NORTHERN UNION FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5

NORTHERN UNION FOOTBALL.

j^^^TS^PEb^CTS^pEEVv^ifft; i^^w^^£Sc|H^|pptes|f month, lancelot;'B. the well-known r ing --.under'the ,]^orthern.:-]Jnion.'cpde.rat : Wigah : ,;was .welcomed-, by'a ; 'cro\yd-of:';f pot-' :^"ForTOrdi'V.'a"':ep'eoi^;^wnter c yii\'thy ."Athletic , "'News,": 'writes -, that;:he Y foundi f-bptinjistic v regarding •th«(future'i'bf ■the.'Northern.'-lJmon-gaine; .in'.iJNpw;;Zealand/ ; ;,. ! althoughV : six months.\«go'he-.'kasVdoubtful ; ipsatisfac- , tory .; progress; ttgainsfawhafr; he; then ■•. re'garded':asi';the|fbrniidable".'opposition, ; of; ,the':New;:Zealand Rugby;pnion: could;be; made. nw '■'believes?- that-the; en<l sight J as regwds':.the.parent: authb'rity who,! al,feaSy^ere;rptayjiiiß[;a,/changW':;,g«mei;''and.: ■:who:on, the '^eve/ipf,-his /helda' 'meeting^^Sto,,VoonsiderV:thei'■ BerionsneseiV.of, ;the- ; '-'/.I ?;' ; ;^i'v^;'/'«','; i; V;

?C"Todd," tKe"writer continues, "supports: iMs.'case;' : wit]b[ : ;'faote;:arid?-; : ;figures,;- whioh; "should, nrbveiinteresting' readingito yNoith-!.; era.Unionists; f.Ma'ny; leagues'- haye-i 'been. established;'v'arid , .,others:. ; .are" ; : in : ,process' -land'^agueV'lwhich,; of gcoprsej,'exercises' a?dominant 'influencc. over' all .the.'district 'to , -De , 'Mtolish«d^has,,ti^e/MaypV : ot.'Auck- , land -for':>p'resident,:-c : .! - Siid":i d:f numberj.of iM:Pi'S;-for;V>iM-presidents. ;l ,'-.Tlievl|lay6r of -TaranaUi L is iat ithe ; ihead pf-the ;^Tara-: nakif"'LeagueiVaridiiHe3'ellingfon : ■is also'iinariagedvby.igentlemenVyof■gjod ■nrst;.to;be formed ;iii' South• Islatid;?ivas 'Being' wellr.':euppqrtedi;-and-,TOs3;flrnilj. .established'at jtne.close ;'o£ -theuest' foot-;

'ball : 'seas6ni r S^^^' : ,y , V v^'i; ;";"^:.';vv'''.>'^?'vi ;: ' i : f"Asregaids clubs Todd , .tells me.of.first; grade"jVteams':ooitiing." oVer 'in>'their."en"-' itirety,lthe-Np'rtKiSlibre_ and v N.ewtpnJclub3 leaving.- ; ohly;r:odd[;.players'.'fqr;-.the . old : game.;-' '.'Many •'"'■' of -.-.the s prbminerit:', Pon-. 'sonby, , .Grafton.'if ■ club. 1 , T)layersr- ; allviirst-grade joined, th'e nest?scaspnvas .many,;if not'mdfe/?.fir.str; graded clubs ; will, be ■ playingv.th'e Northern Union'as .are ■; playing'■ the.3ugl)y. : TJniori'. game.::;Todd;giyes:high; praise to, officials' -and"lea(ling:p}ayers',':and''too game.'is'.be-i. ing played on ; practically; .^amateur;line's,' .tte'- , ient;.only : 'TeMiying\ : 'jpaV.^for' , ;.loße' , .. : of .time-in 1 ;away- matches:;iThe.^wHoleven- ; . thu'siasm,. ■ and- this* extends 'even, to. the : clubs -who ;;remained; ; loyal«to>. the Riigby ■Union, ;is'f orXthe j'gamo, itself j.an'd/r !-as. showing vthet good- spirit: which••jireyails,.Tpddjtells.;of.jthe'.Ancklaridf,Eea!nie, : team:;.Tisiting. : -their 'pay^.tovthe-funds;of the'hdmeiiLeague." ''■..'-In';' c6hcliisidh'.i''Fbr\vard" .states:;.,that" . Tpdd .has: itaportant.vcpm'municatioiis.",tp. lay -before-:the' Northern- Tlnion. Commit-' 'teo,''but- r li'sliould-like one statenient'--. , wKicK.':=.lias.'-.;TeceivedV:-prbniin-; ;"enc'e."-"iTodd.'did- : not'ibring; llThail .:( of. Chr.istchurchyKto'iWigan; ..and.;,was ; , only, : introducedvtb. his 'new...colleague■'on? the boat..-: The;i"preUminarres",;:W_ere ..conducted ..thrbughyaripther;:; colonial,,., now, playing Northern :Leaßue-football, and.-I would',appeal. fe':the'-Nortlierh, T/nipii ; .to. declare their'■'-.displeasure',.,with-neither -colonials ■•pi'';Englishmen ; wh : o; ■ are- making a'.business of :.theso''intrbductibnsi'.'i-The Igame in the-;colonies; must: suffer, and if the' Northern Union will"be 'as.'firm ; With: outside as-they are .witlv those-, connected.' with. the,, colonial; >Nor'thern\ Pnion. clubs.! this^trafnc 1 will .'cease. . During tho week•',',T heard 'of s another, '.'list"; 0f..-well-known";New. Zealand; Rugby' Union ipiayers;, anxiousMtb'> make.-; terms with English;:clubs.'.."'..lf -the immigration is not ■clieclced/spbn .we" shall have" little .room' -for " English :V.pla.y'ers.;. in',.English steams.:'! And-what ;■ then!; v ~,;: - .. :.V, .v,;,