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...made some brilliant runs in a broken field. Butler, who has been out of the game for some time with an injured hand, is the best halfback in the squad, and is a reliable punter. He will do all the kicking this year. Other candidates for halfback are Snook, a brilliant rusher, Townsend, who also plays end, Bennett, the end and tackle, Weede and Dale. Townsend played a brilliant game at end on the scrub team last year, and will probably play this year either at half or end. Davidson, end last year, is playing fullback. He is good...
Myers tells some interesting stories about the semi-professional actions of certain prominent English amateurs (?). The very idea of the Moseley Harriers or any other Harriers suggesting a protest against our champion is absurd, when the doings of George and Snook are taken into consideration. We may, at an early cate, take advantage of the opportunity to air our knowledge of facts on this subject.-[Sportsman...
...George, the English amateur champion runner, has again been distinguishing himself, and has once more defeated his plucky little rival Snook, this time over a ten mile course. The contest was the Birchfield annual ten mile race at Aston, on Monday Dec. 24, and George won in the splendid time of 53 minutes 15 seconds, Snook being second, 1,250 yards...
...English sporting paper The Referee gives the following account of the first of the three important races between W. G. George and Wm. Snook, both of the Moseley Harriers, recently run at Lillie Bridge, London, England...
...George went off with the lead, Snook rushing to the front before they had got half-way round the first lap. A couple of yards divided them as they ran into the straight, when George spurted and again got the lead, this being the order until the finish, something like three and four yards separating the pair. As they neared the straight for the last time, however, George had increased the lead to five yards, and, although Snook struggled gamely, and at one time managed to get within a yard or so of the leader, George immediately went away again...