A SPORTING PUBLIC

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 8

A SPORTING PUBLIC

THE NATION AND THE GAME. New Zealanders are a sporting race lhey inherit from the greatest sportin" nation the world has ever seen a love of the game, for the game's sake. So thoroughly has this become ingrained in the fibre of the race that to us even Life itself is a great Game, to be played according to the rules of fair play in accordance with the traditions of true sportsmanship. Wherever you went in Wellington yesterday the chief topic of conversation was the latest win by the AIL Blacks. Go into any restaurant in the-city during the week and you will hear all you want to know about football and horse racin^ • lou hear it said sometimes that the newspapers give too, much space to sport. A newspaper which did not attempt, to satisfy the demand of the sporting public for news of the games would not last a month.

A "good sport" is a man who may be expected to act -without ulterior motive. A "sporting offer" is a proposition without a catch in it. i Be a "good sport" and make a donation to the City's.War Memorial Fund. The lads of our lost battalion went into the line in a sporting spirit and played the game for all it was worth. How about you? Are you playing the game? Direct donations may be sent to the secretary, War Memorial Fund, Box" 199, G.P.0., Wellington, or left at the E.S.A. office, in Featherston street.