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Nominated. Samuel H. Collom, President of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, is a member of the Germantown Cricket Club, where William Tatem Tilden II learned to play tennis. Because he has known Tilden for a long time, people guessed it was President Collom who got Tilden declared an amateur again in time for the last Davis Cup matches. If Tilden needs help again this year, Mr. Collom will not be there. Last week the elections committee of the U. S. L. T. A. nominated Louis B. Dailey, Manhattan realtor, as its next president. He has been serving as vice president. Tall, iron-grey-haired, Mr. Dailey has served ably on many a tennis committee. He has a genial yet judicious fashion of speech, and just the mind for a committeeman, respectful of the subject in hand, scrupulous in detail. His office is in the Equitable Building, Manhattan. He has a son who plays good tennis.

Downhill. Last year the New York State Legislature passed an act authorizing the construction of a bobsled run on Sentinel Range near Lake Placid for the winter Olympic games to be held there in 1932. Last week the Court of the Appellate Division decided the act was unconstitutional. Said the court: sliding down a hillside is one act--nothing unconstitutional in that; but chopping down the state's trees to make the slide is not right. Some 2,600 trees would have to be chopped down to clear the hill. Attorney-General Hamilton Ward, in sympathy with bobsledding, said he would take the case to the court of appeals.

Ruth. He made 154 runs in 135 games. He struck out 60 times. He walked 72 times. He received last week in St. Petersburg, a contract offering him $75,000 for two years and ignoring his demand for $85,000 for three years. Said Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees: ". . . I have gone beyond the limit. . . . In ten years Ruth has made more out of the Yankees than I have. . . . When I go over our annual financial sheets I feel as though I ought to have my head examined."

Beezer. In a steeplechase at Haydock Park, England, only two horses went to the post--Sardonyx and The Beezer. The boy up on Sardonyx fell early in the race. He scrambled up, caught the reins, remounted, dashed after The Beezer, caught him at the last jump. Now The Beezer was down, his saddle empty, the boy stunned on the turf; now The Beezer was up. Out of the crowd a girl ducked under the rail, caught him, rode him past the stands. In the enclosure she, Jean Sanday, daughter of The Beezer's trainer, proved that she made the weight--168 lb. She claimed $15 for being second. The judges consulted an old rule: "Any person of sufficient weight may catch a loose horse and ride him in an attempt to win . . . provided he be qualified according to the conditions of the race."

At Poughkeepsie. For many years the crews lining up for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships at Poughkeepsie have listened to a voice that asked tensely through a megaphone "Are you ready all?" And then bellowed "Row!" This year, between the two familiar phrases, the voice will give a new order "Cast off." So the I. R. A. Board of Stewards decided last week. The bow man of every boat will handle a rope attached to an anchored skiff and meant to keep his shell properly pointed in its lane. Two years ago so many crews showed up late at the mark and there were so many false starts that by the time the varsities were sent away it was nearly dark and a storm had come up filling the boats with water. Remembering this the stewards passed further rules: 1) "Any crew which is not at the starting line . . . at the time designated . . . shall be disqualified." 2) "No recall of any start will be made except for actual breakage of equipment. . . ."

World's Record. 452 runs, not out, in one inning, by Donald Bradman, cricketer for New South Wales, against Queensland, at Sidney, Australia.

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