Our Sports Summary

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 13, 27 March 1924, Page 33

Our Sports Summary

Dunedin CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' FOOTBALLERS. A large and enthusiastic meeting of ex-pupils of the Christian Brothers' School was held in the school hall on Wednesday night week. All those present decided to play for the Dunedin Club and also to induce other past pupils to do the same. Several players were said to be standing down this season in order to join up with Dunedin next year. ( i Celtic Football Club, Timaru ANNUAL MEETING. The eighteenth annual meeting of 'the Celtic Football Club was held w St. Patrick's Hall last night (says the Timaru Herald for March 12). The President (Mr. J. B. Crowley) presided over a large attendance. The annual report stated that the club started the season with good prospects, but owing to various reasons the season did not conclude as satisfactorily as was anticipated. The executive were of the opinion that drawing on country districts was inadvisable, as these men were not in a position to attend the necessary practices, resulting in a lack of cohesion and combination on the field. It was a recommendation to the incoming committee to give this matter their attention. Before the competitions opened friendly matches were played, with the Oamaru ami Ashburton Celtic Clubsr The executive were, however, of the opinion that these matches did not have the desired effect of getting the players til, and that the time taken in preparing for them would bo bettor taken up in systematic training. The executive also recommended that the custom of electing the held captain of the senior team on the day of the opening match should be discontinued in favor of electing the captain with the other officers at the annual meeting. With such bright prospects for the ensuing season, and the number of prospective members in the district who had learnt the finer points of the game it was considered that the forthcoming season would be a good one. The executive tendered their sincere thanks to the lady supporters of the club for the valuable assistance rendered in connection with the club's socials. The report was adopted. The election of office-bearers for the ensuing season resulted as follows:Patron, Rev. Father Hurley; president, Rev. Father O'Ferrall; secretary, Mr. Geo. Flett; assistant secretary, Mr. J. Downey; treasurer, Mr. J. P. Leigh; delegates to the South Canterbury Rugby Union, Messrs. D. Hertnon, J. Molloy; club captain, Mr. J. Murphy; sole selector (senior and junior teams), Brother Virgilius; third and fourth grades, captains and manager; coach, Brother Virgilius; executive, Messrs. J. Molloy, D. Hertnon, J. B. Crowley, F. Pearse, J. Rosevear, L. P. Kane, J. Crowley, Brother Palladius; captain senior fifteen, Mr. M. T. Houlihan; trainers, Messrs. D. Hertnon, M. Darcy, P. Stapleton, J. Roseveare. ; -A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the retiring president and other officials of the club, and it was decided to place on record the good services which they had rendered. It was decided to accept the invitation of the Marist Old Boys' Club, Invercargill, to play a friendly game in Timaru on Easter Saturday. A lengthy discussion ensued in reference to the general welfare "of the club, and it was decided to hold the opening practise on Thursday evening, March 20, at 7.30 p.m. About twenty new members were elected, and an enthusiastic meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman.

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! The Personality of Pius XT THE POPE'S CALMNESS, PATIENCE, AND COURTESY. Speaking at the banquet following on the consecration MS Bishop of Tucson of the Right Rev. Daniel J. Gercke, Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, said: We appreciate the honor which Pius XI. has conferred on Philadelphia by entrusting so important a charge to • one of its priests. And now having mentioned the august, name of our Holy Father, Ve are led to speak of him and of his extraordinary career. Although Divine Providence reaches to the ends of the universe and disposes all things sweetly and strongly, it manifested itself in a singular and striking manner at the election of Pope Pius XI. He had spent his priestly life in the seclusion of the study. Only a short time before his elevation to the Papacy he was sent from the quiet of the Vatican Library on a mission to Poland and Russia. There he gained an experience which now stands him in good stead. He got an insight into the condition of the Near East; with his own eyes he saw the wreck of the Russian Empire; the ravages of Bolshevism; and the insidious Soviet influence exerted over the whole world. "When his native See of Milan became vacant, he was made its Archbishop; scarcely was he elevated to that position when he became Cardinal and eligible to the Papacy. His name was the last on the list of the Sacred College when he entered the Conclave. Perhaps the two outstanding traits of his character are calmness and laboriousness. His calmness seems to be partly inborn, partly acquired through a habit of reflection, and partly infused. Nothing ruffles the serenity of bis mind. No matter how difficult, dangerous and trying may be the problems and events with which he has to grapple, he is never known to give way to feelings of discouragement or elation, of fear or resentment, of irritation or worriment. It is doubtful if there be in the whole Church a priest who spends himself as unstintedly as Pius XL From early morning, all day long he gives audience to visitors from all over the world. He receives each one with the utmost patience and courtesy, and he prolongs his interviews as late as two o'clock in the afternoon. Again in the evening he receives Cardinals and high officials of the Roman Curia and transacts with them the business of the Church It frequently happens that he works at his desk until two o'clock in the morning, in order to keep up with his correspondence and to master the questions which await his decision. Pie literally fulfils the title which every Pope applies to himself: Serous servorum Dei. Only a constitution as rugged as his could stand the strain. I have said that he does not yield to emotion. Exceptions should be made of those occasions on which he speaks of the victims of the Turkish massacres, of the Greek and Armenian refugees, and of the starving peoples of Europe. When he speaks of them the tears come from his eyes. It is seen that with all his strength and self-control he has a tender heart. It was only his charity for the suffering that could have prevailed upon him to make such touching personal appeals in behalf of the Near East, of the faminestricken in Russia and Central Europe, and of the victims of the earthquake in Japan. • He is a true follower of Him Who wept over the death of Lazarus and over the destruction of Jerusalem. We thank God for having given us a Pope with so great a mind with such deep and extensive learning, and so'sympathetic a heart. We pledge him our co-operation to the extent of our ability; and we pray God to keep him in health and strength and fulness of days for the sake of our Holy Mother the Church. y