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jiuiL. a ULLRoi0mun 111 H8!M!jSiB; ——— < ?NWORttK??AR?! L.!F AN "? ?'?' ??o?? therefore, puts the ] JNWORKABLE PLAN. I comparative speeds at a low estImate. 11 ] OTHER SIDE WOULD WRECK IT I" ig I By J. L. WtLDAMS, 11 CAPTAIN OF CAEDTFF FIRST XV. I -c C The idea of the Rugby full-back taking i r Part in attack, set forth by Mr Laurence ( Woodhouse in the "Daily Mail," conse- quent upon his talk with Dr. Moran— last year's Australian skipper (and which ^ere re-produced in the Football h Express of Saturday last)—opens out b father an interesting topic for discus- ti sian. h E. J. Jackett, apparently, favours the i adoption of the principle advocated, and Promises himself the pleasure of experi- menting for Leicester upon the first Opportunity. On the other hand, Gwyn Nicholls (vide the same paper of Wed- nesday last) states that he does not think the notion can be put to practical use in the plan of campaign outlined, and adds the indisputable fact that if. a movement is executed by the three-quarters smartly enough to have any sting in it, the full- back would have no earthly chance of getting into line unless able to concede ten yards in forty to his three-quarters, 4 reference to the accompanying diagram I Proves the truth of the statement. To allow room for the movement sug- gested, in which six passes are given and Received, the scrimmage must be near the centre line. The full-back will be 25 yards in the rear. To make sure the Movement is properly initiated, he must štay there until the outside half is run- jjng with the ball. By the time he has Rested that fact the three-quarters are oing at top speed, and three transfers I )nly take place prior to his receiving the )all 50 yards ahead of where it left the scrum," or 75 yards from his original Position. He, therefore, has to travel 75 rards, whilst the centre "three" covers rather a task even for a speedy man,, SHnnl ROV SPHRTC Then what about the opposition ? 1 Presumably, there is to be a defending! side on the field. Will they be content as t ipectators only? Will the backs simply f ook on and- the forwards continue to t lang their heads in the scrimmage? f Allowing the opposition to be alert, how c iften is a centre, or any other player for hat matter, allowed to be up to take a s e-pass? Let the spectator watch for his when next looking on. When he h the passer) should be awaiting the re- t iass, according to this a Little Theoretical Scheme, 1u1 IP would in adl1111ifp hp nickirny liim^plf p, or would have been so slowed down I f. 1-?* y niti atueiiLivt; UUVUlbUly tiiUL ms jjusi- ion for again receiving the ball would be opeless. I -Again, supposing for a moment that t. I'? -1 I; 1 I S o L-J a -u_u ¡ ind that the full-back is a real flyer, i ■an he go full speed along the edge of < :he "fcrum," which is now breaking up, j1 :o find his allotted position? Of this 1 :here is much doubt, .5.s anyone with play- ng experience will tell you this is gener- i illy a very thickly-populated part of the t lobe.. s In this plan, in which the re-pass (not j c he REVERSE pass—an entirely dif- I t erent thing) is the chief essential, and € ho scoring is to be done on the wing i rom which the movement developed, the a mly possible chance the full-back lias of. e participating is by standing near the II rimmage-thlls disregarding his defen- ive obligations—and running up the I blind side as soon as the ball is teeled. Even then he will probably find hat nineteen out of every twenty I ttempts are fruitless, as one of the six I 'asses arranged for will be upset by the mkmd opposition. -i Whilst contending that the scheme here oreshadowed rlA "A !s Unworkabte. 1,1 k fl ??t ?)m? +,?+ ? ??U T.??1- 1_ ?.?? b, taut juiruauv .rujurn ■ ake part in passing attack when the a; are opportunity occurs, but I contend tiat this opportunity cannot be made by prearranged plain except against the ery weakest opposition. A chance may come along when a :rong wind assists the attacking side and ie full-back is justified in leaving his lace, in which event his best chance of iccess in participating in passing jtack would be to wait on the wing Iwards which the ball is being handled, id receive from the wing man when the j I oc tter's progress is impeded. ti: It is quite evident that Dr. Moran's W" ea is to find more work for the full- w sek and not to add an extra man to i: le attacking party of three-quarters, i f- r if his idea is to assist the latter in at ieir work, why not let the man told "th F to be a forward or a half-back, who co uld start off the same mark and not dr aken the defence by so doing. There would in this case be no need send a man back to re-place the full- ck, and only one man would be out of s position, instead of two as would ppen if his suggestion of sending back forward to cover the "full" were carried t. He, according to the Press, serts that the full-back is now wasted LA attack. But is this so? How often Cardiff have we seen quite the reverse ca len on our opponents' line with Win- m Id behind us "as safe as a house" driv-  ? the ball back to the corner repeatedly l10 til the opposition is pierced. of' Again, when attacking many a time has ° bout of passing been commenced by 'e< H.B. after fielding a kick in the :s ( en, running on instead of kicking, and thl LJ1™ let Fo D rA -A r-% tl A r's n I r- r-

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"V'I v •Gwyn Ni.filwfe has vvrititen Mr. Wooidho-use l (JcnAotintr QI1O'O',J:c.tinT1 n; t It a full a<-k aittt^aidk, a.nd Jn the courg-a of his letter Ie I do not think the idea could be in- I eluded in 4a. plan of campaign. A remote I K chance or two might occur during a .-ea- eon where o, fullback might get up to n take a reverse pas-¡ in an attack that t started anywhere near inklfield, but I do j ) not think it could be prearranged. If the movement is executed 'by the three-quarters I ir smartly enough to have any sting in it he fl would have no earthly chance of getting into line unle&s able to concede about 10 u yards in 40 to his three-quarters. fi Mr. Nicfcolls dau'bts, too, if a forward p- mid get away in time to full-back's posi- b 3n, and suggests thet if team has a for- ard of the calibre of Richards (of the I al allaby team) he should link up with the tl ree-quarters. He inrther adds that he ,i is alw,a y,i be-en of the opinion that the T 11-back should occasionally take a hand in tb tack when near the opponents' line, and I el at he is often in a position to initiate a mb-ined movement, after which he should sl- op back to his position again. j-e re FIGHT HOURS ACT AND sh

■ CO • FOOTBALL ——- th By FRED HONEY, ev TE CHAIRMAN POKn,OrryX RUGBY I pr 1 -1 r sh 1 read tne views or several oi your I so rrocnnnrlpii+s in rpferencp to the ahovA so "t'HU- n_- -1 last week's "Football Express." I m. te Mr. Rees Jones, the respected secre- Ie. ry of the Rhymney Valley League, is Oil the opinion that, on the whole, we 'y expect some advantages. I cannot ,a ? where they are likely to arise. I Mr. Jones it-, certainly straying from I e point, and I think portions of his sej ter contain misleading statements. in. t instance, he says, all colliers are t of the pit at two p.m." This is wrong. n. ) collieries commence raising men until if e minute to two, therefore, those whose is irk is some distance from their home siI iinot have their food and bath and be as the field by 2.45 p.m., the recognised ae for the kick-off during the short pu ys. Supposing the players lose a day's Al rk for an away match, the spectators F1 mot possibly be as numerous as they he re previous to the Act. 11 Mr. Jones need not go further than ?" ymney to have confirmation of my  W8' in this respect, as he knows the I Pu jority of workmen living at Rhymney wa ( employed at Pontlottyn pits, and are Yo iveyod to and fro by the workmen's kn in, and this train does not reach the tin end of Rhymney until 2.45 p.m. wious to the Eight Hours Act it was custom on Saturdays to allow foot- at lers to come up the pit at twelve. As wit Jones knows, the Act does not allow n reference to the last paragraph re f f < l-week matches—in the middle of the v son when the days are short-the le thing applies. Spectators will not able to put in an appearance, and bout these no football team can sur- I 3, and, on the whole, the new Act Mr st have a detrimental effect upon the ne;\ ter pastime. Jor ———— the FRED HONEY, chairman of Pontlottyn opi; ugby Tea-iii la-st season, dates his connec- Ho :m with football to some twelve years and ro, when he organised a, Rugby team at too mtlottyn. He thoroughly understands NO] I .„„ to I 11 n" VIUM* Ui V^OiiUXUt I -4 '-T" va. F laws of the game, and although he has an ID rer passed for a referee. his services are mini en sought at charity matches. Mr. for ney has b?n in F Company of the Tre- ?-?}] rar Volumt?era (now Terri-torials) for ?a? ffoi ny ye?Ts. %nd has gained the rank 0' L ? geant. "?" sh £ n in no -in

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I Nt SiiylHtr rllKUH lft UMt. UIHcnb I FAMOUS BOXER DESCRIBES TELLING BLOWS BIT FRED WELSH. T b., v. liflon r-li r> .I -4-1-, f -i — OJ" rt,U n .1l.l.1 ifiiiirtLiiifi ) j :he kidney punch. I shall have to forego t whatever glory may lie in having done so. I' have occasionally made an effective use i if it, but I did not originate it. Who irst- thought of it I don't know, but it j. V vould seem to me that it must have sug- ¡ i jested itself to the first boxer who found I lis opponent clinging to him and holding j 1 mfairly.. If I know that I always make the most J effective use of it with an opponent who t ;ets close to me and holds my-left hand. t Ie almost invariably invites the kidney f lunch by his own act for while he is busy p ith my left, I disengage my ribht, and t here is his poor kidney waiting for the low. I have noticed that that punch 10 ivariably brings a roar of merriment li om the spectators. I don't understand d hy, unless it is because it may at the T rst seem one of these ineffective or t! urely spectacular punches that some j h oxers indulge themselves in. I have I sc so noticed, however, that after a while! A Ie spectators show their appreciation of tl ie punch, as well as their sympathy for tl Ie punchee, by a harmonious groan when- F -er it is delivered. And that is as it I sc lould be; for it is a terrible punch when I si peated through a number of rounds. I n< -call distinctly how Young Josephs it rank from the punch when he felt it I d< nimg. in It is never a knock-out blow in the a e kidney punch, however, in a six or I be en ten round bout. If the opportunity be 'esents itself to deliver the blow in a IS ort contest there is no harm in doing 'I ea but it is a waste of energy to try to wj ake the opportunity unless one has at es ist fifteen rounds before him, or unless I :e s opponent is of the sort who, bv his b ctics, seems to be demanding just that I BW. ow. sh is never a knock-out blow in the nc use that one punch in the kidneys, no VII itter how well placed, will render a man du m. sensible. On the contrary, it is seldom, pI: ever, that any one of the first few blows ou very much felt. In the end a man may I Sll ig under the continued kidney punch 1 he will under the heart or the stomach tii :nch when repeated over and over. fig lyone saw my contest with Joe sn otcner ii-ill, no doubt, remember that an ca went down finally under the kidney nch, accelerated probably by a blow on I sit ?? back of the neck. It was the kidney ra" nch, however, that eXHausted him. It th ^111011' too, ?"? exhausted ung Jo.ephs, and would have made the wh ock-out f asy ir thk contest had-c?- tli ued one or two rounds longer. J th When I Boxed Henri Piet   I ?-'ed h? h fli. ?, a ined only once, I to "i HA-MATPI[PIORn )j Pv 1 ll Arrv I low ever, when I discovered that, he knew 1 he guard. If, as I am told, his teacher I vas Frank Erne. I am quite able to 1 mderstand how he came to know the I ruard, for Frank Erne, who has been a )oxing instructor in Paris for a long time. s too clever not to have discovered the uard at once. I have been informed. )ut I do not know how correctly, that a riend of Piet's saw my contest with rosephs, and told of the effects of the kidney punch on the rugged Hebrew, and hat this led to Piet's inquiring of Erne or an antidote. Anyhow, the guard was perfect, and I at once turned my atten- ion to Piet's stomach. I have been told that the legitimacy f the kidney punch has been questioned. t would be absurd to question it, and I oubt if anyone of authority has done so. 'lie blow is struck wit-h the clenched fist, lie padded knuckles being the part of the and that touches in the impact. The )Iar plexus blow was once declared foul. ny new blow is at once questioned by 1e recipient if it is an effective one. I link it was in the fight between Bob itzsimmons and Tom Sharkey that tne )]ar plexus blow was declared foul. Fitz- mmons did not originate the blow, but 3 one ever made such a splendid use of as he did. It is not an easy blow to "■liver, for one must be almost unerring its use to make it serve. The solar exusi or "mark," is, roughly speaking nerve centre, situated immediately ■low the sternum—the small bone lying £ tween the ribs in front of the body. It a spot not difficult to protect, and not isy to reach when unprotected. Frtzsimmons was a most clever boxer, nil a phenomenal punch—a combination sential to one who would Rfifinh tlio Qnldli Dlavim I +]. .*???.,t.???,,?, I IVAUO I ? intention. I inav sa.v, also, .,iat it_ 5. s1i.i,, r_elltJO!1'" I ma;v sa.y:. also..11at It was ¡ill Her TO deliver the blow in his day— ort a time ago as that was—than it is th )w, ,hen every good boxer protects that Inerabic spot mechanically. It is sel- tve 1m that one hears in these days of a thl an going down and out from a solar exus blow, but tney do go down and sci t from it, nevertheless. When Fitz- th nmons drove it in on cuiarkey, and that rh enomenally powerful and ragged ev ;hter sank under it. the story is that th, e referee cried Foul," and gave the pa :ht to Snai Key, while at the same time coi arching two revolvers from his pockets He Ld leaping out of the ring. To the tio sual observer it would seem that the ab] teree bad expected to meet the neces- Mv. y of defending his decision. At any dei te, it is now universally uuderstood mu at the solar plexus blow is as fair a one v. h can be struck. thE tinlike the blow on the point of the jaw, kn< ich renders the recipient unconscious, spi e solar plexus blow practically paralyses of » person who reeeives it, and at the wit Tie time causes the most exquisit | mv. Men who have been counted out i a result of this blow declare themselves I occ have been in the full possession of

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UANLitti I V By ARTHUR FRamcis (HON. StV., CAERPIIILly RC) R„t Saturday's ?FootbaH Express I Tl P. T- 1,+. ™ l^™r.v ot the Klivm- Hp.l< Valley League) and Messrs' E!hs and n ????o'-ary .ecre?nes in ??' Rlnmr Valley, expressed their war mons ^ovn n the working 0f the Eight Cari UI'S in mines  its effects on rocS f « [ !"? acrused "Forward" of being O'X, ne,L W'l and a"XWus to foster Cipp'O .E??ni?' ———— ? ? ? f Mr. Raes Jones intended his remarks I ^hng LiDlv ^n ? h°le Van*?< including •rnhiJ 'Tlv i uffaDd onI-v d^ectly "sit ?"Pilill.v, the oldest, and ?n l.v directly I vi?-it iated to the Weish Lnion club therein, an statements are misleading, a? he i ?. ? M justly be aC(,Ied of being too  imistic, and speakIng without  won ;e Of JndltmS in M°U vaUev]1 Smg Machen' j X Caerphilly P'1Y 116 amendment is made or Uon, eTrnrilfpL en ^S eOe to ??h the play< ierv rnae.r' I'h'V 18 llke17 to sligh ?adly hit b?, the Act. rl h c, minei-s have his a .adly hit b? t1 he Act■ Vhe miners have his a rn by tr.? ?, their ""ürk and not ? ?   ?" ??'- three o'clock, ch maT- \l just Possible for home ? ? o?hs?e? l? ? ? ? V ? Si, ;Jrt time, but ?"?) had c)ssible to get anything like a repre- 1 minu team to ai\-ay rna',ches in tiie, OM  eco?nisin? how impossible it is to,ful- I 11 ?'?'T'? Committee have had *hru: vl ,\n^aliJr/attires ?Utside the valley, ^ere h in itself means a great loss. I and conclusion I mav add +1,q+ t ?P? org?ar Tr??aid d ??\viH ) contiK^o Jertat. iS?, 7™ amendment in the Act to enable Blley"   ?? a fT Saturday ft?n  as teams like Caerphilly, ?-? most of its players married, cannot, 01dha d to lose time for play, which in foot- at fu circles, even in this valley, laqdi to =ame' imateurism." • Teilltlj KI --= a-ro?c LI I i -\i ,„i„

 did nCit do b:adly to ——by? g-hton R.!>nO' .tl> -'m bY W,   -,?en Points. Th ¡ day. -,n,t ace,cunts o the b,e??'??u?.S ? that day. margin .would have been reduced Allans put a better fin?h to Jm^s j p!a.y€( best mcvements. pla-yet ing t? month of ÜctDbr the Vahans ?? ?? be engaged in six matchp^ The Ei-ht ,ba w ? Act ds responsible .? this. As Work not p ^ts flnishes at two ?.d?k. Mondays fln<i H Wednesdays &re almost as socd as was p day.s The cnly difficulty ?" be when 6UOC9S iSaift ic&??B' is nxed for an early hour Centra  S(.'ori!1: MERTHY. I

 ,r a bI,a,nk day l.a.9t 8'atu.rd.a.y, ? Mer- UhoZ! (;'1,,1h.11 h-. 1-4- J. "uvy tor'the re=it of I Franc ?a?rn. a.nd, having r?apd to the b?.vy F .flxtuTes, ??? PLay? m?st be in the = f ffe^ttMle .f M?rthyr? ?d name ia to be I amd ?c?riM won. Tratn.tg is being led to, and with the men iti good c-on- they may be expected to give of their ]9 lat recruit to the ranks is I Tom II lB, the ex-W-igsu tbree-qTj-arter. whose m n?P has mow b?an obbain?d. H.e should I fH aneweOent a?Tsi?ioD. and his know- M ).f tih? gam in?h?h?. At pM.se?t, tba |0 ?i?ision, m?M jM?<-H.l.a.r!y, the third S acks M?pss-aT-y cohesion, and, pœ- |1| M? in?tix)d?uc)tion of su^ a sHn<d expo- I ? Thom.as wiH ha.? the e?cct of har- S?S ng t'he whole. ?METHtNG OF Hnnt?v N

Cardiff started tihe season, last Pat-ur- I -in i-n a practice m?t<tn at LJ?ndaEF Fields, gi| ? fewer than 26 m&iafb?rs turned oat. H ?rse Dcrn?r 'If the players are new Sn| M. a t.?orou?h tria.I ?? g?v?n. to an fiH a. The committee should have no dim- M ,n get?in.? tojetaer h7'O strong te?mc, H 'ra.l of the new men a?Mw?.d excellent Mm Other ne,w members -?ho were not IB t wo"l win be gM-en a tri? to-day, lIM whJcih. ?bot-h teams start with S, The club at present is in a nust xius conditipn, and the committee j.avc who SVl I on a team which will comprise a lot Iengths old hands, and will be known as the tnel XI." The secretary is at present Thes ouring to arr"ge fixtures with second road in the oerdw dasfcriot, file J:

'n n ———— r t I- [- g, s- wtwee:i vv arnngion and St. Afis ;ne at Wilder?pool proved to be a. brilliant Jay of football. The Warrington for- tacl ds played in great style. O'Neill, the old like Ton iiff forward, was full of resource and  t?e instigator of many a fine bit of play,  sit: is great at giving the dummy, and his trie nents rarely miss taking it. G. Ttjoma? the Shugars also showed up well, their bust-  tactics doing a lot in upsetting the T11 ora' backs. Jack Jenkins is laid up with r?m snoc in j ury, and hopes to be soon playing n. A.. e match between BaHey and H?nslet at ftnfe nt Pleasant was conspicuous by its keen- ?"? Tli ere. was a total absence of good back tf)ry which tended to make the game a Davi jtanous one. The forwards on both sides batt 'equa ? a ?tro? game. with the honours ^Ua tly on the Eatleyites. Will Da?es made parance in the Batley side, b?t seemed to E ? out of condition, having put on ? 't ha,f ou 0 con Ihon, aVlng Pè1t on a. 10 I it f;'E Mgnt during the close season. Hunslet  hard lines in not winning in the last few wast tes" ?- grou J the c ham were much too good for B?ifax ?'' ie W atersiheddings on Saturday. The I team m Hall team, who, it will be noticed, York without the. senk&<! of Dai Momas held Mtt.;e. their fine full back, ?re die- ^1' ?.d. ?e Oldham forwards played a. J team ?a.me, and far NaJifa-x Hilton, .Ecdœ, Y<^rkl and WaM did well. Furniss a.l? did ??' ? ?U at centre, but found the burly game lID. men a bit difficult to tackle. Wood, the H ba-ok for Oldbam, played a faultless seaso George Smith, the all black, has appa- were lost none of his speed, as he skipped Vale ld W. J. Williams for his two iries. game y and Orabtree showed up well in the was t for Halifax. being Kingston, who were unable to field a maln ????? mjuries, werefai.rly beaten condi ak<.neM Tn?ty a.t HeBe V? on Satur- game The Ecvers were unfortunate to have mode half-backs, Barry and Lurmann, off I accou ,h i,k juries. The Rovers forwards ward i a itrang ga.mc, ? the old Cardiff Jenki rd. A. Sp?k,man, was ever to the fore Dan ith the backs dfigorgamis*?d they could the ?rce the Tn.n.?y-s defence. Thorns Roch? ugihes played well, and S-andha.m who fa?' ut in the three-qaarter Hn?. was not a in th S" hails )rd put np a h, ard ngbt with Wigan at Davie; II Park last .Saturday, a.nd came into his Ie p,- form just a bit too late. Jen<kin«and kee-pei L8 did well for the home team, and Li?ns I ? a Rhmpse of their cM form. Howell of wei s. who on the retirement of Millar Union ,oiigh injury was releer tea. to the wing PEl 'ition. playad like a born three-quarter, v" t,he absence of Millar was scarcely felt. Pi Satford the forwards played a rare d< tling frame, and E. J. Thomas, Dai Bees, a Buckler were always in the eye. Sid ve the ci1<d New p or ton i an, played a t,o mg, dashling game, and gave his would-be 15113 klers a taste of his strength. He looks (i-E being the best centre for the Reds rince i Willioims, the old Lliwynypia centre, red for thorn. John, at fultback, gave usual good display, and he is about the kiest full-bark in the union. W. Thomas, old Abs-ravon player, was effective at L-re, and scored a nice try. Salfcrd sys plit up a good fight at Central Park, ie Northern Union game has had a arka-ble revival in Leeds owing to the ess of |he Hsadingley team, and a very e crowd assembled to witn«?5 the match n'rt. ¥Ùd.(o(>rs.aeld. A moft exciting match j hed Vith the Part,o,wai, team winning by poiilt: The Leeds forwards held the ir hand, and their efforts deserved a vio- Reg Jones, who was opposed by .Jim ies, gave a good display, and it was a le royal between the two, with honours Jly .distributed. Frank Young marred :od display by a mistake in the early ion of the game, which resulted an a try losenfelt, of Huddersfield. Saunders, at. ) for Leeds, played a very good game, and ,T,ms likely he will develop into a good P w Tor the Headingley Club. The match jne of the mosit exciting ever seen on the nd. Only a line goal from half-wav on 'aU of time by Wrigley gave Hnddersfield rie-tory by a single point. The Falrtown a,nc can be safely regarded as the coming n'll I shire team, a position which has been nut by Halifax for a good number of years, he with diseensio-n in the camp of the Soc. m Hall team, thereby depriving the gan of some of their best players, the Far- Cold club is just now about the best side in lost shire. Res ►ughtom Rangers played a very poor not, ) against Ebbw Vale, and it looks as if g^. fa.mous team is going to have a bad and n. It is but a few seasons back they for eged the finest team in the union, and can noted for their back play. Against Ebbw W18,t, they played a scrambling sort of a and the only feature of their play :he fine play of Ruddick, the Welshman DAN always to the fore. Hogg and Hardy- men for the Rangers, seemed to be out of Cyfa tion. Ebbw Vale played a tiresome Mer but one haa to say they were a. very rate side. Perhaps the long journey inted for this. Burgham, in the for- £ 3 3, was their best man, and "Chick" ns did. good w-ark., Davies, although playing forward for ? winton team, ran in four tries against J iale Hornets last Saturday. He is very $| and just the type of forward wanted II e Northern Union game. Davies, who gt from Llanelly, is the brother of Dai s, the famous half-back, who threw, in ^-?| )t with Bolton Soccer Club as goal- M Gordon Thomas, at full-back for the fll did fairly welll, but is short of a bit ght to meet some of the burly Northern ^|p team. I

 v?m a mile at the Cardiff Baths (!88 I Nviho? f? of the œtb) in Ihr. 2mim?. 1-6midn, se are the first Cardiff schoolboys to attwnnl JAMES F ARB. S 011"'00 Jones wdt? the mile in 55 I I <B *? j tihlA Sw i m ATkI .K/i♦ Vi x Boys School. Mr. Dumnel, the manager of the baths, obtained a medal each for1 JS )OWA modal eaoh fo? ^"ootbaili Express Photoe. I i LIM

?CY ECCLES is regand? as one of the I g ■ ry nneat wings in the union. He bas M ayed for Ycrk.-liire and England, and has ;monstrated in these ma-tchee that he is very dan?cr&U!- wing. He possesses a — ry dangerons swerw. and is very difBcult F taokle, and, oonipled with his fine turn of ,eed, makfes it very awkward for a lender to tackle. He is a prolific scorer, T I nave of t fPhoto, Li,ermore, Halifax. I inqui i I was only one belimd Ua.i Thomas's nrber in beipz the scorer of the greatest nber of tries that season. Last season Th< played for the Bradford Park Avenue cre-at cer club, but was not a success at tha has ae, and this season signed on for his groui love, and has already shown he has every little, if any, of his old-time cleverness, neoes idea being a clever footballer, he is a so it Ed singer, having won many prizes. tK) & tiding 5ft. 6in., he weighs about iNt., cniee, w-hat he lacks in weight he makes up of í1J, in cleverness. Percy, as he is familiarly by or ed, has hosts of friends in Halifax, who ba.1 I en his career with intense interest.

 LEWIS (Merthyr ?rth?m Union) com-  I ?<-d his football Mr?r by playing for xn,-?-st mhfa. J?ior.H. then played for the thyr Amateur Club. 8inœ joining the  t]) v h4 "1\11 hyr Northern Union Club he has tbrow TB been a, consistent player. He in- not be 3 going strong for his cap this season cotlld ( s 22 years of age, 5ft. 9in. in height, by ii c weighs 13st. 2]b. Cardi Cardi -will he

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AIL, "CARDIFF CITY"! irst-class Soccer for Welsh Metropolis. HE OUTLOOK FOR 1911-12. [By SOCCERITB."] ie Foot-ball Season 1911-,12, two -years- le, will be a notable one in the history the Association Code in Cardiff. The ing and writing stage is about fmishea, a practical move is being made in the tion of something tangible being done success of the Merthyr. Ton Pentj-e and •dare clubs has not been lost on the di Metropolis, and Soccer enthusiasts in iff can be happy in the knowledge that 1011'; the ideas and suggestions whiI been too long in the air will be ired, and a Cardiff city club meeting the of the Southern League teams in games will attract gates as big as any that nble on ordinary occasions on Cardiff s Park. Our inactivity in the City is the of the Association wodd. From Bristol£ ?ich. Birming-ham, Leeds, and KHH I had letters commenting on the advanoa he Footer Code in the Valleys, and iring as to the reason of Cardiff's ia. THE GROUND DIFFICULTY. > ground diiffculty has been one of concern locally, but I am afraid there been too much looking round for a id in the heart of the city. In nearly ■ football centre a tram journey- 1 sary to reach the football ground, and will be in Cardiff. I am in a poisitaou ay that the ground trouble is about- L. An enclosure will be at the disposal e new club which has been pronounced, Ie of the keenest experts in league foot- is "fit for anything." THE WAY OUT. w is the new club to be started, and who Ie the players?" will naturally arise in mnide. The new club will arise fro n resent Cardiff City club, and I appeal al supporters of the code to rally tr>. S°tLthehcVy club. At the right nt the whole matter will develop in the meantime, the objective be assisted I by a strong support he local club. Money will be d, and it will be forthcoming. Tiord n Stuart has made a tentative promise P in the matter, and I have no fear [nance will be a stumbling block present City club will enter the &rn J?a?ue Division II., and right ? to Division 1. As the dub p^ S, -o will the players and the quaJitv plav. Pt?onaity. I ,vt, ? ,-ea-on it J port line time, why some of the good if the big club,- who are now wasted not be used. Free transfers are pos- es. as in the case of Freeman (Ever- ovh.,) had a free tranter to Woolwich. Villa have a supernnity cf player?, so T Bromw?h Albion. The material drawn from quite easily. I hone to ice before this season e,ids a meet- connection with the movement, at «ttpnd? 1lSll<" of the Ijeag,ie ?" pro- .attend. this end in view, I invite every Poc Who IS interested to be prepared to in his } ? the time. Rutrbyite, need ? atarmed. as home and mat.h^ ?si]y be arranged so as not to chish Ucmusmanegcment; I repeat tha/, n City ]s the medium, and t? goaS tfni1^ .ooner by Wft,ching am Mng the present team. "THE CALL TO ARMS."  announcement (writes "Swif? ?IIber?n-? in South Wa!? wi? Sn ?o,ir apparent indifference to gt>sUo-'1i 1!° have '? ??<- from t i nio v. time has ?" sim?y i?k of initia- rM' mon. w\ hich I have r?i?d from f our leading Soccer foilowerR-a nd, many players—prove conclusively that e Cardiff City Club steps out to pro- s new move it will not be a small voice wilderness crying to its own echo, but like the call to arms of the gallant Soccerism in South Wales has been for such a call, and when it comes izens will not only be sure of the ry local support, but they will have r elbow the good advice and the as- e of the Southern League. With ite" I will evout, "Itail, Cardiff Cityrl

suggestion carried into effect- by a first- ila,ss Welsh c lub. I am afraid his wish not be gratified when the contest is between two Wolfh sides. It is practically impossible, with -oa,oiiable opposition to contend with, :o carry out a pre-arranged combined I icheme with many details. Movements m the field must be evolved as the oppor- I tunities offer during the game, and their execution, although apparently perfected n practice, assumes a more difficult ispect when opposition has to be 'ncountered. 1

eir faculties, to have been conscious of h e counting of those terrible seconds, ju d to have beenj^aking positively appal- it g efforts to rise, all the while seeming ar conscious to persons at a distance, ar ough to them who Vere near the th spair and agony of the fleeting seconds ki re apparent in the anguished eyes of di defeated gladiators. sti As distinguished from this, bitter con- an ousness of defeat. the insensibility of th e man knocked out by a blow on' the j el! in must be considered merciful, if not it en delightful. A quick, snappy blow on I be e right spot on the chin is not even •nful. Not only does unconsciousness I CO] lie at once, but if men are to be be- bk ved who have experienced the sensa- fici n it is accompanied hy the most agree- till le delusions. Some men tell of hearing j be set-toned bells ringing, others of sud- ¡ an ily becoming aware of entrancing th< isic. Nevertheless. I know of no man ha o has courted a second knock-out for j bv > mere delight of it. I have never been r (so jcked out myself, and am not public j or rited enough to put myself in the way ]ur the experience for-the sake of bearing see ness to the delights of it. hri Thfl Pivnf ninat- chi )«u I V UL uiu»» j js upied a great deal of attentinn at one I ?n< Ie. It was in no sense a punch, and- I ilill I is been properly barred, according to my dgment. As everybody probably knows, 111 was delivered by whirling the body ound as if the feet were a pivot, the m extended. The impetus was so great do at 'f the blow reached the right spot a vn lock-out was inevitable. One of the fu fficulties of the blow was that the wi riker could not gauge his distance well, ld was as likely as not to strike with no e heel of ?he hand. or even with the gjs 3ow. But in any case, as I have said, -? was not a fair punch, and has rightlv as en bari-ed.. Sid The pivot blow, however, is not to be nfounded with a perfectly legitimate ^rc )w which 'may, perhaps, have a super- ] ial resemblance to it, though I do not 1)1(3 m it has even that. It is what may called the double or return punch, lea d is a very effective punch, indeed, in ? use of one who has practised it. I ??' ve more than once knocked a man out ■, its means. It consists in missing jiU metimes.purposely) a right or left ,hook 1 m swing, thus inducing your opponent to kef ige toward you to take.a.d.va.uta.ge.J)f a at r, ming opening, and tlien to suddenly ng your fist- back to the point of the Sj n. In this way a double effect of force obtained, your own blow is not only 3er full control, but has all- the petus which the swing, of your body adds to it. and. at the same time, your H opponent has come forward ?ith all hia I powp-r to meet your blow. This is not merely a legitimate hlow; II it is much jnore—it is one of the Most Artistic of Punches. ? I [t, is delivered with the padded part of he glove, it is made possible by a ieliberate feint, it takes advantage of :he movement of your opponent to add to ts danger, it cannot be accidental, but nust be studied and under full control, md the, utmost coolness, deliberation, md yet swiftness must attend its lelivery. Moreover, one must be sure of lis feet to attempt this blow. Let your eet be slow to obey, or clumsy in obey- ng, and disaster will attend it. This blow was once questioned by a loxing expert, who is at the same time famous referee and one of the most. rudite sporting editors in England. Vhen I demonstrated it to him -in a erfectlv friendly and tlnwetical way, of ourse—he accepted it at once as legiti- late in every particular. And no other onolusion has ever been reached by any tudent of the art of boxing to whom it as been referred and demonstrated: The liver blow has no especial value, iiough much has been claimed for it at ne time and another. It has been given. ime very fanciful names, too, by boxers ho have believed it to be more effecti ra lian it as ever seemed to me to be. It a good blow to have in one's repertoire, r, perhaps, arsenal would be a better ord under the circumstances. I have >und, however, that not many different lows are often used in any one contest. s a rule, a man is open to attack in rtain places. Some men who are not jod boxers yet have a natural defence ir certain spots where one would like > place his punches. In such cases it is lie to try to make him uncover 'stematicaliy. R-itlier discover liis weak ,aces, and then keep at them. After a. hiie he will either uncover some spot here lie is vulnerable, or he will suc- Lmb to the constant succession of hlmys l spots you have chosen for convenience. ie caqe of the very clever boxer is not very different. He covers by his skill id address, but even he will be found have an open place somewhere. The ing is to find it. I re-call that it was great surprise to me that so clever an as Abe Attell let me hit him the dney blow so often, that one of the counts of the fight said afterwards that e famous little Hebrew thought that everybody in the hall was pounding m there. As a rule, A Spectacular Blow I (If; not amount to much, and in the end 11 be found more interesting, or even nny, than effective. This is the case th the blow known in America as the oop-the-loop." It is common enough t to need much description. It con- ts in stooping when in a clinch, and idling between the two bodies so far to be able to administer a blow on the e of your opponent's face furthest im the hand you hit with. A laugh m the spectators is usually, if not -ays, the only reward one has for the w, but there seems to be something ractive in it, for it is usually seen at st once in a contest, particularly when- boxers are of the ineffective sort. 11, I don't mind admitting that I do 3nce in a while myself. My excuse is t it. sometimes gratifies my sense of noun and that is a very good thing to 'p in working order during the snur us work of a serious contest. ncerely yotfrs,