HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 4

HOCKEY.

' — *- — WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATION. . Tho following are the fixtures, grounds,' and •eferccs. for to-daylvarori v. Artillery A, Carori '(Jlr. Sherwood); Pakeha v. Ictono A, ?etone (Mr. .Carver); Y.11.C.A. y. llui Mij kliramaf (Mr. J, Taylor); Hlll Mai A v. 1 ost uitl Telegraph, Mirumar (Iti-i Cus3Ck)._ , The'following will'represent Pakcha. Hockcj 3lnb against I'etone -A to-day,, at. .tice, Keece,, M'Eldowney (captain), Kllison, Simons, Haas'e, ihomson, Mackaj,Nutter, and Smith. ; , Tho following will represent tho . ana J'elcgrapli Club against.llui .Mai1 Aat Jliiainai to-davOwens, Jones, Craig, Hollis, thoimijan, Hadfield, Cameron, Bale, M Kay, fcclater, and Griffiths. ; THE REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. ' TIIO , following will, represent Wellington against Canterbury at Christehurck ou Sfiturdav:—Goal, Dwyer (United);. full-backs. ICibblewllite (Victoria College), liar-y (Wellington), half-backs, Dawson (Y.M.C.A.), King , , Christy (Wesley) 1 forwards, Smyth® .(United), Davies (Karori), Beero (Victoria College), Organ (United, captain), and loader (1.M.C.A.)., ALLEGATION OF FAVOURITISM. .(By Tcicgrftpli—Prcaa Association.) Mastorton, August 3. ' Matters, .in ladies.'. hockey circles in VYairarapa appbar to ; bb in a-state of chaos, and one heaxs no end 'of grumbling about matters in relation to' the'. affairs of tho Ladies Hockey . Association. /Three men were appointed to select teams to play a match at Mastcrton with a view to tho of teams to- takp part; 111 the ladies' hockey tournament in Napier-this month..',; ine teams were picked on Saturday last, . the Mastcrton selector was unavoidably ..absent through illness, yet the-teams wore picked by the ' other' two selectors, I.' both bo onging to South Wairarapa, mid wero published m tho papers without the Masterton' selector being consulted in any way. Judging .from comments, the teams have bcon badly chosen, thoro appearing to bo some favouritism, whilo players have been'allotted positions ,in, which, they have never, before played.', , TTho message,concludes with a strong-at-tack on the competency of the referee aj> noihted for-ihursday's match,,but.such comments seem quite out of place 111 a mossago sent out by the' Press Association,' which is supposed- to be an impartial news agency .J,. "A EICT IN THE LFrE.'? ;.- . One is-often atnused.by the. copy forwarded to Wellincton papers by country correspondents, but, your Masterton correspondent's' latest -clTort .is simply i supremo. . I refer -to the paragraph ■ headed A Bift .in the Lute,";, in ..which . your, correspondent writes what can bo;.termed as little shortl .or, nonsense.' The Wairarana .v Ladies - Hockey Association owes its ; very existenco to a mere man, ono : who successfully niananed its alfaiis from its inception to; the end .of the .IJUo season. Trouble was brewing" during the season, but was averted only by the interference of "mere" men, two of whom -together with threo ladies „ now constitute tlie ' management committee. '-.f s 'obviously these two ,: mero" men aro in the minority, on. that committee, how can tjicy bo rifhtly: accuscd of nmnin2 ; tho nssociation ?•; These men arc giving up valuable time, as .ptliors are,doing, ' to -assist in running association,- and J think your oorresiwndont will find it difiicul to name any. : ladies' -hockey association thai is. managed witlr "mere|' man's assistancOvYour cbrresupndent,-,finishes with a . state mcnt to the oifcct that the secretary has re signod as a protest against men being on 1 1 bodv-that is cssontially ,a, ladies' association Truly your correspondent. hero . excels him self, as., the. late, secretary is a "mero man , and is! moreover, one of three who form th ' selection committee. :• - , This , rantleman ; re 1 signed, as he; stated, t-hrougli pressure-. 0 1 business.' ■.' .' ' . ' V r ' Trusting that in future your correspondeii 3 will not spoil, by such wild statements, wh.n 'is universally admitted, one of the.best uaii ' papers, in .tlie ~D ominion.—l am,--etc., - \ " r ' A- "MERE" MAN. 1 - Groytown, July 31, ,1909... . s fThe communication to which onr corre pondent refers-► was - not written by 01 .Masterton correspondent.';lt was transmits 'by : thb Press Association-!