Kobe Beaten at Water Polo by Shanghai From Our Own Correspondent Kobe, Aug. 12.
In the Interport swimming events hero yesterday, the visitors from Shanghai won at water polo; score, 5-0.
The Kobe team, though considered good here,' was hopelessly outclassed by the' Shanghai men. ye When the Shanghai swimmers sailed last week they expressed some doubt as to what: hey might be able to do in Kobe, not being accustomed to salt water work. Tank-trained men, some thought, might find the salted clement rather too much for theta. Water polo especially, when played in salt water, is a harder game than in a tank of alleged fresh water such as the men were accustomed to here, and players unused to salt water are apt to find themselves inconvenienced by swallowing too much of it.
That a Kobe correspondent should telegraph that the Kobe team was hopelessly outclassed by, the Shanghai team, should be cause for rejoicing among local swimmers, and it is hoped that our representatives at Kobe may acquit themselves as _creditably in the other events at Kobe this week,
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