To the Editor of the "Nonru-Cuina Dat News Sit-—Some time back, a sugges:
Was made in your columns that the -two strongest~clubs, the Rees: and. the S.F.C,, drop out. from' the} First League for the coming season. Ido not think this. practical many disadvantages imme present themselves to one. dest players will not be playing every Saturday, the standard of football will thus suffer considerably and there will be less enthusiasm. When the Interport event arrives, will they be at thei best?
'Why not weaken these two clubs by taking a few players from both and forming another club that will include. them? like to T would Gunners, in cricket) enter a team in our First League. know of two of the Club's best, and two of the Recs' best, who belong to that unit, and, with the rest of the Emma Gees, they ought to render a very good account of themselves. Their entering would: decidedly even up the strength of all clubs and one hopes that then we shall not hear so much of this talk of Weaker clubs wanting to drop out altogether, and the writer feels sure that Shanghai football will benefit greatly by it.
Tam, ete,
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