ALLEGED BETTING.

Otaki Mail, 14 July 1922, Page 4

ALLEGED BETTING.

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V-'.ii'ii. i'i.a i, i\. vv. jl'ojcv. iaiaci- \iuau u. uuu mu l\vu tlu-•u.jem , ac«.i dicssrs Wiubicy aiui Uevaa. i lie Ciiitii iaan hnciiy I'-Ypuum u inai j liic mcciing was a special one caii»-d | lo near ilie charge oi hell mg' made hy Mi Wiiihiey against -Ur iAian. im- . piopcr procedure was for Mr \VhiLi«*y lu make the el large and substantiate n. jir Wiiihiey said in miming the charge he had nu personal IccUng m the matter.' Had it been against any other member he would have acted just the same. As a matter ui iaet until t'liv last annual meeting ot the Union lie did not know Air He van, and he had brought tho charge simply with the view oi keeping the gamy clean, in the past there was no doubt about »he betting there had been on matches, and the Liuon siiouiu do ail it could lo stop it, whether the oiienders were in the j Union or not. Tin* betting evil was rite lust year, and it was the same th.s year, Air Whiblcy said no one had eome to him in connect inn with ii--present matter, lie had iunud about it casually in Hex ton, and lie wqnt to see the man concerned and the latter had told him ail about it. “He did nut tell me as a member ul’ the Management Committee, ” said the speak* ! e r, * * and as it was impossible for him ■ lu get iieie lu-n i-hi, i im \e his signed siaLi:*eai oi' i.itt.t beetirred.. “Could Set £O.” i TJu* statement was read as follows: — ■ ’“I was present at tlir llui Alai-Foxton | 1 t;i;11<-!i clayed at Alanakau on Ilrd ini slant. I saw Mr .‘Sinclair, of Levin., | there and told him I had sonic money I to hack Uoxton if 1 could got three j j,,lims in. .Sinclair immediately ap- ; preached .M r Bevtij, who was standing I near hy. and then came back and said lie ijd sot £l> on the above basis. I h.i.Uod t i Bevan for continention of the lot iiari he nodded. I took it from .t.-Lt ii did and the nod from j |;. \ a;, loai the bet was made by ttjinI ~ti 11. ■! it t! f of Hevan. At the conj ■•!■:-ii. .of ,he game, which Uni -Vlai i e. on t.v ii\ e points to nil. 1 approached 1 | 11-■ \a. v. i; ) was in the company of -Mas- j I i . I rtniiiiil and Well i poilm n;i. aml j I |..*tit! ov, r to him the amount of the bet, j cii. 1,;.' an hesitated when .1 first of- I j tv.vd it to him. and I then said ‘that ( for ;ho lot made with Sinclair.’ I | lot am ; hen took the money, ami I crumpled it up and put it in his pocket. | .'Signed I V. L. Bryant. Witness. S. W • I Lad-,,... !a. \ ton. Julv 11. I'LL'.” ■ .inti lining. Air AVhibley said ! tie i , :i , , I;,oitor .Mr Bovan would deny ■ iv.-ms ; ;a 1 !;•* itioeoe in tho presence of ; | >,,• Lesase.d oni.dd determine whether ! o, i, .- ; ■ ■..o.;id call .Mr Desmond. f i ( hai i liit; a : it i- am k'.\ t: rd i lia t 1 ly a;.' is mo Imre -o that we could e.\a m i tie ii im. In tho st ;t t omoti! I La-.t :i, - lie approached Sinclair to | • the bet on. l.li' Wild,lev: Ksactlv. 'LI, - i' ji •• irriait: Ltissildy the matt did t : ,;• have the money to make the bet I; WMhmv* Mr L.o\ai: accepted the mi-roe ationvatds. : u t'hainiian asi-ied it' Alt Whiblry lit, i : hittg i lirthor t o snv. Mi Wit il.lev: K>:ecpt whether AD i Dovat: will deny Dryttat ’s stateinent. •• Produce the av,tilers. 1 ' ir Do van -aid he not going to j make a statement at all. lie wanted ! ilo; man there mho said he made the lin r. lie diil not km>\\ Bryant, and he | told Air AVhildey that at the last mertI 'iag. Mr Wiiihiey said he would bring ' tile man hole, but he wasn't here. Mi j L. van said ho was nor satistiod with j the way tho matter was going at till. | .Mi Whibley had laid a charge, and it I was for him to produce his witness. It ■ was not a question of what lie (the ! -uo'ikor) was going to do. • .'fr Whibley: 1 u ill call Air Desmond. AD Do-:,,onri was called, and said lie j am Mr Bryant hand ATr Bevart some The Cltairman: Ton don’t know who- | thet' ii "ns a bet or not? Air Desmond: ~So. 1 only sum .Bryant hand over the money. Tiie (''liaii man : It is unfortunate j Bryan: is not here. He asked M: j AVhildey if he laid the charge oil "liar Brvrnt told him. .Air Whibley: Yes. The Chairman: Bryant ought to have been here. It puts the accused man in a false position, and he can’t crossciandne his accuser. Mr AVhildey said that Desmond was i,:, 1 sc::t ami saw Bovan receive some new. v froiii Bryant. Ti.i Chair'u,an: That doe- not prove a It. :. Ho mould like to see Bryant and i'iuc'air brought together. Air Be van said lie didn’t know Bryant 1 • frot.t a bar ~f soa],.” ‘.Mr AVhib- !;:• <1 brought the charge against hiie. and lie mas tin a,- lo prove he was :anocelli. All Alr Wliibiey had was a | • •' As this man Bryant consid- • - lie made a bet with me. I want rite i'ninn to deal with the matter.” lie ,-aid. "This is a serious charge, and for Mr Whibley to come along with a .•'..Moment instead of producing his wit--7n.-ss is only playing with the Union.” Tho ('hairm-in said they could not do nnvrhiug as itivant "'as not there. Air Bovan said lie was prepared to doav the charge. He had been placed in a very awkward position. He had 1 mmor met or spoken to Bryant. * t Tho Chairman did not see how they - could go on. .Ur AVhibiiy: The statement by Bryan*' rays Air lie van took the money and A!i Desmond saw it. Air Be van won’t ; Bryant paid him anything. M: Bovan: I am nor here rn answer The f'hnlnwin: The charge does not ’ ,-. anything. Air Bovan may be aide 1 ■ that when the ease goes on All AVhildey: Th-.t i my c:i-o. i Aii L AV. Percy - id the rntemenr w:e- •:!! ityhi :r' t-'.' 1 ar it vrer.t. blit it wn nor an affidavit. It should' have been witnessed V,v a .T.P. Aii White.;.-.- This is i:r,t a criminal - one;, --,. T; not crimifai to bet. and : is- no suggestion th- referee was .-■e.o ,ml. or anything like that. The 0 o:dv riling wrong : s that Air Be van • ,;:de a l-'-r when he was a member OI A ri,o Maitapoiaenf < ‘onimittee. Alembers of the Union should act in a way that the pn'tdic should have no reason to 1 t tdtik t iter,- was anything wrong with «! the management, of the game. b >'a titer A’iband did not agree that it was in.! 'criminal to bet on a football match. | Tie Chairman reperLeci that as Mr Whibley brought the charge he- should' & rave bad his witness there.

Fa Ike; Vil.u a:l ne.i l.r :.g:eul will j .Mr Whibley on the point that the garni ! should no Kepi clean, bra lie mummillet ! that be; i tug should m.. be countn line | fit mmitmci made fn.. i.e:— p-otycis oi : anyone else. Oil that point the Union’s own rules denit with betting, and lu | quoted Rule At. This piovided that t ' player must not bet on a match in j which lie was playing, but he did not I agree that a player should bet on any | match, much less an official. I At: Whibley said ho did nut suggest that the Uiiiiia countenanced belting on a match, but whilst betting we.it on 1 the management committee should not do it. The management committee I should show the public that they die j not countenance* belting, i “Not Going co Slop Here.” Mr Bovan asked how was the Union to know rite statement * as really Bryant'.-. tie did nut know JJmatu - wilt lag if he saw it. J am not pu-pared to stop I,etc and am going to see the tiling right nut.” Air Carmichael: We can only' deal with this from a football point of view, We are at liberty after reading rule 24. The I'iiuiiman stated they wore the custodians of the game and must watch i|s interests, and when a charge was made such us that before them they must deal tviili it. Bryant should have been there. Air Whibley: Air Bevan took the money. The Chairman: There is nothing to say what he took it for. It is not fail to the man accused. Air AViniata: Did Bryant make the charge? Tito Chairman: He told Air Whibleyr who made the charge at last meeting, It is for the meeting to say what to dc front what it lias heard, Bryant Must Appear. Mr Carmichael moved that the Ml ijuii-y be adjourned until Bryant ap neared before the Union. Air AVhildey: I mould not guarantee to get hint at all. He explained that Bryant’s business made it very diffi • cult for him to get away at nights. : Mr Bevan said if the man made cer i lain statements he should come and 1 side-tuntiate them. Alt Lerev seconded the motion, ant: i said it was quite necessary that Bry ' ant should be there. I The Chuitman asked that the liiotior be made more dolinit'o. Mr Carmichael altered his motion t<. :m adjournment till next Tuesday : night. Bryant to be warned to appeal i that evening, j This was carried.