ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 14

ASSOCIATION.

' [By CEStKE-SALr,] BLACK CLOUDS ON TW6 HORIZON. W.F.A.'s Open Deltaiice, After months oi bickering between the Wellington Football Association and the New Zealand Comlcil over the question of tho suspension, last jW by the latter body of a cwtahi club ohlcial,. the Association has thrown dmvn tho gauntlet, and has ©/penly dflfied the parent body. In well-informed circles the opinion is held thai the question of the suspension has only been brought in as a side-issue. Tho main grievance, it is said; is that certain members of the Management Comnijttec of the- W.J?,A« have no liking for certain menrtjers of the New Zealand Council, and it is a case of the tail endeavouring to vfag the dog. If it were only a difeeKe Of option over. this one little siibjectwUie suspension—tho Welliagkffi Fbetball Association had every opportunity to fix matters up satisfactorily to all. concern* ed on 'Wednesday evening. The Hew Zealand Council xadouM-edty gave- themthis opportunity .it 'stated thfit tho council was prepared'-io favourably «oh». sider any representations,, with- a- view to terminating tho suspension before the expiration of the full period if supported by the WJ?.A. in : th« parti* cular instance the. Management tksiri* mitteo did not wish ' to'.support the council. Instead they adopted a, high-" handed attitude by passing & resolution to the effect that they refused to recognise the disqualification of the official in question. liroir reason for adopting this attitude is best IfßOWft to themselves. Judging by ths tone of the discussioji during tho debate on the- motion, throe members, of the Management Commit* teo showed pretty plainly that they were apposed to the Jtfew Zealand Council right or wrong, In justke to Mi. A. E. Wells (charrmaiii and Messrs, I. Thompson and A.. Varney, it must bo . said that they tried their best- to ppw oil on the troubled waters, buis without result. Had the W.F.A. done the -right things and asked the $avr Zealand Cownoil if they could see the Way pleat to r-omli the balance of the sentence, all Would have been well. . Since they have decided, to flout tho raiings of the controlling .body, they will only; have themselves to blame if the trouble becomes much more serious. Petone and Thistle. The rain was a Wg factor in this clash. Yet, though it prevented spectacular soccer it likewise- Isept Thistle's sorcc well down in the single figure margin. ■ I'ctefle is a- scratch team and needs much practice. Combination is unknown te its units. Individualism is made a fca+uro. What two greater faults could one fad in a football team? Physique is not Inelriirg; dasli is there in plenty; bub'with the team, knowledge of soccer is a negligible quantity. _ Let ivot Pstone dfepah',- however. This is. thek first season of. the senior competition a.jid tteir opponents have at least, the advantage in eiiisp.eri-- ■ once. To contiflup this critadstn>i|tiriQ backs should remember- that it is tltei.r duty to feed ths-i.r fs-rwardSj «ort;a.'iij:i;y not to endeavour to stJWlai-it-- thenit The left back was particularly noticeable i-it this rosiiect. To sepi;*'. hijmsslf uiiaided to ho Ms orte ,aiih',< .and ambition, and ho ini.it, 'pxßifit ttlspred? itable figure. Tire goa!-fe?epo'r Was ; ; obc ray of brightness. Petone's oentro>lialf is weak and nesds to dcw-lqj* a lit-tle dislike for stickui-g .to. the bail until an opponent robs. Jiittof ii fha'titho forwards have energy cannot be'-de--: nied, but just as .ste'-ely. it- eaiinqti he : denied that it is misdirected and therefore .useless. If the wings were to: remember occasionally that. there i's-- a centre-forward in their team, considerable advantage might follow, .To"sumup let the club's eltifiters ittdnlgo in a process of weeding out, a-nti then, 1-st-the club captain Insist on a Et'iik. "gym" practice. For the 'team itself, let combination be the wafchworsl. Thistle's gaipe' W"as somewhat ragged. M'Kenzie, the rigjrt back, is <me wh.ttse star is on the ascendant. Followers «f ■Association will, need no effort of the memory to recall Tay'W'i reputed to t)fi one of the best haefes Sew Zealand has seen; He played, in all the representative matches. When it is. stated that M'Kenzie compares favourably with this giant of the scteer wfr'M, "if will he realised the asset Thisife has. He is a new-comer to the Ito-niinioii, but it is a safe wager that in a little, time' his name will bo sftrangi? to 1 none. Another new player "in this team is Rowland, a recent arrival .fwi» the land of the heather. He took Help's plaCff as centre-forward last Ej'atnrday, a.ii(l acquitted liimself well. lteid went on the wing. His position hero will not be so arduous as bis former one and should. giVe his ankle a a chanco to recover its sty-eiiigtli, Dick would do well to remember thai though it might be pfcasiilg to attempt to scoro off one's own hoot, if this at*', tempt is going to rob his of a certain goal,, than it becomes no longer pleasing, but selfish, and ofttimes spells disaster to the teuat and pei haps to the thatch. , Porteous is playing well now-a-days, but that "tired feeling" mtist Ire fought, against. Marshall was missing from Tliistks last week. That leg. that was injured in tho Wanderers' clash must still be giving trouble. Jottings. Coad put in an appcarattre with his team (Y.M.C.A.) on yati!«Ja,v. He wan missing a week previous. Ills gamewas excellent. Sweden to the fore I,"Tire Ravers haw? . two fino players in Frilictfj; and Berlin, Both men hail fr<>« the mao country and both are on the hall liflo in their team. A little nwre combitiation by Berlin and he would soafl be eit a level with his compatriot Fribefg. Webster,- for Wandercrrs, in their argument with llisters last Saturday, would be hard to oxeeL. His display urns brilliant. Representative. hoiwnvs will, without doubt, fall to his jot. O'Shea played well up to bis old time form.' Tiiero is generally something doing when O'Shea is about. Hundreds of golf links have herat made out of memimirs, a- good liiaiij - — such as Walton Heath and Sounijigdalo —havo been made* out of hoatlis, a few —such as Sandwich—have ten nia.de out of.a waste of sand, hut so far probably only one ha.s beoM made out of a forest. Two ■years ago St. George's Hill, Weybiidgc, was a douse forest of Scotch lirs, oaks, mid silver iii.whes. Now it is a golf links. The traiisionija* tion has cost over £2I),Q(J()' (says tho "Daily News' - '), mki 400 ij-ici;), 10 hemes, four traction engines, and hamlreds of pounds of dynamite have taken, two years to bring it abfliit. Adding the cost of buildings ami other incidental expenses, it is estimated that not less • than .CoO.OOn was smik in the new golf course before an.votte- played on it. Nothing like "XAZOI," for relieving colds, just as there's uothinp like the s ;in for making daylight. "NAZOL" is a sound, natural remedy, easy to take, aijj perfectly harmless. €0 doses, ts. ocl.— IdTt. ' '"' '