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LEAGUE'FOOTBALL IN SCHQOLS. ' . (Ktc. May 7, i 0.5 p.m.) . Sydney, May 7. A deputation from the Rugby League asked the Minister of Education to allow tile public schools to play the Leag'io game. The deputation staled that up .to ;the present the school autlioritie'.' had barred the Norlhorn Union code oil the very contentions grouni. of whether the League was h professional body or not. It was <Ipni 'd that the League was a purely professional body. or. that anv player in ..New South Wales earned his .living "by playing the ' game'.' The . speakers also assertc] that the' bulk ofthe boys would prefer the\League game if so', peni'itted. " \ The Minister, ,in reply, stated that he was. of. opinion that schoolboys .should be nllowed to play any game they likeil. jf amateur organisations desired, to p!aoo: difficulties in the way of; boys' phiynmthe League game, then ' the .'schools would accept the challenge. He announced that, the embargo against playing tb' League game was off. —Tj-cts Assn. "; . '
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 191, 8 May 1920, Page 7
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