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associated with Mr Cuthbert Wilkinson on the Racing 

 World. Warren was the first " Spearmint " of the Weekly 

 Dispatch, but was succeeded by the sporting editor of 

 the Evening News. Mr J. M. Dick — Johnny Dick — 

 is a great authority on Association football, and was 

 a player of skill himself in his day. He has made 

 a real good position for himself by sheer ability, 

 and keeping up to date with modern newspaper 

 methods. 



A brother of Charles Warren is now the sporting 

 editor of the Daily Express, a chair I filled for many 

 years in addition to being responsible for " The Scout." 

 There were regrets on my part on resigning voluntarily, 

 still it must be confessed that the duties were very 

 onerous. At this point I may say that the number 

 of invitations for dinner I had to decline were caused 

 by the lack of knowledge of what awaited me on the 

 return from a meeting near London. At Newmarket, 

 Doncaster, Liverpool or Chester, for example, the 

 editorial part of the sporting pages was left to a good 

 fellow, my assistant, Walter Magson, who is the only 

 original member at present of the editorial staff of 

 the Express. But coming back from Ascot or Epsom 

 there had to be the run through of what sporting news 

 could be presented, the working up of a feature, then 

 the writing of the racing article ; subsequently there 

 would be the reading of the proofs, for the responsi- 

 bility of good taste, libel, and everything which 

 appeared on the pages allotted to my department 

 rested on me. 



Then Sundays were a bit of a nightmare. During 

 the winter at one time there was an idea of presenting 

 football dressed in a different way in the Express for 

 the west of England, the Midlands, the north and for 

 London. The " lino." went on at two o'clock (for the 



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