BADMINTON

the development of this game in great britain since rg1o is evidenced by the increase in the num- ber of clubs affiliated with its central organisation, the badmin- ton association. in 1910 only 302 clubs were so afiiliated, in- cluding scottish clubs, while at the end of 1925 the number totalled 615 in england alone. a further total of 254 clubs be- longed to the irish, scottish and welsh badminton unions. the world war necessarily checked the progress of the game, but since 1918 it has steadily gained in popularity, and with the aid of exhibition matches, which for some seasons have been held all over england, a better knowledge of the possibilities of badminton has been acquired. another symptom of the game’s advance is the increase in the number of county associations, the chief object of which is the promotion of inter-county matches and competitions. the game is still developing rather slowly on the continent of europe, but it has advanced rapidly in canada, and in 1925-6 a team of six british champions visited the dominion for the purpose of playing exhibition matches. the team, captained by sir george thomas, arranged to appear in new york before returning to england. the list of tournament fixtures in the season 1925~6 was in striking contrast to that of the season t910-1. at that time only about a dozen open meetings were held, whereas the fixtures fur 1925-6 numbered at least 25. international contests between england and ireland, england and scotland, and scotland and ireland, are now established features of every season. england retained her unbeaten record in 1925, though in 1924 she only escaped defeat at the hands of ireland by the narrow margin of one match. in 1925 the british open championships resulted as follows: men’s singles, j. f. devlin. ladies’ singles, mrs. a. id. stocks. men’s doubles, h. s. uber and a. k. jones. ladies’ doubles, mrs. tragett and miss hogarth. mixed doubles, j. f. devlin and miss k. mckane. bibliography.—see the badminton association, the official edition of the laws of badminton and the rules of the badminton assoctution (1898, etc.) and the badminton guzette. (m.r. t.) badoglio, pietro (1871- ), italian general, was born at grazzano, sicily, sept. 28 1871. during the italo-turkish war he served in tripoli on the staff. during the world war he planned and carried out the successful attack on monte sabo- tino which preceded the fall of gorizia in aug. 1916 and com- manded the xxvii. corps at the battle of caporetto. from feb. 1918, he acted as sole sub-chief-of-staff under diaz. he conducted the armistice preliminaries at villa giusti and signed the armistice on behalf of italy. in nov. 1919, he was appointed to the rank of army general and was chief of the general staff in succession to diaz until feb. 1921. in 1923 he was appointed ambassador to brazil, but returned to be chief of the general staff, a post which had been recreated when sig. mussolini took charge of the war ministry. baeyer, johann friedrich wilhelm adolf von (1835~1917), german chemist (see 3.192), died at munich sept. 5 1917.