e s t t o Uno: There i s s i m p l y no a p p e a l . How, t h e n , does t h e S t u d e n t t a k e i t , P o i s i n g on the v e r y B r i n k ? L i f e , t h e y s a y , i s what you make i t So he has a n o t h e r d r i n k .

Now t h e E a s t e r vac i s f i n i s h e d S h o u l d he t h i n k on what he's t a u g h t ? S h o u l d h i s n i g h t s out be d i m i n i s h e d ? S h o u l d he spend l e s s time on s p o r t ? H e e d in g h i s P r o f e s s o r ' s s t r i c t u r e s , Spend more t i m e w i t h pen and i n k ? Fewer evenings at t h e P i c t u r e s ? I s i t l i k e l y , do you t h i n k ?

See h i s l o o k o f c o n c e n t r a t i o n P i c k i n g books up w i t h 3 f r o w n . ate h i s p a i n f u l c o n t e m p l a t i o n -H u r r i e d l y he p u t s them down. Weeks f l i t b y , the t i m e draws n e a r e r , Moments now more p r e c i o u s are ; B e e r , however, i s no d e a r e r -See him, t h e r e f o r e , i n t h e B a r .

B a t c h him now r e s t o r e h i s l i v e r On t h e T r ack at M otspur P a r k . A f t e r n o o n s upon t h e R i v e r . S t r o l l s w i t h PoBsy a f t e r d a r k . S h o u l d he read, h i s n o t e s tomorrow? Lo! The Day i s d r a w i n g n e a r . C l o s e r i s t h e t i m e o f S o r r o w , May i s o v e r , June i s h e r e .

But t h e morrow dawns so b r i g h t l y , 'Twere a s i n t o s t a y i n d o o r s . Goes he t h e n t o L o r d s - how r i g h t l y ! And t o H e l l w i t h K i r c h o f f ' s*Lawsl

S h o u l d he, i n a f i n a l f l u r r y , On t h e e v e n i n g o f the T e s t F i l l h i s b r a i n up i n a h u r r y ? B e t t e r f a r t o l e t i t r e s t . F i n a l l y , b e h o l d t h e Dawning Of t h a t u n p r o p i t i o u s Day: L i g h t l y we w i l l s k e t c h t h e m o r n i n g , K i n d l y , v e r y l i t t l e say.

I n t h e Chamber u n i n v i t i n g C e n t u r i e s of f e a r and doubt, Ten square m i l e s of f r a n t i c w r i t i n g -And, a t l a s t , he s t a g g e r s o u t .

S u n s h i n e g l i t t e r s , l i f e i a heaven. G r a t e f u l l y he l i g h t s a f a g . "What d i d you make number se v e n ? " "Number f o u r was i n t h e bag!" O p t i m i s t i c c l a i m s a r e s c a t t e r e d To and f r o among t h e bunch; F e a r f u l l e s t h i s dreams be s n a t t e r e d , Off he wanders t o h i s l u n c h .

A f t e r weeks o f weary w a i t i n g See the L i s t s upon t h e b o a r d : T h i s t h e moment a l l were h a t i n g . Which end s h a l l we s t a r t ? "Good L o r d ! " " Smith was b r i g h t e r t h a n we r e c k o n e d . " "What's-his-name has got a f i r s t ! " "So-and-so has got a second." Where's my name, b e f o r e I b u r s t ?

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New r e c o r d s are c o n s t a n t l y b e i n g made, and the sportsman of today i s f o r e v e r on h i s m e t t l e as a r e s u l t of b e t t e r and b e t t e r performances by o t h e r s . Many of us w i l l no doubt be j e a l o u s of the r e c o r d speed of 50 m i l e s per hour which has r e c e n t l y been set up by a gentleman on a hotted-up mowing machine No o t h e r d e t a i l s of t h i s a s t o n i s h i n g f e a t are a v a i ­l a b l e t o the w r i t e r and the c o n d i t i o n can o n l y be c o n j e c t u r e d . Few people can hope t o r u n at speeds i n excess of 20 m i l e s per hour, so t h a t i t seems improbable t h a t the r e c o r d b r e a k e r f o l l o w e d h i s mac h i n e on f o o t , and a l t h o u g h r o l l e r s k a t e s are a p o s s i b i l i t y i t I s more l i k e l y t h a t a r o l l e r seat ( s p e c i a l l y l i g h t e n e d f o r the o c c a s i o n ) towed a l o n g , was used. I n t h i s case the machine would have to be a l a r g i s h one, such as i s used a t H a r l i n g t o n , and i m a g i n a t i o n suggests t h a t the s p e c t a c l e must have been an a w e - i n s p i r i n g one.

We are hazy about the r u l e s of mower r a c i n g and i t would be i n t e r e s t i n g t o know whether the c u t t i n g c y l i n d e r i s r e t a i n e d , and i f so whether t h e r e are any r e g u l a t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g the l e n g t h of g r a s s t o be c u t ; f u r t h e r , supposing a mean speed i s t a k e n of two runs i n o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n s , are c o n t e s t a n t s a l l o w e d t o empty the g r a s s box b e f o r e the r e t u r n run? These, and many ot h e r f a s c i n a t i n g q u e s t i o n s w i l l no doubt occur t o every sportsman of an e n q u i ­r i n g t u r n of mind.

The f o r m a t i o n of an I.C. Mower R a c i n g C l u b , a p a r t from the a e s t h e t i c p l e a s u r e t o be d e r i v e d from the p u r s u i t , c o u l d be of g r e a t p r a c t i c a l ben­e f i t t o the Union by k e e p i n g i n order the g r a s s on the proposed b o w l i n g green. The c o r n e r s of the green c o u l d be s u i t a b l y banked t o a l l o w r e s p e c t a ­b l e speeds t o be a t t a i n e d , and the g r a s s i n the c e n t r e d e a l t w i t h by p r a c t i s i n g some form of bend­i n g r a c e s .

A f i n a l problem we l e a v e t o our r e a d e r s ; i s motor-mowing a S o c i a l or an A t h l e t i c a c t i v i t y ? F o r the q u e s t i o n of whether Club c o l o u r s a r e , or are n o t , t o be awarded i s sure t o a r i s e .

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Observant members of I.C. w i l l have n o t i c e d a s m a l l d u r k t a m e s t l o o k i n g i n d i v i d u a l h u r r y i n g from l u n c h at 1.15 t o get back to work. T h i s i s not John Ranbaut the G u i l d s P r e s i d e n t , who i s t a l l w i t h l a n k f a i r h a i r u s u a l l y d a n g l i n g over h i s l e f t eye. He a l s o eschews work whenever p o s s i b l e .

John F r a n c i s Marlande Rambaut (pronounced as In t h r o m b o s i s ) was b o r n i n K a i a y a i n 1925. H i s ayah i n f o r m s FBLIX t h a t he f i r s t opened h i s eyes i n 1927. T h i s c a p a c i t y f o r s l e e p , e s p e c i a l l y a t I.C. Union meetings i s s t i l l a l l t o o apparent. He was sent to England to be educated and a f t e r l e a v i n g Repton w i t h c r i c k e t and hockey c o l o u r s , took an e n g i n e e r i n g c a d e t s h i p at the Crambourne School of Mines'. L e a v i n g t h i s r i v a l , i f not enemy, i n s t i ­t u t i o n he became a s u r v e y i n g I n s t r u c t o r ( L i e u t . R . E ) . John was demobbed i n 1948 and then e n t e r e d the 1 s t year of the c i v i l e n g i n e e r i n g department at G u i l d s . A s u r v e y camp c l a s h e d w i t h a proposed c o n t i n e n t a l h o l i d a y so he s w i t c h e d t o me c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g . U u r i n g t h i s f i r s t y ear he wore b o t t l e green t r o u ­s e r s and k i p p e d I n a v i l e g a r r e t i n Pulham which he r e f e r r e d to as h i s C h e l s e a P l a t .

In h i s second y e a r John moved i n t o the H o s t e l s i n c e when he has p l a y e d r u g g e r f o r G u i l d s and I.C., c a p t a i n e d I.C. c r i c k e t and p l a y e d i n the U.L.X1. D e s p i t e h i s c o n s i d e r a b l e a t h l e t i c prowess he has an unassuming manner. H i s d r i n k i n g prowess a l s o i s c o n s i d e r a b l e though i n t h i s case h i s p o i s e i s some­what d i s t u r b e d by a t e r r i b l e head f o r hangovers. H i s e q u a n i m i t y was s e v e r e l y t r i e d d u r i n g G u i l d s meetings e a r l y t h i s s e s s i o n but rtthstood the shocks, and he now conducts these meetings more smoothly and competently than most Guilosmen remem­ber .

lie i s w e l l read and has good t a s t e : t h i n k s ' c u l t u r e c h a s i n g ' as p o i n t l e s s as the c o l l e g e food i s t a s t e l e s s . I n t e r e s t e d i n therma l s t r e s s e s , he hopes to get a job somewhere i n the South b u t w i l l p r o b a b l y s t a y on u n t i l he f i n a l l y f i l l s t h a t l i t t l e book w i t h 'phone numbers. He w i l l almost c e r t a i n ­l y go a Ion.; way, though pro b a b l y not i n t h a t l i t t l e r e d c a r . FELIX wishes him a good r o a d .

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I n t h a n k i n g Dr. D i n g w a l l f o r h i s l u c i d a c c ­ount o f o u r p r e s e n t knowledge o f th e p s y c h i c w o r l d , t h e R e c t o r s t r e s s e d t he d i f f i c u l t y o f t e s t i n g such s u b j e c t i v e phenomena s c i e n t i f i c a l l y j b u t he con­s i d e r e d t h a t i n t h i s f i e l d l a y the p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c o v e r i e s so fundamental and f a r - r e a c h i n g as t o m e r i t our s e r i o u s a t t e n t i o n . I t was, as he put i t , *a t h o r o u g h l y r e s p e c t a b l e s u b j e c t t o i n v e s t i ­g a t e " .

And sx> ended a m<sst e n j o y a b l e weekend spent i n t h e t r a n q u i l atmosphere o f t h e c o u n t r y s i d e . F o r g o t t e n were t h e e v e r y d a y w o r r i e s o f imminent e x a m i n a t i o n s , and as y e t u n w r i t t e n t h e s e s - spooks r e i g n e d supreme.

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REDUCED HOLIDAYS a r e a l s o o f f e r e d f o r September i n t h e h e a r t o f t h e Swiss Mountains - 15 days f o r £24. 15s., a l l - i n c l u s i v e o f g u i d e s , e t c . Some examples o f summer t o u r s : WALKING Germany £24, CYCLING Denmark & Sweden £21, CLIMBING A u s t r i a £26.

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A t the l a s t m e e t i n g of the S.C.C. the r e p r e s e n t ­a t i v e of the Chess Club proposed t h a t U n i o n C o u n c i l he s t r o n g l y recommended t o p e r m i t the C a p t a i n of the Chess Club t o award c o l o u r s t o d e s e r v i n g members of h i s team. The motion, a f t e r c o n s i d e r a b l e d i s c u s s ­i o n , was c a r r i e d nem.con.

I f a p e r s o n i s awarded c o l o u r s a t any U n i v e r s i t y or C o l l e g e he must:

1. Be p l a y i n g r e g u l a r l y f o r a team p l a y i n g com­p e t i t i v e games.

2. P o s s e s s n o t i c e a b l e s k i l l and a b i l i t y i n t h a t game.

The f a c t t h a t London U n i v e r s i t y P u r p l e s a r e awarded f o r prowess a t Chess, and t h a t O x f o r d and Cambridge Chess p l a y e r s a r e awarded h a l f - b l u e s demonstrates t h a t the games need not be ' A t h l e t i c i n n a t u r e .

The S e c r e t a r y of the A.C.C. p r e s e n t a t the S.C.C. meetin g as an o b s e r v e r e x p r e s s e d the view t h a t C o l o ­u r s were the s o l e p r e r o g a t i v e o f the A.C.C. and t h a t a l t h o u g h members of the Chess Club deserved some s o r t of r e c o g n i t i o n , i t s h o u l d be i n the form o f a " M e r i t Award" a v a i l a b l e t o S o c i a l C l u b s gene­r a l l y . T h i s s o l u t i o n of the 'problem' i s imprac­t i c a b l e : t h e r e are o n l y two c l u b s on the S.C.C. whose members c o u l d q u a l i f y f o r c o l o u r s ( o r whatever e l s e they be c a l l e d ) the B r i d g e and Chess C l u b s ; s u r e l y i t i s not suggested t h a t a s p e c i a l B l a z e r and T i e be p r o v i d e d f o r o n l y two c l u b s .

L o g i c a l l y , members of the I.C. Chess Team s h o u l d be e l i g i b l e f o r C o l o u r s . The team t h i s y e a r was top of the U n i v e r s i t y Chess League and won a l l i t s games, q u a l i f y i n g under s e c t i o n ( I ) above. Three members of the team were awarded U n i v e r s i t y P u r p l e s , and s i x o t h e r members have p l a y e d f o r the U n i v e r ­s i t y — s u f f i c i e n t e vidence t h a t t h e y p o s s e s s the n e c e s s a r y a b i l i t y .

Should U n i o n C o u n c i l d e c i d e t o p e r m i t the Chess C a p t a i n t o award c o l o u r s , the awards would have t o be s u b j e c t t o a p p r o v a l , and s i n c e the A.C.C. have a Sub-Commitee t o approve A.C.C. c o l o u r s the simp­l e s t p r o c e d u r e would be f o r them t o approve the Chess c o l o u r s as w e l l .

1. The R u s s i a n p l a y e r N imzowitsc h once broke h i s l e g p l a y i n g chess, but l e s t t h i s p r e j u d i c e any U n i o n O f f i c e r s a g a i n s t the Chess Club I h a s t e n t o add t h a t i t o ccured b e f o r e 1917.

2. Should c l u b s l i k e the S k i Club p a r t i c i p a t e i n matches they would q u a l i f y as A t h l e t i c C l u b s .

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The s p l i t o f t h e Union C l u b s Committee i n t o S o c i a l and A t h l e t i c C l u b s t o o k p l a c e i n 19*5, and was f i r s t p r o posed i n o r d e r t h a t t h e r e s h o u l d be two Committees, one of w h i c h c o u l d award C o l o u r s and one o f w h i c h c o u l d n o t . T h i s l e d t o t h e f o r m ­a t i o n of two Committees, but t h e i r c o m p o s i t i o n was not agreed u n t i l t h e d e f i n i t i o n was l a i d down : "That an A t h l e t i c C l u b i s one w h i c h p a r t i c i p a t e s i n c o m p e t i t i v e s p o r t i n v o l v i n g p h y s i c a l e x e r t i o n " . On t h i s b a s i s i t i s d i f f i c u l t t o see how any o f t h e p r e s e n t S o c i a l C l u b s can q u a l i f y f o r t h e C o l ­ours" now awarded by t h i s C o l l e g e .

C o l o u r s are u n i v e r s a l l y a c c e p t e d as a r e c o g ­n i t i o n o f a t h l e t i c prowess, n o t , as i s c i t e d i n t h e c l a i m o f c e r t a i n O l u b s , as a mark o f prowess i n c o m p e t i t i o n . A t h l e t i c , not c o m p e t i t i v e . q u a l ­i f i e s t he s t a t u s o f a C o l o u r . These C l u b s c i t e as one o f t h e i r c l a i m s , t h e p r e c e d e n t o f o l d e r i n ­s t i t u t i o n s such as O x f o r d and Cambridge who award H a l f E l u e s i n c e r t a i n games o f d o u b t f u l a t h l e t i c s t a n d i n g , and o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f London who awards F u l l P u r p l e s , i n some s i m i l a r c a s e s , w i t h ­out t h e r i g h t t o wear t h e b l a z e r .

C o n c e r n i n g t h e award o f t h e £iue, t h e r e seems t o be some c l a i m i n view of i t , b ut i t must be r e ­membered t h a t t h e I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e C o l o u r cannot be compaeed i n s t a t u s w i t h t h e B l u e , now i n a l l f a i t h so u n i v e r s a l l y a c c e p t e d t h a t were i t awarded f o r t i d d l e y - w i n k s i t would have p r e s t i g e v a l u e . Nor s h o u l d t h e B l u e be c o n f u s e d w i t h o u r C o l o u r i n t h a t the mechanism o f theaward i s , i n g e n e r a l , d i f f -e r e n t .

T u r n i n g t o the c o u r s e w h i c h London has a d o p t e d , t h e r e a g a i n t h e r e i s some anomaly, f o r i n the O b j ­e c t s o f i t s C o l o u r s C o n s t i t u t i o n , i t i s c a t e g o r i c ­a l l y s t a t e d t h a t t h e P u r p l e award s h a l l be m a i n t ­a i n e d a t s u c h a l e v e l t h a t i t d e n o t e s a h i g h s t a n ­d a r d o f a t h l e t i c prowess, y e t i n c l u d e d i n i t s l i s t o f s p o r t s f o r w h i c h C o l o u r s can be awarded i s c h e s s , a game, and c e r t a i n l y n o n - a t h l e t i c . T h i s award i s , however, m o d i f i e d b y t h e r i g h t t o wear a t i e o n l y .

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SAT. 9th JUNE - I.C. A t h l e t i c C l u b match v. St. Luke's C o l l e g e and B a t t e r s e a P o l y - at home. F o r t h e s e home matches the I.C.A.C, would w e l ­come any o f f e r s o f h e l p from the v e r y a b l e o f f ­i c i a l s who backed them up on S p o r t s Day o r any­one ffilse s u f f i c i e n t l y i n t e r e s t e d i n a t h l e t i c s t o devote one o r b o t h a f t e r n o o n s t o j u d g i n g o r o f f i c i a t i n g .

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9 t h &. l o t h JUNE - Touchstone weekend. The s u b j e c t w i l l be "The B r i t i s h and A m e r i c a n Approaches t o E d u c a t i o n " . The d i s c u s s i o n w i l l be l e d by P r o f . J.H.Keenan S.B. P r o f e s s o r o f M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r ­i n g a t M.I.T. I t w i l l a l s o i n c l u d e c o n t r i b u t i o n s from members of I . C who have v i s i t e d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s and f r o m American s t u d e n t s at p r e s e n t i n t h e C o l l e g e .

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D a s h i n g t h r o u g h p o u r i n g r a i n we a r r i v e d i n the R e p e r t o r y Theatre where we saw a w e l l a c t e d p e r f o r m ­ance of "The L a t e C h r i s t o p h e r Bean" by Emlyn W i l l i a m s . F o l l o w i n g the show we had an e x c e l l e n t d i n n e r a t the Coach and^Horses i n H i g h Wycombe w i t h r o a s t t u r k e y as the p i e c e de r e s i s t a n c e .

We t h e n a d j o u r n e d t o Marlow where the f o r t y - o d d members ot our p a r t y d i s p e r s e d t h e m s e l v e s among the v a r i o u s h o s t e l r i e s .

L e a v i n g Marlow a f t e r c l o s i n g time the coaches headed f o r home, p a r t i n g company a t Hounslow and f o l l o w i n g s e p a r a t e r o u t e s i n o r d e r t o drop people by the w a y s i d e . The coach due t o go d i r e c t from Richmond t o Putney managed t o i n c l u d e K i n g s t o n i n i t s r o u t e , and a f t e r v i s i t i n g E a r l s Court t w i c e a r r i v e d back h a l f - a n - h o u r a f t e r the o t h e r coach.

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R.C.S. w e l l f o r t i f i e d by Btookman's 25 p t s . and George's,hard r u n 11 p o i n t s n e v e r l o s t h e a r t w h i l e the M i n e s , i n s p i t e of B a r r i e ' s 11 p t s . and W h i t l o c k ' s 3 t r o p h i e s n e v e r managed t o com­bi n e t h e i r e f f o r t s t o g a i n t he much needed p t s .

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A t Motspur P a r k , d u r i n g t h e week e n d i n g 1 9 t h May. f i f t e e n o f o u r a t h l e t e s were f i g h t i n g h a r d t o beat K i n g ' s i n the TJ.L. Championship. I.C. had a monopoly of t h e Chamoionship f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s (1945-4-9 i n c l u s i v e ) b ut l o s t t o King's i n 1950 by 96 p o i n t s t o 61 p o i n t s . O n l y once, i n t h a t g l o r ­i o u s y e a r 1948, has I.C.A.C. s c o r e d more p o i n t s t h a n i t d i d t h i s y e a r and we s e r e r a t h e r u n l u c k y i n l o s ­i n g ( a g a i n t o K i n g ' s ! ) by 99 p o i n t s t o 95,'trough t h e r e s u l t was i n doubt u n t i l t h e l a s t e v e n t .

I t i s h a r d t o s i n g i e out any i n d i v i d u a l a t h ­l e t e , and i t w ould n o t be f a i r t o do so as we com-oe t c d as a team, b u t Ted W h i t l o c k ' s 3 m i l e r e c o r d was such a p i e c e o f i n s p i r e d r u n n i n g t h a t i t des­e r v e s t he h i g h e s t p r a i s e . Ted knocked seconds o f f t h e 14 y e a r o l d U n i v e r s i t y r e c o r d , and h i t h i s b e s t form. C y r i l Kay r a n a v e r y g a l l a n t m i l e r a c e and, though he was second, h i s t i m e e s t a b l i s h e d a new I.C. r e c o r d . Ken Brookman came i n t o f o r m i n the f i e l d e v e n t s , and s c o r e d many needed p o i n t s , b u t K i n g ' s was always v e r y t h r e a t e n i n g .

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Empire Day was o b s e r v e d by a c r i c k e t match i n w h i c h D a i N i c h o l a s ' Anglo-'.',elsh V I I I p l a y e d a Domin­i o n s and U n i t e d S t a t e s XI m i s g u i d e d b y Ken Bock. Sent i n t o b a t t h e t e r r i b l e e i g h t began s l o w l y , K e n George h i t t i n g a d r e a r y 33 i n 19 m i n u t e s . Weale r e ­t a i n e d h i s p l a c e a t the c r e a s e a f t e r t h e f i r s t b a l l b y a v e r b a l q u i b b l e w o r t h y o f Dr. Grace h i m s e l f , b u t soon d i s g u s t e d t h e v a s t c o n c o u r s e by a s e r i e s o f s t r o k e s a l l round t h e w i c k e t , a n d s c o r e d 36. I t was good t o see him nurse a l o n g H i t c h i n (19) and Wardle (24) t o s a t i s f a c t o r y s c o r e s .

S e t t o g e t 154 t h e R e s t o f t h e W o r l d q u i c k l y l o s t f o u r w i c k e t s t o t h e s u p e r b l y h o s t i l e b o w l i n g o f W<xrdle and Weale. Bob T u r t l e (55, i n c l u d i n g 10 f o u r s ) and P i e r s E b s w o r t h i n d u l g e d i n a b i g s t a n d b ut b o t h f e l l i n an o v e r by Weale f o r w h i c h no words a r e adequate. A n d e r s o n ( M i c h i g a n Red Sox) and M a c M i l l a n ( S c h e n e c t a d y T i g e r s ) were r e l a t i v e l y u n s u c c e s s f u l , b u t hopes were s u s t a i n e d by t h e atomic b a t t i n g o f 'Bronx' K a r p o v i t c h (14) and t h e r u s t i c a n t i c s o f Coleman (34 not o u t ) . The i n n i n g s c l o s e d at 144 b u t , as t h e a c t u a r i e s c o u l d n o t agree on t h e bonus due t o t h e Re s t f o r h a v i n g s u p p l i e d t h e sub who caught out t h e i r own h i g h e s t s c o r e r , t h e r e s u l t was h e l d t o be somewhat i n d e t e r m i n a t e . N e i t h e r cap­t a i n d i s t i n g u i s h e d h i m s e l f .

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At Eook: I.C. 126 - Hook and Kewnham. 96.

A 30uad o p e n i n g by C l a p p (17) and Weale (18) was c o n s o l i d a t e d by O l d l a n d (49) and W a t e r l a n d ( 2 4 ) . The r e m a i n i n g batsmen d i d l i t t l e ; b u t s t e a d y b o w l ­i n g and some r e a l l y good f i e l d i n g were t o o much f o r Hook on « d e t e r i o r a t i n g w i c k e t . A u l t t o o k 5-36, Rey n o l d s 3-24, and W i l s o n 2-22.

At Wembley: 1.6. 122 - Wembley 98.

F o r I.C. t he b e s t batsmen were J.Weale ( 3 6 ) , H i t c h i n ( 2 2 ) , K i p p l e w h i t e (21) and B e n n e t t , who a c q u i r e d 23 i n a p p r o x i m a t e l y f i v e m i n u t e s . R o s s e r t o o k 4-9, Be n n e t t 3-25 and A u l t 3-4-0.

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On the 21at of May, a t about 1.15 pm. , the t e n n i s c o u r t s appeared even more t r a n q u i l than u s u a l . T h i s was suddenly r u i n e d by the e n t r y of the S c r u f f s - c h a l l e n g e r s i n the an n u a l match -c l a d i n bean s a c k s , p a n t a l o o n s and the k i t c h e n s i n k . Wigs by Hawarth. The scene was enhanced by the ent r a n c e of the F l u f f s , t r e s . . . i n p i n k t u l l e , and w i t h a r i c h p a t i n a c o v e r i n g t h e i r u s u a l suntftn. F o l l o w e d a s l i g h t d a l l i a n c e w i t h cameras and c o r s a g e s , and t h e n . . .

Miss Harlow shot o f f f o r the F l u f f s , w i t h a p r o l a t e s p h e r o i d , whereupon v i c i o u s b a t t l e was r a p i d l y mounted. W i t h i n a minute, Howarth had l e a n t over the n e t , and dropped the b a l l i n , t o the c heers of the a u d i e n c e , and the r a s p i n g of the r a t t l e c o n c e a l e d i n B i l l ' a z e l l ' s d e c o l l e t e . More g o a l s were s c o r e d i n l i k e f a s h i o n , and then the F l u f f s r a l l i e d , and by s u p e r i o r p a s s i n g , managed t o s t a y the r o u t .

At h a l f t i m e , I t was f e l t t h a t a p r o j e c t i l e of more s p h e r i c a l p r o p o r t i o n s would be a n o v e l t y , and as a r e s u l t of t h i s , b o t h s i d e s c o n t i n u e d t o score w i t h amazing d i s r e g a r d f o r the f i n e r p o i n t s of the game, u n t i l the f i n a l w h i s t l e brought an end to t h i s t r a v e s t y of the f u t u r e B o w l i n g Green.

Over £6 was c o l l e c t e d d u r i n g the match, f o r the T.B. Ap p e a l .

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T h i s i m p o r t a n t match on S a t u r d a y May 1 9 t h f o u n d t h e I.C. 1 s t team s h o r t of two r e g u l a r p l a y e r s ^ p e n c e -B a t e s t i l l s u f f e r i n g f r o m a s p r a i n e d a n k l e and t h e c a p t a i n , who had been i n c o n s i d e r a t e enough t o c a t c h a heavy c o l d . Thus two r e g u l a r p a i r s were b r o k e n . F o r t u n a t e l y a r e s e r v e p a i r (Grossman and Watson) had been s u c c e s s f u l l y b l o o d e d t h e week b e f o r e , and they were b r o u g h t i n as 3 r d s t r i n g . F o r b e s and MacDonald became 1 s t s t r i n g and the remnants of t h e o l d 1 s t and 3 r d p a i r ( W r i g h t and Ward) became 2nd s t r i n g .

The f i r s t matches on c o u r t were t h e r e s p e c t i v e 1 s t and 3 r d p a i r s , and a f t e r games o f f l u c t u a t i n g f o r t u n e our 1 s t p a i r l o s t and the 3 r d p a i r won b y narro w ma r g i n s . 'While t h e r e s t had t e a t he second p a i r s f o u g h t i t o u t , t h e I.C. p a i r l o s i n g i n 3 s e t s , and so t h e end o f t h e 1 s t round f o u n d U.C. 2-1 up. Then came t h e b i g s u r p r i s e o f t h e a f t e r n o o n : o a r 3 r d p a i r , a f t e r b e i n g overwhelmed i n t h e f i r s t s e t , f o u g h t back t e n a c i o u s l y a g a i n s t t h e U.C. f i r s t s t r i n g , w h i c h c o n s i s t e d o f 2 U n i v e r s i t y p l a y e r s , and brought o f f a t h r i l l i n g v i c t o r y . Meanwhile oua? own 1 s t p a i r had had t o s t r u g g l e h a r d t o d e f e a t a game U.C. 3 r d p a i r . Our opponents drew l e v e l when t h e i r 2nd p a i r b e a t o u r g a l l a n t 3 r d s t r i n g . D i s a p p o i n t m e n t f o l l ­owed when W r i g h t and Ward l o s t r a t h e r easi.lv t o t h e o p p o s i t i o n ' s b y now v e r y t i r e d I s t p a i r , b u t s u c c e s s ­f u l l y a c c o u n t e d f o r t h e U.C, 3 r d p a i r . And so e i g h t o ' c l o c k came w i t h t h e score a t * a l l and the l i g h t be­g i n n i n g t o f a d e . C o u l d one o r o t h e r of the opp o s i n g p a i r s i n t h e d e c i d i n g r u b b e r ( F o r b e s and McDonald f o r I.C. and Simpson and Gronow f o r U.C.) d i s p o s e of the o p p o s i t i o n q u i c k l y b e f o r e d a r k n e s s f e l l ? The answer was a most emphatic no. Three q u a r t e r s o f an hour l a t e r f o u n d them s t i l l p l a y i n g t h e f i r s t s e t , s c o r e 6 a l l , w i t h no hope o f a q u i c k f i n i s h .

By m u t u a l c o n s e n t , i t was agreed t o r e s t a r t t h e u n d e c i d e d match on t h e f o l l o w i n g Monday e v e n i n g , and a good crowd of I.C. s u p p o r t e r s watched a n x i o u s l y ' as t h e U.C. p a i r s t a r t e d o f f v e r y c o n f i d e n t l y p l a y ­i n g sound t e n n i s . The I.C. p a i r , however, were not d i s t u r b e d , and t h e games went e v e n l y t o 3 a l l - At t h i s p o i n t F o r b e s and McDonald t o o k complete charge and i n t h e f a c e of t h e i r c o n s i s t e n c y t he o p p o s i t i o n c r a c k e d . P l a y i n g v e r y s t r o n g l y i n d e e d , o u r p l a y e r s won 6-3, 6-1. t o t a k e us i n t o t he S e m i - F i n a l by 5 r u b b e r s t o 4.

At H a r l i n g t o n : C C S . O l d Boys 120 - I.C. 121-8.

T h i s gameproduced an e l i c i t i n g f i n i s h and was event­u a l l y won b y a s i n g l e o f f t h e t h e l a s t b a l l o f t h e day. I.C., f o r whom R e y n o l d s t o o k 4 - 3 5 , a l l o w e d t h e o p p o s i t i o n ' s n i n t h w i c k e t t o put on o v e r 50. An o v e r - s l o w s t a r t t o the b a t t i n g was f o l l o w e d by a scramble f o r r u n s a g a i n s t t h e c l o c k , i n wh i c h w i c k e t s were t h r o w n away. Old l a n d made 33,Water-l a n d 23 n o t o u t , and Rambaut h i t a r a p i d and i n v a l ­u a b l e 21.

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