FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 224, 15 September 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

1..N f a , if t0 P o ' lll out to fOOtballers who hanker after professionalism that disqualification in football brings with it disqualification in practically ill sport in the Dominion, owing to the combined action of the governing bodies m the different branches of athletics. 7 . a sprinter who plays against professional footballers will be debarred from competing at sports meetings . tte . c ? ntrol of the New Zealand Athletic Union. A swimmer would be warned off" the amateur swimmiu" circles, and so on. A. Lile, late of Inglewood, who was a member of the .Pro.-Blacks in the recent tour of England and Australia, will play for Taranaki against Auckland on Wednesday, vice S. Loveridge, who was selected to play the Northern Union game under a misapprehension. Morris, who played for Tukapa, will also be included in the team. A team of New Plymouth High School Old Boys are arranging a match under Northern Union rules to be played against Palmerston North High School Old Boys on 23rd September. The following are amongst those making the trip:—R. Baker (manager), L. Billing (captain), A. Osborne (vice-captain), O. Bollinger (secretary), R; D. Coker, G. Pott, P. I. Grant, A. Grant, E. Stanley, A. Harle, and T. Millington. Mr. Boeock is at present in Palmerston arranging the match, from which it is expected r o make a good profit.