RUGBY UNION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 5

RUGBY UNION

MEETING OP LOCAL CONTROL,

At tho meeting of the Wellington Rugby Union last night the Now Zealand Union notified that the .not. balance from the New Zealand-Wellington match would be divided equally between the Now Zealand Union and the Wellington Union.

It was decided to grant a football to ' the Johnsonville School. P. M. M'Gratli applied to be reinstated as an amateur. Consideration . of the' application was deferred iill next , . meeting. The senior fixtures in the Wellington City competitions for July 11 have been drawn as followPoneke v.. Athletic, Park No. IWellington v.; St. James, Park No. 2; Petone v. University, Petone; Melroso v. Oriental. Polo N0.,1. THE CALIFORNIAN MYTH., UNIVERSITY CONTROLLER'S ' < STATEMENT; 'It,' will .be' remembered that-, some : time, agp.dt ,w-as-cabled out that., the University of- California had-, abandoned Rugby and returned to Aiiierican. football. On this subject, Mr. N. Galbraith, of-Wellington, chairman of the, Executive of the New Zealand Union, has re- ■ cwed, through, Mr. W. Hill, secretary of the New South Wales Rugby Union, a copy of a letter from Mr. R. P. Merrett,, controller of the University of California, in which the following' occurs Your enclosure has caused some amazement, for I trust you already know that the statement .that ■ the University of California has. any thought of returning to the American game is entirely without'foundation. The cablo dispatch ret'erred to the University of Southern California. They have returned to,the 'American game , because of the fact that their neigh"hours, Pomona, Occidental, etc., were their nearest and best competitors. I ' trust that : the matter will be set right before the public of Australia and New Zealand in all fairness.to the University of California. I will be willing to have you make a statement to this effect for me over my signature if you think such a thing proper."