SPORT AND ANECDOTE
BY AN OLD FOOLT.
LONDON 27th September. THE PHOTBALL REPORTEK
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THE LONGKONG DATLY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER drm, 1898.
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are zeroidably at Hion if the requirements of MD Reigngapo football newspapers, at special editions of uvating
Mr. Geo Alfred Heaty, who is now engaged in pub'lestions. sad of morning papers are to be mat. Writing a sow and wonderfully attractive story What with endles y reporta special descriptive for publication in our optamas, was born at In the ter days when one beers yo moob play insides, by the way us in abbutba1992 wandler School, and CODE, Orition of matches, ancamuels on Cramplogton. Cambridgeshire, December 8th conderging jourant and the fast of journal road of the Beld, and thor portrait and at Orion Collage, Cabridge, ists I base load in vain for a cud colama hinggaphim, the football journalist, has his hand brides to go out to the Crimes in the Parveyer's Ha lett. Canz just a strap Articlon tas lot of the footfall fall for two-thirds of the year. And please re Department Returned invalided he was pro reporter. The football reporter is undoubtedly member that this matter has grally to be mated to the rank of Parrayor to the Faroe very modern growth, but he is deserving of writian at such a spaud, and under each conlaod was sent out to Italy to organise the hospit something more than the sold tempt of silence, Hous that apo physical strength fanoosary tole of the Italian Legion. At the end of the Parally, Ian dick into douth of the dutiese et 1 mere mechantent part of the thes, tow he returned home, and had charge frat of deeds of war correspondents, thele hairbreadth say nothing of the antal trait involved. And the Belfast and afterwards of the Partsmouth Bycapes on the fall of battle, their marvelling what I have suffered is a more nazhe pompared diarios. He resigned his commission, sul fort riden som unknown country to the nearest with the falls of olber journalists. Im by Aeveral years was erupted in mining operations Laferraph station, their aptitalo in learning for ro epea exception. I am eury ordinary man. in Wales. Italy, ka sige languages, and the really wonderful spaci oke of Imanity that they discover for servants
I aqually mentioned earlier u this Iuentra Hud sulats. In the piping times of neetion that he fastball reporter isof modern growth
BIE AKFORTING 'OF MAJORRS.
Then he went upon the staff of the Standard and on a special correxy-ndent of that journs! be. witness the Italo-a astrian Wor; was with wo are barad to death by the mere or less in- aginative ludabentious <f them real war corress itself bpe only dovoloped of isto years.
Of course, this is really, because the gaur Garibald: in his anapigns in the Tyrol. pondents, who luve no real work to do. All and not so long ago when footballers wore rranged with the Abyminine Expedition to Time spressous, at ihm, open of the Bar Canal; bonoar to the intrepid journcitat who serves his gerdd a firminionation and the reporterary gels, and with the Asksatee Expedition to own interest and tant of his master pobly and brief recards of euch matchoses were played were locale. the horrors and privations of a campaigu, when supplied to the press either by ardent suerstartsHe also went through the Franco-German soffrigg is so onsmott und life is oken or abgalaatje npporters And were not these War, and the Oomenal Siege of Paris, and But the war errespondent obtains a toll gentiamen delighted when the songs appeared was likewise out in the Carlist Insurrection measure of glory, mad a fat parse for his true witbront being ema sozleted by some obfcandedly Mr. Healy went to Ruia for the Standard | There are other jauronate whe mantulle doiganrant editor. But in theas daye when the new at the time of the Khirs Expedition, and on his their duty og opóviul battle-felda foot ball is nothing but manis, when grande vatru visted the Mining Regions of the United who voilor czy much reputation or rebuilt to afford s view of the game la 44,000 states in California, Nevada, Utb, and on Lake ward but who are none the less teroun. Thy poople, and whai £400 in not an cummon Spine. do no! flood the mig zips, and the gepapers gate at a tatu, a diferent system obtulas. with vivid acounts of Low they sub the scope. Still football as a rule is not reported by wailiu i or through Indie, and was with the Fur Author Recompanied the Frince of Wales of action, bow their despatches are deftly indites organised and trained bands of presme, at infarkish drag is the Taeko Persian War on the epot as the balls is waged and buy thy the case with horse-rading an oricket. Th. Mr. Heaty is the author of A Search for e scheme and must to reach the talegmph ofic plana, adopted, is regard to the sports, Secret." "All but Lust The March to cat. made beat all their couftores in flashing have already referred to in these letters. Foot Magdala, The March to Coomsie," "On thereau of some important match all over the ball watches are generally left to local raporters, the Pampas. The Young Frane-Tirauss." British isla. My dear readers, you to whom a who not only represent their newspapers, hot Foong lonist," be Care of Care's roully able report of an areiting football contain the agassing. There are several agencies Hold," A Hidden Foo," In the Days of the is as the very breath of your nestrils-do you who undertake for a giran su to supply brief Mutiny in love story The Plazas Ship," ever think of the men who write the columns telegraphie reports of all the leading matches and a soure of books for boys, chi-By of a his wat sau au eagerly devour and so keenly and so decided in s syano. For some yours the pro-torical character, the secess of which bas.de braially caltioise. Never mind the war sorre pristors of the Sportman exjuged almost a Henty's name familiar to every reader, and poodint. Ho ene lako osro of himself. He as monopoly of this agonoy work. There were me his books welogue cisitors in every home, blow bis ova trampel. He will be sure to k or two private tiems who undertook to supply you know ail he has anffered and endured in the results, and at the most bues reporte, for the istorvals of the British public and himself. I Press Association or the Cricket Reporting is his habit. The football reporter is frequently Agonoy--which is the same thing-practionlly
aflugt bero-ond all the more ber because of declined to reanguins the growth and importance CRTLON HAND-BOOK AND his slanos. Some of you who were born smearofthe game! At length, however, a key were.com ing cun sneer on. I have not been a war correspoiled to do so, and ecw the Sportiman and prudent. I have been a football reporlar and the Press Association aro the two great news comments for, and I can write feelingly of the collecting and distributing agencies so far stress of ta lais cess a journalists.
football is copcerced. Despite this, bowoter, LOSC-AUFERRING HEROES. "Show me the man that betli soffered mars their own special accounts as their followers, re- towse which possess faisons tauis have to provide than 1," a words which the late lordly lanceateguire ench an intuïrade of details that ne ore Cooount, Cinamon, Tea, Sagar, and Cinchona It izolu les a complete fist of all the Coffee put into the mould of St. Sienu bylites. Ibat a local partor could furnish them. Most plantations in the Island, with full particulars, reply that the professional foolball reporter oraclebrated clubs are attended by speolat rosalso. Directories at all sections of the cou presents record equal to St. Simoon, the Byrist portara, who are told off by their editors for this manity, a valuable body of statistics, and much Stylite Dr. Brewer's ernalkent hok. Die daty Iuded, the chic who takes uules en theasefal General Information. It is indispensable tionary of Phrase and Fable," informs us tha football field is a very important parsonage, I to all intelligent residents, or partiog interestedl; Simeon was one of the pillar saints
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there bare bem and still are amateur-pro-mion- blashing austurs in apasity. In other words in the hope that the raced of saints" would what I mean by sub a paradoxical word sobinu als, and professional unstaurs, if you gre not So denied to his weather-bosten limbs."tion: The ma who come to the front sye those Every football chronicler kuoka what it is to who sro gesuinely interested in the sport, who bear rain, wird, frost, hest, hail, damp, and signé understand it, and who can write. There aro and snow without being by any areas dabbed a man who bare graduated from the ranks of no Maint. Talk about weather-beaten limbed soribus to that of the professingel, and Ton pressmer of England who it in your earned fare and fringe. The on class of fint.. sanctual at ease and comfortably think over your ball reporteba ho professional or amateur- articles by the fire'a enddy, glow, sbonld artist I detest is the way who will not take the football reporters if re would know, what sila treable to thoroughly understand is subject, beroes can be found in the journalistic army, is more frequently the care with the prHE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, PENTEURCH AVENUE, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1829 And ya eloos supporters of this great winter gine, just think of the difficulties sarreauding a football reporter's work ere ya are so ready, so sharp to eriticise and ptl! to pi°C=R.
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THEY ARE NOT FEATHER-BEL SPORTSMEN
For night mathe of the year, amid snow and slust frost and them, in rain and shine Yasites say. the fastball reporter has to turn ost vuce or tales a week, Reisember, he forg ant attend watches the corn or sixpenny ajustator-ass matter of pleasure. He is there
fessional reporter, who performs his task becans it is bis doty; in the same porfunctory style that he would recuad the relations of tho guitars ommittee, or a mezciling, uninteresting as players and irritate the public. Tius;-. esee. These are the reportera who niejadge Where men of judgment erop and feel their way The pive promure with.Gut dismay.
member aan de telling me Hurl at your headiction in the lap. And gain remale copolusions at a jump.
as a matter of daty. If gentle zephyrs fan to pace is slased to reports players so much the better, but if the rude tla wiad swaps the plain, if cutting east winds blow
After all and hey they are but one man's pressione", W. 'tis trus, but are this
he is there all that. He copzot say, "Ughpling with equal Fargo to ather branches of
I don't think I'll go to the match today It it's ratio. critio is his impressions of a Ens the prospect is terapting.bat if the food-gatas ne plug
para, a reviewwe nots forth hiệ
of beaved are opened and it rainoth without inter opinions on a buck, and the editor expresses his mission he is there all the same. The football views on a pailtiont sitostinu. If festhall reporter must cover trouble himself about suchatch were reported by a corps of a dozen re details es chills, colds congle, otarras, be fivid changes like a faleidoscope, and in the porters it wild bio better Every word samption, and rheumatism. Of course, a dose of a well-knosu patent medisins will onze all thick of time fight the players a bat nangy the ills that the fish of the football caribe is heisang, angling, scorching dona, What under taking.ons ousiduration with aus
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Straits Settlements, Jays, and West Indi Market," the refrain commsness with the word. On the whole I think the reports of the conte
Never mind the weather, love? This is why do their duty mbly and well by foot bill, and constantly in the bando of Natin as well as Ent Agriculturist stands unrivalled, the work baig football reporte. Only he does not whisper, bai suoient kalis or coiu for difficult works on the table and is very often referred to have alredy anggested I do not think they and American sgriculturists. Being a do not uplov such a term of endearment a
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Assistant Director of Kew Gardens; writing of Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, P.L.S... 0.3.0.
and vice versa.. In fact, I have kasten saverorters who have from time to time ressed my the T A., refers to it as an astonishing re farhannin of both cases myself. Mid sage oire ou the field and of First of all Irbj et torertory of everything relating to the ecosonic loe, with named grs and tons, the football the partian-perter: the pressman who da ahotany of the East.
us skill is other teams; how ages are blinded
For the sale of plants, acels, machinery,!
reporter does not strike an imaginary or petto this falts of iis own aieren, and very wide
que attirolo eat orv. "Exion!" No; in
rely aburpens a lend prunil and tells the pen to detect the follies of their opponents pleats, &c. used in tropical (tea, sugar. fouther-bed sporinen, who are always the most
and who has so tongue me to appland (fibre, de agricultare; no better avorting ibusinatie mimb supportera, hors Billy To Prowess and the sun of his team
mediu există.
know out
by two of these gentlem. They come from
tuaren innomsly wound his way past the backs of theland Spinesplitters and deftly scored 1
Hot no mestrer. I know when they come from rivas goal for the Bibaracking Rovers nilect sitting next to one of them at Talk about the lot of the policemen, ira feeds march, ant when his sid soured how he stond en the cock's pigeon pie and her nastre's bass, up and reared and waved his bat. At last, when bing lappy one-Beh: When jornalistic shooting with the popaisos bons tho dufy's done, the lot of the football reporter td gives foal against his text. I ra is not a kuppy one.
My dear me, will you for goodsns wake subside. Will you pleas routem ber that this lar-porter's desk, and not a partisan's pist- form." What he sail was triking and hair.
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I bare koowo what-in to stand behind a goal post for two hours in order to write a more or less graphic and trathtal amount of a mates curling. It is not fit for publication even in Under the circnustaacs one has to tata possa expurgiled form. Seron reporters have, inj It had into sak and scribble away a note udyard Kipling's purus, the manners of a but this mourable occasion--it was before baigne and the tent of shore." A reporter. the rapid growth of professionalism-Haulus sheld rias superior to the common, or six of Thamburton was the goalkeeper, and daring the Penny, or even shilling spootstar, and to this half that he wa: my neighbour 7 bad some ples
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sant car ralion with that brilliani eussian. ed condnol. No il obt he has bis judgiant papers published on the Pasillo Coast, the Sand- N BADVERTISING SOLICITED for all News- for he was troubled bat rarely. In my inpely and but the place to express it is in his newepsper wish lalands, Polynesia, Mexiosa Ports, Pansins, pornliar positie Ewas the cragsnroof enaider in the grey glory of old type. Next to the Valparaiso, Japan, Chim, New Zealand, the able stand, and this one isan vardaréissing posi-
sery objectionable reporter-partisan, I must Australian Colonies, the Eastern States, and ilon te bashful opinorean pissa man. Of course enter my humble protest against the slang re-Europe. Files of nearly every Newspaper pub- nearly all pressed are of my temporament Fur Porter, the man who deals in the art of the lisked on the Tarific Coast are kept constantly yours I reparted mantabes and Bayer experience tama, who revela in colloquialisms, and org- en hand, and all Advertisers are allowed fren even the comfort of a rangh desk to writent. It at by any chacos valls bill a ball. This is this Eccess to them during business hours, hes bean my painful duty, ou many occasion style of report which the alang-reporter taras sut Hien is the latter days, to complain to stab while homoke a cigar which can be swalt file zi the Obe of La F. FISSER, who is autho
The "HONGKONG DAILY PHARE" is kept on eretaries of the seauty prorimos they make for thirty mile sway: As the hour of the risad to reestre Advertisements.
arters. On msay grounds there is so se-
kick-off drew nigh Jupiter Pluvias relented.
Do At all. At some enclosures there Sol shone upon the big crowd. Still th
in a dok is tirely open to the four winding was heary and greasy. Billy Coddum
of bear, and whatever these breezes may bring Woman," and kioked with Old Sol and
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in this trio, un arrotzaior paint. Buror at his bast. The ines fixed up, and Degister Garderweitiga Baout- Julas s pravide skuter api sake for work in McGhee at the sphere in motion for this machengen des Kaiserlioben Kanandates worden shape of a viruotare like a cricket scorer's box, boosters, ato, etc. This is the young man while others build really spacicos prasataads who talks about leather-ticklers, chars, and im Jahre 1893, durch die Zeitungen "Az roomy as a big signal-ba, with a hotele propellera, who vals in Woires, Vilist":"DAILY PEESS" jo Hongkong und glazed front shatter-which can be raised in
*pidem," and "Tarostles"; who calls theDER OSTABIATIBORE LLot in Shanghai farmurable weather and lowered as other times goalposts uprights; who varialy describes veröffentlicht werden. and still offed an admirabla oniga of vantage the bells the leather, the sphere, the cylin Canton, den 15. Donomber, 1892. frece which to watch the play. And when one der, the spheroid. the inficted bladder, and comes to conskior ite absoluts recosity of acou-head only knows what else. The pro the rate reports and anbiased calm critician, both writers whose chief stock-in-trade are such is the interests of claby and playara, T. food corta Phrases, lumry jokes, childab pats, alleged ham the wrist of all cums tequate prosion resources of the English language will sales for that summittees and officiels garatig will disgusting personalities. The ordinary for reporters. The ren havanduty to perform all forms of sport, ve and exoupling the two of to the public, to their masters to atabs, wish barognised oknielities Evert reporter who large interests at stake, and to players who hates at a cleur style, free from slang, and who their repalatinas baring in the thote devours to understand the game will at least that, justice in ro bedras plaos reportera in such respected by the public, if they do not irvai- a position as to make them feel that they are ably agree with his judgment. Still I extortais, ocheidend, as to allow them to do a mi ofte sinandy said, grant work with a minimum of dlacomfort, od toporters an ecuvince them that their presezon is courted and their duty well, and ezdara bardakipe with us tected. After eighteen years' experience.ly worthy of a Spartas, and even of Is mon tell both olub Blend the the modern war sorraspondent,
pahile that no fantball organisation has ever regatted paying and marked actection
for font ball
body of jor They do!
Thi tallowing sutry has just been discovered
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