any man."--_Daily Paper._

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"PASSIVE PESSIMISM.

BERLIN'S ATTITUDE TO THE SPAR CONDITIONS."

_Sunday Paper._

But, after all, Berlin does not seem to have taken them lying down.

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"At the start he made most of his runs by clever strokes on the
leg side, but, once settled down, he drove with fin power."
_Sunday Paper._

Cricketers need to be amphibious in these days.

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SONGS OF AN OVALITE.

There was a young man who said, "Hobbs
Should never be tempted with lobs;
He would knock them about
Till the bowlers gave out
And watered the pitch with their sobs."