HOCKEY.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12851, 9 July 1907, Page 8

HOCKEY.

THE SYDENHAM CLUB'S Willi QUALIFICATION. !^«|

AN INDIGNATION iIEETINO' ;^ Feeling runs very l,i R h nJaon yVf. members of tho Sydenham Hockey <__T" in cannon ion with the di-sqiulifacaUai'/"* ol the club as the result of its with the Caiitetbuiy liockov Amo-?-'' tion. 'J his ia ct was evirlenred- by *__' large gHilienng oi hockey playe»%osJ.-! noctcd with the club, who last ni_i_-' met to express their strong proj££' against the action of the *.onior borh/?,'' -■li- ti. Tnrop, vicsv-pres-deiit, vmi_.tlu> chair. !*.' Tlio facts of the case wet© decUr_i' by .Mr G. E. Good to be as foHotmwC In September la-.t a hockey team vH't,** od the Wist Coast, ouch indivitkiil' niomber paying io towards fhe ««J'" pen.s..s. Although the cost per Bug* had been calculated to be £1 li> 2d, ]2 r balance had been p.iid to members h- *■ the manager, i.oii-.eqiiently tho s*orv;. tary ol* the S\ den ha in Hockey C&_\i wtoto to the Ati-ociation on tlie qa«s.'i tion. nnd as a m-ijuol the elnb was ili».' quaii!i''i for making what were «*;•, suit ia (1 by the Ac-si tuition to bo jr/»*»', eh. 11 ill's iiiiiuii.st tlio manager. Mr Good a&kcd iiiomlwTt- to *>04r *>!" mind that the matter ot Urn disqmJi, neat ion \va« now under appeal, and Mil* to make an. moiM-ieei remarks ths|' would ho detriinentul to their cww/ The dub was quite jtihlined in takioi'"' up tho tut-.- on behalf of the membenV' Jle had beon connected with tho gaW.' for eight years, and he had no pun,"*; snnal tooling-, whatever ngainst tb»S manager of the team. Ho had w_it«|!i on the Executive of the Association prepared to iMiswor any questions put him by the members, but he had b««%\ refim.d admission tv tlio meeting, $*' though tho members of the testn ■m***''' beon oros-T-qiiestioned by the mansfjsf'"V Not only the members of the team, bjfc, the whole of the Svdetihnni Club, it^ r been disqualified. Slid a procedure __[. tlit. l -. he thought, was unparalleled jaC. th ,% history of tho 6port in New Z*m;(> la»d. ~_; Ihe secretary then rend th© let«s;' sont by th" 1 secretary of the Hod my Afsociatioiu in reply to the coninuinit^, j t tion ot the club regarding the mA\ payment of the bnlance alleged to \n} duo to the members of the team. "IJn* missive was to the effect that ths/ charges ogninst the manager false, tho Sydenham Ho<-key Club mtft required to apologise and to withdmt: the charges, and until the npolngy ab| withdrawal wero forthcoming, the clii would be disqualified. ,v| XJ r Good went on _to say that MJ£ result of the Afsooiution's action, .tuy, whole of tho hockey games had tctjtf* disorganized. But tho th© club had decided that it would mmfy to its guns and appeal to tho ' "Rsi? Zealand Council. The secretary bufi us yet received no reply to tho sppfciili as hardly sufficient timo had. Tho facts of the cnae had been hts partially stated by "The Press * 'ntt " Truth)" and the greatest interest fr|»| taken in the incident by all who klttfj anything about tho gamo at all. -W, the ovent of the club being reinstata|| it would no doubt be allowed to pi||| the matches it had mi*scd tliroam being disqualified. In tho moantiaSj however, even tho reforocii appoiowl liy the club could not act. $Jm * Mr A. H. Free moved that tho Mtmf] of the committer be enrtorsod. *Tlp| was seconded by Mr H. Firman,'fits carried unanimously. $R Mr R. Saunders said that M.ni] result of the steps taken, he thougw; in nil probability the club would Jwj playing next Saturday. &X LADIES~ATCHES. * W On Saturday Te Rangitira A t«ft» j met Christchurch A team at Elmijc® The game ended in a draw, rieitlSpi side scoring. Te Rangitira wero pm| ing one 81101*1. "wm Te Rangitira B team played tJwM| A team. A keenly-contested raj| ended in a draw, neither side >-^H*-f| Mr Johnson referecd. ,~Z_jjs The Girls' High School Hcck«OlhiW| A team journeyed to Dunsand—,/pjl -Saturday to play tho local Waikirflmg Ladies' Club. After a closely con't«ra| gairittj- the home team won by -3 gfiim (scored by Misses L. Gates, M. HeßMffl son and N„ McMillan) to nil. MrjKs H. Wise was roforoe. '"vft-i