ON THE "BANK" AT THE PARK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 6

ON THE "BANK" AT THE PARK.

THE TALKERS AND THEIE TALK.

- : >'-' i /\:'^vff^^iii^iM^."]vji/J^|-sV^'," oircumstance/^did--■n.Ovv';..'.favbTir,-,?0:: my: freciuent; atttodance i at-, : thev-playing ..':■: fields, of,' the, -"muddied ; /6afs"/during: /the.';l-.-l pasF.'seasbni'v.ahd/I'V.woU :■■:■ ! found.' that I„ h'ad6,de^c'ated."oh'e;;Winter : / season'-':to" lacrosse'V..;and-N' ? aiii' ; occasional'-.' : -'i "glimpse/ofrithe/iaper-chasingv.'liarriera ■ y.i had.'- not, ; aV'yis'it-:..:froni: ; my.,':'■.footballing'i'.'i'-.' > Dncle;Bob,,bhce;.againiin.;from/lus-Tara--;- ; .-, : ? haki,selection,,'caughtriie-in'fhe v ;throes .' -.'■'; of. .disentangling: myself /from i the antece-'. "- dent-decadent":.; controversy*"Awaged '..by ■ ' "Seen" ;thev; 'old;;^UM'i'.iiand^'^'off,sidß/,v' i |Mac."/.;;The;last repteseniatiye'lmatcii/of^ ? '; 'the /seasbh'/was'von" hand;/and/the;"fastj/-/ 'forwards-;and,/cleTer,:::hippyy : backs'v: of ■■/'/: Canterbury '.'/(see t ■ advertisement),-: Afresh/:.; from■:their trouncing)'defeat;invthe Wai-./ iV ; 'rara"pa,^: : ! were o'clock^ .on': Saturday,;after'no6h;"tb/ givß:/?1 •Wellin*g , tbri.',sqtoe^mathe'mitic'al ; -'',:cllcula'--/ Kdn.;-.\Extricating'>ur^lves'at / the/Park'-i-i; ;from''. the" rear"<platform : . of/a "car-",'which carried ; more ."passengers': '. in';'itsV-meagra•■;/j spice /than •the v .inside*.of;,^ .became.-:more';v6luble-Vtnan:::Msl.'.positi6h ;.;.".1 (under/ the - '.stairway^:;df;.'th'ei''caf/ia'd.-pre-:'': ;viously ■;'aU6wed;/:Him;.. I tp^.De' , .'once'/.'befbreV m'y.'-aSiuicular.iT.elationvhad'/// ;alsbt"seeii:; the : ;oldV:tuhs;'-i;ahd; so;, as/to':; '.:(;• prevent;;the fmerits:.;bfv.pirforman(ie.;pos-v..';i -;se'ssedibyV'the/cha'mpiohs'';of.t;tq-day:::being//'« 'altogether dimmed-by/thejlights';of,'other-:.'7i -days,' .'K selecteds/'a..,viewpoiat/..'; ; wnerebnv.''!i were.'clusteredv.'mariy^; ; -"youn'gV.fuhs','';.;-'td wjhom'.most'ibf /'theivplaycrs' .wefe'llqibwn-:,/? jby//sbbriquet^Tat^Hfand';^TP.aMyi'//'il /"Ffeddy" ahdvJ'Harfy - ,"', " ,sb ;bn—and onbl'anU' all •' ! best;" : /'; A/ Can terburyT placer'' ppeiie'd-: ffieV''. > 'game;by■seiiili'ig:ithe/balLwithffaiii:pro-v,. J jpilsion^ag'a'tts^ information;.;-was j ;bld-time: Canterbury/'tbrwafdi-Bean/used';f; ] ..invarfaJily \to '■',: send' -the //.ball '/'.'oyer <■ thg; •"''; cross-bar: frbm/thb •/'//' ; "'/-- ;/;I/: had lineyer/heard;,/! this ;stbr'y; ; befdre;'i,"aiid :'thought:'"suoh: 'a/'fecital.i.-J; 1 ;WaS;r.ath'er.'/"putting/it,;rup'V.:bn'*.w latterrday; wigh'ts.'--.. ;Ybn.: Mpltke]'. ißoberfs,;;/ and;;,/Kitchenei; > may "compare'.. more .'.than;.f aypurably;; with!',:/'-/ 'the; Ca'ptain/Yaidykes/anf ;arit .Mbhoole's 'of .'this; present^suohVasse^'// ;tions";: in*;military'vaffairii/::and\ : 'cohvpari.:..;-,''j !sonspih; pther./ spheres fcasibrially,don't" ; i ;superib'rlty; -forward ; prpyed; too, .niubh /,forJ me, 'and /my, .bland;/:i 'l'cmark':/itk'at r *B^^^ fLbuis.D.eV'Eougemqht:;werfe':."alsp lers'-!:caused /'.our//rela;tib'ns/.A istraihed.'fl/'/"//;;"/-';./';' Kw*/',// 1 'two Strong' :in-the./mnd,; ahd v ;a'/ good "six";of..cl6yer->(;/ ;the ibacks. // Having/ iiyed/ih/ifte ;f6r.J'abcut:.-'tlif.ee|;yearsV:t'vbVjm'bntliS i/S, ;one";.Halley's ■ cbmet;v4';suppbse; prbvincial</''S ;ly',/ : 'iah.'.D'ut.'a;:previous .residence' m. : tKe'.pfb-;. : ;| ! and-; canal,;. schemesS'causecl/. mo/.td/'feel-,;/;! Isblnewh'atKkeehly agaibst- the';Eed<"ahd/Blacks;'v;;/;///;/r/j'« pVFifteen.ipoihtsiw'e^ ' spell.v and.; Gai'terbiiry o-w'ofe *. '■repeatedljj:.;:-:! i broiled ;in'»arg'umeh'fc:/with:a '.near "neigh-;.....'] :bour;;tiA ; .-'Well ;played/F'reddy"r'was -fbK'Ki .lbw'ed;'byMe'?quil^H-^nibli'is v 'Ereddy;&*.:--i ;!:,"0h!- 'im:,Avhat';jiist)slung'.aVhand;;ter//i ine'V came'' : a';:'ready.'fespdhse</-:Unc}e. ha'd/;/;i not 'timevto. ■ 'arfc: for .a/translation;of; tHis.,/.;/ iehigmatical,;'iepl^;?jyhbh?■; 'cdritiriued:/ l /v:\'.;(x//;;;/^l'/>-'/i: ; //frifii//S:';^J: /;''Whatiiprice:. ! Paton';and/ sPatersbh'/ pi // Otago'larst- Sat'dy?/;Didri' t/they/giye ;'eni '//,-■ : what 1 -on. the-line-but!:;/Never/seen;no-;.!/] thin''like: jtlliefofe.!,;'Like/to;see/.'em: ; m/Vi/ ■ front /-/of ,;backs.:;./;Eh?. : ;;v;. ; Where's 1 Fryer/terrday." Isn't'he'all:right!://; ahM.Fuller, : h6's''anbther./:l%''gmh'/Wel-i-/ lingtbn/': > ;teni"'iffi'':/Mitchell's/>ah',beauty s / l; :i ''anfe'aih't-'i^'Arry--- 'Havery./"/:playitf;; ,] 'a'/jitreat?-■','.'.Out'.Son'-,;: his/',;ownV > /he-U./ ■$ : K j:hbugh;v;;thet/1 ' way./Cahtei'bur'y ::wiUi:'make.-/them/.scam-;,/v per ; wheu;they- get,.th'e/wind;/>A/':pearl;!"s'ii caihe Ja/culminatirig' .'shriek;ias;;.Dawson // .:dashed/'bve^ ? 'at".the : :co'rner;"!;/A;.-spleM :kickat : goal'>nd Canterbury hada.debit.df;// 20/points-as !:the'whistle/sdiinde'd/halfr//.; time and, : a 'further/misfortune, in/ that/;; Mitchell was - carried ■; off /as/the. result:' of':/ tackling ;Daw-/; : ; '■''•AV'Uncle'-sa'id'he\'^ : English/ language'•; as/it \ was/ apparently;,;/1 ■being, taug'ht; in-the -sclidols.:riowa'daysy' : vhe/':;% ■'decided: to": .'dissolve ■; conversatibhal -■ ,part-: /,; ne'rsWp^'^ntß.'iis'-'netf-found'-.meiitbr'/a'uds/-'-.: .-we along, the:clay/bank.'^ : ijaiiterbiiry Uattered"me in' the yearly' partr?, • of:the secdnd'.spbU.by. quickly;ringing oh/-.-/; • nine ''.points'"andV the/prevalent -bet vicinity/.was'"; as Wellingtbh;/playing-against-; the ;'windi/.-fj in' Canterbury s.tiventTrfiye/./' .' at'"any'■ one ; period ' /vAu..; anti-gambling'. j cbmmenUrwa's" just: .being'.' linked/with':'a/':.! denunciation backs-./.,; kicking;-when/I.received';4:ho^;of recog--.;/; 7 ( nitioh from'Cousin,Euby who :was: in: tho'/i ■vicinitjv-and'l decided' .to 'escapes ;from-/ ; l .TJnclo /Bob .whose /attack: of Jthe; megrims; :;j was', becomirig--:--'more:,;'pronounced; ..each ,vj minuted /The' 'rest;"of-, the /,afternobh/?;I;/? found 'consdlatibn-forvCanterbury's' accu-'Z- j mulating: defeat.:by.,giving-:a;.detailed ex-,/y .planation" of' what .'the '-•.- sticks ./-planted .'..,; round' the>field/meant,;',Syheh/tliey/.were.';;/ going to :pUt. the. trellis/work on "the, post 3 /•/ at'each: : e^d"=df/the;field;; ; and/whb:.tlie';.-; hiah-'ih white was.: >Thei"no-side"iwhistle,.j brought". to : nie: *a/ double.: discomfiture—/. / Cante,rl3ury/routed;and a /pleasant tetp-a;'// tete-endedV/'/; '"/s;/--"// '';/;/','::-' -1 ; ';■'; ' And I was' left agamrto"listen to Unclo ,/ : Bdb ; who had,.that day accumulated -fur-' ■; tli'er evidehce':. of "the - decadence ,of ; \the /j ago ahd.ith'e-decline/of;the., race—of'foofc/! ;ballers.;/ ; ■■?■ '*■?■'- ''■/''■■' : '//Pli)