The newcomers to the Marine side all fared well and gave promise of doing well at the handling code provided they can forget their American football tactics. Ball, Deloof and Keough performed well among the pack and were as good as their more seasoned confrères. Lavier substituted for Blondin and made a good job of his work while there was little wrong with the threes save that they were invariably not travelling at speed when placed in possession.
Brown dropped two goals in quick succession to put the Combined team eight behind before the game had been in progress fifteen minutes. while Nicolai increased the total by running through alone a little before the interval ror a clever unconverted try.
The second half was a little more even with the Combined side's pack putting in some splendid work bu the Marines deservedly added two more unconverted tries before the finish to win a sportingly played contest by seventeen points to nil boastful.
Pat took everything in his stride. "TU smash that record today," he corolled to Pressmen when half-way through the American National Marathon championship race last month. His hearers smiled—this particular record had stood a long time, and was a hard nut to crack—but not one of them dreamed of disbelieving Pat when he said he would clip it. If Dengis said a thing, he invariably knew he had it in his power to bear out his statement, and this particular esse showed the amazing capabilities of the tough Welshman. He broke the record by nearly five minutes in winning the - championship for the third consecutive year!
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