HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 12

HOCKEY.

[BY SPJ-CI-vtok.] Another witt FOA THE WEATHER. Tito wretched, weather of late is sadly disorganssing hockey this season, yet nit we can hops t'or is that it will extend ■1 little niirrcy in the future to a game that needs it. True., 'bo Stjn shone b-rishtly at Karori. Inst Saturday afteirHsMi, but oil hopelessly sodden grounds, To-day another effort will 1;« made to $Jet on with the championship games. UetercMts s-uch «s Weather, however, should not, prohibit, practice between Saiurdays, and the clubs that have laicc-ii advantage of this vrfli reap the benefit.

Klns's Birthday Six-a-sldo fournoy, *t%o second sin-nunl sixia-side tom-ita-weet of tlio Wednesday ati.cn. to be held at. Karori Park next. Wednesday, Julie 3 {the King's Birth-' gives promise ot' being one of the most, sueoeasfu.l and important tourneys • ever held locally.. ' Altogether, fortyerne teams have heei: entered, repifqse.tili.ng :n ail 246 players. Of this ntimfc-or, l& senior teams, 11 juninr, 7 . tiiiwi-olass, and !) ladies' tsatos nave iii-.eu entored. Tho following arc the nafflc-s of the teams entered—Senior: CiwiiptecH, St. Old Boys'j UnMed aind' jUhtet.is ,®an&-svatuj,, iVellington, Hereaw a, Insurance, liambiers, Metropolitan, I'akeha., Hui Mai, I'ctone. Unite,), Karori, and feversi'ty (Wellington). Jtiuior—Athletic, Moutoa, Ilougotea, A and B Dlanawatu), and. Wellingt-jii, Uereawa. St. Augustine's, Insurance A and B, Pakeha, ard Bamblers (Wellington). Third-class—'WcJliiigtsri, Itt--s'urancd. \yesle.y, St, Augustine's A and 1.5, aiitl. Pirate A and B. Ladies— •Technical Colicge (J'altr.cfston North), Ohau (fforowbenua), Wellington Girls' College, Syrens-, Vietot-ia A and B, 'Ramblers A awl B, and College OM Oirls. 1 Tlio c-aiitestiiig t-ea-tfts tire cs» ileeied to rnnsler 011 the Park at 1 fl.m., so tliii.t a. punctual start may. be made at 1,30 p.m. The conditions of the tourne.v are as followSuddc-n &-ith. t.ao spells of t,o ven mi mi te s each way. and cue minute interval, in d.rav,-n gaincs, teams change round until a point is scored, goals to count as. tlit'ee points, penalty-corners one paint': t.ft the attadiers,. goals scored.from pen-: alty-coniors three points. •

A IWitl-Wcefc A'JunVbratlon.' '•Every cloud has a silver lining" is | an optimistic saw that "Spectator" is compelled to blir.g to miiu! Wheii 110 looks back at the Wcdiiesdivy hockey games this season. The ingredients of tho cloud can probably bo enumerated as foliow Bad play, bad weather, and lack 0!' interest. The "silver lining" was the Pafeeha-Hcreawa game this week, not a very resplendent or glitterins silver lining, 'lis true, but, nevertheless, the eye of the. optimist, wit) call it. a. silver lining, _ Them was o.llc serious rent iti. tho silver Kwiig, liowever, eauscd ij : y _ the iinckev stick of 011Q individual ivliosework on Wodnevday was really deplorable. His main character istie was tho angelic gentleness with which he treated the ball. But for this gentleness and other little lilemislics, too numerous to mention, the Pakeha eleven should liave wO.n, Apart from this, however, tho. tussle was a soar! 011.". and the work of the Eerea-wa felf trio {Trilfoid, Clemenson, and Wlisoii) was a treat to watch. As to tho two cthftf games, well, they have hejjiwl to njalie the- irsid-woek c'Wtl darker than ever. ;

j Auckland Anxious, Queen City stiels peojite are evidently fooling anxious about tie shield iiiay snatched from Wellington.. with .great; iubil&tkm last season, that is judging by tlio two following )ittlo excerpts frtjiii Auckland's two papers:— ; tfl' tiif- Jii'sc shield iiiatclr fixed fflt •) uiy 4, the sciaetars.j ivho have not vet boon announced, will not hnve imieli » t>3:110 fct> diOOSO tllC' t»3l to clofoilfl t.ho trophy against _ Wa&ato. it is exiwcted that a trial inateh wfll bo j>layed on Jiwio 27, but apart from, this thWe. it.r« o-itlv foar rounds to to pkre.d after liwl.i.v bci'oro the representative fixiuie. Of tho kvi.iii which brought back the tvoi'liv last seuson, Hxil'.am, K. Jacobsoi'i. RftbiMsMi, Macro, ami JbjlasftslMw, arc not available. so that o ■ number of now ntnvers will bare it) be ft.'it:.'!. 10 "Kviilvnib' lII.' i'iiiiterbui'yftes are taking tin.' Slw;td exjK'dkion rntiin; seriously, awl even aoiv rnmtmTs have been circHlntoct in this Cathedra) City 1 to the effect that the team ts visit I Auckland, is already chosen," Auckland people wi.uiiij feci still mow; : nttjewiss' frwf* Utnv it) haw u'ifrresseci i the form displayed i» some of the local | cliampioiisbi'p liiatebes this sen sou.