FOOTBALL.

NZ Truth, Issue 132, 28 December 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

„' '(By "Pakeha.")' / . A> movement is afoo.t amongst th-e Taranaki footballers 1 te'raise a mem-, qrial to the late Alf Bayly. It is suggested that the memorial should be erecterd m the Recreation Sports Ground. \i, J. R. Grpundwater, of the University Clu^, who represented New South Wales last season, died at Orange on ! the 16th inst. of typhoid fever. , i ;At the welcoming, of the All-Blacks m; the Old Daft the Minister for War. itated it was his belief that football > would be a potent factor m cementing a. i^vvorld-wide entente- between . the different nations. Which i p'rpbablv means his view is this :— TJo-day , ' there's talk of blood . : .. «;■ And bugles call ! / Some day there'll be no slaughter— :V.,V-y ■ -/at. all. .' ! We i will all meet on our mettle, f^crum and punt m best of fettle, All contentions we will settle By football. ■ ■ '.