A COUPLE OF GOOD SPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 226, 24 September 1927, Page 29

A COUPLE OF GOOD SPORTS.

INTERNATIONAL FEELING. "International sport," said he, "is a great thing to promote understanding between nations." "Indeed it is," said I. "A great thing." "Look at golf," said he. "Bobby Jones is our ambassador," said I. "And he generally wins," said he. "He's a wonderful ambassador," said "You bet he is," said he. "And the Olympic track team-—they're wonderful ambassadors, too." "They are," said L "And they win." "And polo," said he. "We've got some fine .diplomats on horseback there." "And they win," said I. "You said it," said he. "But how about tennis?" 3aid I. **I hear the French have got the beet players in the world at the game." "Have they?" said he. "Well, they can't lick our boys. No Frenchman ever could." "They did," said L "Did they?" said he. "Well, they must have been lucky." "Maybe," said I. "But their good players, those French." ■ "Is that so?" said he. "Well, maybe they won't look so good when they play over here." "Maybe they won't," said I. "Our boys will lick the stuffings out of them," said he. "The dirty foreigners." "I hope so," said I. "Wβ don't want no foreigners winning our championskips." "No, sir!" said he. "Because sport can do such a lot to promote international understanding."—F. P. Dunne, jun., in American "Life."