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football 6ossip.
By "Phil Gariick."
"Uh ! for the golden vision !
Oli ! for the crimson
glow I
.•)] I for the laddies we used to met
fifty
long
years ago 1"
Yes, many a. hoary-hcaucd old footballer sits in
iis armchair these winter nights. and throws his
memory back to the good old dins, when lie car
rred round the grounds of this same metropolis
,nd «t| young bfoods
well
know
what
it
,U„s
,1 C * 1
wc
oU chaj. • gives
an
involuntarv
start
: s if some incident that hapiwacd in the da'vs that
•a ^re
had seemed to happen again.
The next couple of weeks will be full «,/ excite-
;:»««. -'i 11 ''
devoted
to
carnival
football.
We in this State.
uf course. are not
hungry
to
pun the championship. and, indeed, it would be a
^rand thing to see it
go to
one of
the other
Mates.
More than anything it will be what it is meant
to be—an objcct lesson to those taking up the
^.ime. At South Melbourne, in conversation with
• oo or two of the visitors, they remarked that the
• ::ish and pace of the game tncy were seeing was
• :ii eye-opener to them.
And so, after a fortnight of playing and witnessing
the game in all its might, these "pioneers"
who are our guests just now will go bach feeling
; hat ne*t time they visit us it win be for us to
tooK to our laurels.
The result of the games on Saturday practically
settled Melbourne and University, ana it is now",
as I anticipated, a go between Wood and South
to decide who plays Essendou ia tuc semi-linals.
In that deciding' event, on the Collingwood ground.
1 think the Mags must win.
The crowd went to South to see what was to
he seen, and there were many interesting events.
Jiefore going into the details of the game, 1 would
like to refer to the injury to Davis on the fcsscnuon
side. The occupants of the press-box were
unanimous in stating tftat no more orutal outrage
u,i6 ever perpetrated on a football Held. Leading
s.pportcrs of the South (Jlub were just as emphatic,
and there is no doubt it is liign time this
player was given his walKing ticket, if tnc club
cues not do it, the League snould. This is an illustration
of the absolute rottenness oi tnc rule
under which only umpires can report players.
Tlie wind blew right across the ground, and the
i iay for the most part was connncd to the vicinity
of the bowling green.
Casey and Dranc Were running around like roaring
lions and doing the "rougn-up" for an they
wt-rc worth. On the other hand, i-'ranks and Godfiard.
as well as Kerr and Woods, were playing
nicc clean football. Franks, in particular, played
line a Ucrman band, and was the* best man (.with
J.i ii llowe) on the ground.
The gale that blew was not conducive to good
1 iay, and up to half-time the game v.as a mere
Mrap—men tumbling over each other and charging
atmosphere in vain endeavour to guess winch
v a the ball was going to hop.
Hut it must be admitted tliat South played one
• •t those games for which it is characteristic. anil,
1 have pointed out previously, you never know
v. hen they are going to put lorth a game equal
the best.
If it had not been marred by what ] have already
alluded to, tlie game would go down as a
credit to the team, and it was umortunate taut.
a leading supporter put it. tiiu enjoyment oi
onlookers on both sides was spoilt by tne tactics
o: men who the sooner out of the game the belli
r.
Tho "Punch" prophet came in second on this occasion
in tipping
Melbourne to stop Collingwood.
ttell,
'Wood did well, and in beating the Reds in
tlicir own back yard only illustrate that whatever
ily gets into their net will lime some difliculty iu
netting free.
They caught the Leach afier a good deal of angling,
and if he doesn't get the gore of those they
' stick him on to,"
then he's
not
the l<each
i
thought he was.
'"lie laBt quarter cooked ^Melbourne, us it nearly
l ooked South, and now it s a case of kennel up
1:11 next season (ditto, University), for. as 1 anticipated
some time ago, fourth place rests witu
1 oliingwood or South on the oth of next month.
South arc particularly good in the air, and in
i';is respect Collingwood arc "ditto. Brother Siuut."
it. South's play there is not much system, and
''cv get through a game with better results where
l'>ne and muscle count before brains, ^onsequenti'.
1 think the Magpie will catch the sweetest, fntt'
and most easny devoured worn ever he dug
up ou the 5th of September.
<'arlton was given a goal in by the "Punch"
'• •in. and made a liar of him by a point, so there s
nothing to squeal at here. My eye! but it makes
K-u think that there's something fatal about playaway
from home. I don't want to bring the
Itichmond Club into "prominence " by quoting the
scores the last time these teams met at Carlton,
hut as the song says—
"My thoughts go wandering back to where"—
And vet. if I quote the next line, the Tigers will
say I*'m rubbing it in. so. like the auctioneer, we'll
l>iiS6 on to the nest lot.
-aamm
St. Kilda can now breathe freely. Of late they
have been sullering with chronic what-you-may-callit
-a sort of a kind of a football consumption ; the
other clubs have been consuming them, as it were.
';«til it looked as though they would disappear alt'
gcther. .
Again the tipster illustrated that it is quite possible
to get on to the wrong end of the tack at
times : but these wounds soon heal, and, like the
1'ix-aks and bruises, are all part and parcel of the
K.uae.
This was mora like Saints' true form, and in
hooting 'Boy they have shown that, with a little
"'ore of the combination that was displayed is
tii is game, Carlton will have to send their cushions
hack into the pavilion.
Some jieople assert tliat M'Kamam Is very ncarlv
'tampion this year, and I ; think neither. At
ti.u same time, those )>eople who say that Bus., of
ttjp '•Was-hBS-and-is'* town, hasgone off, know notliing.
When the straight is entered, and it's time
t r > "sit down*! on the vU nag. you'll see him open
"is nostrils.
• am quite in sympathy with .Saints In kiekine
' the traces lit Cumberland nut beiog in the
'in to represent Victoria, and Condon also illus-
,l : 't0d to Carlton's Chief on Saturday thai it was
"»»t his pliy that mused his non-inclusiou. it is
freshing to hear. however, that ilsome o! thoss
who are selected are too hot to hold, the* will be
-dropped, like the hot spud.
'Varsity was expected to bent (Jcelong at Hast
Melbourne, and they fulfilled their part of the conract
with credit. Corio had n weak team in. and
no wonder, for some of them must lie sick of being
buffeted about at the sweet will of others.
However, they will probably be found higher up
the ladder of suowss at the end of next season.
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