HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 12

HOCKEY.

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tho Senior ficnfest. Metropolitan still head, t-lto lisi, but they must sijrely feel uneomfortsbio witjfr. United practic&Uy treading (mi their heela a good second? Ifc'cs, iraving played only two games to jleJbi'opoKta.n's three, United , 'jteVTerthfetasg have A. bet« ter record, fot svhik have only; 10 goals to th.elr ctpclit and 3 against them, United, hare 1& for with 2 against. AH this' p.o:irtfs unmistakably to tho fast that when jhes.e iivo elevens meet there .is hi truth to , ho 8 doughty clash, a*4 iletropjilrtaii m\V have to bo s'ery steo.tiß indeed , to secure victory. . It believes itgrori aM . University, tooj to biiddo OH their armour anew atttl endonyoMr to swwe a ■higher position on the chaiirptenslrip ladder. Jumblsd Juniars. There is »■ I.isnteniaJbte lack of iitterest this.season, am.on.g.Some oi the junior and third division t-eiuas. SnttM , - day afterSsttrdtf.,) , w© see the juniors , take tho field twiwis oHr, twe, tJiree-t or even fouf tneu. Mvl what is the result? In tho lifece o:f bright, keenly ■ contested games,' thfcio is a wild JiilsVidus scramble for goals by tho t.eaiw stronger in puittbera/. I'horo is ida.r* ing evidence iti this already this season and by looking up the junior stores it will be seen that thwe are 9 t4 nil, 14 to 2, 16 to nil, niw}: Oteii 19' to 6 goal vttfcsrfce! It is aWtit -tinje club socrctarfes and ca.ptsink took this matter up, ki afe sit wlktfc is lu hap* pen to our future scftraf teams if bur present juniors arfi hoc StroiTg? Tho Mid-wosh Toufttoy,., Tho Wednesday A.ssociatio'n is to be congratulated oft the result of its sog.i ond venture in the difoetioa of hofdtitc annual mid-week taunioys, Wittacsday's piocecdings wt-re chafhiitsi'ised h'y ike' greatest enthusiasai a-iid iiio toiitest-S, (jarticularly approaching tijc- liivals, wejfe j willing and fast, 'i'lio winiiiiig of the senior tourney by I'otosie- was eo.jhetliing in tho nature of in This linal was one of the frtstest a'nd : sternest tabloid giuncs witiiGssoii. -tm tiaron I'arli i-o* many q, »liij. 'i'.li& battle was, in f.Mtj too stofii and tho pliiyers sacritkea jWiictically ovej'ything in their efforts t*' gain victory. The terrific collision betivesii M'lSrt'tin and the United man, \rhea both t'cbounded several yards apart and. lay there unable to inev-e, l.va.S typical e'f tho whole ganie. It- was a case of playing hockey "net wisely Tiut too well." There must have been Rpsat jubilation amongst tho stick wieMers -of 'the ffott Valley when both iwiliol- n.nd third-class contests fell to ike siikutei) sestetfcs.

And the Ladies. Everyone, tw, was .talking, aboafc the excellence of t-hn ladies' games. alii},indeed, they >,v<?ro excellent, not only on the part of fcho visiti-lig ladies fi'ofli l'almerston North) Jtaat by all 4ho fefeaj contesting teams. Now this is good t.o hear and it niigurs well tor tlto mailner in which the. Iqsil ladies aro tjolrsj* to meet their sisters from Uie other part.of the ttvkj when fchoy arrive Mirs season. Although Hoifci'ng startling l»ns been dono by the ladies this seasew, mainly on fte-os-mit ef the Wuaferi there is nothing ta prevmri ttiofii tterkint; earnestly aiisl willingly froni tliis time forwnnL .Atl this is Vritttm taking for gralitesT that tho "All Mies' games postponed" pJacai-d Ihis been placed on tho top tltelf fw tho rc» mainder of tfjvj senSoii.

CHAMPIONSHIP LIST. d .-3 : i I* 5 [S ,3. S s§ $6 Metropolitan >.. 33 (j a H> !} 6 United 2 2 0 0'" 14 2 4 Karori- 3 J I d I'l 13 4 University .„ 3 1 2 0. 10 13 2 Wellington ,., 3 1 5 f 6 6 2 Insurance 3 6 2 0 1 4'0 M.Y.M.1 8 H ? 0 3 14 §