LOVE OF SPORT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 217, 1 February 1913, Page 1 (Supplement)

LOVE OF SPORT

A SEVERE REBUKE. Dealing with what he ;, pleased to term "the unbounded iove of pleasure and excitement, improperly colled -sport' characteristic of young Australia of today, Mr. F. A. W. Cisborne administers a severe reLnke to young Australians through tlie columns of the Empire Review. ' "Strolling along in a . s t ree t in anv Jarge Australian town." lie says "me stranger may perceive outside the door ot some newspaper oflice an animated oiowd of young people fostlv one another ,„ their eagerness to get within Lading distance of an announcement, posted outside. "Tliinkint; Unit the battle of Armageddon at least must be in progress ]„, pushes Ins way through th. throne- to lead the fUefu! tidings, and discovers that smitli. the famous Victorian batsman. has made over one hundred nnis ... a t,.. ( , m!lt ,„. The swarms of people that congregate at Klcmington on t „., 'la.v and on many metropolitan cricke'f iU1 ; 1 U) '\ ihM ""I''* 'lnrinj? the frequent "'tervals ol tune devoted to recreai ion. testily to tl„, prevailing popular tastellip -sportsmen' who atteml these exhibit energy j n their tongues, and occasionally exercise their \alor by pounding some unfortunate umpire or n-teree who may have oiven all l, »P''l»il«r decision. |-,„t w!1 ,ti 1( ,,. t!lpv 'ienve any physical, moral or i„t ( .|| ( ,'. ,!,ill '.'"'"''it from watching the strmvg'les ol a >r„re or so of brawnv atlilel.^ thcr minds engrossed bv tlu. momen.Mus question whether a leather 1,,11 will | )( , .Inven more Ire,p,ently through this „air of post, or that, is a- question not dim"lt to answer. Sport of this kind liowever. undoubtedly help, to lure the country youth of Australia citywards •rndolence in recreation necessanlv Y't J"'I'** 1 '** of indolence in ■ - should be working hours. Sydne , "Innate and natural beauiv is' a so„t | ; rn Naples. Li ke its Enl , pp;nl ( , o :_ !'•"'• also it has ,ts lazzaroui: and thi, respectable class of citizens appears * be inctvasmg. On every line'L. a, at all hours, may , )P s , f . n ,; ' <lo gra-s. or lolling on the ieatsoPt! ""n-ark. „ -ds of able-bodied vo,, ":•"• '»"»". v engage.l in Mi.okin, Vb'r''ttes. or reeling novels. '" '

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