ASSOCIATION.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 2

ASSOCIATION.

THE ENGLISH CUP. The first round of the English Cup takes place next Saturday: The draw for all four grades will be published in THE SUN on Wednesday. The Rangers euchre party and dance, the first of a series, comes off on Thursday, and promises to be an unqualified success.

The Wellington Centre, when parting with the Bvo'wn Shield to Canterbury, reckoned it was a ease of "Good riddens to bad rubbish." Nevertheless they seem keen on recovering the '' rubbish''. as their challenge has been forwarded to the proper quarter and they hope to line up and give battle before the close of the season.

There is a likelihood of Shortall, of Sunny side, being seen in the Rangers' ranks next Saturday. Shaw, late Bradford Reserves, will make his first appearance on the same day. Sydenham, the holdei-s of the English Cup, reckon on retaining the trophy another season, and will place their strongest team for the season so far, on the field next Saturday.

The : Rangers have notified their intentions of a further appeal against the decision of the Management Committee re their game against United. CONTINENTAL CAUSERIE. The- German Association have been endeavouring to secure the- services of Edgar Chadwick, of Blackburn, on a two-year engagement to instruct .the trainers of the Fatherland for- the purpose of developing the game. The' Germans have- serious intentions at the next Olympic Games. however, lias a leaning bo the Dutchman, whom 1 lie has already 1 served with intelligence and fidelity. ; The game <m the Continent is certainly' gaining rapidly; 22,000 people witnessed the match llolliand v. Germany, at .Amsterdam. The report of the; gam'e' has it that a more exciting giiine could not have been played. Holland led at by 1-0, but then the Germans put on 3 goals. Encouraged 1 by their partisans the Dutch equalised. And then three minutes before the conclusion they took the lead. The game appeared lost" for Germany, and peopled left the ground with songs on their lips, a r few seconds before the close, :the Germans made a draw of four goals each. | The enthusiasm for the Soccer game oil the Continent is great. From Brussels they ran ah excursion for £2 per head to see the Final Tie for the English Cup. - ■ •

;At the same time' as' the above: game wa& being played Italy met and' drew Switzerland, one goal each, before 12,000 people. : Tlie ' Antwerp teftm lias ; won the Schools "Chaiiripidnship of Belgium; and iseven of, tli'e boys who " played . had passed ! tjbeir (examination as referees! How professionals in the Old CoUirtry or Senior players ih KeW' Z'eaqualify in' this way ias 'rdfereesl:' It is said that next season in Belgium ;the schbplboys, after their matches, will have, discussions on the rules of the game.

. :Belgium is beginning to work at : the right end Of'the human ladder, and in this respect are setting an example to tlie Soccer world.

■ Professional representative ~ .teams from "tlie' Old Country recently played Austria at Vienna and Hungary twice. The amateurs, have met Denmark and Sweden an<|, some exciting encounters, have eventuated. The home supporters in these games get considerably annoyed if they loose by much of a marso that the; actual results of these games crinnot be relied upon in viewing the relative strength of the foreigners against tlie English visitors. In one instance in fact the Englishmen were defeated,, in the last half hour be it noted. The cable message- infers that both sides! were satisfied with' the result of the game. m . : ! ' CHINESE EXPERTS}. . "

The game is now becoming universal in the Malay Peninsula where. the players are ehiefly Chinamen although there are one or two teams made up of Home men and foreigners. One of these, the Ipoh F.C., were runnere-up in the Perak League, which was^.won by a Chinese Club. ■ It is reported %hai;ihere are some Chinese players who can play football with their bare . fesfc .better than many .£4 a week experts ra,t home. The games there are playeS: ; 5 p.m. with the temperature £8 in the shade; Good grounds available, but no gate money, all beihgf The spectators are chiefly whose idea,of good play is the ooVling over of a player. The game is also played by the Indians, the Fijians, and many other Eastern races. Association Football is fast becoming a great world game. We are only at the begiimihg, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. I have been asked to give the Referee's decision in- the following instances: — j (1) A player, with the goalkeeper out of his goal, and in an impossible position to stop a shot, shoots, but before entering the net, a dog races across the goal mouth and breasts the ball over the touch-line. What decision should the referee give? ; j Morally a goal has beeih scored, but the. referee must comply With the strict letter of the law. The ball must be netted, or to be .more .1 Explicit, pass wholly pver the goal line,.]

(2) A full-back taking! a goal kick mis-kicks, and the rising bal\ being blown back lie fists it Quit in <4' fit of vexation. What is the rulipyfi ; , ■ A free kick for playing, twice. 5 s'KfUNO.