FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 17, 20 January 1914, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

"sgktßlEbss xrmoTL. TOCB OP THE ESGIJSKStES. A nweting; called by the recßtvtly-ans-penefeif Andciairif Leagne- for 'Pr«fay evet iing; last- Tapaeif -ehioagfo waait of * :«p3wnmT. 16- wa* a> aignfficant- fact t&at even the officials ahowed littler eathnalasm r and apfparMitly (Jid not care- howthings went. Home of these present remarked Chat if this 12 an mdieaiion) ot ■what the snspemded officials think of ithawr -pesitToni- -i* is evidently an opportune time: for them to>~hazid o-ver the atffsirs of the testgrae to a more eaergetfe executive, who perhaps wiH con•daefc tbe mter-eats of • fne piayera ire Atfefclind wfth more energy and boainesa ' deterarinatton. I Bearding the ne-wly-eleeted An«feland Le*jnift, esreryStfug potntt* to a braey aeaatmv and by the earnest- endearvoara ox tie officials no- atone is'being left tuituriied. to make the foflower3 of the gaiae sutisSei. The coming of the EngEafmsen aheuM marfc a jsright spot ia the history of the game , , and it is to be hoped that trafrtinjf opfrraiion-.-. are coiameoced early fn the year to- allow a reasonable ppportirmty of getting the 'beat men avafebCe to contest the iasnea. /-ArratagemenES are well invfema for t&i3 vferfc, and the public will be given the opportunity of -witnessing tfie Eogfehmen. xC work. The coat of the tout will be considerable, and the- New Zealand eotriKal are to Be- eongrafcjrfated for their foresrigfct and progressive policy in endeavonrrng to edocate the ptubfnr and players up to- what the Northern Union football really ra. Arrangement* are afeo to the fore for a tour of a Sew Zealand" repre3enta- ; trve testin to Australia this year. TMa -toor wiß give the governing ibody a bcay time.