Mr Baxter's Ultimatum
COME UNDER OUE COLOURS OR STAY OUTSIDE. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Last Night. “While I suppose most of you will agree with your chairman regarding the old rules, our minds arc firmly fixed in the. Old Country,” said Mr. J. Baxter, manager of the British team, at an official dinner tendered the (our-, ing footballers last evening in reply u> Mr. A. G. Yardley, chairman of the Waikato Union, who, in the course of his remarks, said that Ike game with the Combined team that day showed that bright, fast football could still bo played under the old rules. Continuing, Mr. Baxter said: “The rules we observe arc laid down by the International Board and in our opinion are good enough for the average young man to play under. Wo don’t intend to alter them one jot. Those who don't want to come under our colours can stay outside.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7295, 4 August 1930, Page 7
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