ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

TRAM STRIKE AGAINTHEIR FIFTEEN LEAVE FIELO. OTilKi; MIO-WKFJi PLAY. !l is such a casual go-as-you-please l)ii~iii«-~, this Wednesday io(itl,iill, Ilinl. il -•em- (|ih-it fur oiiyiuie lu tiike. il. .seri-o;i-.!y. Till' games began yesterday some Iwciily minutes late, il nil lilt' play showed i|iiili' iiliiiiily that iiiiiic i>r tlir trams liml !iii.l niiy piwliei- «:■ Iriiiiiiiiif i.f am- m.H. l)iil one team I'viilrnlly took i! nil si-ri-imi-.lv enough Ii) !,'cl annoyed about something. About, half-way Ilirnimh the second spi-11. the Tramways (ram'found Caul! «-itli Ilieir referee, ami Ihey followed Hip preceikiil Ilii'y havi! laid down in such case-, nnil went on strike. Olio or two players iiimli- feeble demonstrations before (he U-am lelt I hi! livid, l>ut the affair caused no M'lisiifi-.in. Athletic beat .Artillery by 17 points to 3. Tin' .-niri! in tlit- iilju-r match was G—t iisniiisl. Ti-iiiinva.vs ivlicn they left tlic Held. Artillery-Athletic. After ton minutes of line-kicking and scrambling, Arlilleri- stored a Irv. ilimie; got the Lull well nut on his wins, nml ran -.villi it up (ho line. He had only (o negotiate a pas., to Wiiifi- In make a' Ina certainly, and the traiiMer was hclii lip. J'at'jii failed willi the kick. Artillery kept up a vigorous attack fov some lew iniii:il<-s but nothing c-ninu of it. The l>!lie forwards I lien hud a run of success, nml drove Arf.'llery | W ck on tn their own line. There Scott: struggled over with the ball, nml scored near the posts, Mad•ii'ii tailed with an easy kick. Athletic .scored their second fry liv :> loose forward rush. Tin) bail' was kicked over Iho line, and Mills chasod it; up and scored. Soon after resuming in (he. second half, Mollis broke away with thelm II al. (oe, and scored "the cn?ic.-t of 1 Ivies for Allilclii;?, making the scores Athletic, !1; Artillery, 3. Athletic continued Id hare, all liio besl. of Hie /fame, and niter repeated al lacks Cording got through (lie opposition and stored a fry. Again the kick at. goal failed. The next Athletic try was obtained by ffoliis. Following up his own kick, he secured rlic ball over the line, ran behind the. posts, and grounded it. M'Vay goalcd. Athletic, 1"; Artillery, 3. The game ended without further score.

Tramway—Oriental. Tramways kept up n stiffish attack for the first quarter of an hour, and wero more than once Ikcilpii out when their chances of a try looked good. Their first; score eventually came from a field goal, cleverly snap-shotted by Hawkins. The reverse stimulated Orientals, and they wore on (he offensive t'or five minutes after the kick-oft", until from a forward melee, on tho line Slater scored. The kick did not improve the score. Tramways, 4; Oriental, 3. Just before half-time Tramways had an' excellent chance to add to their score.from a free-kick awarded in front of..coal, but the shot went wide. After a long spell of indecisive play at the opening of; the second half, tho Tramways' full-back failed foolishly to field a ball on his own line, and M'lhvraith I'ftli up, snapped the ball away, and scored. Oriental, 6; Tramways, ■(. Oriental wero again attacking when the game ended abruptly. The referee, Mr. Taylor, awarded a free-kick to Oriental on account of a Tramways forward having handled the ball in a scrum. Before i.hc kick had been taken, however, the Traniwav team, who evidently took exception to tho decision, walked oft' the field. Xo goal was registered from the kick, , lint the game was not resumol.