might be pardonable to ask whether any man with experience of Soccer at Home can remember fan instance of any divisional controlling body being compelled, is the ease with the Shanghai Foot ball Association, to issue so. frequently such long lists of players punished for unsportsmantike and, Ungentlemanly conduct, and for Jesser infractions of what might be called the unwritten laws of the game, They issued another one a Jew days ago and, if T remember' vightly, it was the fourth or fifth this season, The controlling bodies of Rugby and hockey do not appear to be faced with the necessity Of holding Court so frequently,'nor, indeed, those responsible for main-Yaining the spirit of any other sport in Shanghai, Then why Soccer?
That the Association is not cranky er unfair would seem to be proven By the. fact that the Hon, Secretary's report gave himself a wigging for a dereliction of duty. Such matters as delaying the start of a game, failing to reply to official letfers, weaving variegated colours, defaulting on fixtures, refusing to con tinue play, and substituting players fare not particularly serious, shov ing only a passing discourtesy or an. insufficient appreciation of the Tules, and it should be easy to remedy' such faults, But striking opponents, indulging in, excessively yough play, and. using abusive Janguage tothe referee are things which simply are not done by real sportsmen in any game, There can mitigating circumstances whatever, and it is for that rea on that the authorities at Home View such offences very. seriously, ard impose very heavy penalties—far heavier than those inflated in Shanghai, Local boxing is a somewhat monotonous interchange of the same old' contestants and some of these so. Vogilistieally inclined Soccer players perhaps could assist in livening the exhibit 'The Won, Secretary of the SiF.A, is a born ganiser and has' considerable permuasive powers, Possibly he could' make a selection of the. more hotheaded footballers, and, if they must fight, induce them to keep. their hands to their sides whilst, playing but engage to go lutd the ring Tater on against the particular objects of their wrath, It should be Both interesting and exciting. If! a certain burly Service referee who recently was the centre of a minor 'Hot, but who, true to his discipline and' sportsmanship, remained pas-five even under assault, were per Jnitted to go into the ring with some those who baited him, 1 would back him to make them feel vather worry for themselves!
1 believe, and hope, that the old
pony ix going to be asked and de-question ato what Is China Gated all over again. The hope is ecause it never has been settled, the present conditions are no better than every and a change must be made if there is to be peace and improved equestrian sports, no mat~ ter whether it be racing,' polo, or hunting. Easily the greater num-Wer of paper-hunters fully recognise sport, is only a substi-ding. to hounds, because there are no foxes here' and not hares, though 1 personally Always have thought.that riding to a drag would be a distinct improve. ment-on paper-hunting, This maj ity of real hunting people try. to lake paper-hunting approximate as! early' as possible to the real thin hey look only for as straight, fast, fand long a ron as they can get, hunting all the time, and, although they. always hope to be in at the other words, "on the card" for, a combination of var-fous cireuinstanees has made the federa paper-hant something very eae a point-to-point and ino more, with. the. winning of it the of thrusters regard ie as nothing. first eration, "and +0 they Think every rider should start, more!
less on level terms. That being ey, and the Paper "Lunt Club ad-fitting crossbreds, some few are Frouring, because. Keen lightweights Are hunting big cfossbreds and beat Sng the eld. Why not, if they fen do it Tt is not thew lone that does it, Zor such as and Hetz Vogel could easily heavyweight and still win, if the Fider was of the right type.
So long as distinctions are image, there will always be these ai ments, and eoner or later racing will pave to do se polo and hunt.' Ing have done, and throw the field gen tovah-comers from e Nor,
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