PROFESSIONALISM AND ONE OF ITS CAUSES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13663, 30 March 1908, Page 5

PROFESSIONALISM AND ONE OF ITS CAUSES.

Pcr I 'Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 28. Many complaints were made by injured players of- Rugby football in Auckland .last season that while they were turning tout week by week at risk of limb, and incidentally filling the*coffers of the Union by the gates they at-: tracted, yet when they were unfortu^ nate enough to be injured they had to wait weeks for money ifom the accident fund. ,This tended to strain^ the' relationship'- between tite 'officers of the Union and the players, -srtro surmisfe that they are being used to build a large bank lpalance, and when in that mood are likely* to listen to the voice of tho professional tempter. the professional movement appears to have fizzled out, although a few weeks ago "the man in street" r was y saying that there would be four teams started, and that the Eden- iDSstriet Cricket (glut's grounds; had been\sfe(gured. *As jrfetfna^hinc fias developed,; * 1 Enquiries Havfe eli'ctetf'fSe* fact that the Eden authorities have not yet been approadhed by the professional promoters, as JiO the renting of their, ground. The - promoters may lie awaiting the aTrival frfrHhe 'team now on its way from England./