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I Is the 14inersy Federation a Failure ? Mr. Tom Richards'Warning- Mr. Tom Richards, M.P., secretary of the South Wales Miners' Federation, delivered an important pronouncement at the annual demonstration of- Tredegar miners on Monday on the present unrest in the South Wales coalfield. The Federation ship, he said, seemed to be at present in troubled waters— everybody was criticising it. They also had workers among the crew who were clinging to the ropes, and he was also sorry to say they had those who should be assisting to guide the ship through the storm taking sides with the mutineers; or, in the hope that there would be a mutiny and that there would be some spoils in the end. It was said there was a species of fish which only showed itself when there was somebody sick on board, or when somebody was thrown over in calm weather they were down in the depths groping in the mud, but when there was any trouble they came to the surface. They got such from all manner of places, from Tory clubs and pot- houses. They came up and wanted to guide the ship through the storm. We could depend on it, however, that if thera was any catastrophe there would be a discolouration of the water. They also had the young men who believed that if they had the handling of the ship she would go very much faster. The Federation welcomed the enthusiasm, energy, and criti-ffsm of the younger men, and, indeed, if their real desire was to get the ship into port, then more grease to their elbows. But if they were joining the souttlers they were on the wrong track for themselves and for all. Mr. Richards said many people de- clared the "Federation was a failure. This he emphatically denied. The Federation had been an immense success in every shape and form. The Federation had not only taken part in the great national and international fight against poverty and misery, but had been instrumental in bringing about some of the most impor- tant legislative reforms for the masses. Mr. Richards declared that through the Labour movement the conscience of the Government and the coalowners had been aroused in the matter of the safety of those who worked in the-mines. He was glad to have taken part in awaking the conscience of the Government in these things. Despite the criticism of the Federation, I he asked the members to show the spirit of the martyrs of old. Mr. Richards said he had seen a statement in a newspaper of that date by one of their colleagues that Mr. Brace and himself were going to back a Bill which would make the overlapping shift possible. Mr. Richards reminded them that -the agreement had been signed, and as honourable men they were obliged to carry out their obliga- tions. There was an agitation going on that day for breaking up the agreemellt- to come out on strike against it. If they did come out, emphasised the speaker. they would go back to work jn South Wales with a universal double shift. When they heard men shouting they were no parties to the agreement they were wrong they were parties to it. They had signed the agreement and should carry out the contract. He did not deny there was need of reform, but he should like the critics to give some really new and practical suggestion of reform. Mr. Alfred Onions (miners' agent) paid a compliment to the Federation officials of the Tredegar district, to whose efforts he attributed their present good position. They, had sowed unity, and not dissen- sion, and they had reaped their inward in increased membership, while generally in the coalfield the membership had been decreasing. He appealed to the work- men to remain loyal to the Union. The resolution w a< carried unanimously, and votes of thank- were accorded the speakers, on the motion oi Mr. S. Filer, seconded by Mr. John Powell.-

RUGBY. On the New Athletic Grounds on Satur- day, Treorcljy (last season's champions of the Glamorgan League) opened their 1910-11 campaign with a fixture against Canton, who were the only men to defeat Treorchy on the home ground last year. The home team essayed a, new players Dr. H. Lowe and B. Fear, Pentre, and George Evans, Cymmer, in the "bunch" F. Taswell at right centre, and Lewis Roberts at inside half, to fill the places rendered vacant by the departure of Polsom, Morgan, A. N. Other, W. Biddiscombe, and Dai (Llan) Evans. Canton were very strongly represented, and" the game was anticipated with much interest. Mr. Evan John, W.F.U., Ponty- pridd, was the referee. I A slight cross-wind blew whfn Morris commenced operations for the visitors. Treorchy were instantly aggressive, and had not the visiting full-back made a mark in his own territory, Treorchy would have scored early. Much ground wa.s gained by the mark, and the home- sters were slow in regaining. Attwood infringed and a free kick was awarded the visitors in midfield;, and from a sub- sequent scrum they initiated a passing- bout, which was terminated as Spiller tackled his opponent in possession. After a series of rushes, Lewis Roberts com- menced a. passing movement for the home- sters, and Spiller, after a short race, gave possession near the line to Jack Lewis, who scored a. try, which Daly, James failed to convert. In the course of another passing bout, Raynor, of the visiting team, came in contact with Spiller and was injured. Restarting after the interval, Dick Wise (captain) opened play. briskly for Treorchy, who kept testing the visitors' full-back several times with dangerous efforts. Jack Lewis was twice brought low by the visitors' goalie near the line after racing each time half the length of the field. A series of scrummages fol- lowed, after which Spiller, upon receiving, instantly attempted a dropped goal and secured it. Treorchy were victors in

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Rhondda Valleys Junior Football > League. At' Coole's Restaurant, Porth, on Wednesday last, a meeting of the Rhondda, Valleys Junior Rugby League was held, when Mr. C. R. Everson, Porth, pre-idtd. A large number of Rhondda clubs was represented at the meeting, aiul among those present was Mr. Will Gamlin, W.F.U., Pontypridd. It was unanimously decided to run the League again this season. For this season there -"ill be, as: it were, two Leagues, which ill work in conjunction with one another namely, the Rhondda Senior League rnd the Rhondda Old Boys' League:- !V< bablv there will be First and Second i t> to each League. It was though- -able to leave -for a wdiile the an ngements to be made in connec- tiOllwit > the Old Boys' League until the Uiiioi-i (I decided that this League should mtiuue. Austin, Penygraig, was elected chairin,i with Mr. C. R. Everson, Porth, secretary; Mr. Gwilym Howells, Treoreh as treasurer; and Mr. Haydn Morgan. Penygraig, as auditor. Mr. p. W. Poole was unanimously nominated president for the season. Messrs. Ack Llewellyn, W.F. U.4 Ponty- pridd. and Tom Williams, W.F.U., Llwymi J aie the patrons of the League. It was decided to apply for member- shin to be Union of Junior Leagues. Votes of thanks to Mr. Everson for presidin' and to Mr. W. Gamlin for attelldin brought the meeting to a close.

ASSOCIATION. SIT 3gK, TON-PENTRE 2. Ton o,med their season on Thursday last wit the first of their Southern League 1 vtin-e- when Stoke, the runners- .up last »ason for, promotion to the First I Division were their opponents. Ideal .weather ailed, and there was a splen- did Several new players have

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Football at Mardy- The Season's Prospects. The prospects before the Mardy A.F.C. are bright this season. Several good players have attached their signatures to the club roll, among whom are. Jeffrey Jones, Llandrindod, the Welsh Amateur International full-back; H. S. Austin, London, who last season rendered yeoman service in the replays of the South Wales Cup matches with Merthyr. The bro- thers If or and Emlyn Jones, right and centre half-backs, have also- signed on. although, unfortunately, the services of Emlyn will not be available for a few matches. They are a pair of fine halves, in attack and defence, and with Sox Jones, the old Mardy boy, will make the Mardy second line the equal of any in South Wales. Some fine forwards have been got together in Phillips (Ley-ton), Strugnell (Swindon Reserves), Lenaghan (Yorkshire), Summers (Bath City), and Bush (of Mardy). Two goalkeepers have also signed on—Smith (Devizes) and Oil Burgess (Bristol), and the Selection Com- mittee are finding it rather difficult to decide which is the better man. In a trial match on Thursday, Probables v. Possibles, the Probacies won by three goals to nil, after a well-contested game, in which" Lenaghan and Summers, on the ■ right wing, displayed clever combination r which should bear good fruit in the future. Strugnell and Bush, on the left wing, were but very little behind the right wing, and given a good centre for- ward, Mardy should get a goodly number of goals this season. The halves" Sox and If or Jones, with Jack Hill (the team manager, and who will play centre half until Einlyn Jones is fit), were a strong element in attack and defence. Austin, at right hack, was on the top of his form, and gave a good exhibition of bold and fearless tackling. Wilcox, with D. B. Jones ifeoth of Mardy), played full-backs for the Possibles, and were instrumental in saving their side from a much heavier defeat. Billy Light (Mardy) proved a smart and nippy little centre half, and but for his size-Billy is "Light" in name and weigbt-lie would be close runner for premier position. On Saturday, Ton-Pentre visited Mardy in a friendly encounter, and a very fine game was witnessed, in which Mardy was beaten by two goals to one. Although beaten by two goals (penalties granted for what the majority of spectators consi- dered to be very slight offences), Mardy were quite equal, if not superior, to the Ton men. Mardy pierced the Ton defence several times, and were unlucky in not scoring more than once, wdiile Ton abso- lutely failed to beat Austin and Jeffrey Jones. The Mardy Albions are being run this season as the Mardy Reserves, and are playing in the Second Division of the Gla- morgan League and the First Division of the Rhondda League, as well as the South Wales Junior Cup. They play the post- poned tie in the Treliafod Charity Cup with the Aberaman Wanderers on Sep- tember 12th, and they intend making a bold attempt to win it. ST. CYNON'S 3gls., FERNDALE 1. St. Cvnon's opened their season with a friendly match against Ferndale at the Pontrhondda Grounds on Saturday last. A fairly large crowd were in attendance, and good football was witnessed. During the first half, Mantle scored twice for St. Cynon's, and in the second Huzzel for St. Cynon's and Evans for Ferndale put the ball through once each.

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every department up to the close. Final score Treorchy, 1 goal 1 try (7 points); Canton, nil. On Thursday afternoon, before a good crowd, Treorchy indulged in a practice against the Old Boys, who are without doubt going to make the pace warm for junior teams in the district. The Old Boys were champions last season in the Rhondda and District Old Boys' Knock- out Competition, and they anticipate retaining that prestige against all-comers this year. TREHERBERT ATHLETICS 9pts., TREiHERBERT 3. The Treherbert Premier XV. played a trial match on Saturday, when they were opposed to eighteen players of the Tre- herbert Athletic R.F.C. The Athletics scored a try in the first half through W. Peters (forward), who picked up smartly after a "forward rush. This was not converted. The Premiers scored a penalty goal, Oweii Williams making a mark, and Handfora placing the ball between the uprights. The Athletics were- aggressive during most of the second moiety. Their backs participated in a fine bout of passing near the Treherbert Premiers' line, and Tom James, breaking through the opposing backs, scored a magnificent try. A fur- ther try was scored by D. Jones, but neither of these tries was converted. This completed the score. Play was of .a give-and-take character. The Athletics were undoubtedly superior in every department of the game, but it must be considered also that they were superior in numbers. NEATH 14pts., TREHERBERT 3. After its absence for the last two seasons, caused by the, introduction of Northern Union football, amateur Rugby has agaiii, returned to Treherbeit,, whole the first match of this season was, played on Monday, in glorious weather, against Neath (last season's Welsh champions). :¡- P.C. Owen kicked off for Treherbert, ,nid the homesters had the advantage of lollle scrambling play in midfield. Tre- herbert continually invaded their oppo- nents' half, and D. W. Jones (Treher- bert's left centre) had hard lines in not ..coring. Neath now pressed, and from h hout of passing Frank Rees ran over i""ifh a try. Brennan failed to convert. The visiting forwards broke away from a scrum near half-way. Parry (right centre) received from a cross-kick and scored Neath's second try with ease. Brennan again failed at goal. Handford was prominent afterwards in breaking away. On reaching the Neath custodian he punted, and D. W. Jones following up, fell on the ball and scored. W. Jones failed to add the exitras. Neath pressed for some time after this, but no score iv-adted. Eventually, from a round of passing, Parry doubled back into the field and scored a pretty try for the visitors. Lee converted with a beautiful kick from near touch. Half-time now arrived, with Neath 8 points ahead. On resuming, Treherbert forced mat- ters. and the Neath custodian was forced tds concede a. minor, quickly followed by another. Neath soon became aggressive again, J. Hambry (left wing) saving for Treherbert from a cross-kick. A beauti- fnlround of passing by the Neath backs resulted in T. Davies scoring a pretty try in the corner after a swerving run. Lee oniy just failed to convert, the ball re- bounding off the crossbar. Ð. W. Jones next came away with a nice run and kick for Treherbert, but the ball went into touch. Continuing to attack, Treherbert nearly scored a drop goal through Rees liuhuds (forward), the ball going a yard wide of the upright. Joe Davies started a movement from a scrum near the Neath line, and J. Hambry lost a good chance by failing to take his pass. Treherbert forced another minor, and time was called immediately afterwards. Neath were in a. scoring mood, and only the deadly tackling of D. W. Jones and some of his colleagues kept the score as low as it was. The Neath forwards controlled the ball from almost every scrum, so that one was unable to judge the merits of the Treherbert backs, because they were afforded no chance to shine in passing. D. W. Jones was far and away the best back on the Treher- bert side, whilst T. Davies, Tarry, and Frank Rees shone for Neath. Both the Treherbert wings displayed weakness and lack of dash, the left wing pecully. Trel rbert will probably do !> itei when the |)layers begin to under tan 1 me another. The prospects of the Ferndale Rugby Football Club are very promising. This season they have gone a step higher in joining the Glamorgan League, after a lapse of about 15 years. At that time they were Considered, with Liwynypia, the crack teams of the Valleys. Last season they were the winners of the Pontypridd and District Knock-out Com- petition, defeating Cilfynydd—a team that had an unbeaten record for three or four successive seasons. Mr. F. LI. Jacob (agent to Messrs. Davis aiyl Sons, Ltd.'s, Collieries) is president of this young club, and another good sportsman, Dr. T. W. Parry, is vice-president. They have selected a very powerful committee, of which Mr. J. Davies, Brynhyfryd, is the chairman; whilst the secretarial duties devolve upon Mr. Rhys T. Lewis. Since the formation of the club Mr. Lewis has worked enthusiastically,- and has secured a, magnificent list of fixtures. Mr. Lewis intends arranging a tour during the Easter holidays. All last season's players are available, and, in addition the fol- lowing are going to assist:—Dan Morgans (l teo*-chy), David Lewis (Pontypridd;, Freddie Biddiscombe (Treorchy), Harry Davie:s (Middlesex), ana others. It is bopedi that Tn a, few seasons Ferndale will be able once more to supply the Welsh! Football Union with some inter- national players. A trial match will take place {¡n Monday, September 17th.

signed on for Ton this season, and the following turned put on Thursday: — Simms, Atherton, Lancashire (centre for- ward) Hudson, Gainsboro (outside right); and Allman, Wrexham (inside right). Taking into consideration that this was the first match of the season, Ton showed very good form, and had quite as much of the game as Stoke, and a draw perhaps would be a fair criterion of the game. Deliberate fouls on the part of the Stokites were the ordcr of the day, the referee being very lax in not awarding more penalties. Stoke scored their first goal soon after the tvrt, the result of a very pretty piece of com- bination, which resulted in Peart sending the leather home. As this was the first game, perhaps it would not be fair to specialise. Suffice it to state that all acquitted themselves creditably. The score read two goals each up to nearly the final whistle, when Peart again found the net' in a. rather simple fashion, and so scored the winning goal. Tommy Davies and Simms scored for Ton. CARDIFF CITY 3gls., TON-PENTRE 2. The visit of Cardiff City, the new Soccer organisation, to Ton on Monday last was a great attraction. An excellent crowd lined the ropes long before the start. The new team are a fairly good side, and gave a good, and sometimes a scientific, display. In criticising, how- ever, it should be taken into considera- tion that on the previous Thursday Ton had played Stoke, and on the Saturday Mardy, so that it was a rather worn-out team that was pitted against the City men. It remains yet to be seen what will be the result when Cardiff City meet the team that met Stoke. It is true the visitors showed more science and better combination all through the game; still, Ton regained something of their old form towards the end. Cardiff's first goal was obtained soon after the start by Peake, late of Cwmparc, who also scored the other two goals for his side. Though Peake did the scoring, credit must be given chiefly to Watt (inside left), who proved himself the best man on the field. His play at times was really brilliant, and elicited much applause. Husbands, the visiting goalie, is also a good man, and brought off many a fine save. The only man on the Ton side who was him- self was the skipper, Jack Jones. He played a solid, sound game, and was repeatedly the saviour of his side. Percival, in goal, had any amount of work to do, and did it well. He was never at fault throughout the game. A word of praise is due to the referee, Mr. Neale, of Bristol, who promptly pulled up offending players, whose tactics do not tend to foster the game in the neighbour- hood.