AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 118, 11 February 1908, Page 4

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Sir,—l see a : 'gentleiiian; ; 'signing himself Athlete ' expresses annoyance at tho nohinclusion of E. in tho teniii' chosen by . throo Christchurch officials\to)r6preseiit ; :Noiv Zealand, in thc' : : Championship Carnival at Hobart. ; I>- assure .'him; .' Sn, theio c lists more : annoyance in the; respective camps■. ofMessrs. Burg© -nrid Sh'arpb; b'ut ( 'no ■ selection : m any branch of sport will ever give complete satisfaction, The point tl'mt \vnnts clearing = Why .should Christchurch-havo shell •uHljmi(;ed:.;say;:m; tho government of New Zealand,, amaieur sport as. a wholo?. Fancy, Sir, three selectors, say,from:Auckland,' being allowed to , choose a Now Zealand Rugby team,, and -putting 11 Aucklandcrs in tho .team to four Wellingtonians,, and say tho latter:wero the then-holders of tho' championshield' two years -running. ;Whv,- it would raise a howl from ono end of the -country to tho othor. It is not only in tW selection of a team, however, that Christchurch has orred. .beliiud iiho. scones in amateur, sport knows full -well that tho control ifrom Christchurch,-wants .curtailing or amateur sport will become as dead' here as it is thoro. T.hc. Press and tho. local ceiitro (the strongest centre in thb Dominion) must got to work straightaway arid: not rest content until Christchurch-disgorges some, of its power and calls the views of other centres into its.deliberations— I'am;'fitc'.," :l February 7: ; 1 ■ ' -SPORT.