FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14275, 16 August 1910, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

The referees for Thursday are ;S follows—Mackenzie Sub-union v. S.C. Rep. B team, Athletic No. 1, 2 pin., A. Dunn; Schools Rep. Team v. High School 11., Athletic No. 1, 3.15 p.m., J. A. Valentine. Junior —T'j'.unka v. Zingari, Toiuuka, 3.15, J. P. J> alaiigher; Athletic v. C; I tic, Athletic No. 2, 3.15, R. J. Littlejohn. ILird grade- ■— High School v. Zingari, Roctory, 2.15, \V. Newton ; Pirates v. S-ar, Rectory, 3.10, R. H. Ruckel; Te;i>i;ka y. Celtic, Tcmuka, 2.1.5, W. J. A.lan, i, ; Fourth Grade —Zingari v. Star. Athletic No. 2, 2.15, J. McMillan'. Referees unable to take the games indicated must communicate ■ ith <lu ;\ cretary (Mr A. A. Ware) .-t nice. A correspondent who knows the game writes—The half-back H. M. Taylor picked for Canterbury to play against South Canterbury is a clever player and played 11 splendid game against Merivale on Saturday last. He has a trick of throwing the ball as if to kick (thus deceiving a man about to tackle him) and then taking the ball again lie runs on.. South Canterbury players should note that be should' be tackled in dead earnest. He is also very quick at getting round the wrongBide of the scrum. The Canterbury players are in capital form and unless the South Canterbury men train hard the pace will beat them. VERY LITTLE IN IT. •PALMERSTON N., Aug. 15. The. Mnnawatu -Rugby Union to night considered the charges of disgraceful conduct forwarded bv the Taranaki Union from a Hawera hotelkeeper against the members of the Manawatu team. The president of the union reported having taken the evidence of members of the team, Souther and iMnvler of the Morowhenmi Rrnd.y Union and others, all of which showed that tin; disgusting charges were absolutely false It ~-as shown that the room bad been thoroughly ransacked before the team left liv jive men who were searching for two articles which had been mislaid. One of the hotel employees „„« p ou - !o[ . participated in this -search 'he evidence showed positively that there was not a- tittle of justification for the disgusting allegations made It was also stated that thoJrpss Association had on Saturday ,n»>imug disseminated a. libellous mes■ncp stating that the Manau-atu men bad bee,, g,,ilty of disgraceful conduct Pawsou manager of the team, stated that aiiln,., ot Tarai.dk., who had occupied lbs room ~„ the night in que.s----t n inf„ rnK ,d h. m 011 Fl .; d t,,.,, 1 tll( , Cliuges were disgraceful and false Several other independent witnesses *"io _ quoted. Members considered that in view of tin, manner in wl, eh the I ram,la TT,,,,,,, w a ,, -acting and their failure to protect visit,, s" f • "m W tin i\ '''''f'', Uli,fc !t "'»* «*-'l"ss li. (I bettor be placed at once in a solicitor R bands to deal with all concer - eiLrge 1 *•;;:&., s «* tum. This was ,w,™nLoSlTa fc 4Sdr It .was also considered that tin* co ' respondenee should be placed before

the. Licensing Committee at Hawera. Members stated that the feeling of resentment in the town was such that the expenses of the proceedings would be readilv subscribed.

Town members of the representative team are requested to meet to-night for training at the Zingari Club rooms.