FOOTBALL.

NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

.(By.. "Pakeha.")/. The "Springboks" (South .Africans) meet the Welshmen' to-day, and. England 'next Saturday. ; New Zealand took 26 players, home as against the South" Africans 30, but at the end of the third match , the lattet's manager v cabled for' more reserves. ' . ; ; Ru"by football ' has not met with favor m the Universities of the United States. According to one correspondent, the close, qI the present 'football season will see the end of Rugby football aft the 'universities. The'boycott by the students against the game is to materialise m the middle of November. " The financial arrangement with the South Africans made by, the Irish Union is that they are guaranteed a minimum of £XOO, and the maximum amount they can receive, is a. few shill'n S short of £1,60. These latter figures read peculiar, " but '-they are calculated oh the basis of l-28t<h of the total cost of the tbur ; This is £4,500. and as they play 28 ' matches the Irish Union would go no further th a n to promise a proportionate share of t'lv expert'! U'.'.ve which the trio entails on the South African authorities —or, m. effect, they' guarantee their ■ uu;t," of tbf team's expenses. If the frish Union "^ s .t' -? team pu,t to Africa on similar tprm.f. " this; \yould be fair onoiHv '..:'' Vs,' it |g','"-Witii ' no. likelihood of "o'tv. lrish Yn^mitional. teanv tourin^ ih? 1 c\.t:u' v " V V position taken up \W- th- Tri'h T ni- ; h is ijrosslv unfair.' .An unusual. "oiid very^ regrettable iii'ciaYnr inarl't d 'hi close of the Leicester \. 'Devon i'j't ■. niatch last month, : n/i' ''•.': j .; h:-.'/v- 'unpleasant conse- j : n n for ''■'■■- :•;/ "• Midland club. Mr ■' . . V r l . -atv of the' Rugby n n 'c "' "-.-i, was mobbed by n .. .n-d.nnd assaulted. , .. f; .-. - ii ■'/' the hustlers struck Sim. ■■«vv(i '■')>■' - ■'[.':'.'" d assailant was at ii-e r i- d - h V, police.'; The hosti!'i.v of -th:- ', ■•■■■' continued, and Mr o r :• v ;i . . ; ■ '■ ;; -. ! ; to proceed from the •:-6 n' v«vJ,- v h , protection, of an esovv ■ : • <s. and police. Mr .''•■'' •■* ' : ".""i ; " •• V'hfirp-e of as'i'.- ■•■■■■ '■.-•■ . ' r -?"ma.ii arrested, but' Vi- * 1 ;■■ n iui f h proceed on another k x :'- : ■ ■■:,./■' ■,/'" - '.■ ; ,h v;l. n on ' Ri'lgby Union's .-.- O'.-.r, " t. li h advantage was a), nto pL-' . ...allace,.' Robert and Mcwr-Kor -wi'h- ouveiiirs of thathisioric ioitr of .the- '"All-, Blacks" m hi'htl'K 1 , local %W-. pl'ayejl .a. shining >u t . Viis' .a, ...o.st.^b.yable; function, \d ». ■\W\l\"''; !.?ctless' Remarks, m re- J ■;■•■ n'fl'n ;to ; h. tokst of the, New Zea-u-iid' / ' uy.hv.' i-.n'oh, being 'tho ;"ohlv" :.;.v ii| thr: ointnie^t," . Mr Jack- Kin 0 :. •,ho i-rei; d, d m the ab'Siehce of 't'he litt/le" (ob; or buttei' -W M'ttv ilik-Ilr bijt he| could' well' 'af•■•v. d i o he- • n vou^' in 1 ;. the presence, of ; ■ t.}:- - syn? r>r ■■ h tic <j;ai)her.in-ff.. _; ; The rei^ienfs". V ii' %?, s . eyoeption of • •-'. Tar • ' . ?$): (j hs; f*seii \up " his ' resi dn p ; n Csbri:;tchuj|fK. not lone:---ivi n W$ -""' m ack'nov^led.^n' g , the ' preseh-taiV-ii'"• nrnflp ( tq them, a conihiphdable fjxanr :«^liich could advantage be ffllfdv;pd b" others '^heii ' placed m -^ftviiia" straits. .; 7. ./,.// d-nr Wylie would doubtless be indim d r i. write, himself down a "hass" a f ter lit exwrable exhibitioii of tact-" lessr-ess at the Wellington' Rugby Un-, i{«n's. "smol;er" last week. His col-iea-ues, Messrs Campbeli and Dixpn, svere ru^^n«MhI v to./''#^r cleKr' of -i-roul)lo/1iut -Ed'irajrs'' usual good 1 sense. rie.Aerted lilmV:op?tni&|q&a§ion, and the result was to nlaceboth himself and GollTaith m the most humiliating position conceivable, .. The' chilling re(•e n licn accorded to-his remarks concevnin"- the slan«inrf. of members of Xh'i Un'on's Executive by the local i>i-e::-.s,; and, "Truth" m particular, for that dastiird-lv outrase at .the Athletdc Park a few months ago,, was undeniable Hcfttimony tp'the' feeling of the football cbninrimjtv and plainly evidenced on what side its SYmpathies. were. IMsrair hart doubtless' conjured tin m- his mi rid a, brilliant vision of the frenzied ' cheering which would follow'h'. 4 ; castigation of the' imp<frtinent driticfl, and when it came noti his disconifUiue was truly .pitiable to' belioki: It was. the biggest snub 1 ever fl.diiijni.'tfci'red to. 1 a- speaker at any athletfc cruthering m this city . and pro- ; ' aMy holds .the 1 recoVd for the Australasian colonies. Poor Edgar was down m the dumps for the; rest of the evcirn nd reports 'say that, he has not been the. .'ame man since. As for ilw colleague he was obviously defendin .>he spectacle o^ that individual slinlcintc away before th'e evening's nrooeedisv'?; tame. tp a tetmination >vos pnoii'-'h to stir'pity m the breast of tl>n »i oniosi-hearted man .m the ■■■■■? }))h]v. , erilv, I say, it was the '''Tr'.i th's" iriumph, and Edgar and '■' ,!i'i!;-> i his funeral. ■ Chairman King, :.-hn ■ lninlivplv ejaculated "'ear, 'ear" io .Vv lie's ronderbus fulmihations, VL.-vv'-ht' to li?ad off a rousing cho>rus 'v; ih/ frigid s'lence was electrical m 'is e'-o.;ts orid he quickly subsided. Poor '.Jack must have fancied himself n " • ore aiTonc: the frozen carcases >crd t-b-p o^ri bulk Jubilee. which he f "v h nf]lrd before more up-to-date tvniiK r-" Ivansnort were initiated, f'-oml oM iYiotherly Murray tcied the 0 •'•••»' on. too, but all to no Mii-nos? 1 . f.jvi Fd^ar was left complete- : 'h« l'trrj) w hile the pressmen •c-cn> were almost delirious with r the set-back hey had so rioh- ■;" "HtM. ■'••«■.' ■:■"-: ■•"■•■• ■:■■ :■ - ■ n r ■••• hmg to the toast of the New ,enland Rugby Union at the smoke (.n or I. .last week, Mr a. P. C. Camp-b..-ir laid, special stress on the interference of affiliated unions by the par- ■. nl; ins-i-ii.iHJon. - .According to Mr ■a »tell i lie New Zealand Rugby nion s^ts its face against,: interfering ;'i h? functions- of subsidiary unn h^ nolicv of the colonial union n h ast is m direct contradiction (0 ih^ statement put forward by Mr Camp hell and the writer was simply astounded to hear him proclaim, such : r>. preposterous fact. How does Mr Oampbell reconcile his remarks with (he ultimatum delivered to the Otago Union when Seivwright's team was about to invade "ihese ;""shofe t s, r the 1 si.tickin--up'.,. ot the^Ganterbury' Union for ironew snenti -jut' "booze for^ the New Zealand teani, the Vca|l ;bh • the Wolliti. ff^uW* Kuebv^ ltJhion '|o &ake more s'cai?bin«- investirration into the a;i"e*ef< ;fl©t.i^"fh* Athletic Park j n '-•i-'»nvncr last ; the case of Winiata. and fhe.ManavFatu Rugby Union, and - more rcopnt instance arising out of the boundaries of the Hawke s Bay Union not to mention,; the South Can-lerbur^-Cfinterburr'boundar.v dispute of, s w season ny two aco. Numerous instances! could W auoted by th? T/riior ':o prove that the New Zealand

Union Has unwarrantably assumed j uowers of jurisdiction over atnliated I bodies. Probably Mr Campbell would retort that the cases above cited do not come under the heading of local functions, but have a direct bearing upon the administration of the parent body itself. This argument is quickly dispelled by a reference to the colonial Union's by-laws, and those of the Unions owine allegiance to it. Is Jack King -angling, for a seat on the New Zealand Rugby Union Executive ? It would snpear so, judcine by his flattering remarks o f that body on Wednesday week. "Everything m the Union's garden was lovely," if one could rely upon all what Jack said about it. He might have been fair, thoueh, and told his auditors the other side of the story. "However, "Pakeha" wants that treat all to himself, and m the sweet by and bye his readers* will know 'a lot of things that are undreamt of at the present time. Then there will be some shattered idols with a vengeance. If the New Zealand Rugby Union intends filling that vacancy ,on its Executive, Harry Mclntyre should have the first refusal. As regards ability and knowledge of the game, he can beat, at least- three-fourths of the present crowd, hollow. Harry, however, is not high m favor with one of two autocrats of "that body, and this fact perchance will weigh against his inclusion. The only valid objection to be raised against him is that he is the representative of one of the larger Unions whose influence m the counsels of the parent Union is already too great to make for the welfare of the less powerful. Unions. , George Goldie's resignation from the N.Z.R.U. Executive was not a surprise to me. It is a pity that the counsels of such a solid wn'leman should be lost to the govern : 'n? body. Pressure of private business is assigned as the reason for his res I Ration There is reason- to believe. -however, that the methods pdnnted dv the committee Particularly m regard to- the Athlp+ic Park han^n're"- last September, h^ve been murh to his disliking •I won't vou^h for its accuracy, but where there's smoke, etc.