ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 8

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

" '——: —r*-r7- —— '■': - ■ N.Z; RUGBY FOOTBALLERS .....COMMENTS ON XAST GAME. . By Tele'ef 'Association-Copyright : -~ '"' '-■■■ SyflneyMugust'lO/'.' Tho. .Sydney Morning Herald,", commenting oh the All Blacks, saye that the Nevy Zealanders'are clever, tacticians, more finished. players, and infinitely- superior to' the "'Australians in'maki'ng use of their opportunities. Viewing.the ganio .generally, it. was rather;, common-place,. As;in "previous" games, the New Zealanders employed questionable tactics, such as ■ .shepherding;: illegal interference, and .other.;: methods;. ■'• The 'referee penalised several transgressions. ' New Zealand.! foot-, b'dir.ethics need purification, as these illegall tactics appear inseparable from'their' .pjjiy. ■■/■■:. ", ■-■> : .?-,. ... '.'.,:. .;•'■ ;,- " The .''Telegraph; 1 ' states .that the gamo • was .fast,,'-arid at 'times intensely exciting, with'fifehes of .brilliance; but it was ' hardly of an international standard. Tho .New,Zealanders won by doing tie right thing at the right, time, and showedpro..nbunced skill'in using their hands and f<set, general .combination,, power, dash, and mobility.' '. "V ;'< 'HOCKEY : >?;:-r MIO-WEKK'-ASSOCIATION, ,'. '■'• :■; ( The.'ManVgenient Committee of the-Wel-have-dif- ' ■pidedi-to.'.'pbstpdrie.all games set-down for ;i; '"V-.',- .^,.-'-.','....•'. ■-■..■ .' Id|EH£:?S' : BASEBALL' ,; - ; v; p^^^' : t~:'-\^ ; : ■ ;. ,■ ;.-A UeVnieetirig of.- the .Management Com'.!tiittee'''ofj>.tho ;Baseball :.Cohiniiftee 'held' ; : last evening]'.the. .chairman (DrNL. -G. iHales) proposed thatithe-'association ad4)onrn nhtit'.th'e' affairs df the' country assume em%re':n'orniar:condition. In pro- ; posing thigiinbtioh, be said he'could not let the occasion pass without mentioning the splendid; way in which the bascballers of 'Wellington had come forward in the hour of ojir country's need, four of the Management Committee and fifty players having volunteered to go to, the front. The Hon. !5.,,M, r 8, Fisher, who -was present, ho l was* proud to bo the patron of an .;assooiatipn.which could 'give such a splendid* men to tne nation -in.:tne' hour-of .oFilier supreme need—(cheers)— and; he felt sure that even if flirther.'calls were ina3e;;bn. the association it would be found /that-the baseballers could wield a. sword'as .well as the' bat.- (Prolonged cheers.) £Het asked the meeting to join with him in singing the National Anthem. :Cheersjwere- thcrivgiveri'for .His Majesty the Kings', and -three more for .the'league answered thecall. . The members.of;.the committee we've.granted extended leave of Thd' J meeting : for-a"-fortnight.-, '"■