ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1792, 3 July 1913, Page 9

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

LEAGUE TEAM BACK,

MANAGERS INTERVIEWED. FINE OUTLOOK. SOME FEATURES OF- THE TOUR. , AfaunganuX. s.s„ brought back-the New Zealand League football touring team to Wellington yesterday, and 'left in the evening for Christcnuroh. by the Maori. Tho team will play a Canterbury representative team in Christchurch on Saturday. Prior to tlie departu.ro df tho Alaori, Dr. Thacker, one of the managers of the, teaiii, had a few words to say to a Dominion . reporter on the tour made by tlio men in New South Wale's atid Queensland. DR. THACKER. CONDUCT, PLAY, AND TRAINING. "The-first-thing tliat I must canijnent • on," sakl Dr. - Tnacker, ,"is tho kindly, genial, hospitality shown, to us all-round. It was in its-way, quite a new phase in the reception of lootbailers iii Australia.'.' Referring to pa.rtioular players. Dr. Thacker avid that (when the team'arrived in Australia ho had stated that he was only bringing "rising stars" over. When tbi team left, all critics were unanimous in saving that Kelly, Ifwerson. Manning, Bradley, King, Walters, and Hay ward **». as goad -men .as ever'stepped-on a football field. "The tour was an absolute succuss financially," continued Dr. Thacker. "In this respect it was thp best tour ever made in-Australia. Tho attendances at the games were simply wonderful." The team .travelled about 2500 mite, and played mine: .-'atches,. of which five we're won and four'.lost, three being'lost against New. South Wales. "We have . come back,", said Dr. Thacker. "with the fixed- determination that we. are going. to return to Australia. - and win the Pepper Shield,'!..the most coveted trophy in Australia. The game over there is being taken, up by all the prominent people, and at our last match in Sydney tho GoVerno? (Sir Gerald Strickland) attended. It was the first time in tho history of the ganie that it has been so honoured. Both' tennis lined up. and cheered the Governor, .and . the New Zealand team also gave their war cry." . . ' The tour was of considerable educative value, thought the doctor. When : the. next tour came oft they would adopt different tactics with regard -to -the big games', and would have a couple of weeks iii the country before playing the' New Wales team. He attributed their defeat in the early representative matches . partly to the fact tliat they played as soon as they landed. ■ ■ Tho members of the team made many friends .wherever they travelled, and all kinds of presents were handed to them. At Orange, Dr. Thacker ■ was presented with the oldest boomerang,in Australia, and was also given a monster-. potato, weighing 81b. Moz. This lie brought back, to New Zealand. . Dr. Thacker had a word to s&y on the general' behaviour of the representatives.' He-considered their behaviour'had been excellent. A prominent gentleman who travelled from Sydney by tho same boat had stated that the - , members of' the team were the most gentlemanly lot of "sports" that he had ever seen. MR. W. S. BRiCE. ' GAME'FAST GOING.AHEAD. , Air, W. S. Brice,the 1 " other/ iwinag»r ol' the teaiiP, considers, the fact that they weje, beate.n. i^ l) three. ) qut i ,of four representative ew, Zealanders'are equal" to any team-.iu--Aus-tralia. League football, he adds, has made enormous strides in.-Australia, in fact, to quote his words, .the .people "arc Leagrio' mad." 'When the Alaori team : played in' Sydney' on; the.'same, date as the League teaiii, the attendance .at the Leagtfe'match was'3o,ooo,' as against,an attendance of 7000 at the Union game,'. The New Zealand men Have learned a gre.alt 'deal, added Air. Brice? There was too nui'cli kicking in the game here, as at present,- played; The, refereeing 'jin Australia was also ah (eye-opener, and the "advantage" rule was considered a great deal. ' '' - , INJURED - PLAYERS. Several members of the team have returned bearing evidences of their experiences, iii the way of injuries. Those still on the injured list are: W. J. Mitchell. (Canterbury), who was in the hospital in Sydney for two weeks, suffering from concussion; Clark (Auckland), suffering from a fractured leg; and Shadbolt (Canterbury), who still limps badly, as the result of a sprained ankle. ' LEAGUE RECORD,

"CORNSTALK" ITINERARY HERE. . (By TclGarajh.—l'roEo Assiclatlon.) Auckland, July' 2. The New' Zealand Rugby League has arranged an itinerary for the New Zealand tour of the New South Wales touring team. It'is as follows:—Arrive in' Wellington on August'2o; play Canterbury August 23, Taranaki August 27, Auckland August 30, Rotorua September 3, Waikato Leagues (at Hamilton) September 4, New Zealand (at Auckland) September 6, Wanganui September 10, Hawke's Bay September 17, New Zealand (at Wellington) September 20 o Nelson September -.24. Possibly -arrangements will be* made' for • a match at Marlborough.

RUGBY CODE.

THE WELLINGTON UNION. A inciting of tho Management Committee of the Wellington Ifugby, Union was held last night. There wer.s present Messrs. K. 0. Halos (chairman), W. Hardham, A. C. Kitto, W.. Hornig, E. Little, G. Howe, A. E. Wilson, D. D. Weir, and W. G. Talbot (secretary). A request was read from the Petone Municipal Brass Band for a donation for' p'aviilg at the Recreation Ground on the day of the Petone-Athletic mutch.—The request was not acceded to. , The Southland Union wrote stating that arrangements, had been made for the accommodation of the Wellington team in Invercargill. In connection with tho Auckland-Wel-lington fixture to be played in. Auckland this year, the Auckland Union advised that from the not procecdfi of tho ma'tcii the Wellington Union .wou-ld be granted JioO more than the Auckland Union to afsist in defraying travelling expenses. Tho Hawke'o Bay Union advised n do finite intention.to play its representative team against Wellington, at Wellington, on July 19. ... Wellington College wrote complaining of the case of a boy over ago playing in the Ponelce sixth-class team.—H wiy. resolved that the usual action should be '"jfr" L. Sievers, secretary of ihe W:clliimt/in Referees' Association, advised that at the last weekly meeting. it had been resolved, "That in the event of any grounds not being properly marked out the referee be instructed to declare the match off ."-The secretary was directed to arrange for the proper marking off of the grounds at Miramar and Seatoun, as th.'se were particularly referred to A letter was received from Mr. K. I j. Mngee, secretary of. tho I'oneke, Football Club, protesting against ilie sanior fixtuie, Poneko v. St. James, being played at

Johnsonville on Saturday next. The letter stated that sovoral members of tho team w'ouid lju unablo to make tlio trip, and it was understood .that tlio St. James team was in much the same position. iUr. Ititto assured the meeting that tho St. Jauies team intended to play at Joluisonville, and would bo' able to send a team. ' • , It was decided to inform the Poneke Club that the'fixture oouJd not now be altered. . : ' ASSOCIATION. INQUIRY INTO BASIN "SCENE." REFEREE UPHELD. Air. J. B. Paton presided over the usual meeting of the Wellington Football Association last evening. There was a largo attendance of members and vice-presi-dents. ' ~ It was announced that Taranaki representatives, who are to play Wellington on July 12, will arrive here from i\ew Plymouth on July 10. ; Some discussion ensued ovef the question of accepting Auckland's challenge for the brown Shield. It was decided that . this-challenge be held over for the present." The chairman announced that members of tho Brown Shield team were training steadily under the direction of Mr. M'Gilveray. The secretary of the South Wellington ■ Club wrote asking permission to withdraw their Fourth Division team from tho' competition. The matter was left in the hands of the secretary. , ri . ■ Permission was granted to tne Sixth Division selectors to play a representative trial match on the llasin. Reserve prior to the Taranaki-Wellington Brown Shield match. „ .. A letter was received from the Canterbury F.A. suggesting that a junior team from. that province play a Wellington junior representative team (ago under 18 years) at Wellington on the date of' the Canterbury-Wellington Brown Shield match.—De'cided to writo to Canterbury informing, thorn of the various ages at .which players are allowed to play junior in the various divisions playing ,in Wellington. It was further decided to ask Canterbury for ' specific information regarding the division against which they wish to play. i The secretary of the. Hawke's Bay F.A. -wrote asking for a match with /Wellington on a date to be fixed. —The matter was held over. - A communication ■ from i the Auckland F.A. asked the local association to send a fifth division t' Auckland this season.— It was decided not to respond to the request. ; . Basin Reserve Episode. In regard to the' unseemly exhibition which took place on the Basin Reserve last Saturday, the following letter was ■received .from Air. J. Duffy, the Teferee who controlled the game:— I have to report that in the match Diamonds v.- Corinthiajis, the conduct .of the latter team in regard to my decisions showed a great want of sportsmanship. Indeed, the abuse that I was subjected to was sufficient to kill anybody off the position of a ...referee. Within five minutes of time I had no option but to close the game and award it-to Diamonds. I therefore report, the whole Corinthian ■ team to the'W.F.A. Mr. Duffy was present, and made statements in support of the above. In reply' to questions he exempted one Corinthian player (C. O'Shea) from participation in the affair. • Asked if he had warned any particular Corinthian player Air. Duffy replied in the affirmative. Pressed to answer a question in regard to whether he could name any particular player or players for misconduct on specific occasions, he stated that (on account of the actions of all the Corinthian players, with the exception of O'Slvea) he could not name any one in particular. Each was about as bad as. another. He had- enjoined tile' Corinthian captain , 'to , sprak..'to iiis team regarding behaviour. The captain had used a certain expression.in, reply.-• He (Mr. Duffy) thffl ? Tofd; ho would allow-Diamonds to take a certain penalty kick and would stop the game im-. mediately afterwards and order thenvholo team off. Corinthians' Version of It, ' The secretary of the Corinthian. Club' protested against Diamonds being awarded a-wiiii on the following grounds:—(a) The referee terminating the game when 15 minutes had to expire; (b) the referee,, bains unable to control the game from } the commencement, his decisions being as absurd as any person controlling a "soccer" game could conceive, he being chiefly guided by the spectators in his decisions, (c) The referee did not exhaust his privileges before terminating tho game, namely, by warning offending players, and (lailmg the desired effect), ordering offending players off tlio ground. In no instance did ne givo the necessary caution, as pl'ovided in Rule. 13 (Referees' Chart). ■ Tne letter concluded a3 follows:—"I submit that under Rule 13, as stated above, ire havo our only duty to'perform in this matter, and respectfully ask your committee to order a replay." Association's Decision. Oil the motion of the chairman, seconded by jur. Salmon, it was decided: "That the match stand as a win ror Diamonds, 'and, furcner, that tlio protest lee of 10s. be not refunded." ■ . Oil the mod on of the chaii'iuan, seconded by uUr. Walls,, it was'decided to .reply to Corinthian Club: "That the referee reported having ordered the team (through their captain; off the ground five minutes Jroni the expiration of time, and, furthermore, that this committee has every confidence in the referee and his control of tne. game." : As it was close on 11 P.m. when this stage of the proceedings was reached, it was decided to postpone the hearing of the case till to-morrow evening at 8.15 p.m. It was dccided-to call'the referee, the two linesmen, the captains of the respective teams, and a,, member of the Corinthian team -to give evidence.- ■ As the matter stands at present, Corinthians' protest has' been dismissed." Tomorrow evening the Management Committee will decide, as to wiiat action itwill take ill regard to the action of the team and'tome of its ■inoinbers.

.BOEING.

THE-EVENT THIS EVENING. „ • To-night., the local Boxing Association are holding their first professional tournament, wnen the principal' attraction is a fifteeu-round contc'st between Keys, the Australian champion, *■ and Hagerty, the Dominion champion, 'i'he secretary of the Wellington JtJoxing Association stqtes. that from the booking a full house appear.-; to be assured, and lie goes 011 to say that from all appearances the statement is justified that this is the most iin-' portant contest ever promoted here. Keys is known' throughout Australasia' as' 0110 'of the cleverest .exponents ever seen, in the ring, while the New Zealander is known for his forceful'tactics, which scored.many wins for him. I'ho big con" test is timed to commence at 9 o'clock, and prior to that three amateur preliminaries, will be staged, all of which promise. interesting bouts. Tho secretary adds that the officials of tho association ■ report inquiries for seats from practically every association in the Dominion, llis 'Excellency the Governor has intimated his intention of being present. A notice to intending patrons as to (seating accommodation and also as to lato train arrangements appears elsewhere. Doors will bo opened at 7 o'clock. FRACAS AT A FIGHT. SPECTATORS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL. By Teleeraph—Press Assoriation-CoDyrieht, New York. July 1. During the course of a ten-round boxing contest between "Willie" Langford and "Kid" 1 Henry, negroes, a riot broke out and the spectators threw chairs at the seconds, who were knocked unconscious. During the riot many persons were so badly injured that they had to bo sent to hospital.

HOCKEY.

REFEREES I'OR SATURDAY. The following are tho referees for Saturday's games Senior: Karori Park No. 2, Mr. W. J. Organ; Karori- Park No. 7, Mr. J. C. Cusack; liarori Park No. 1, Mr. C. P. 'M'Kenzie. Junior: Karori I'arlc No. C, Mr. G. Keall;; flutt. Park,-. Mr. W. A. Smith; Newtown Park, Mr. H. W, Bennett; Wakefield Park No. 1, Mr. S. J. Cook;

Wakefield Park No. 2. Mr. C. W. Austin. Third Grade: Ivarori Park No. 3, Mr. C. H. Cockrell; Karori Park No. 8, Mr. W. Eglin; Hutt Park, Mr. W. Sims; Kilbirnie, Mr. A. Langford. SCHOOLS HOCKEY. Ivarori Park No. 1, Mr. C. P. Af'Kenzie; Karori Park No. 5, Mr. C. H.'Cockrell; Karori Park No. G, Air. W. Eglin. WEDNESDAY GAAIES. ' All games under the Wednesday control jvero postponed yesterday on account of the inclement weather conditions, AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. MATCH WITH PHILADELPHIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Philadelphia, July 1. In t'he second match against the Australians, Philadelphia crioketers scored 161 runs in their hrsit innings. The Australians have scored 412 runs for the los* of five wickets—Alacartney 109, Cody 97, Warren 101 (not out). RIFLE SHOOTING. MINIATURE RIFLE MATCH. A friendly miniature rifle shooting match was fired last evening between teams representing the Post and Telegraph Workshops ami the City iion. Ten men aside; seven shots; 25 yards. Results:—Corporation—J. Coleman, 33; Hlenkinsop, 32; Harris, 32; Hunt; 31; Gott, 29; Murray, 30; Campbell, 29; l J ringle,' 32; Tippett, 26; Dell, 28. Total, 302. Post and 'lelegraph—F. Baker, 29; J. Canty, 31; W. Jackson, 32; R. Ivelley, 26; F. C. Leuimon, 30; G. M'Car-' tison, 29; I' 1 . Howband, 23; A. Ifodwell, 30; J. Slade, 26; J. A. Westwood, 32. Total, 288. ' ' HARRIERS. The Central Harriers held their weekly run from Hart's Tea Rooms, Lyall Bay, yesterday. The weather, though very rough, (lid not have any effect on the runners, a large number being present. With AI. Mulcahy as pacemaker, the trail led along the beach, across the sand hills tc the back of til? golf links, and ;then up the road to Aliramar North. A turn was ■here made for home, returning alone the hills at the baoli of Wonderland to the city Boundary, following the car line to the Lyall Bay junction. About 600 yards from home a scratch run-in was held, and resulted in a win for C. H. Duck, .with Mulcahy some yards behind, second, and Ruitledge a good third. 1 A solid pace was maintained throughout, the run being a non-stop. Tea was - afterwards served.

,/ : LAWN TENNIS.

ALL-ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. By Teloeraph—Press Associp.tion—Oooynglil : (Rec. July 2, 6.40 p.m.) London, July 1. In the third round of the All-England Championships at Wimbledon Jones (Australia) beat Joodhill, B—2, G_— A. ; Doust (Australia) beat Kreuzer (Gerrpany), 6—3, C —li, 6- 3. The "Pall Mall Gazette" observes that M'Loughlin (America) greatest tennis player that has ever been seen. Parko was Under fr6m the start. (Rec. July 2, ,8.55 p.m.) London, July 2. In. the fourth round Parke and Beamish beat Wilding and Hillyard, 7—9; 6—3, 6-3,3-6,6-1.

N.S. WALES & NEW ZEALAND. . ■ . : N.S.W. N.Z. N.S.W.-N.Z. T. G. T.G. ,908—N.S. Wales ... 18-10 - 2-6 2-2 . 1908—N.S. Wales ... 13-10 3-2 " 2-2" 1909—N.S. Wales ... 26-21 G-4- 5-3 1909—N.S. Wales ... 27—20 7-3 4-4 '.909—New Zealand B-20 2-1 4-4 '.911—N.S. WaUs ... 35-10 9-4 2-2-1911—3S T s S. Wales ... 26—10 6-4 "2-2 1911—N.S. Wales ... 39-7 7-9 1-2 1912—N.S. Wales ... 27-8 .. 7-3 ' 2-1 1912—New Zealand 7—12 1—2 2—3 1912—N.S. Wales ... 11-3 2-4 1-0. 1912—N.S. Wales ... 18-10 4-3 2-2 1913—N.S. Wales...' 17—15 5-1 '3-3 1913—N.S. Wales ... 31-12 7-5 2-3 1913—New Zealand 11-17 3-1 3-4 Summary—Fifteen matches; New South Wales won 12 and New Zealand 3, New South Wales scoring 317 points to 185.