FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 51, 22 August 1911, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

■ i;f.) yrr " :r ' '/■- ,|fi- ■ ' ' ■ i:l 'iMPROVtNCJ," SOCCER." Rev. -writes rom Manaia: i interest of a very fine sporty trespass 'upoii your valuable space al 1 ott«tfitoiflWrwpoiidcuee ? At the end of the season .it is a good thing to survey the past and strive to read its lessons for the benefit of the future. It is very pasy ,to criticise anything, so I s-hAU/iiot ( (io'tiny, .of that unless it leads tilr'cctljy''.t6 r aiiy;. of my contentions. The wiscj i fc«rt^' l up,;not. break down. Let me ,ssl, tlii!t,' the first essential to of "soccer" is that the manning, Aj won be composed of men wljo are hpjt^er-.players nor referees. This, J kn&rf, all will agree on as the ideal, afct 'because i,t being an ideal relegate it :to the Very distant future. ! But I) believe "that a little effort in the recess on the parts of enthusiasts will make great strides towards this ideal. ; TheTo are surely other men, like myself ; and better fitted, who are not very keen !on playing, except. to keep the thing g&j'iJv jvould gladly spend time anil? 'benefit of the sport j alMl It's This to me is the i firit SMfl gWf&t'/'jprineiple to go upon. ' Th't,''Umbir9llbuld l mcet before the summer. is over and draw up regulations, 1 etc. Let mtPfUggSgt the more important , ones:—(1) Boundaries of districts, with ! a proviso'ttiak Where an adjoining district has failed to form a club any residents in that district be "allowed to join the .Slul) ftfj tjhcuailjeining district. This is ! only TJasQiMbleyi';think. New Plymouth ;W' ta be the only teams j ini ■ jtheliiwrthonu cn'd & far. This will . !W> n Wilbftjj //BBiiedjed by encouraging ,' soccer "fau'lnglfewood to join IStratford and iH;:SVaitara to join Xew itjuwfj'by penalising them for 'not and driving them to : Rugby. HiSlthftrnji .geographically, is in | South TfosapakivviMiid the northern end vfA r ?' b»Ws!?:iseßi'cd: ,by cuting Elthnm ' (, ,fl'i)i^H? n 'j'>f:i!it'i'f»nljv made .them go to 'liii'-t'itlft-jtwfuldeilW'istart clubs in Waiplflces. ..Surely they have j ; (2) The Union's next igreat step would be do form an executive ifoff! ifindiiicon&isting of three memWnion, they to draw up fixt,Vfe and other purely local m,aller s.^f ,jX'h e executives to meet ti! liiffpmit covenient places, a W& once a month at, say;, KJthijrfn. (r.;ThS4:. referees should be ( actually present at a meeting of the ■ t ; w ) ut^v ) tt ( bcfarfi.TOg.kij)g.their first match in, qr4flij yttek-fitness might be , a ?ffi>;tfiii)W\ r by,.j;,,few adroit questions. bfi .requested to hand in l, lf W%:°|-(U<tl;Wie»"bers of their teams to' tjfft;tre J %q Sn bqf<ji'e the.game begins. Uuion should be given to understand very clearly that, no' ejub they may belong to,, they. the elub controlled '»y t^q,.Un,\onuf, people and players, iqee. thiij.,gfljpe /controlled in a bus-ness-1 i,U(j, lyayiund: by gentlemen who are not- playqta fcir,cliijt)s (or referees, except under given ,'circumstances allowed by the Union), then soccer will prosper. I have not mentioned finance. The success financially depends upon tho success in. organisation, otherwise—given a capable secretary and chairman—finance is never any trouble in spirt. Too often the, round peg gets in the square hole, and then there is squeaking and groaning on all sides. But business men and impartial men will take every care > that square pegs and rounds pegs are put in their proper places. I would urge upon the lovers of soccer not to lose sight.of this-ideal during the summer, but work towards it now; have it all arranged before the season starts. Get your men ready for next, season; get your Union delegates; talk it out with them; get good men. able men, unbissed men. Accomplish this step and soccer -is an assured success in Taranaki.