GROUNDS FOR SPORTS.
* XO THE EDITOE. Sir,— ln your report of the City Council meeting held last Tuesday, it is stated that Councillor Atkinson pointed out that hockey got five grounds, and he went on to ask why should tho council not allot grounds for tip-cat and marbles? The answer is obvious to any one who has ever taken part in the sport of hockey, or in fact any other decent sport. Councillor Atkinson's knowledge of sport may bo limited, but why bo limited in vision? In his zeal for Rugby, he probably did not look at the schedule of allotments very carefully. Uockey was allotted two grounds, one less than last year, and about five less than are required to take all the players. Rugby 18 the national game, but there is plenty of room for other branches of sport, and in view of the i;reat increase in the ranks of hotkey, it is only just that players' claims should receive more consideration than they have received at the hands of the coum.il. — 1 am, etc., HOCKEY. Wellington, 24th Aianh, 1910.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 71, 26 March 1910, Page 9
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