The Question Bag.

NZ Truth, Issue 173, 10 October 1908, Page 3

The Question Bag.

-"N. 8." (Hunterville).— Come' at us again next season. Would necessitate delving deeply into the musty records of . the past. ' ■''..•- -"FJI." (Dunedin).— Not journalistic etiquette. . . ' "C.C." (Dunedin).— Why, Jimmy Hutchison himself suggested that tl)e Otago Union should approach the . tianterbmrv Rugby Union with a view to .the form; . ation of a South Island RUgby Union', and that's not so many years ago, either. You \Wjll never convince us that m their hearts, Hutchirisoh-Campbell anil Co. don't detest the s N.Z.R.U. more cordially than Old Nick does holy water. It is our fond belief they, would go ?ff the water-waggon ,for-a mon.th were he Union busted-up. v • "P.L." (Dunedin) .— Hutchinson was secretary of the Poneke Club during his residence m Wellington, but we are unable to : stumble' across a single indivi- , dual who ever accused him of knowing how to play Rugby. . ' , i "'•'Tom-tit!' (Invercargill).— That kind • of whistle doesn't reach these columns; "G.W." (ChEistchuroii) .— One Of your leading football writers asserted that Oeo. Mason was seldom original, and' it's an acknowledged fact, 'Isn't - it ? As "for Walton, the Rugby pole-axe should, be applied to him as soon as possible:. . "R.D." (Napier).—Tripish.---"8.T." (Nelson) .—The referee's decision was absurdly wrong 1 .•, ' •, "A. A." (Picton).— Wallace,, by the whole area of Marlbbrough Sounds. \ "T. 8." (Auckland).— "Bubs" Tyler was 5 undeniably the better man of the four front-rankers you" mention. , ; : y "J.L.8." (Newmarket, A.K.\--Jervois I without the shadow of a doubt. "R.F." (Parnell, A.K.)— We have said so often m the past, and we fepeat.it now,, that Gallaher was a veritable pigmy as a wing-lorward, compared to men like "Qff-side" Mac, Tom Ellison, Bob Olipliant and - Harry Lee. Why, Mills of Taranaki, Hardcastle of Wellington, Fred Hjenlen and Paddy Lane of Sydney, and "Ard" Kelly of Wellington would have lost : Gallaher m their palmiest days r ' . ■■■■■■

"A.L.G.." (Stratford).— l9o4-5-6-7. "S.B.!'* (Waitotara),— On that showing you win the bet. A fair specimen of spieling all the same.

"K.S." (Petone).— Both are out m their calculations. The player's first rep. game was m 1889. No wager.