FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14210, 27 May 1910, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

THE COMPETITIONS. The competition games were resumed yesterday alter a break of two weeks. In the senior matches at the Atbletio i Ground, Zijj£ari beat Star by J i 10 !>. arvl Celtic won from Tininru hy ti to (1. At 'iVmiika. Pirates suffered defeat, ai . the hands of the home team by 6 to .3. i eEXiOR. | Ziugari I. v. Star i. (referee, Mr ; C. F. ('oliiiL>V —Star commenced with i eleven men. later arrivals making the j number uii to thirteen. The game I opened in a scrambling fashion, marks j and loose rushes alternating. Zingari ' - held the upper hanci ror tlu- lirst quar-( . ter of an hour, and Ultimately W. j j Me.ore fielded a kick from Pearee and. ; transferred to Mitchell who gave Par- j ' roeh an easy run in. The scorer eon- ' , Verted with a good kick. s—o.5 —0. Stars ! ' invaded Zingarrs i' 3 two or three times ! i without result, and Zingari continued j to nialco play, and from some ragged, j }'' ay iaiied to setire, the corner : ; flag Ivhvj: knocked over. With two > i ad-ioLional tiien coming <iu Star livened I up. but suifered a reverse i;nmedh> teiv : j owing to .\tanni;ig meeting with an ; I injury. Some tiglit play took place 1 | on Zine;:ri s 111; e. Darroch eventiuilly . kiek ; ug out to the -Jo. Ziugari es- ; i saved souie massing lushes, but 110 t- . i iag eventuated, ae-1 Thomson headed i 1 a v t ;!r r'esli to il:e '/hngiiri corner. Get- ; t;;:.r; out iigaiii Cole -t:;rted a Zingari 1 rush which A. JV.idd terminated by i tackling at tlie critical moment. | Zingar: set up a hot attin k, and thonjili a pot fron: straight in front fell short, the oval went across to Moore, who drotViod a pretty goal from the 25 liar-. Pudd and The-ov-on transferred n'r.v t--. Ziii'/ari's onarters. hut a force saved j the ;;•••. u. and the Yellows maoI a'^er l to keep their line intact until half- . t're.r-. i An e----' ; a!i!te of hh.'b kicks at- mi'.if:e'd opened t'le se'-o'r.d spell, then for J i'hotiL ;• o 1 linutes pla.y was of a serar.i- ---| Mine nature. v : th :i few < lover brcakj r'.iMy-:. T'ue leati'.er was rus-bed u:> 1 i-ad d-wn ioe ti -- 1 ■ d t'o,. adva.ntae;e fo- • rily restinst with Zirujari. A sweepir-g f .r-.vrd rush t;-ok t':e Colours to Star's one. but a hard ki< sent if out of , oeoi. A sootrt a-.-: by O. Mooro ; fade] to find the sticks, but a few 1 s-iintrees later the Zoooiri half whipped .lie ball a'Viiy i'-oio a serum, four back-: i handled it. and ] ; . ;>y was left to make t-h" iinal effort. Iw.Minjr the op;i.-sin't witii a feint an*.! droppin •: over near t!;o cornei'. iJarro.,-i:'s kici: v. :ts i neoesstti!. I f—o. The Ziiiga.ri roar d-veton indidged in a series of - r:ehos, but whon' ver they g"t >•! the <c:ir fu'l-biiek (tdoson) lio 'counted for his toon. .Manning, luw'd :: r:d Tliotnsou made bo_ r efforts to eooa!piav. itiKi tliough tiiey sro-i-oj.-ii in some instances, thy opposition dafeud d se.-cessiully. After a lew more resr.iiScss avta.ekd by Zingari time was signalled, with the score: Zingari 14. i Celtic I. v. Timaru I. (referee. Mr i ■!. O'Loary.—Alter "Ihinaru lmd sec the ball in -notion, pi:;\ see-iiuved beiwcen the two twenty-iives, neither team e.H!u ng an> n.atevotl advantage. A : uuui-K-r 01 opening were made by Dat'cy. the Celt uoif-back, bet always I the attack seemed to lack cohesion — ! sometimes a. kick e.t the wrono; time | and again a dropped pass a t the critical moment. ward) imt in some useful work for Timaru, and 011 oue cccasioii got v.edi away with Wigley, Kaine and Alayo iu support, but the Celtic vanguard came round again, and succeeded in neutralising the effort. A. lefty punt by M. Houlihan gave Celtic a chance, and Dalton, ilillar and G'Jialley vumbined in a rush that left play i;i Tii maru's territory. A Blue back en- . deavoured to sate v.dcii a hasty punt, . but a. Celtic man marked in a good, i x>osition, and Her:-ion sent the bad 5 between to ■- uprigiitj. 3 : — U. The i sttcceediiig play was remarkable more ' :or its eVt o.:ess thai! iiuything eise. • attempts i:t passing by C-'itic being i frtistrated by V-'ilholl. riarlty and I Chirk, an.-; the piayiug a eiase j hard game. Xiaii. Fitnget.-ki Hiis. rod i OdMadey showed otit in an unexpect-d 1 ro.-:i\ th.a.t ".\as replied to by iiariey, sii.d hali-iime loft C.-itii: leading by 3 to 0. Sinclair placed Timrru in a g-aod position on the ivsureptioa of piav. but ii'aiton .broke away r-ion a inie anu evoned mat..-:-. Siidth ran to Celtic's lid. then J. Fitzgerald by good jodowing g.,t on to the Jjiue lull-back, and play centred at maliiold. A Celtic vtlat-ii v, as piiciieu on by Darty, who I was p'iiied .lo.cii w.t'oii a ;ara of the I line, out an aiteniii . oassing l.y ! tiie Greetl rearguaru was out into by i Hardte v.ho tr;iii-;f erred i)iay to with la j a few feet o: tlie Celtic goai. At this ; stage Smith had to retire, and Maben : caine oil. keeping 'i imam's eomnlenient . at iourteen. Siiiekt.r iiatl a. siaat in a rair jjosriion from a penalty, hut the j bali went wide. l'iie iilues continued j to press until Daiton came through a, i ltjie-cut aad found touch at hall-way, j and Celtic by line work invaded Timaru ! grotiuu. An attack .in each corner ■ laded to croscj the line, and weak pass- ! ing by ti.e eimbled Timaru t/i ; intercept and relieve the pressure more ; than once. 1-Jart-e stopped a rush in good style, and a smart dash by Sinclair and Kariey effectually raised the siege, but weak tackling allowed Riordan to run through till he encountered u itheil, arn.l the Green pack pushed • the attack well into the Timaru 20, | where Darcy secured possession and dived though and over the line. 31. Houlihan uiiyd with the ki-k. After tome even play, a Celtic forward rush went dangerously close, and Timaru in-

in _.siopp:ng :i. Hertrnm misled an ea.sy kick sounded immediately ;tiand limy was tyunUed immediately aiterwuras. Celtic u, Tirnaru 0. leiai:ka v. Pirates (Keic-ree, 2vir A. Siiir relive). —Thus:- who expected to j bo-j a iiiie exposition. of modern lootball,. when two sueii sterling teams as the above named met in Victoria Park yesterday were greatly disappointed. Pirates playing une man short, a-id with one oi their best men (Cai'itoii) practically pm out oi action early iu the game w-tit a badly spniined leit shoulder, met Ivmuka at their best. Most of i-he as an exposition of wrestling, and " going for tho man, ' was ij 1 >c- oi the worst ever seen in V lctoria Pari:. iloth sides "'are to blame." was the terse summing up of an cxij< lie-teed Member of tlio Heierees Association who was a disgusted onlooker. Ti'.e guruo itsejf beggars description. It v.-as the first that our reporter had ever soon where passing and the scientific sides of Rugby were totally neglected and where instances were not ran" in which players were, dragged along ill;; ground by limbs and clothing, "long after they had lost the ir.til, and where players who ran well out, of bounds were dumped heavily, when tht.ro T. as not the slightest justification for it. Ono Temuka player Lad to be twice severely cautioned,and one Pirate did a, bit of wrestling for which he was roundly and deservedly hooted. Writing of the latter reminds ijs that the younger ]>ortion of the many spectators let thefr feelings carry theirs, away fax tfio much, and were a perfect, nuisance on the line, the game having to be repeatedly stepped to clear it.

In the first spell play was very fast, and nriii'-ii'c'.i'y confined to the forwards Tcniuka. was getting the ball from the scrums, but- their breaks wi-ro smothered. Short runs and Ion.LC kicks were brief roliefs, and from one of the loult limits Pirates were forced. At last TVnmka pot a' free in a fine position, but it was charged, and then Pirates wore forced twice in succession. After playing am**® in jrhioh feonours. were e^y,

Pirates worked the 1 >:, 11 dor. r. to ih.s north-east corner, ;\ hctv they secured a mark, and .Roddick taking the kick at an angle near the eastern line ami e 1 1 .-.' ro iho eoul.e da o. landed a liiagnilicont goal. There. was 110 eliiinge to the end of th« spell. Trmuka opened the second at 4.30 ill a UK«t determined vi:inn»r, and were mot in ti:c same spirit. The I<•i*a' men, however, were nut U> be k< pc out, aiui had hard iuck in repeatedly losing the lv.il! from short Wind piloses svhen a

.-c.ore earned certain. J'rnin a scrum almost on tho Pirates lines. the h:i!l shot out, and Tennika uero mi it at once bur it bounced out it bounds. Pirates had hardly cleared when leuuika again rushed down, and this time there was no mistake, T. Morgan get-ting a clever try. The score was nut improve.!, the angle and 1: -jiiit bein.tr difficult. With this equalising en points, the keenness of both teams ami the tension among the spectators al- ; limit reached fever heat. Time niter ; time the great forward of the Piratv s. : led liis men or,, only to see Grant ; breaking: through and ganady raby: no life men. It was now troltin<r almo.-t----too dark to see the ball, but the captains desired the game to go on to iiie end. It w>:s .still anyone's game. :is the forwards w-ro nl! going as stmnely as ever. At" last Tomuka worked the Pirates steadily backward. ;md from a line our near their !>.">, Grant got possession and making fee '>• m "'in of the match, grounded wei! b:;weon ih" goal posts. A strenuous game end< d Temr.ka ii.. .Pirates 3. JldXjOPtS. Temuka v. Ceiu-e (Referee, Mr Dunni —Placed :is a curiam vats !, r to tin- senior match, the visitors v-rii :i >r oiit freni Temuka wii.li a very mixed leant. Opening quietly. Tennihti a«.sumed the aggrasitve, and soon had tile Greens defending. hut a .series ot marks o : earor! tlie lines P. ocaedly. ill t by oil-- team and then the other. At in si- a mark by Temuka was kicked hieh alii! the home beys following no fa-t- W. Taylor ;,.:i over. Clements did not improve. In the secmid spell Temukn. played mast keenly and splendidly toor ther. ami quickly reo'ed .rtf a eoup'o or tres. one by Dnvey and the other by Fisher, but thoncdi both v.vro right in front nf goal, the sere was not enhau.": d. '"he game -. d :n a v*;ry c!:d:'::bfe 'vj; .leiUU:.; l hv 9 to 0. The e;V:::e rlirollf.diout was played, in a ""''i! spirit-, and was ac times very fast. Tinutru 11. v. II. (referee. Mr T!. H. H —Zineari deiVa;e-i cioven Tiiiuiiii men oa tho Cround by 21 to 0. ' ISP.E<Ii)KXT-f4.l S P.E<Ii)KXT-f4. | Zinssari 1 if. r. Cr-ltie 1!I. (i-eferce, '• r>i:;rtvn.>. — v.-on '>y i~> to :i, j four tries and a. }>oh! from a I'iark to ; try. Aii-'.ers-.in. iv-'aioily, and i.a a- j L\r : .sii (i v i er.iss;",! the line for iiie u inner .. nv.d, iiail uvo'ir.ed a and Alien scored tor Ce-'tie. FO[-RTK (dhliiE. Zinjairi IV. v. C'..!'ie IV. treferae. Mr 'iV. X'ev.'toni, —Thismo i'need in a <:r:-\., tiiree noin.s eacli. -MeGr:;; :i gained a try for Celtic, and Williams [-ros-ed the lir.o for -Zln>;ari. FIELD AILEXI-ITE>. TIMELY ADVICE. The Dunedin Siar" is of opinion that the Otago IJ.ugby Footbaii t'uio!! made a nustake oil luonday i:i';iii in (by the nai-rnw jUitj'.J-KJ' ef e;idit Vetc-i to scve;ii thiit all inquiries into the misconauet- of j)li'y<-rr> eliouid be iieid in commiuee. i'o our mind this is a sta;> in the <.lir. ftuui. True, the names of accused player and the rindings ot til-.' Co:r.u;itt-ee are to be supplied to the but the mover iiuci siippcrtc-rs ef tin r.s.u,;Xion faded to a'dviince any r.-a----s-'ii why the power of discretion ni the matter of pr.blisilin.-4 details should !>•> v.ichdrawn from tiio uowsr.:-per~. We quite a.-iree with .Mr Munis and Mr V\ iis.a tiia: til - < f the j.iate.les :a open 11:.; i.s cah-nhitcd to have a salt;vary ehec: up..11 the ceuduet <>t players, ami it cannot Uc said tnat present, indicate the desiraiuhcy of rena.vnig restraints. 'l.iiitact is t-uetv is la:- too ireich ioui pkiy and i«;ij - <iu tile I'oc.i.oai! ii.'bi, and t'ne L umu amy veil he d-iseniieeited by tue nnfayour.ihie corr.-iiu-nts h Licii tlie puijhiMy jriv. *i D T.iie~> diicreciitiiblc i:a itlents a.iourally elicits. Their vexation i.s ;s, lieidthy but to try to h 1;.-, h uii unjiieasauu <K:curr(-nces is not the ritcht. way of e;o----inii; to work. 'W nat is wanted is- a •sohd eilort to put a stop to unfair play and bad lauguagt; on the ne'd. Tin.' woist ii that the mischief has become so commor. timt pe.hliu opinion, instead of being sensitive and alert, is in danger of boiujj tu-iiiorali-eci. Tlul'ising oemjration is liable to g;t the impression that football morale must iieccssari'y bo allowed a v. ider license than would bo tolcre.'uCrd in connection Willi other sports. What would be tho utilvt and said if snelt passa ko.s as the following were to iippear, almost - ae :l matter of course, in tho rerx>rts of the meetings of the Otago Cricket i Association?—"Tho umpire in the! Car;sbroek-l!u:iedin match reported ] that a member of the Carisbrook team. ; on being caught at the wicket, had struck tho Dunedin ivieky.t-kecper aeross the head with a bat. A light ensued. Both players were suspended for sis weeks.—Tho umpire in another match reported a considerable amount of had language among tho members of the team. It was decided that tho members of the —• Eleven be I required to appear before the Committee next wee!:, i-'.te., etc-.'' The umpire. in a cricket match lias no powers ot moral control—and why? Simply because such control is unnecessary. Fancy a cricketer being ordered off the held for a:s;tuU and battery .or for fold and angry swearing! 'NVby, it is almost an unthinkable notion. We shall be reminded. 110 doubt, that the ! rough-and-tumble excitement of footI ball inevitably engenders a freedom of | conduct and speech to which the comi parative calm of cricket offers no : temptation. We admit that this contention is not entirely invalid, but we i say that then- is a!i the more reason on thus account why toe rough temlen- : cies of the game should be vigilantly ' curbed, and it seems to us that tlie i Otago Rugby Union are disposed to relax the eir.b, whereas, if any change is ; needed, it is in the direction of a. Lightening process. Football is often (and not without justice) termed tho national game of Xcw Zealand: itattracts thousands of non-playing spectators of both sexes and all ages: and any leniency shown towards bad eouj duet on the field is bound to react un- | desirably upon the morals of a large section of the .public. We do not say that the Rucrbv "Union Committee are inclined to display -undue leniency, hut we regard the resolution which they adopted 011 Monday as decidedly illjudged.