Athletics and Football (extract)

TRAINING 1 8 1 to come on again as soon as he is properly dressed, so we are little likely to be troubled with sleeveless jerseys in the future. As regards the athlete's dress, it is very curious nototice the difference of custom in andout of the Universities. In London tahnedprovinces the diff rent competitors appear in different colours knoifckerbocker and jersey, and, ainddition, many clubs haaveclub-badgeor emblem which each runnoefr that clusbports uphoins jersey.The result is that baig handi­ cap shows a pretty variety of different hues. At Oxford or Cambridge every runner appears in virginal white, save the selected few who have represented their University at Lillie Bridge, and are therefore privileged to weartheir white knicker­ bockers and jerseys trimmed with the blue ribbon of their club.

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