FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 37, 9 March 1909, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

A JIATUI POSTPONED. London, .March 7. Tiiu football match, Vales v. the Australian League of proiessional footballers, was postponed owing to the lad state of the weather. (By " Touch Line.") We have received from the lion, secretary of the Eltham Club the lii'st of this season's football "eonipHuientaries.'-' .Mr. .Josh. Andrews is losing 110 ojiportiiiiii v oi announcing that his club is first in the-field for the MOD ceasou. There's a good deal said about the "early bird." Those Wellington toe-ballers who had already given Don Cameron, Taranuki'o llectest three-quarter, a place ill the next Wellington representative team will give vent to a "conic-back-all-1-said"' expression, and possibly more. "Don" had decided to take a course of study at the Wellington Training College, and resigned hit- position as headmaster of the Douglas school with that object ia view. Now he has given up the idea of further perfecting himself in the art of instilling knowledge into the brain?, 01 the rising generations ol Taranaki-born, and will devote his energies to Mr. Xewton King's business, principally, we are told, by leading farmers into the way of right thinking as to the manner and place of their purchases. ISo there is every chance that Dou will don the amber-anil-black again for Taranaki.

The Eltham team looks good on paper so far. McCraeken has threatened to retire from the ranks, 'but keen judg.s reckon that he will be there when the curtain riscts on the lirst cup match. Smith, from _\Lmgatok). a heavy, strong, and fast man, will probably go into the forwards, and Luxton, formerly of Okaiawa. will make a good substitute for Biickkuid. Charters, one of tuc best of last year'- "magpies." is already in form. A%even-a-side tournament a'. Mangatoki has forced the pace down that Way. and football excitement is ■■on'' betore the summer drought is "Oil.The town club-' annual meetings should be held in the not 100 distant future.