PLAY AND PLAYERS. - NEWS OF THE WEEK. FROM ALL SOURCES. A BUDGET OF PERSONALITIES - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) - 21 Jul 1911 (original) (raw)

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Fri 21 Jul 1911 - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)
Page 2 - PLAY AND PLAYERS.

A OUDGET OF PERSONALITIES

Next Wednesday the League will pick j

a team tu play at Bendlgo on August 9. j

The Alexandra and Lake Boga dls- 1

irlct associations have registered with i

The sum of £233 was taken at tlio

gate at the Essendon -Colllngwood

At the euehro tournament of tho

South Melbourne Club on Monday

evening, tho prize winners were Franks,

Bert Coombs has resigned his position

as ono of the League umpires. Ho w!U

probably olllolato in connection with the

Metropolitan Association matches.

South Melbourne will lcnve for their

trip to New South Wales on Monday

week. LasJ Saturday each player was

presented with n travelling rug by tho

"Fuchsia" (Sandrlngham) Is Informed

that a player may be fairly shouldered

out of the way by another when going

Tor a murk if the ball Is not moro than

Jim Spcnce continues to do very fine

work hi Foolscray'fi ruck, and against

Brighton Inst week, 13111 Kuschort show

ed bin best form since he left his old

lovu to Join tho Tricolors. Ho put In

surprisingly good ruck work that de

On Monday, July 31, the Victorian

team to play In the carnival mutches

will leave Melbourno for Adelaide. They

will practise on the Norwood Ovul. It

has been arranged that each player

shall wear a number on his guernsey

during the carnival games. Tho team

will leavH) Adelaldo for homo on August

A well-known player of ono club,

who recently transferred to another,

was present as a spectator at the match

between his old team and tho new. Tho

former won, and u burrackcr rushed

Into the dressing-room, and roared,

"Lend me a towel— the biggest you'vo

got!" "What for?" demanded ono of

tho trainers. "Come on; givo mo one,

quick!" was the reply. " Is out

side crying like a wutcrfall because wo

won, and If his tears arc not mopped

up tho ground' will be swamped, and

we've had enough of wot grounds this

Excitement was caused qt Colllng

wood on Saturday, Immediately, after

thu conclusion of the match. A young

ster, wlm should have been attending

to his mllitnry training, tried to kick

an EksviiUoii player returning to the

dressing-room, and a policeman went

in pursuit of the boy. t For a while

there was considerable uproar. Outside

the ground, several girls, wearing club

colors very conspicuously, started' on

argument, which ended in their, lighting

—in the woman's way, by screeching

and tearing each other's hair. It wns

Bub Boyle, tho umpire, hns received n

letter front Mick Grace, who is now in

Sydney coaching the 'bailers of thut

capita). Grace speaks well of the way

in which tho gamo l» progressing,- and

expresses the opinion that tho Now

South Wales leum will give a " good

account of Usolf In tho carnival

matches. Several old Meloourne players

are In the Held over there, and Graph

Is of opinion that .Lynch, the ex-Filz-

royite, Is tho best, of the lot. "Wc get

a lot of champions from distant pnrts."

added Grace, "hut when seen In action

thoy generally como down at the first

It Is a pity Hint tho police authori

ties have considered It necessary to

lusuo u warning and huvo followed up

that -warning' by taking oohon aga'.nvt

eomo players But tho necessity far

.tho v-rnlng to bo given really existed,

-and the suggestion of eonu delegates

that tho authorities should now call

off tho police was -absurd. Tho presi

dent put tho mntter correctly, and

said thnt If plnyorH gave no cauno for

complaint there would bo no ttoeil for

pollco Interference. But, unfortun

ately, there arc some players who do

glvo cnuHo for complaint frequently,

and It would ho well for the game

If thoy were bundled out of football,

whether by tho controlling bodies or

by the police. Moreover, ns ono of the

delegates pointed out, tho protests

against police Interference appeured

to bo on hchulf of the uiuu who

punches, lie should ho tho Inst to be

considered, and tho police have a duty

lb perform In procoding against this

clues- of player, who Is n menace lo

tho reputuLlou of a flno pastime. Dur

ing the dUouH.Hlon tho methods of tho

pollco were questioned. In theso days,

when nearly everybody Is a bnrrackcr,

It would, perhaps, he belter if plHln-

clolhcs police were instructed not to

go on the playing green during tho'

progress of a, game. It might so hap

pen that tlu-y may be mistaken for

club supporters, and then there would

bo the risk of a etnmpeUo of other

people — tho real hot-hcadod follow-

my-leader variety. The police on that

portion of tho football ground should

bo In uniform. Tho sight of two men

In bluo would havo u moro restraining

force than u dozen In plain clothes.

Fltzroy Brass Band will accompany

Ihp team to Goelong to-morrow.

Kerr Is again available for selection,

and with Casey may be seen In tho

South Melbourno colors at Colllngwood.

Gant. of St. Kllda, was slightly In

jured In tho Fltzroy mutch, and will,

it Is thought, bo unable to pluy In the

"VV.O.K., Northcote. Is informed that

'Csscndon and Northcote played on Juno

last year. Esscndon won by 16-4 to

-11. Northcote beat Esscndon on June

The anecdote of "G.S.R.":— It Is ro-

portcd that u well-known forward built

on midget lines, was recently

111. In a high state af fever, he had

! an exciting dream that ho was playing

In tho final match of the season. Tho

man watching him was the Tipperary

giant, and ttw umpire for the day was—

' A lot of argument was caused at |

Prnhran on Saturday when Portlngalu .

pluyod Ills first game. He is a remark- |

ablo double for Paddy Hussott both in |

appcurnneo and in stylo of play, and

six nut of every seven thought It was

IPuddy In the uniform once again.

"One day I went to Brunswick to seo

the matqh Iwtween Esscndtm and

Brunswick," said my friend the bar- i

; racker, who lost his appetite when '

i Carlton beat Esscndon. "I Intended to

barrack for Brunswick, and hud Just :

cleared my throat to glvo them a 'hoy' j

when who uhuutd romp out first from j

tho dr.csslng-rooni but Essondon. My

sympathies were with ; Brunswick, hut!

my heart would not let mo overlook tho

Red and Iiluck; so I found myself :

cheering wildly for Essondon. So did j

Mann, of Brighton, received a severe

crack on Saturday, and has decided lo

A special train will leave North Mel

bourne to-morrow for Northcoto at 2.13.

It Will leave Macaulay nt 2.16, an J

Flcmlngton Bridge at 2.19.

Willlnmstown expect to give the

Brunswick lads a tough opposition.

Wcldiifir and Rcltman, who huvo been

on tour with tho Intor-Stalo team, will

The Fltzroy team Is determined to he

one of tho four clubs in the .second

round, or die In tho attempt. Tho at

tention to training Is pleasing the com-

I mltleo, and tho members of the club

I attend on Tuesday and Thursday cveii-

; Ings in crowds to see tho lads at work,

i The sccno la what tho poet describes as

! "animated." Truly, the reform man-

) agemcnt has tremendously Improves!

Mr F. L. .Tonos, ono of rrnhmnVdolo- I

gates to the Association, has presented

' a number of framed snap Knots of the

Prnbnin and" Port Melbourne match to

his club for the decoration of the train

ing room. His gift Is much appreciated

Footseray . nml Brighton ofllcUUs

were yarning during tho Interval on

Saturday, and tho tnlk turned an fish

ing. One of live Footseray men boasted

of having caught a 201b trout nt Wcr-

rlbee, and concluded that he had scored

heavily until ho was forced to a back j

aont by a Brlgbtonlon, who once baited

"A.S.B." (Windsor) writes If a j

player marks a ball Iqsldo the playing

line and on his descent one foot goes

over the boundary line, is the ball out

of bounds?. A.S. contends that It is,

and that- the boundary -umpire ..should

throw it iu. " 13,1). says no., Who-. Ib

rlRhtV— Answor: O.B. JTho, League has

laid It down thut If a player Ik out of'

bounds and murks within tho pluying

spqee. .the ball Is In play, and that the

ball 'must ho over the bouudury lino to

call for. tho "out" doclslon. .

Northcote's supporters aro In hope

that their injured men will bo available

Charllo M'Mlllan, th'e Fltzroy ruck

man, who recently returned to Wah-

gunyah, has como back to Melbourne to

resume his place In the Maroons' team.

As Mr G, W. Lamb, secretary of the

Melbourne club, will be unable to 'ac

company the team, owing to private

business, on its holiday trip to Sydney

on July 31, Colonel Pleasants has been

During Iho past week or so tho Brit

ish Association game has been estab

lished in Launccston, and promises to

be successful. The gnmc has already

secured a lirm footing In Hohart, and

the formation of clubs in the North will

do much Lo foster the guinc in the

Most people who were at tho North-

Brunswick match were unaware that

Leo Leeds wns suffering much pain

owing to severe strain of hhouldor

muscles sustained in the previous

Saturday's engagement. Notwithstand

ing, ho played great football, and led

tiio 'Magpies lo victory. He will be an

The average table of the League clubs

discloses .that Esscndon has had just

100 points less kicked against then)

than South Melbourne, the next club.

A pretty fair Index this to the strength

of thu Ksrendon defenders. South Mel

bourne had scored S3 points more than

Ksscndon, who uro the next highest

scorers. This again Is a true guide to

form, for .the Southern forward linos

arc the best part of the team, though

tho strength across the centre must not

Tho oxccllont display by Melbourne ;

lost Saturday . causod Sduth Mel- !

bourno'K supportors' to ' fool greatly I

concerned for tho greater part of tho :

gamo, "Molbourno Is a tough propo

sition," remarked a South man. to mu

yesterday. Alex. ("Joker") Hall ro-

cclvod numerous congratulations dur

ing tho week on tho success of his

mothods as coach of tho Motbourno

C.C. (Middle Brighton) Is Informed

that .Victoria did not play Tasmania

during tho carnival of 1908.

G.M. is Informed thut In 1909, when

South Melbourne won the premiership,

they had the double chance by virtue

of .their victory in tho first round.

The supporters of the St. Kilda team

acclaimed Woodcock n3 the chntniMon

ct last Saturday's match, mid express

tho opinion that his non-Inclusion In

the carnival team is Inexplicable.

Moore, from the Continuation School,

who has been training with Melbourno

all tho season, will he given a trial to

morrow on tho back line. In practice

he has shaped most encouragingly,

Rt. KUda committeeman's tribute to

Fltzroy: "We were beaten ofter half-

time by the most dnshlng and vigor

ous side Ip the League, n side which,

given an open game, will take a lot of

Rousted will be given another run in

tho Hod and Black colors to-morrow.

Room has also been found for Freeman,

Into of Colllngwood, and Jones:, the big

ruck man from Sheppnrton,- who wns

mentioned in tlic;e columns a week ago.

A player gave an opponent a cling

ing blow on the Jnw recently. "What

a elubmnte of the former thought of

It may be gauged by what ho did and

said. Running up to the man who

\va« struck ho expressed sympathy,

and said, "Don't blame our tenrn for

that. "Wo do not approvo of thut

sort of business In football." "Nor

do I — In football hours," was. the

reply; "but alter tho match In a suit

able room I am prepared to ask him

| A great deal of interest Is being dis

played in (he meeting of tho.ColIlng-

( wood and South .Melbourno teams, - end

' a large attendance Is expected at tho'

I Victoria Park, which has a capacity to

carry 40,000 people, every man Jack of

whom can oballn a clenr view of tho

There will bo very little plmngoln tlie

team which beat Gcclong so nicely Inst

week, uh Richmond's committee con

siders that the same sldo is 'equal to

the task of lowering tho colorn of Carl

ton. By the way, Richmond lias not

yet succeeded in beating Carlton since

tho former was admlttod into Leaguo

Footscray's goal kcopcr, 13111 Harris,

was given n run on Sorny'a weak , for

ward line last Saturday where he mon

adapted himself to t)io new poflltlon/

Tho veteran got a ."wrlgglo on," and

scored tho clovcrost goal of tho duly

from a difficult angle. It Is

moro than likely . that' ho will be

moved up again from the back division

ninong bomo of thoso who havo failed

so dlsmally.'ln tho goal getting business

Los. White, tho Esscndon centre man,

whoso rib wan broken at Carl ton on

Juno 24. will resumo training nextjweck.

Clarko (Injured shoulder) and Lcrvlrf

(bad knee) havo recovered, and will be

available with Essendon against Foots

That brainy footballer, "Lou." Arm

strong, practically won the gamo for Es

scndon Inst Saturday l>y starting tho

attacks which brought tho 'Dons two

goals In the first few minutes.

Harris, who wns bumped In the Efl-

s'oAdon match, still bears tho bruise.

Ho wilt not bo playing for Melbourne

to-morrow.' Cope wilt also bo an ab

sentee, owing to an Injured shoulder.

An examination under the X rays

showed that no bones wero broken.

There has been a lot of discussion,

lately relative to the delay on the part

of tho Lcuguo in Inquiring Into tho

circumstances of tho Carlton-Unlvor-

sity match on May 20. AH this could

have been obviated had the. delegates

accepted tho ouggc3tion of tho presi

dent many weeks ago, that the League

should Immediately investigate tho

affair, and not wait until proqoedlngs

In another place had been completed.

Brunswick supporters will bo con

veyed to WHliamstown by two special

trains leaving Brunswick at 1.40 and

1.57; South Brunswick, 1.43 and 2 p.m.;

Spencer street, 2.0 and 2.17 p.m. The

ordinary train from Brunswick at 1.39

connects with the WHliamstown ordin

ary at North Melbourne at 2.10. Bruns

wick players are requested to meet at

the corner of blinders and Elizabeth

streets nt 1.43, to catch tho 1.59 ordin

ary train to WHliamstown, and not to

South Melbourno got thrco of their

goals from free kicks on Saturday. .Of

, courro Melbourne's supporters wero ir

ritated, but tho cause of It must h'o'at-

tributcd'to their own mon. If rules aro

Infringed offenders must ho punished.

The. Ilnunco commlttco of a leading

club was surprised at a request by

somo of Its players, who will; not be

absent from Melbourne In carnival time,

for tin allowanco per week equal to tint

to be imulo to1 thoso who are going

away. Tho coniiAlUce very properly

turned down Uio roqucst, and found out

subsequently that It had been susgesto-l

by a player, df another club who, if it

wore granted, Intended to quoto tho

notion a» an .argument .In support of a

similar request to his commlttco of

Lcn Howe, most reliable of half-backs,

and Ogdcn, half-forward and roving, 1

wore In very flno form lost Saturday for

Northcote's two colts, Colo and Swift,

havo returned from tholr Inter-State

trip, and will be in tho fray to-morrow ,

against Ncrtli Melbourne.

Busbrldgc. Shea, .White, and 0Shea

aro still not available for selection, and

to this quartet have this week to bo

added M'Leod, Anderson and MonteKh,

so that tho Esscndon. casualty list !s

now a. serious one. Fortunately tho In

jured players will all bo fit for activo

service In a week or two ut most.

Frank Lamond, the Ballarat rover,

played fine football for Fltzroy against

St. Kllda, and . his two goals wero

pearls. Tho other Ballaratlan, Rear-

don, Is also In topnotch form at pro-

sent, but the three who shone like

stars at the seaside , were M'Lcnnan,

Lumsden, MInogue, M'lvor and Ryan

are standing down from Coltlngwood's

team to-morrow. The vacancies will

be filled by Green, Hammond,. Scddon,

and Thomas. Though this quartette Is

composed of young players, the form

they have been showing Is rather better

than that of tho older men referred to.

Last season, weighed down by the

cares or captaincy, Alan Belcher did not

play up to h!» form of previous years,

but 1911 has found, him right badk at Ills

best. Probably the, finest gamo he Yma

played this reason was that of Inst Sa

turday. when he waa n conspicuous ;

figure right through tho match at Vic

At the- conclusion of tho North v.

South mntch at Hobart on Saturday

the following players were selected to

represent Tasmania at the Adolatdo

Carnival: Absolom, R. Bailey, Bennison,

Bryan, Carter, Carroll, Challls, C. Dunn,

Fcathcrstono, Gardiner, Hay, Hutchin

son, Kelly, M'Kcnzle, Morrlssey, Moll-

ross, Pcnnlcott, Rcid, Searle, Tudor, Ty

nan and Webster. This Is much

stronger than Tasmania's team that

took )>art In the last carnival. Gardin-

or Is the old Melbourne player, Kelly

went from Carlton and Morrlssey from

I have met some ardent supporter

In my time, but this week I earno

across the champion. Ho' has a strong

belief in n particular club, but It Is

not nearly as Htrong as his regard for

one of the team. "That man," lie said,

"Is the perfect footballer. When he dies

ho should not be hurled. He should be

handed over to a taxidermist and

stuffed. Then he should be placed In a

glass case in the Museum amongst the

nation's best collection, so that In years

to como our children's children ami

their children's children may ho able to

gazo on the form of ono who was a

Fred Carpenter developed a bad knee

and "an ankle" cariy In the week, and

there were grave doubts no to

whether he would be able to

play to-morrow for South Mel

bourne, but Mr Alfred Peters has "'hot-

olrcd," . "Tallerman-ded." and mas

saged him back to good playing form,

and he will go out hopeful of adding lo

his goal crop against tho Magpies. By

tho way, George Angus, chief of tho

Black and White Tribe, has been under

the care of Mr Peters during the nek,

owing to .ynovltls, but ho will lead the

Jlock against the Southerners. Dick

Harris has also been treated for a

shoulder, hut the slick back man may

be seen In his place against Richmond.

A "feeler" has been thrown out re

cently to ascertain how a j'osal

would bo received for tho shutting outa

from the League next season of the'

University and Gcclong clubs with the

view of/admitting two from tho \sso-

clatlon who have a more favorable

opinion .of professionalism than is held

by tho clubs montloncd. Many Uni

versity people consider that tliero Is

mora than n probability of their club

quitting voluntarily, but as fur as ths

C.eclong Club is concerned there is very

littlo hopo of any support being given

to any schema having for its object the

ostracism of a club with so good a re

cord for straight-going and able

management, und which has for bo long

been u credit not only to Itself but to

"Wo wero beaten by five points In

tho last few minutes of a very flno

contest with tho 'Dons earlier in tho

season," says Mr Vic. Hyatt, "but are

hopeful of turning tho tables at Foots

eray to-morrow. Our team will bo the

'most, complete for many weeks past,

tho only doubtful startor being Georgo

Ogllvle, who mot with an injury in tho

lntcr-Stato mutch at Adolaldc. Hopes

aro entertained, howover, that ho may

bo ablo to play. 36sscndou lias beaten

us only onco nt Footseray in recent

years, und our players, to a man, aro

buoyed up with a spirit of confidence

that tho result of to-morrow'B battlo

will bo no 'exception to the rule. Given

a flno day, tho Footseray Cricket

Ground will doubtless have its record

Mr G. W. Lamb, secretary of the

Melbourno club, tells a good story of

tho mix-up of his name. Ho went to

live at a house In one of tho miburbs,

and a few mornings later the postman

came with a letter, after delivering

which he turned and marched away.

Mr Lamb,- noticing that tho lotter wan

addressed to Mr Kldd, called the post

man back, and Informed htm that there

had been a mistake. Tho postman, war

positive, and said, "i know it's all

right, for 1'vo delivered to Kldd before.

He lived hero a Jong tlm'o." "Anyhow,

you'ro wrong this time," he was told,

"for Kldd has gone, and- Lamb lives

here. As u matter of fact, Mr Lamb

hud succeeded Mr Kldd as the occu

pant of tho house. That Is now ono

of tho humorous talcs of tho post

Tho Kalgoorlle <tcam which was in

Melbourne on Baturdny, and Is in Syd

ney to-day has undertaken tho 'trip

from Kalgoorlle to AdolaUlo, thence to

Melbourno, on to Waggn and Sydney,

at an expondtturo of -£C80. Tho wholo

of this sum was ; raised by the team, and

!r pretty good cvldonco of the state of

Iho game in West. Mr Worth, t-ho sec

retary, and Mr Spencer, tho treasurer, .

state that thoy linvo only drawn £15

from thc local leaguo this year, and as

an ovideneb of tho great draw visiting

tcamn uro, they mention that last year

the Port Adolnldo team drew a gate

worth £309. On hearing this, Mr

Gooff Morlarty (Fltzroy), produced a

voluminous' pocket-book, and wrotoout

full details, with a view to further pro-

I ceodlngs. .This team Is composed of

I railway mon and mining employes, and

did not forget to explain to some lea

gue dclogutcs their; amateur status, bo-

Hevlng. as thoy put it. that sport Is

sport and as such should be followed.

Jim- Crouch has recovered from hfa

1 throat trouble, and will don 'Scray'fl

warpaint again to-morrow against tho

Esscndon (A) Is qulto satisfied wltb

tho form of Peck, who promises to

turn out what tho touts havo styled

him, "a second Mick Madden."

A correspondent writes:— If tho V.F.I

wero a wiser body, I am confident thoy

could play a winning gamp now with

very littlo difficulty, only they don't

seem to have the Intuition to grasp the

possibilities of tho situation.

Ono of the prominent Kalgoorlle play

ers on seeing the Colllngwood team bo-

ing massaged remarked, "Give gold

fields men similar luxuries and conven

iences. Then arrange a match Victoria

versus West, and put all your money on

A good deal of curiosity has been ex

pressed concerning tho correct result

of the Esscndon-Colllngwood match. It

was caused by the difference between

the figures as posted on the ground und

as published in the newspapers. On

the board the result was given as—

Essendon, 3-12; C'oHingivoud, 2-11. Tho

-"correct figures were those published In

"The Ilerald," namely— Essendon, 3-il;

Somo Lcngue dolB«(V Ideas ns to

tho suppression of-tho rough element

In football arc ve»y peculiar. The

League's failure to properly control it

forced the police authorities to stop lii

in order to protect the peaceful player

against tho savage und unfuir, and now

some League delegates suggest that Iho

police be called off. Wnat for? To

allow matters to sink back to the old

condition? There is not much likeli

hood of tho suggestion being accepted,

and It is rather unreasonable for a

body which has failed so often to do its

duty to endeavor to teach the authori

ties of the Slate how the police de

partment shall manage Its affairs.

The Kntgoorlto team tvom tho gold

fields (West Australia) arrived In

Melbourne on Suturduy. They wero

entertained, on bchnlf of tho Lcoguc,

ovor a glass of wine, by Mr R. K»are,

Mr Godlng, and Mr J. Denham. After

wards Mr Kcunc tojk them to the Col-

llngwood-Esscndon game. At Imtf-

tlmo they wero received b.v Air W.

Strickland t nd Mr. K, Copelnnd. with

tho usual, Colllngwood hospitality, af

ter which they wore driven to the Mel

bourne ground. They woro greatly

struck with tho beautiful exhibition

of the South and Melbourne teams,

und expressed themselves delighted

with the great skill exhibited. They

left by train on Monday for Wagga

The waste of time is not peculiar to

the Victorian player, ns the following

will show:— In the days thnt arc gone,

says a Now Zealand Rugby writer, tho

players were wont to turn right round

nt tho end of tho first Bpcll und go on

with the game. Later on the orunges

and lemons were disposed of on tho

field of plhy, nnd the referee's whistle

was always responded to In good time.

But In these days, when massaging and

rubbing down is such an institution,

the walting-Ume between the spells Is

steadily lengthening out, until now

tiie spectators are beginning to wonder

at times whether the players Intend

coming back or not. There were some

very strong comments made by the

spectators In this connection last week,

and probably things will Improve somo

It is many a day slnco such interest

has been evinced by Fltzroy's suppor

ters in a trip to Geciong as is being

shown in connection with to-morrow's

run to the Pivot. A special train will

leave No. 10 platform at Spencer street

at 12.55, with a capacity for the carriage

of 700 passengers. Should there bo

necessity, another spoclal will follow

at 1.6. Tho return journeys will bo

made at 7.30 and 7.65. Air Geoff.

Morlarty guarantees a scat for each

passenger. Tho travellers may remain

in Gcclong until Mondny, provided Uicy

huve their tickets endorsed by Mr

Molomby, superintendent of passenger

traffic. Tickets may be obtained at

Clifton HH! and North Fitzroy stations,

nnd at the Railway Tourists' Bureau,

The necessity for umpires keeping ft

very close watch when piny Is con

gested upon tho players who push and

Infrlngo the rules was shown on Sat

urday at one of the matches. A side

was attacking, and a scrimmage took

place. One of the attacking men sent

a elubmnte out from the pack with a

push In tho back that might havo up

ended a big gum tree. Tho umpire

saw tho man ilylng'out, and gave him 9

free kick, which gained n goal. This

pushing of one's own players In such

circumstances is a trick thnt wns per

formed years ngo, and a word to the

umpires should be sufficient. There Is

another cunning little bit of work that

must bo nipped off before it gains a

hold. A team was being hard pressed,

und its players began to uro the elbow

in the sly but effective fashion known

as "ripping up." They would pounce

Into a scrimmage, and como up with

tho elbow sticking out. and "rip"

against opponents, whose bruises after

the match were attributed to theso un

Contrary to expectations tho return

mntch between teams representing tho .

Nortl) and South of tho State (writes

'my Tnsmaninn correspondent) wn»

a great disappointment.' A month ego

tho Northerners defeated the Southern

ers at Launccston, and as many of tho ..

players havo boon showing greatly Im

proved form this season It was thought

thnt the game at Ilobart last Saturday x

would result In a great' fight and a'>

probable victory for North. But

whether tho night train journey, af

fected tho players or not, It Is cortnln-

tliat on their piny they were completely

(outclassed, with a few solitary excep

tions, In every department of the game.

The weather wns favorable, the ground

In good order, nnd tho Northern umplro,

Jones, ofllclatod, and pcnnllsed both

teams Impartially. There wns a slight,

wind at the beginning of pluy, nnd the

Northern skipper In deciding to klck-

agalnat It, .evidently niaLlo a blunder

u the Northerners, rclr.lnc their ndvnn-
tace. put un ,1 Bonis 2 ),chlmls toT,?.-
"ut from the suet the ?yjlh.
combination W;,a tiltortetlur „o
. ..ron? and but for easing d„„"„r
l ao latter part of the game, mlghtS
at up a record number at goafs. ,
orlhern tnnm 1

ononis of tlio sumo, nml f
to snow anything like thoir lr„c
Inexplicable. Ity contrast, the South-
c n ttiim vJjow ctl out r\»clloitiv fi-
(liner, the Soulhern skipper', handled
h s men finely, ami tee ce-Vletorl-'n
P ayer s marking was brilliant and his
play most uneelflsh. with regard to the
iNortlierncrn, Tyrwm vnv . A?
piny up to form, and he repeatedly go'
his side out of trouble. The gene «al
contested In the most friendly' eplll't
throughout, and there wan not u sla-1 e
incident to cause Ill-feeling or ,j" ?!
eommont, an.l although disappointed;
h!l iu ."I 11 are eatlstled
Hint mot hotter men on this «©
easlon. The final scores were So.nh
11.12, North 7.0. ' h
n.,T!!,C,!:?0n,:1 1:Lat SnturOay Clcelong,
much to the d.sgast of their supporters,
put up their ivorat exhibition o! tlie
year, nnd now malcontents are vellln.-
for the extermination or the odicials as
a remedy fwrltcs our C,eelon corre '
pendent). The real enuse. however. r,r
tho non-Micros., Is that this season the
plajorn have not boon nn enthusiastic
on of yoro. and training has been by rro
moans keenly carried out With some
attention to this department tho team
would make a much better showing
than it has done this nlonth. There
" I"' much change for tho match
against Fitzroy to-morrow, thoagh
Scow n, who has recovered from tho In
jury which befel his band, will make
n«s ro-appoaranco.
"After being disqualified by tho
League a player should not have an
other sword of Damocles hanging over
him In the shape of a policeman." This
was tho argument.of a delegate at Fri
day night's meeting, when the J,©n"tio
was considering tho subject of tho
police action In regard to rough foot
ball. a bnrrncker whoso classical edu
cation Is backward desires to bo In
formed who. was Damocles. As ho was
mentioned In the same breath ns a
sword. Is he a Japanese warrior? Is he a
burracker lying In wait with the weapon
to slice orr tho head of aa oppoain-
slile's player? No, Damocles was n
courtier who nattered Diomviu, tho
tyrant of Syracuse. In those days, ncor-
cllng to Cicero, who wrote tho fMUbnll
news (I see they spelt tho namo differ
ently. though they had the nnmo pro
nunciation an nowadays), Jtniny
smoodged and used up nearly nil his
adjectives In sponkins of the grandeur
and happlneps of royalty. Old Dfany-
slus hud a severe touch of liver one
day. nnd Damocles' fulsome ilattcry
Irritated him. Damy had a habit of
a peaking with his mouth full at meal
times. "I'll krep him quiet," bald
Dln'ny, whlch'wns tho "short" In' those
days for Dlony.-lus. Accordingly he
inado preparations. The dinner bell
rang ono day, and Damocles wan first
man home In the rush for tho banquet.
"What happened, let Cicero explain: The
sycophant was seated at a table richly
apreud and surrounded by all the furni
ture of royally. In the nildst of Ids
luxurious banquet, on looking upwards,
ho saw a keen edged sword suspended
over his head by a slnglo horse-hair—
a sight that at onco altered his views
of tho fe'lclty of kings.