THE LADY BARRACKER.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5315, 20 August 1928, Page 3

THE LADY BARRACKER.

OPINION ON REFEREES.

Football umpires aye accustomed to, hearing, their actions freely criticised and condemned, but they do not always he'ar the nj-ce things that, are said. Some year® ago I was travelling to Maryborough with Jack Elder, the well-known umpire, to ,a mUtc'h, for which he had been apcoiinted (says a writer in the “Australasian”)When we reached Carisbroqk a crowd of football barrackers boarded the train. Our carriage w.a,s soon, filled with enthusiasts, most of whom were women, and they talked football hard. One of these femalel barrackers asked, me if I was going W the. match, and when I said I wa.s, and asked-' if her team would win, she said : “You can bet. your sweet life they wRI. We’ve got Jack Elder, a - umpire to-day, and that will stop Maryborough’s nonsense. He s the best umpire in the world.” With, a wink at Ja.ck Elder, who was, of course, not recognised, I said: “What if-the Maryborough team get him tq favi ur, them and . Jack blushed when, she said: “There is not enough money in Maryborough or, for the matter of that, .hi Victoria, to square Jack Elder.” An- hour later, the game began, and it had been in progress about five minutes when right in front of the grandstand Elder gave a free-kick against a Carisbroo(k man. That settled it. The lady waved’her umbrella frantically, and shouted: “Yo ( u rotter, Elder ! What are they paying you ?”