JOTTINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume 95, Issue 14949, 20 May 1922, Page 14 (Supplement)

JOTTINGS.

IA word to clubs in regard to forwarding teams each Thursday! All the grades of each club must come in together. Many clubs to-day send them in separately, and at different /times. This entails extra work in assembling for publication, which there should be no necessity, lor if the ciub secretaries follow instructiqns. If they fail to send them in conectively, the only • remedy is to refuse publication. The Peace Cup game with Thames lias been set down for June 24. A special train vvili be arranged for by the. Hamilton Union. If Frank ton succeed in defeating City next week, and Old Boys win, this will bring the three teams level on the championship list. The ex-Leaguc player, Harry Tancred, who was expected to he Petone’s star forward in the Rugby code this season, is going into business in Sydney, and is turning the game up. Rumours are strongly current that the New Zealand representative threequarter, J. Steele, has been transferred to tire railway staff at Frankton from Ihe South Island. We must draw attention to the practice that obtains of defacing the scoring results which are shown on'the Times’ hoard. Individuals possessed of such shallow depths of intelligence obviously require an introduction to “law and order.” It is hoped the warning will be heeded. The Management Committee of the Waikato Union will meet on Tuesday evening at 7.30. A very strong exedutive has been formed this year, and everything points to another year of marked progress. Tim strength of the Rugby game in Auckland can be gauged from the fact that 4000 players, extending from the schools to the seniors, take part in the week-end games. The series of inter-union games to be arranged by the Waikato Union this season, will do much to improve the standard.of play. The proposal in tile matter of selecting representative teams is to divide the district into two groups, with three selectors in each. When the elect of each group come together the final appointments will be made by three, one from each group and a neutral. Early in Saturday’s contest, Dr. Valentine, the Old Boys ’ centre, sustained a nasty cut below the left dyo, tiie injury requiring several stitches after the game. Kemp (Old Boys) and 'S. Clarkin (City) also sustained severe knocks during the game.

While in Te Awamutu last week the writer met Frank Glasgow, the Taraaki man, who was one of the forwards of the original “All Black” combination that toured the United Kingdom in 1905. Frank is now relieving manager for the banking institution with which he is employed. His last appearance as a New Zealand representative was against Harding’s English team of 1908 in the test at Auckland. I-Ie still takes a great interest in the old game. During a brief chat one of the many features mentioned, and which is now practically a iost art, was dribbling, which is a very deadly form of attack, and a nightmare to defending backs.