SPORTS PROTECTION LEAGUE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10653, 23 May 1913, Page 8

SPORTS PROTECTION LEAGUE.

Per Press Association. Wellington, May 23. In its aiiiiutil report the cozr-mit-tee of the .Now Zealand Sports Protection League states that a branch was formed when a wave of sentixnentsl:siii against sport, was passing over the Dominion, and it was felt that if the friends of cporfc did not resist New Zealar.d was going to be a pretty du4 place, snd its inhabitants were 'going to be fairly dull dogs, Fince its formation the wave of p.ntinientaiisrn had subsided. T ; ..i secretary had successfully lfl-.-.-icbed porno 75 branches in New Zealand, and all the machinery for ii;;in.!iig I rouble ie ready. Tho main concern in tiie immediate futare ia to have the various associations of sport affiliated to the branches. One of the principal nlanks should be to protect the people's rights in the way of recreation, and if its oni\ 7 achievement was to nreserve recreation grounds and parks from tho cupidity of public bodies and to assist io obtain Jiiora recreation grounds tnat alone would justify its existence.