"A GLUTTON FOR WORK."

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 141, 17 June 1922, Page 12

"A GLUTTON FOR WORK."

•„ Bellis, the All Black forward, is wellknown locally, and tho following reference in the Wan^auui Herald to his play in tho Xaranaki-Wanganui match will be read with interest :—

"The 'tiger of tho day was Moke Bellas, Uie . skipper .of the WangaDui vanguard. Ho catno ripping and tearing through the whole time, the only occasion upon, whioh- tie •w.afi. ! gftiet .«saft

being for several minutes when he was laid out, through coming in contact with the goal-post. He certainly was still for that short space of time, and it wis thought that as he had got such a nastyl knock he would have to be carried off. Someone calied out for the ambulaaca! That was enough ..for Moke Bellis. He had too much, left in him to li!fr.'e it taken away in an ambulance wagon; so he was up and at it again.- Men. who saw Bellis in international games and also saw him in action against Taranafci aver that they had never seen this Rugby giant and glutton for work give such a brilliant display. It seemed as if he had been surcharged with electricity, and not even in the final stages of the game, when signs of tiredness are excusable, did he evince the slightest signs of any depreciation of power or pace. To Bellis may be credited the main links in the chain of success, and there is no doubt that other members of his team drew something in the form of inspiration from his unexhausted sup-1 ply of energy."