Scotland was well represented at! the meeting of the Medical Advisory Board of the British Missionary, Conference when the subject of! handing over hospitals to native churches and the standard of training of nurses were the chief matters considered. Dr. James L. Maxwell, son of Dr. J. L. Maxwell, of] Edinburgh, the pioneer missionary to Formosa, speaking as general secretary of the China Medicial Mis-, sionary Association, advocated the delegating of responsibility for mission hospitals to native churches fs soon as the latter could support them, Today 75 per cent. of its members were Chinese, and it was these who insisted on the high standards some criticized. Dr. A. Cowan, of the U. F. Manchuria Mission affirmed that male nurses Tass Golf Ball The definition, by the despairing bowie, of golf "a game in which fico a-hole," with instruments 5 dall'ie strack froma. spa
singularly ill-adapted for the pur-pore" was prompted no doubt by ignorance. It is nevertheless disheartening for those who eagerly experimented with balls which were guaranteed to add 10 yards to the drive to hear that they are threatened with the introduction of one which will take six yards off. "Quid-quia "Aetirant renee pleetuntur Achivi" is good philosophy in' golf fas in the world—the duffers have to pay for the misguided brilliance of the scratch men, For although' a change in the ball can have little real effect on a feeble player's shots, the psychological results of such an alteration must be depressing, and there are some of us to whom vix yards represents no ineonsiderale part of our usual distance, The Week's Results The principal Glasgow Rugh; clubs were on the Borders, and a points lly as_was expected. though they won they did' not in:
At Galashiels the Glasgow Acadeleals who won by 11 to 0, were faced by a great side, the home defence being fall of running. Glasgow High School did not impress in the first half at Jedforest, and it was Tate in the game before they ted scoring and put on 17 points to 0, Hawick showed 19 well "when visiting Heriotonians, und come off best of all the throe Border teams. Indeed they just missed the honours, the points against them being @ to 8. In a forward contest Edinburgh Tnstitution defeated Royal High Schoo!
Some surprises brighten the Scottish League, Celtic walk to the top, with St. Mirren and Motherwell ut their "heels; Hearts~ has rally which hoists them igh ax Rangers, who, with the Airdrieonians, are making a disap-Pointing appearance. Clydebank are li anchored at the bottom, but St with Dundee dangerously near to them.
There was no disputing which was the better team at Parkhead; victory went rightly to Celtic, but to their task, The Bairns lacked the subtlety of the Celts, although they went into the game—with vigour and snap. The Airdrie men's tactics failed against. Motherwell, who played some telling forward football and did not stand on cere-many. They made a spirited finish, but lost by 2 to 1. Dundee United, after their recent spurt, disappointed deservedly went Mirren by 2 to 0. Hearts put up a capital game against Rangers, and romped in with: 3 to 0 to their credit, In fact the of ai were much faster and' cleverer, 4 reflex of the play.
Two Glasgow Cup semi-finals ended in draws—Celtic and Rangers, Queen's Park and Clyde, Golf At Troon, New Club, St. Andrews, have again' won the Scottish Foursomes Tournament. It was only after a desperate battle in the final against two youths, who represented Ayr St, Andrews, that they succeeded in' inscribing their name on the trophy for the second year in succession, and the third time in four years. The Ayr lads have come out of the tournament with great credit, foF Lowdon is not yet 19 and Foggo is also a youthful golfer. Both learned the game on the Burgh Course at Ayr.
This foursome tournament was an interesting study, The majority of golfers generally prefer to operate with their own ball. One sees often a rather contemptuous attitude to the foursome, which, it is said, has not enough in it, and is really the old man's game, 'A foursome tournament shows how superficial and short-si flited that view is. As a training ground, the foursome ought to te more than it is, the young man's game. Its discipline is its chief value. Tt discovers a man's Qualities, and it. tests his tempera-the best possible way. The
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