The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL, 6. OUR NATIONAL GAME.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 91, 6 April 1908, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL, 6. OUR NATIONAL GAME.

lb,: li.-l of loolliall li.xtures set out in j • inoihei- column reminds its that Ihe whirligig of time has once again travel sol the brief space between the close of one -ca-on and Hi,, advent of an■eiino of football, truly played, i.- our id j t lie manliest pa-tinics extant, rcquiriuL.' alike .pialiii.-- oi .-kill, -lamina, and physical endurance: and its increasing popularity be it but a gaiue-i- one of the oiii-tandii.g evidences id colonial virility. It may be argued that we as a | pie are over-inclined I agnilv athletic prowes.-, to give t uu.-li of our time to pleasure-seeking, to the detriment of matters of more ninmcnl. Vim li may be said on both side, „( i he i|iie-tion. Inn it i- not our intention to ii y mailers of outstanding impi.rlan.e in enlllleclion with the game it-elf I that -h mid claim I he attention of every

Dining Hi" - cr rccc-s (h,. football worid in New Zealand lost, by the dcalii of Mr. Alt. liavlv, one „f it's strongest niilai-. llf his feats on the foolliail held it- would lie .-upcrlliioits to speak in Taraiiaki. Sullicieiit to say that, with competent contemporaries under his inaguilieent leader-hip, Taraiiaki was suddenly transported from its position as the' -backbloeks' football province into the forefront of iiilerprovincial fame. His prowess as a footballer, ho,yevcr, wa>> not coulined to his own pi'oviiuv, and his ligur,. was as eonipeiliuglv popular ill the several football centre's ot the Dominion where lie represented Taraiiaki, and in Australia, where lie represented this counlrv, as locally. Keen, strenuous, capable, and .-! honorable of men, his record on Ihe Held of play should be an inspiration to every follower of the game. As president of th,. Taraiiaki llugby Union until last year, and as president ot the New Zealand liiion at the time ot his death, he did yeoman service for football throughout the Dominion. His assistance waned eonlined to ripe knowledge and adviie borne ot long experience, and Taraiiaki footballers owe a. debt—its extent they will never know—to Mr. Ba.vL. whose pitrse-.-l rings were often opened to tide the impoverished 'union over its financial obligation-. (Inly by the selfsacrilicing. actions of the late'.Mr. Iltyly, and one or two others, were some of this province's football tours made pns-

It is meet, therefore, lhat. Hie proposal to found some memorial to tliu lnim-iitel friend of footballers should be taken no wiih enthusiasm. Such a memorial wmilil symbolise, not n monument to sport fur hero-worship, but an imi-ll":il-i----able tribute of respect to a man who stood I'm- honesty and integrity in Ids play as in his evcry-day life, an'example to footballers aid wor'thv of emulation. Although .Mr. llayly wits not a New Plymouth resident. Hie delegates at the animal meeting ot the Taranaki HughI'nion magnanimously decided llial ilie memorial should lie erected in the New Plymouth Recreation Sport- Cniuud. where it would more direct|\ eeine liefore the notice of football-player, and the public. Various views are held ato the particular form Hie memorial should lake. Imt it i. our opinion lh.it it -h.iiihl imt, l,e a utility concern of a kind the original sigiiiliranc,. of which infill he forgotten ill the course of liui'. I'm- this reason, much as we recognise Ihe desirability of erecting a siiilal.le pavilion on the ".rounds, we my oppo-oil 1" the inn -iai taking that or simihi.r lorm. We would suggc-t that a miinenl he raised such as would meet wiih the approval of subscribers in all paris of the Dominion: and nothing, it ~<vni., io us, e„.,ld he heller I han'a uu,-ivc

memorial archway al the entrance lo the ground. \\ itli iis explanatory -cr ■!!. none could pass ihc memorial port ilwilhoul n-dio.r ilie 0hj...-l of ;he i,i,,hi.

ni'.v -üb.-ciilvd and «■■ are com in,, d ll"- lot,l will he -llb-laHliai- the deign '■""'' l '"" anibiiioiis „r pliiu: but ih.i. v.i-lo- „i -ul.-.-iihers. parii-.uhirlv 11n.... residing b, ,„,„i >,,.„- riviil.-lllil. We Inte >'■''•■>■'■■' "f the lite Mr. ISavY- lliron'.li'ai'l Ihc Domini,.,,, and tie hoiie 11„. ,-o-v use in Taranaki at lea-!, will he ',:,■!,- ii'iil-d ami lih-ral, ai.,l thai a me,.:..,-:,! '■ •_-'*':;■">:■•'.. and in'keeping „'■,',,' \','''[ Mr .

I*'" ;;"»,• In Now Z,.,1i...| i,-,- v '■'.■■''■ ''-'i ilii. ii,,„t critical f |;,u,. j M j(, I"-;'"' ii i-ri-i- Hun iicv.t e„iil,l 1 : ,, v.. ;• l-: -*■ ii hit,, players ailiin:it,-.i |,v ||,,, Hill' 111 :| ill'ts (if ,portsmeli il- eVollipli |."/ Tl "'!' r is »" '"'' iiy 1., recite i:',i. "'"'"O 01 111" M'llli'HL that elided n ','"' ; ! " i -!''"- i ' "' II |-|-..»-.- i..H;l| 1,,,,,, „i '■»"'■:>"•••- I" last v..|,r ami ! ">'-c'|ii.'l!l reports of llie'cslabh'sV ■"'.- .<" professional lonlball in ||„. |),, 'l'-ir.iblc ~1,.„i,.|,| | l;ls ~|.t . .i,,..,! {1,,.,,, j i'lH '«v M |!'m.";;,„'"" : " H "' 1,5, - ,,li,i » il^- ""'""■ I'H'l'll'NllJ.'. II" lloill.t. II! |||,. i',',.« 'V".-'•".'" "' | '-'-' m " l "' i '"- i i'^"''i!''"..' l i.'l «INII,-Vir predecessors may | lilv , ,|„ n „ .. set Us lac. resolutely l|„. ; „| ""7""' '" :lll r trace "f professionalism ""•lor its jurisdiction. Wi . . l(ll| , j( t| there arc isolated cases where ..p,".'.. ;"''' " ,i '.» i ''e-Hy '» I-' to allord time |„ "r «'II.Mi,t payment ,„,. |, )s „„ r | '«' >' "ere Lett,,. for t |„. ,„„. ft l'e „„odgeol the professional u ,,|„, . »1«.ii1,l !„■ insert,.,! j,n„ ainnlcurism "".I'-'V-"." "'" »•».'■ W ultimate prolessn.nabsni ,ve have no ,loul,|, „„!,.,. »"• players are dillcrontly coustiluiH Hioseolhe.North ol'Knglaud, where the I'Kiles.iniwl moveiuenl .-row Iron, '•"' exactly -iniilar adiuission-tho |av . :;;;;" '", '»>■ *»«-* I I'll'MMll. I»l-..p„rll„„, „f ~ „,-, , ....1,.,,.,:,,,, ~» ~,1,1 j ~ ,-ii.m. loin [ iidu ol athletes j,!,,,! t o Jllnv luot |,.,| L

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