The League Code.

NZ Truth, Issue 868, 15 July 1922, Page 7

The League Code.

Club competition matches will be continued at Carlaw Park and other grounds used by the League this afternoon.

Somers (Newton) must have had a magnet on his boots for a toeplate. Nearly every time the ball went m the pack on Saturday he hooked it out.

Price played a rattling good game for Shore till he met with an injury Which sent him off the field.

Players will never make a friend, of a referee by arguing with him or finding fault with his decisions. A better plan would be to "shout" for him, not against him, now and again.

Nothing but bad luck can stop City from travelling saloon m this season's ohampionshlp. The steerage berths are occupied by the Richmond team.

The Fire Brigade team last Saturday included four members of the returned All Blacks. City got quite wild and trounced the "false alarm" men by 32 points to 2. And everyone but the Brigade team were delighted.

The best of last week's games was the Newton-Devonport argument, won by the first-named by 16 points to 11. Both teams had a fair share of bad luck, but the Newton men played the better football and deserved the win.

Poison (Newton) was right m the di ess-circle behind the pack, making practically no mistakes and giving a heady and at times tricky exhibition.

The action of the League Committee m granting transfers to no fewer than seven members of the recently returned All Blacks to play for Fire Brigade against City last Saturday was on all hands the subject of adverse comment. City have battled on through the season with practically the same team week after week and just when they looked to have the championship won a weak team like Fire Brigade is allowed to play seven members of the All Blacks. As matters turned out, only four of them were included. in the team last Saturday, and apparently they did not count a great deal because the City men won by 32 points ,to 2. The recult was well reoeived. The granting of the transfers may have been quite m order, but it was not playing the game and there was nothing of the true sporting spirit m the whole business.

Brown, who was played m the Auckland reps, against the Aussies and was somewhat disappointing, .played a rattling game for his club team, Newton, last week.

The City team without Weatherall would be like a lost kiddy looking for its "mummer."

Delgrosso, McClymont, McGregor, and King were m the limelight all through the piece for Ponsonby, and they had quite a lot of fun m helping to down Athletics to the tune of 30 points to 10.

During the match against Newton, Harrison, the Devonport long-stop, punted the ball over the Newton goal and Referee Ball gave it a goal. How's that? : .

The Devonport men must have feet like Charlie Chaplin judging by the direction the ball goes when they try to kick a goal. If ever there is a medal awarded for the best barrackers m Auckland it will go to a lady supporter of the Devonport team. As an "urger" she has all the men beaten to a "frazzle."

The two "Dana", Cooper and McCarthy, got a knock-back when their tug-o'-war team was not allowed to start at the Winter Show. The "Dans' 1 reckoned their Sandows would pull the others round the shed like a roller round a race track.

Billy Ghent, the Marist half, would go down to a train. -

Jacky Lang's brilliancy m the second spell compensated for his apathy m the first half. Why not all the way, Jacky?

If all the Marists would follow up like their full-back, Murray, they vroiild be some team.

Ghent received his usual weekly gruelling m last Saturday's match. This half has plenty of heart and hope. Singe stood out m the forwards m last Saturday's match. His fiftyyards' run for o, try, between the pack, was a "corker." Wanted: A good kick. Apply Marist seniors. ... George Duane played his usual useful game on Saturday. The game between Marist and Rich-. : mohd, if wanting m brilliancy, was noted for the fine .sporting spirit m, which it was played ; hard at times, but clean. The Richmond team are. useful and game to the core. Come again, Richmond..

"Chook" Nelson and Johnson, of the Tyke pack, are 18-carat reliability.

Stevens and Minogue m last Saturday's game improved exactly 100 per cent, on their previous efforts this season.

Hawkins, a young forward m the Marist pack, recently from Rugby Union, should improve with a little more knowledge of the rules-

Nelson Bass, Bill Stormont, and Turner were interested spectators last Saturday. Jerseys next Saturday for these.

Where is Eustace? Too good a back to be idle.

What a fillip a good coach will give the League game m Auckland.

Rumored that when the League's coach arrives there will be a rush of old players to join the ranks of the referees. Good for the game, too.

The play is only where the ball is, Are you listening, Marists?

Present and very lively m the Green and Yellow last Saturday: Loverldge

Gallaugher, the Tyke back, has a lot of pace and handles the ball often. Fingers .iust a bit sticky yet, Percy! Comprez?

- lylAi'ist'will require t to play the whole Avay, like they did.' the second spell 1.-^st Saturday, to have a show with Ponsonby. to-day. Why not, Qreens?

. The match, Marist v. Richmond, was ,^. fitting illustration m the two spells ol the advantages gained m handling the ball, against kicking it.

Before leaving the Dominion, Mr. MclVlnhon, manager of the Australian i'.niv^"s l tics' team, expressed the opinion that there was plenty of good I'latei'ia) m Auckland to make fine League players, but the men required coaching m • the finer points of the g-ame and then they would develop combination, which was the ono essential the local men at present lacked.

The suggestion has been made that m order to improve the play of the League • code m Auckland a coach should be .obtained from either England or Australia. At a meeting of the management committee m Auckland last week the matter was discussed,, and it was decided that a committee consisting of Messrs. Hammil. Phe'lan, and Stallworthy should go into the question and report.

It ia stated that m the interests of economy the Government will send their own workmen to paint Government Buildings m future. "Critic" thinks this a much ibetter arrangement than sending • the buildings to the painters. -'■-■-

. "Critic" hears on good authority that the owner of the winner ,of . the yittoria Hurdles last Saturday ig about to enter into the hosiery business. A leading- daily advised us that the ptake was- "350 soos.'' In any case the "soos" will come . m "handy to kep the -gee-gee's feet warm this cold weather,