ngaia Goes a “Feudin”

Yhem Or Basketball?

)WIN GOLD reports some tension on the playing fields of Mangaia, Cook Islands: le prophesied outcome of the oduction of basketball here has e to pass. Critics said that the e could only create bitter inter ge rivalry and not the sporting it of clean competition expected, i has proved only too correct, was the ambition of the Cliff ige team to beat the Tavaenga ch) team for the Mangaia » donated by our Resident it. The decision of the admini tor to let a tie remain the sive game, and place both is’ names on the Cup, is worse i unpopular. However, there is no doubt it was a wise move, urther games must have ended i free-fight, so bitter was the

•village rivalry.

ingaians are an isolated people, still retain much of the bitter mg of pre-Missionary tribal With them, games are tribal les, and triumph ostentatious unseemly. It does not anpear this outlook will be altered another century at least, mce, the RA’s decision to hold prize play at a draw; but )ugh this assures honour to teams, the inlanders have rmined not to play any further es at all—i.e., have abandoned sport. lis dismal end has come to all sh sports introduced here. : Islanders are bad losers and ?ant winners, and the sooner * facts of Cl life are faced, better for all concerned. 10th polio victim was admitted ospital in Suva in November, case was a 2-years-old Fijian from Samabula, near Suva.